Surmai Fry ( How to make Fried King Fish)

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Surmai Fry ( How to make Fried King Fish)

Surmai also known as King fish / mackerel is a very flavourful ,tasty  and alluring fish. This version of Fish fry has a Malwani flavour to it with the use of Kokum and malwani masala. For the coating  Rice flour and Rava  is used, thus it tastes crispy and amazing with the soft fish inside. You can gulp down the whole piece on its own it tastes that yummy.

Prep
20 min
Cook
15 min
Serves
2 persons
Total
35 min

Ingredients

  • 2 big sized piecesSurmai / King fish
  • 3 tspCoriander Green Chilli Paste
  • 1 tspGinger Garlic paste
  • as requiredKokum or Lemon Juice
  • 3 tspsMalwani Masala
  • 1/4 pinchTurmeric powder
  • to tastesalt
  • for shallow frying the fishOil
  • For coating the fish
  • 3 tbspRice flour
  • 1 tbspSemolina ( Sooji/Rava)
  • 1 tbspMalvani Masala
  • to tastesalt

Method

  1. Step 1

    Marinate the surmai pieces with salt and Kokum extract/ Lemon juice for 5 minutes.

  2. Step 2

    Now add in the coriander chilli paste, ginger garlic paste and malwani masala and rub it on each piece of the fish to coat them well. You may also add a little more kokum extract along with the kokum pieces.

  3. Step 3

    Marinate the fish pieces  atleast for 1/2 an hour before you start frying it (the more you marinate the better)

  4. Step 4

    For the Coating

  5. Step 5

    Mix Rice flour, rava ( semolina), malvani Masala and salt in a plate. You may use plain rice flour as well and skip the semolina. It tastes equally amazing !!

  6. Step 6

    Coat the marinated surmai pieces with the coating.

  7. Step 7

    Heat some oil on a skillet  or a frying pan and shallow fry the fish. ( Do not over heat the oil or the coating might burn. Also take care the fish is fried on a slow flame on both sides )

  8. Step 8

    Additional Tips :-

  9. Step 9

    I used big sized surmai, however you can use whatever size is available .The procedure remains the same .

  10. Step 10

    For the kokum juice/extract you may soak few kokums  in very little water. Alternatively you can also make use of ready made kokum extract.

Reader reviews

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★★★★★

Thanks For Sharing this amazing recipe. My family loved it. I will be sharing this recipe with my friends. Hope the will like it.

ashok