Kerala Fish Fry (Meen Varuthathu)

Ingredients

• 4-5 medium size King fish steaks
• 1.5 tsp each Ginger & garlic paste
• 1 - 1.5 tsp Kashmiri chilly powder
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1/4 - 1/2 tsp Whole pepper
• 1-2 tsp Lime juice
• Salt
• Coconut oil

Instructions

1. 1

   Apply little salt and lime juice on the fish pieces and wash it with water. Drain the water. Grind together ingredients listed from ginger- garlic to salt into a fine paste adding a little water. Make gashes in the fish pieces and marinate the pieces with the ground paste. Keep the marinated fish for half an hour. Heat oil in a pan and shallow fry the fish pieces.Serve with onion rings and a slice of lime.