Dhaba Style Green Masala Fish Fry (Herbed Spicy Fish Fritters)
 
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Crispy Spicy Fried Fish (Fish fritters) made by marinating fish first in a blend of herbs and spices and then frying it after coating with cassava flour batter
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Recipe type: Appetizer, Main course
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 2-3
RecipeIngredients
  • About 1 and ½ pounds fish (or fish filets) - Any fish is ok -I used cod fish
For the marinade masala:
  • 8-10 fresh mint leaves
  • ½ cup fresh cilantro leaves
  • 1 green chili
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • ½ inch piece of fresh ginger
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp cumin powder
  • ¼ tsp black pepper powder
  • ½ tsp coriander powder
  • ¼ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
For batter:
  • 2 tbsp cassava flour (I used Anthony's Goods)
  • 1 tsp Tapioca flour
  • ½ tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
  • pinch salt
  • 3-4 tbsp water
  • Coconut Oil for frying
RecipeInstructions
  1. Cut the fish into medium size pieces (about 1 inch by 2 inches). Dab dry and keep aside.
  2. Grind all ingredients listed under marinade to a paste. (It will be slightly coarse that's ok)
  3. In a bowl add the fish pieces and the marinade and using your hands coat fish pieces well with marinade. Keep aside at room temperature for unto 30 mins or in the fridge if longer than that (up to 3 hours)
  4. Fry fish just before serving. In a small bowl, mix all the batter ingredients and stir to get a thick batter.
  5. Heat a frying pan with the coconut oil (you can either deep fry or shallow fry - i prefer shallow frying as it takes less oil)
  6. Dip each fish piece in the batter coating it well on all sides and place in hot oil. Repeat with all the pieces. Fry the fish for about 2 -3 mins on each side until crispy on the outside flipping carefully to turn.
  7. Serve fried fish immediately!
Notes
For non-paleo version, you can use all purpose flour, rice flour or chick pea flour for the batter
Cut the fish pieces or the filets such that they are at least ½ inch thick.
Recipe by Cook2Nourish at https://cook2nourish.com/2017/07/dhaba-style-green-masala-fish-fry-herbed-spicy-fish-fritters.html