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Kolkata Fish Fry

The Kolkata Fish Fry

Kolkata Fish Fry has its root in history. Crisp, crumb coated Bhetki Fish fillets taste addictive on every bite, serve hot with Kasundi.

Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 1 hour 47 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 17 minutes
Servings 6
Author Chandrima

Ingredients

  • 500 grams- Fish fillets
  • Vegetable oil for frying

For Marination

  • Lemon juice of 1 lemon
  • Salt
  • 150 grams- Coriander leaves
  • 4-5- Green chillies (adjust as per your tolerance)
  • 10-12- Garlic cloves
  • 1 tbsp- Green chilli sauce

For Coating

  • Breadcrumbs or powdered Rusk
  • 4 Eggs

Instructions

  1. Marinate the fish fillets with salt and lemon juice for 20 minutes. Now make the second marinade.

  2. In a food processor add coriander leaves, chilli sauce, green chillies, and garlic cloves, blitz until smooth. Add this mixture to the fish fillets and marinate further for 1 hour.

  3. Arrange Breadcrumbs in a plate. 

  4. For egg wash break the eggs in a bowl, whisk well, and keep aside.

  5. Now dip a marinated fish fillet first in whisked egg, then coat it with breadcrumbs. Repeat the steps again. That means each fish fillet need to be coated twice with egg wash and breadcrumbs. Do the coating of the fish fillets for one at a time. While coating with breadcrumbs use your fingers to give a neat shape to every fish fillet.

  6. Heat oil in a deep frying pan, start frying the coated fish fillets over medium heat. Fry them until nicely browned from all the sides. Remove from the pan, serve Fish Fry immediately with some onion rings and mustard sauce/kasundi on the side.