Pomfret Fish Fry | Vavaal Meen Varuval

As we all know fishes are a very good source of Vitamins and essential fatty acids. It is advisable to consume fish once in a week at least. Pomfret Fish are way healthy and delicious .I usually don’t add Fried Gram Dal in fish fry ,but when I happened to see this space I liked the way it has come, So I gave a try it turned out to be perfect and delicious!! Now let’s get started.

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Pomfret Fish Fry

Recipe Cuisine: Indian |  Recipe Category : Appetizer Prep Time: 2 hours | Cook Time :15 mins | Serves: 2 |Author :Sharmila Ingredients: Pomfret Fish : 2 nos                        Oil for shallow frying Lemon Wedges to garnish To Grind : Garlic pods – 6 nos Dry Red Chilli – 8 Fried Gram Dal / Potukadalai– 1 tbsp Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp Curry Leaves a spring Pepper Corns – 1 tsp Salt as needed Olive oil – 1 tbsp Method: Clean the fish, Wash well and make slashes in the fish and set aside. Grind all the ingredients mentioned under the To grind table to a fine paste. Apply the ground masala over the fish and make sure it is evenly applied throughout the fish. Let the fish marinate for 2 hours .After margination heat a tawa with oil for shallow frying. Grill the fishes on both sides until it is cooked fully. I used some curry leaves while frying for flavour. Serve hot. Notes: Garnish the fish with Lemon Wedges and serve. Don’t forget to make slashes and fry the fish as it will help to get the masala spread evenly over the fish. While flipping the fish do it with utmost care as the fish might tend to break.

Step by step Method with pictures:

1. Clean the fish, Wash well and make slashes in the fish and set aside. Grind all the ingredients mentioned under the To grind table to a fine paste.

 2. Apply the ground masala over the fish and make sure it is evenly applied throughout the fish. Let the fish marinate for 2 hours .After margination heat a tawa with oil for shallow frying.

 3. Grill the fishes on both sides until it is cooked fully. I used some curry leaves while frying for flavour. Serve hot. 

Tastes good with Just Rasam and Steamed Rice.

 Serve hot with a dash of Lemon juice .