Andhra Pradesh

Chepala vepudu

Name: Chepala vepudu
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Andhra
Ingredients: 500 g seer fish or murrel in steaks fish; 1 heaped tbsp red chilli powder (indian red chili powder); 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste; 1/4 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 1 1/2 tsp coriander powder (ground coriander); 1 tbsp lemon juice; Salt, to taste; 1 1/2 tbsp rice flour; 3 tbsp for shallow frying cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1 sprig curry leaves; 1 small in rings, to serve onion

Fish steaks in a fiery red coat, fried crisp. The whole street knows when you make it.

45 minTime

26 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

278kcal

26 gprotein

2 gfibre

45minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Fish500 g seer fish or murrel, in steaks

Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)1 heaped tbsp

Ginger garlic paste1 tbsp

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Coriander powder (ground coriander)1½ tsp

Lemon juice1 tbsp

Saltto taste

Rice flour1½ tbsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)3 tbsp, for shallow frying

Curry leaves1 sprig

Onion1 small, in rings, to serve

Method

5 steps

1Wash the fish steaks and pat them dry with a cloth.
2Mix chilli powder, ginger garlic paste, turmeric, coriander powder, lemon juice and salt into a thick paste. Coat the fish all over and rest for 20 minutes.
3Just before frying, dust the fish lightly with rice flour on both sides.
4Heat oil in a heavy pan on medium. Lay the fish in with the curry leaves and fry without moving it until the underside is crisp, then flip.
5Fry the second side until crisp and the fish is cooked through. Serve hot with onion rings and fried curry leaves.

Serve it like this

Serve on a steel plate with onion rings, fried curry leaves and a lemon wedge, beside rice and rasam.

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Chepala vepudu

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