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Vanjaram fish fry
Vanjaram fish fry, from above
Non vegTamil Nadu

Vanjaram fish fry

The star of Chennai's fish market, dressed in red masala and fried till the edges crisp.

35 minTime
26 gProtein each
mediumSpice
The prized seer fish3 chapters · 2 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.
The original
265kcal
26 gprotein
2 gfibre
35minutes

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

Ingredients

4 servings
Fish500 g vanjaram (seer fish), 6 to 8 steaks
Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)2 tsp
Kashmiri chilli powder1 tsp, for colour
Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp
Black pepper½ tsp, crushed
Ginger garlic paste1 tbsp
Lemon juice1 tbsp
Rice flour1 tbsp
Salt1 tsp
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)3 tbsp, for shallow frying
Curry leaves1 sprig

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Rinse the steaks and pat them very dry. Mix everything except the oil and curry leaves into a thick paste, adding a few drops of water only if needed.
  2. 2Rub the paste over both sides and marinate for 20 minutes, or up to 2 hours in the fridge.
  3. 3Heat the oil in a flat pan on medium. Add the curry leaves, lay in the steaks and fry without moving them.
  4. 4Flip and fry the other side until the centre flakes.
Serve it like this

Serve the steaks hot on a plate with fried curry leaves, onion rings and lemon, next to rice and fish kuzhambu.

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Bread or rice Sambar sadam40 min
Bread or rice Samai thayir sadam30 min
With a main Meen kuzhambu40 min
With a main Mor kuzhambu35 min
To drink Nannari sarbat10 min
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