I love fish and I love to enjoy them along with sambar, rasam or curd and rice. Karimeen is one of my favorite fish, these are called as Green Chromide. They are found in backwaters and are very popular in Kerala & Srilanka. If you ask any Mallu they will tell you that this is one of the fish that they love and make some awesome recipes like Karimeen Pollichathu and Karimeen Molly. But today I used a Kerala favorite fish to make it the south Indian way. Really this is a must try recipe, very simple to do, but you are sure to have some awesome flavors. This fish does have bones that are big and long, but don't be fooled they taste great. Today my lunch plate was rice, parruppu rasam and karimeen fry ;-) with a content heart I am sharing this post.
KARIMEEN FRY RECIPE
Marination Time- overnight
Prep time - 5 mins
Cook time - 20-25 mins
Ingredients
Kaari Meen/ Any full fish like Pomfret - 1 large
Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
Red Chili - 1 tsp
Corriander - 2 tsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Jeera powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt- to taste
Oil - to pan fry - approx 2 tbsp
Method
Clean the fish with cold water along with lime and salt, pat dry and place on a plate. Make deep scores on the body of the fish, both sides. Take all the spice powders along with salt and add the ginger garlic paste and form a thick paste, if required you can add few drops of lime juice. Apply on the fish and leave it in refrigerator overnight for spices to blend. The next day take the fish out and bring it to room temperature (30-40 mins) and then heat pan with oil and place the fish and let it cook on each side for 6-7 minutes such that the fish is fully cooked. Do not disturb or keep flipping sides.
Serve hot with rice and curry.
Cooks Wisdom
- Patting dry the fish is very important if it is soggy the spices will not sit on the fish.
- Make sure you don't add water to form the spice paste, if required use few drops of lime/lemon juice
- Once you decide to fry fish make sure you bring it to room temperature before frying it, else the fish will remain raw and undercooked.
- Do not keep flipping sides of the fish while its cooking, this will only result in under cooked fish and also tend to break. The heat should be in medium-low and not high else the fish will get burnt quickly.
- Marinating the fish overnight is very important for ultimate taste
Drooling drooling :) Very tempting click esp the last one... I love fish!!!
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious... Well fried !
ReplyDeleteWow! Dear am drooling here ipadi yallam photo pota fish sapidatavanga kuda sapiduvanga...Sema click dear...india ponathula irundu ora virundu sapadu tan :)Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteSuperb !shhh mouth watering,here lunch time..
ReplyDeletePaaaarcel!!! :) Wow looks super flavorful akka :) Yum..am feeling so hungry now though I had lunch now :P Nice plate and superb fry :)
ReplyDeleteOmg, cant resist here, i love this droolworthy,well fried karimeen fry, ayoo yennaku ippo rendu fish fry saapidanam pola irruku..Antha plate super sis.
ReplyDeleteyou have changed the layout again!!! looks superb as usual... yeah, the marriage between a malayali and karimeen is unexplainable (me me!!!). getting fresh karimeen is very difficult... this looks so good... i just had lunch, still feeling hungry... hehe...
ReplyDeleteMouthwatering!!. Perfectly fried fish and love your clicks too.
ReplyDeletesemma fry ...love all fish fry
ReplyDeleteI love the serving bowl,it is cute.u have perfectly done it.delicious.
ReplyDeleteParkum poluthey naavu uruthey.. superb. .
ReplyDeletelike your new template priya.. it looks more traditional and indian now :)
ReplyDeleteyen ippadi oru piece mattum kaati kollureenga priya :) yengalu kaaga 4-5 pieces vechiriklaamae..
This is a torture Priya....My fav fish in fry form ! My mouth is watering :)
ReplyDeleteyour Karimeen looks so tempting. i want some too.
ReplyDeleteI am drooling ... seriously no other words than drool!
ReplyDeleteI am drooling here.. seriously no other words, its super awesome!
ReplyDeleteFish fry looks so tempting.
ReplyDeleteNo Words - PERFECT KARIMEEN VARUTHATHU...kanumbo thanne navillu vellam varunnu
ReplyDeleteWow...Fish fry looks tempting... lovely Priya.
ReplyDeleteohhhh this is something irresistible especially for a keralite :) looks so perfect..
ReplyDeleteFish fry looks perfect and delicious.. Love the fish shaped bowl you have served the fish in.. Nicely presented da..
ReplyDeleteperfectly made..cute presentation..
ReplyDeleteI am drooling here... totally...
ReplyDeletewooo looks so perfect..!!!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely delicious. Looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteo god o god, y u tempting me like this da..so attractive and delicious looking..love the bowl as i said earlier :)
ReplyDeletePerfectly Done Karimeen ...Love it ...semma click
ReplyDeleteuff you are killing me with the last pic. Rasam and fish fry is a great combo
ReplyDeleteI seriously crave one now!! my favorite comfort food!
ReplyDeleteomg again a killing pic:) yum yum!!!
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