Name: Kolkata style fish fry recipe by Aparajita Dutta at BetterButter
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: FOR MARINADE:; Fish fillet 6 pieces (3" long); Ginger paste 2 tsp; Garlic paste 1 1/2 tsp; Salt to taste; Black pepper 1 tsp; Lemon juice 2 tsp; Green chili paste 1/2 tsp; FOR BATTER:; Egg 1 large; Cornflour 5 tbsp; Black pepper 1/2 tsp; Salt; Water to make a thick batter; FOR COATING:; Bread crumbs around 1 1/2 cup; Oil for deep frying

ABOUT Kolkata style fish fry RECIPE

This fish fry is a very popular dish of Kolkata. In any non veg restaurant of Kolkata, you can get this preparation. Mainly made with Kolkata Bhetki fish (Asian sea bass) which has a heavenly taste, but one can use any white fish fillet like basa, salmon, mackerel etc.

Recipe Tags

Non-veg
Medium
Dinner Party
West Bengal
Frying
Appetizers
Lactose Free

Ingredients Serving: 3

FOR MARINADE:
Fish fillet 6 pieces (3" long)
Ginger paste 2 tsp
Garlic paste 1 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Black pepper 1 tsp
Lemon juice 2 tsp
Green chili paste 1/2 tsp
FOR BATTER:
Egg 1 large
Cornflour 5 tbsp
Black pepper 1/2 tsp
Salt
Water to make a thick batter
FOR COATING:
Bread crumbs around 1 1/2 cup
Oil for deep frying

Instructions

Clean the fillets and marinade for one hour with all those marinade ingredients.
Make a thick batter with batter ingredients.
Batter should not be flowy.
Heat oil in a pan.
After one hr take out 1 fillet from marinade.
Dip it in batter.
Cover with bread crumb.
Deep fry both side until golden brown.
Serve hot with mustard sauce, onion and ketchup.

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