Recipe of Mario Batali Meen Varuthathu (Kerala Style Fish Fry)

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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook meen varuthathu (kerala style fish fry) using 14 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Meen Varuthathu (Kerala Style Fish Fry):

1. Prepare 12 Pomfret Fillets (Avoli/Paaplet)
2. Prepare 1 sprig Curry Leaves
3. Prepare 2 tbsp Rice Flour
4. Get As Required Coconut / Vegetable Oil for shallow frying
5. Take For The Marinade :
6. Prepare 2 tsp Coconut Oil / Vegetable Oil
7. Make ready 4 Dry Red Chillies Deseeded
8. Make ready 10 large Garlic Cloves
9. Prepare 1/2 ″ Ginger
10. Take 1 1/2 tsp Black Peppercorns
11. Prepare 2 tsp Fennel Seeds
12. Get 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
13. Make ready 2 tsp Tamarind
14. Prepare to taste Salt

Steps to make Meen Varuthathu (Kerala Style Fish Fry):

1. To make Meen Varuthathu (Avoli/Pomfret Fish Fry), clean and rinse the pomfret well. Drain away all excess water.
2. Discard the unwanted parts and cut it into approximately 1 cm thick fillets.
3. For the marinade, first heat a small pan and add oil to it. Add to it the dry red chillies and roast slightly.
4. Grind it together with the garlic cloves, ginger, black peppercorns, fennel seeds, turmeric powder, tamarind and salt to taste using very little water to get a thick paste.
5. Add the oil, remaining after roasting the red chillies, as well as the rice flour to the marinade.
6. Alternatively, instead of mixing in the rice flour, it can be used for dusting the fish before frying which prevents the spice paste from separating during frying.
7. Rub this marinade on both sides of the pomfret fillets. Keep aside to marinate for about half an hour.
8. To make the fish fry, heat a griddle and add oil to it. When the oil heats up, add the curry leaves and stir.
9. Slowly release each of the marinated pomfret fillets either as they are or after dusting with rice flour, into the hot oil.
10. Reduce the flame to medium and fry well, till both sides of the pomfret are well done and crisp.
11. Serve this delicious Meen Varuthathu with some Meen Moilee and steamed rice and some salad by the side!

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