Fish Fry urff Chepala Vepudu !!

Fish Fry / Chepala Vepudu

Fish Fry and Rasam Rice  is Amazing Combination!! It has the  most heavenly taste when cooked properly

Fish is most nutritious of all the Non-Vegetarian items and very good for health...

There are various varieties of fishes and each fish has its own cooking style / taste.. This recipe can be used for most of the fishes like Rohu / Mackerel (Vanjaram)/ King Fish / Seer Fish / Korameenu etc...People residing near Seashore places love Sea Fish Fry and people who are far away also love them a lot but they would probably only get Fresh Pond / River Fish... If you don't get any fresh fish, you are probably unlucky as you might have to adjust with a frozen fish.. Never Mind as long as you can eat Fish Fry.. Why wait long...

Simply dive into Recipe

Preparation Time - 10 mins
Marination Time - 1 Hr
Cooking / Fry Time - 8-10 mins per batch

Ingredients

Fish Pieces (Rohu / Vanjaram )- 1 kg.. The fish pieces shouldn't be very thick or very thin... 

Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 TBSP

Salt to taste - Approximately 2 teaspoons

Chilli Powder - 2 TBSP

Coriander Powder - 1 TBSP

Cumin Powder - 1 Teaspoon

Pepper Powder - 1 TBSP

Turmeric - 1/2 Teaspoon

Oil - 2 teaspoons for marination

Lemon - 1 Large

Oil for Shallow Fry

TIP 1 : Wash fish thoroughly with Turmeric and salt so that the fishy smell is gone.

TIP 2 : After washing pat dry each and every fish so that there is absolutely no moisture

Mix all the Marination Ingredients (Ginger Garlic Paste, Salt, ChilliPowder, Coriander Powder, Cumin Powder, Pepper Powder, Lemon) in a bowl and mix thoroughly...  Now add Oil and mix it in the marinade...

TIP 3: Poke the fish pieces with a fork slightly before applying the marinade so that the marinade will seep in and stick to the fish pieces even while frying

Now apply the marinade to the fish pieces very carefully individually.. This will take time but having patience will reap good rewards..

Shallow Frying :

Now take a Tawa and put some oil on it... Spread the oil in the Tawa and some extra oil in the centre of the Tawa...

The flame should be low - medium..

Put the fish pieces carefully around tawa.. Not at the centre where extra Oil is there... ( The heat at the centre is more than in the outer areas...)

If you put around 5 Pieces in the Tawa then put the pieces in round robin fashion in the centre for 1 minute each and bring them back to the outer ring where heat is low... keep doing this for 4-5 minutes on one side of the fish... Now flip the fish pieces carefully to the other side and repeat the process of Round Robin in and out and after 1 minute take out the fish pieces and serve them HOT with onions...

TIP 4: While putting the Fish pieces on the Tawa, place the Top side down on the Tawa... i.e. When you put the Marinade, if Side A is on the top, put the Fish in the Tawa with Side A at the bottom because Side B some marinade might have been removed as it was doing sticking to the vessel... Now Before flipping on the Tawa, apply some  Marinade on Side B and flip it so that it goes to the bottom with proper Marinade :)

TIP 5: Remember the order in which you have placed the Fish Pieces in the Tawa so that, you know the order in which you have to put them in centre and also know the order in which you have to flip it

Fish Fry goes very well with Rasam Rice...