Step-by-Step Guide to Make Award-winning Netholi Fish Fry

Netholi Fish Fry.

You can have Netholi Fish Fry using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Netholi Fish Fry

1. You need of Ingredients:.
2. You need 500 gm of Netholi fish / anchovies.
3. Prepare 1 cup of coconut grated.
4. It's 8 - 10 of shallots, sliced.
5. It's 1 inch of ginger.
6. Prepare 2 sprig of curry leaves.
7. It's as needed of Oil for shallow frying.
8. It's as required of Salt.
9. It's of For the marinade:.
10. It's to taste of Chilli powder.
11. You need 1/2 tsp of Turmeric powder.
12. You need pinch of Pepper powder.
13. Prepare 1 tsp of Lemon juice.
14. It's To taste of Salt.

Netholi Fish Fry step by step

1. Cleaning Netholi fish is super easy – no specific technique required. If the fish is very tiny you can pinch of the head, tail and sides. If it’s little bigger in size then better to use scissor to clean it. I always prefer to clean it with scissor, as this will always give an even look finishing and keep my nails clean..
2. Mix all the marination ingredients into a smooth paste with few drops of lemon juice and water. Apply it on the fish and set aside for at least 30 minutes..
3. Heat oil to shallow fry the fish in small batches. You will need less oil for frying in small batches and the fish will be evenly fried. This gives a nice texture to the fried fish. Fry until the fish turns golden brown, not fried to the bones so that the flesh is still soft. Use your instinct to judge the fish..
4. From the remaining oil, take 1 tbsp oil in a pan and stir fry the ginger, curry leaves, shallots and the grated coconut. Add to it little chilli powder and salt and mix it. Add to it the fried fish with any left over crumbles and keep stirring to avoid burning of coconut. When you get the nutty fragrance from coconut your Natholi fish fry is ready.
5. Natholi fish fry garnished with some more onions and lemon is ready to be served as a starter or with a bowl of steamed red rice..