Making spicy Fish Fry Masala Recipe on Tawa / skillet. It's the most popular recipe from Punjab. Easy and healthy dinner idea for foodies to make at home! Super delicious and extremely easy to make!
Fish fry masala is one of the most popular street food recipes that you can serve at dinner and lunch. It's a spicy fish fry marinated in a yogurt masala using local spices and herbs and then shallow fried in a skillet. Extremely delicious, soft, and tender recipe for foodies to make at home.
As you know the seafood is healthy and always recommended to add in diet. Fish contains omega-3 fatty acids and multivitamins like D and B2 (riboflavin). High in calcium, phosphorus, and a great source of potassium, iron, and zinc.
To make this masala spicy fish, you can use any type of fish that you like or have at home. You can also apply the same masala on fish fillets to make the recipe in a similar way.
Masala Fish Fry Recipe Video
I always love to make shallow fried or oven-baked fish at home. It's more healthy and tasty as compared to deep-fried fish. Skillet or tawa fish is more crispy and tender in taste. Here is a step-by-step recipe video that will help to easily shallow-fry masala fish fry at home kitchen. So if you are a beginner and looking for how to masala fish fry at home then watch this quick tutorial.
I personally love to cook fish 2 times within a week. It's a healthy and the best source of protein, easily digest so mainly serving in dinner. You can apply the same marination to bake in the oven or bbq purpose.
6 Tips to Make Best Masala Fish Fry
- Use fresh fish that shows the moist flesh. If you feel the old fish odor then never use it. Red or pink gills will be visible on fresh fish. Salmon, red snipper, rohu, or paplet are good for this recipe.
- Never make the runny marination. It should be stick like a thick paste otherwise the fish will be watery while cooking.
- Fish is salty in taste so carefully add salt.
- Fishbone and flesh are so gentle so wash the fish carefully as it can break while washing with tap water.
- Initially cook the fish on high heat as it get the crust then turn the heat to medium. In this way the fish will not break while cooking.
- Gently flip as it can break.
You can also serve these oven-baked french fries, green chutney, or coleslaw.
How to Make Fish Fry Masala
Ingredients:
- Fish - 8 Pieces
- Yogurt - 1 Cup
- Salt - 1 Tsp
- Black Pepper - ½ Tsp
- Red Chili Powder - ½ Tsp
- Turmeric - ½ Tsp
- Coriander Powder - ½ Tsp
- Garam Masala Powder - ½ Tsp
- Carom Seed Powder - ⅓ Tsp
- Roasted Cumin Powder - ⅓ Tsp
- Garlic Paste - ½ Tsp
- Ginger Paste - ½ Tsp
- Fresh Lemon Juice - 2 Tsp
- Oil - For shallow frying
Sizzling Masala Fish Making
You can easily make this masala fish by marinating spices in yogurt. For this, In a deep bowl, add yogurt, salt, black pepper, red chili powder, turmeric, coriander powder, garam masala, carom seed powder, roasted cumin, garlic, and ginger paste. Mix all the ingredients to make a thick paste.
In the meanwhile, wash and dry the fish pieces. Squeeze fresh lemon juice on fish from both sides. Now apply the paste on fish on both sides and marinate for 01 hours or give it more time for marination to absorb the masala.
After 01 hours, brush oil on skillet/Tawa. As the oil heated up then place the fish fishes and let it cook for around 10 minutes from both sides. Once one side is cooked and turned to golden brown color then gently flip the fish and cook from another side until it turned to golden color.
Garnish with chopped coriander/cilantro and squeeze lemon juice.
The tasty and delicious Tawa fish fry is ready to eat. Serve with your favorite chutney or sauce.
I love to serve it with green chutney!
Happy cooking and happy eating!!
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How to Store Marinated Fish
You can easily store marinated fish in an airtight container for 2 weeks in the refrigerator. Make sure to store quickly right after marination. When you need it then take it out and pan-fried or bake accordingly.
Fish Fry Masala Recipe - Tawa Fish Fry
Equipment
- Skillet
Materials
- Fish - 8 Pieces
- Yogurt - 1 Cup
- Salt - 1 Tsp
- Black Pepper - ½ Tsp
- Red Chili Powder - ½ Tsp
- Turmeric - ½ Tsp
- Coriander Powder - ½ Tsp
- Garam Masala Powder - ½ Tsp
- Carom Seed Powder - ⅓ Tsp
- Roasted Cumin Powder - ⅓ Tsp
- Garlic Paste - ½ Tsp
- Ginger Paste - ½ Tsp
- Fresh Lemon Juice - 2 Tsp
- Oil - For shallow frying
Instructions
- In a deep bowl, add yogurt, salt, black pepper, red chili powder, turmeric, coriander powder, garam masala, carom seed powder, roasted cumin, garlic, and ginger paste.
- Mix all the ingredients to make a thick paste.
- In the meanwhile, wash and dry the fish pieces.
- Squeeze fresh lemon juice on fish from both sides.
- Now apply the paste on fish on both sides and marinate for 01 hours or give it more time for marination to absorb the masala.
- After 01 hours, brush oil on skillet/Tawa.
- As the oil heated up then place the fish fishes and let it cook for around 10 minutes from both sides. Once one side is cooked and turned to golden brown color then gently flip the fish and cook from another side until it turned to golden color.
- Garnish with chopped coriander/cilantro and squeeze lemon juice.
- Fish Fry Masala is ready to serve!
Notes
- Make sure the marination is nonwatery otherwise the fish will release water while cooking.
- To get the best result, marinate for 3 to 4 hours otherwise 01 hours is enough.
- Initially place the fish in a skillet on high heat then turn the heat to medium to cook from inside.
- Gently treat the fish as it can break while flipping.
- You can take any type of fish to make the same recipe.
- Salmon, Rohu, Paplet, or Silver Snapper is good for this recipe otherwise you can use any as per your availability.
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Quick and easy Fish Fry Masala Recipe - Easy Dinner Idea for foodies to try!