South Indian
South Indian Fish Fry
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South Indian Fish Fry is South Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Pat the fish steaks dry and marinate with the ginger garlic paste, red chili powder, turmeric, ground coriander, lemon juice, and salt for at least 20 minutes.
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Just before frying, dredge each piece lightly in the rice flour to coat.
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Heat the oil in a wide skillet over medium heat and shallow fry the fish in batches with a few curry leaves until deep golden and crisp, about 4 minutes per side.
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Drain briefly on a paper towel and serve hot with a wedge of lemon.
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Serve it with
A South Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside South Indian Fish Fry, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. South Indian Fish Fry carries fish. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Adai (Tamil Nadu Multi-Lentil Dosa) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 310 kcal
- Protein
- 30 g
- Carbs
- 8 g
- Fat
- 18 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 520 mg
- Saturated fat
- 3 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
South Indian Fish Fry takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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