West Indian

Goan Fish Fry (Rava-Crusted Fried Fish)

Name: Goan Fish Fry (Rava-Crusted Fried Fish)
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: West Indian
Ingredients: 1 lb fish fillets; 3/4 cup semolina; 1/2 tsp turmeric; 1 tsp red chili powder; 1 tsp grated ginger; 2 garlic cloves; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 4 tbsp neutral oil; 1 tsp salt

Bhavna Shah @bhavna_shah

Goan Fish Fry (Rava-Crusted Fried Fish) is West Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the protein alongside. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

30 min Medium Pescatarian Halal Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1 lb fish fillets
3/4 cup semolina
1/2 tsp turmeric
1 tsp red chili powder
1 tsp grated ginger
2 garlic cloves
1 tbsp lemon juice
4 tbsp neutral oil
1 tsp salt

How to cook it

Clean the fish fillets and pat dry, then rub with turmeric, chili powder, ginger, garlic, lemon juice, and salt, and marinate for 20 minutes.
Spread the semolina on a plate and press each marinated fillet into it, coating both sides well.
Heat the oil in a wide pan over medium heat.
Shallow fry the fillets in batches until golden and crisp on both sides, about 3 to 4 minutes per side.
Drain on paper towels and serve hot with lemon wedges alongside fish curry and rice.

Watch how to cook Goan Fish Fry (Rava-Crusted Fried Fish)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

Serve it with

A West Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Goan Fish Fry (Rava-Crusted Fried Fish), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The dish at the centre
- Aamti (Goda-Masala Spiced Dal)
  
  40 min
The cooked vegetable
- Batata Bhaji (Dry Potato Bhaji)
  
  25 min
What it is eaten with
- Bajra Bhakri (Pearl Millet Flatbread)
  
  35 min
- Jowar Bhakri (Sorghum Flatbread)
  
  30 min
The sharp little thing
- Chaas (Spiced Buttermilk)
  
  10 min
Something cool and fresh
- Koshimbir (Cucumber-Peanut Curd Salad)
  
  15 min

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. Goan Fish Fry (Rava-Crusted Fried Fish) carries gluten and fish. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Goan Fish Fry (Rava-Crusted Fried Fish)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	Yes	Aamti (Goda-Masala Spiced Dal)
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	Yes	Aamti (Goda-Masala Spiced Dal)
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: 330 kcal
Protein: 25 g
Carbs: 15 g
Fat: 19 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 580 mg
Saturated fat: 3 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Goan Fish Fry (Rava-Crusted Fried Fish) 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.