West Indian
Surmai Tawa Fry (Kingfish Shallow-Fry)
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Surmai Tawa Fry (Kingfish Shallow-Fry) is West 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 kingfish steaks dry and rub them with the red chili powder, kashmiri chili powder, turmeric, ginger garlic paste, lemon juice and salt. Let them marinate 20 minutes.
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Spread the rice flour on a plate and press each steak into it, coating both sides in a thin, even layer.
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Heat the oil in a flat tawa or wide pan over medium heat until shimmering.
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Lay the steaks in without crowding and cook 4 minutes a side, pressing gently, until the crust is golden and crisp and the fish flakes easily at the thickest point.
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Serve hot with a wedge of lemon, dal and rice.
Serve it with
A West Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Surmai Tawa Fry (Kingfish Shallow-Fry), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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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
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. Surmai Tawa Fry (Kingfish Shallow-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 | 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
- 270 kcal
- Protein
- 25 g
- Carbs
- 10 g
- Fat
- 14 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 480 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Surmai Tawa Fry (Kingfish Shallow-Fry) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. 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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