Homemade Rava Fish Fry Recipe

Fish fry is a delicacy that we rarely enjoy at home. The concept of fried fish usually reminds us of the crisp and batter fried fish that we bite into at restaurants. However, rava fish fry is a dish that is just as crisp as the fried fish that we try outside home.

Rava fish fry is a homemade fish fry dish that can give competition to any restaurant or café's menu. Sooji is used in this fish fry recipe. Rava fish fry is crisp and delectable as it is rolled in sooji or semolina. You can easily shallow fry the fish as it is not rolled in batter. Rava fish fry can be made with many different types of fish. But we will try making sooji rolled fish fry with surmai which is a popular sea fish in the Konkan region.

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Serves: 4
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • Fish (Surmai)- 8 pieces
  • Lemon juice- 2tbsp
  • Curry Leaves- 5
  • Dry red chillies- 5
  • Coriander seeds- 1tsp
  • Green chillies- 4
  • Poppy seeds- 1tsp
  • Ajwain- 1pinch
  • Garlic- 5 cloves
  • Ginger- ½ inch
  • Cumin seeds- 1tsp
  • Sooji or semolina- 1 cup
  • Oil- 3tbsp
  • Salt- as per taste

Procedure

  1. Marinate the fish with salt and lemon juice.
  2. Leave it for 10 minutes in the refrigerator.Meanwhile, make a paste of red chillies, green chillies, ginger, garlic, poopy seeds, cumin seeds and coriander seeds.
  3. Apply a coat of this thick masala paste on both sides of the marinated fish and leave it for another 10 minutes.
  4. Heat out the oil in a flat pan.
  5. When the oil crackles, add ajwain and curry leaves to the pan.
  6. Allow the flavours that these spices release to evolve a bit as you roll the marinated fish in semolina.
  7. Add the fish to the pan one by one and fry on low flame for 15 minutes.
  8. Turn the fish over once its one side gets fried or browned.
  9. Once both the sides turn brown, your dish is ready.
  10. Enjoy rava fish fry with fresh onion rings and coriander chutney.

Story first published: Wednesday, March 5, 2014, 17:25 [IST]