Meen Porichathu/Fish Fry

This is how my mother makes fish fry using just the bare minimum spices for marination.To this basic marinade mixture one can also add ginger-garlic paste,lemon juice.finely chopped curry leaves,to add more flavour.

Ingredients

Fish(Kingklip) fillet = 1(whole or cut into pieces)
Coconut oil - to shallow fry

for the marinade
Pepper powder = 1/4tsp
Turmeric powder = 1/4tsp
Kashmiri red chilli powder = 1/4tsp
Salt

Method

1.Mix the pepper,turmeric,chilli powder,salt with few drops of water and make a fairly thick paste
2.Apply this paste over the fish fillet and marinate it for 10-15min
3.Heat oil in a non stick pan,place the marinated fish and after few seconds,turn down the heat to medium and fry till all sides turn brown
4.Drain excess oil and serve immediately

My entry for RCI-Kerala