Amritsari Fish
Amritsari fish, is dried fish serving as a great appetizer or side dish
complementing the main course. Fish is prepared with lot of spices and
seasonings to make it mouth watering. This fish was originated in Punjab
that's why mainly known as Amritsari Fish. Originally it was sold in streets
of Amritsar. Make Amritsari fish of your own with SurfIndia recipes section.
Don't forget to squeeze lemon juice on Amritsari fish before eating or
serving someone. Complement with mint-cilantro chutney.
Ingredients
- 1 kg: Fish (cut into medium sized chunks)
- Oil for frying
To Marinade
- 75 ml: Lemon juice
- 1 tsp: Grated ginger
- 1 tsp: Black pepper
- 1 tsp: Salt
Batter
- 100 gm: Besan
- 1 tsp: Ginger paste
- 2 tsp: Garlic paste
- 2 tsp: Ajwain
- 1 tsp: Chilli powder
- 4 : red chillies (snipped)
- 1 tsp: Baking powder
- 100 ml: Iced water
- Salt to taste
Method
- Combine all the marinade ingredients. Pour over the fish and set
aside for 30 minutes.
- Remove the fish from the marinade and pat dry.
- Combine all ingredients for the batter. Coat the fish in the batter
and set aside for 15 minutes.
- Fry in hot oil until golden brown. Serve hot.
