Kolkata Fish Fry Recipe | ভেটকি মাছের ফিশ ফ্রাই
This Bengali Fish Fry is popular street food from Kolkata, that hardly needs an introduction. Beautifully carved Bhetki (Barramundi or Seabass) fish fillet, marinated in onion, ginger, garlic & chilli juice before dipped in an egg wash & breaded for frying them to perfection.
Servings 8 pieces
Calories 0.247kcal
Equipment
- Stove Top
- MagicBullet Blender
- Non-stick frying pan
- Mixing Bowl
- Air-tight Box
Ingredients
- 500 gms Bhetki or Barramundi or Seabass Fillets 7-8 pieces
- 1 Onion
- 4-5 Cloves of Garlic
- 1 inch Ginger
- 1 Green Chili
- 1 tsp White Vinegar
- Salt
- 1 Egg
- 1 cup Breadcrumbs
- Refined Oil to fry
Instructions
- Combine onion, ginger, garlic and green chili and grind it into paste.1 Onion, 4-5 Cloves of Garlic, 1 inch Ginger, 1 Green Chili
- Take it out in a bowl and add salt to it. Mix everything together. It will soon release a lot of liquid.Salt
- Place the fish fillets on a plate and pour the liquid over them. Pour the vinegar and massage the fillets.500 gms Bhetki or Barramundi or Seabass Fillets , 1 tsp White Vinegar
- Place these fish fillets with all of its liquid in an air-tight container and let this marinate for 4 hours. Keep it in fridge if required.
- Before frying, prepare your breading station. Take two plates. Whisk an egg with some salt and pour it on one plate. Pour breadcrumbs in another.1 Egg, 1 cup Breadcrumbs
- Now, take a fish fillet and place it in the egg wash. Let the egg cover both sides.
- Now place the fillet in the breadcrumbs. Press gently so that the bottom surface gets covered with it. Turn it over and do the same.
- Now repeat the egg wash and coating with breadcrumbs further twice.
- Keep shaping the fillets into a neat square or rectangle as the fish is quite delicate and with repeated pressing, it may start looing its shape.
- Repeat this step with rest of the fish fillets.
- You may fry them immediately or freeze them for later in an air-tight container. Read blogpost for details on freezing fish fries.
- Heat refined oil in a frying pan. Ideally these are deep fried, but we are going to shallow fry them.Refined Oil to fry
- Once the oil is warm, place the prepared fish fillet in the oil. Slowly fry each of them on medium-low heat. We don't want to burn the outer layer while the inside remains uncooked.
- After 2 mins, turn it over gently. Repeat this till both sides are nicely browned and the fillet has been cooking for around 7-8 mins.
- Serve them hot.
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