Homestyle Fried Fish

If you are craving something hot and spicy with a melt-in-the-mouth texture, then you have hit the jackpot! This fish recipe is just so simple, even an amateur cook can make it... which explains why I choose to prepare it almost every time we buy fish!

Ingredients
4 King Fish pieces, cleaned (You can use any other variety of fish too)
5 tbsp - Tamarind pulp, slightly diluted
3 tsp - Chilli powder (You can adjust the spice according to your taste)
2 tbsp - Ginger garlic paste
1/2 cup - Rice flour
A drop of vinegar
A pinch of Turmeric powder (Optional - It's just added for colour!)
Oil, to fry
A sprig of cilantro to garnish
And, of course, some salt to tatse!!

Method
- In a mixing bowl, pour the tamarind pulp
- Add the chilli powder, ginger garlic paste, vinegar and salt
- Mix well
- Dunk in the fish pieces in this marinade, coating the fish well on all sides
- Set aside for about 3 to 4 hours (Longer the better!)
- Mix the rice flour with some salt and turmeric powder
- Spread it out evenly on a plate and set aside
- Now in a wok(kadaai), heat oil
- As the oil heats up, coat the marinated fish in the rice flour mixture
- Fry

Serving Suggestion
Garnish with cilantro sprigs and serve hot with lemon slices.

SERVES 2