Fish Amritsari Recipe

Preparation Time
Difficulty Moderately easy
Occasion Dinner Party
Recipe Type Dinner
Cuisine South Indian

This Indian fried fish recipe is a delicacy originated from Punjab and is popular as a street food. Here Amritsari fish is prepared by dipping the fish in gram flour batter and then deep frying it to a delicious golden brown.

Ingredients

Ingredient Quantity Calories Fat Cholestrol
Fish 1 kilogram 2061 123 625
Ginger Paste 3 tablespoon 12
Garlic Paste 3 tablespoon 1.23 12.24
Turmeric Powder 1 tablespoon 6
Coriander Powder 1 teaspoon 5.78 0.05
Cumin Powder 1 teaspoon 12.6 0.6
Carom Seeds 1 teaspoon 6.93 0.3
Chili powder 1 teaspoon 1.77 35.36
Salt 1 as required 0
Lemon Juice 1 cup 10
All purpose flour 1.5 cup 681.6
Oil 50 milliliter 450 63.25 0
lemon wedges 7 nos 13
3261.91 234.8 625

Preparation Method

  1. 1 Mix all the ingredients except the Fish and lime wedges, in a large, shallow dish. Form a thick paste.
  2. 2 Gently fold the Fish into this paste, making sure to coat each piece well. Allow to marinate for 1 hour.
  3. 3 In a wide, flat pan, heat enough Oil to shallow fry the Fish Till each piece is golden and crisp on both sides.
  4. 4 Serve hot, arranged in a platter. Squeeze Lemon Juice over the pieces just before serving.
  5. 5 Garnish with lime wedges.