Chilli Fish Recipe | Restaurant Style Chilli Fish Recipe | Fish Manchurian |Simple and Yummy Recipes

Chili Fish is a popular Indo-Chinese recipe made by tossing boneless pieces of fish in the spicy chili sauce. It can be served as an appetizer or side dish for noodles and fried rice. It is a perfect appetizer for dinner party recipes.

For making this chili fish recipe, make sure to use only boneless fish pieces which are cut into medium-sized cubes. Any boneless fish can be used for this recipe.

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Preparation time: 10 mins

Cooking time: 30 mins

Serves: 2-3

Ingredients:

• 300 gms Boneless Fish (cut into cubes)
• 1 Onion ( cut into petals )
• 1 Capsicum ( cut into cubes )
• 1 tbsp Garlic, finely chopped
• 1/2 tbsp Ginger, finely chopped
• 1 tsp Pepper powder
• Salt as required
• 1 tbsp Salt
• Oil for deep frying
• few chopped Spring Onion

Batter to coat fish

• 1 tsp Lemon juice
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Red chili powder
• 1 tsp Pepper powder
• 1 tbsp All-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tbsp Cornflour
• 1 tsp Ginger Garlic paste
• Egg white from 1 egg

Sauce mix

• 2 tbsp Soysauce
• 1 tbsp Red chili sauce
• 1/2 tbsp Tomato sauce
• 1 tbsp Chilli Vinegar

Cornflour Slurry

• 1 tbsp Cornflour
• 1 tbsp Water

Method

Step 1: To make Sauce mix

• In a small bowl mix together all the sauces -soy sauce, red chili sauce, tomato sauce, and chili vinegar. Keep aside.

Step 2: Batter Coating the fish

• Place the boneless fish cubes in a large bowl. Add salt and lemon. Mix well. Keep aside and let it marinate for 15 mins.

• After 15 mins, add cornflour, maida flour, ginger garlic paste, red chili powder, pepper powder, and egg white from 1 egg to the fish. Mix well to coat the batter well with the fish.

Step 3: Deep frying the Fish

• Heat oil in kadai or pan for frying the fish. When the oil is medium hot, drop the fish pieces one by one and fry them in batches until crisp and done. Once the fish is fried, remove it to a plate plated with the tissue.

Step 4: Making Chili Fish / Fish Manchurian

• Heat 1 tbsp oil in a wide pan, when hot add chopped garlic, ginger, and green chilies, and stir fry for 15 secs on high heat.

• Next, add the onion petals and stir fry for 15 secs on high heat. Then add capsicum pieces, salt, and stir fry for 30 secs on high heat.

• Then pour the sauce mix and 2 tbsp of water and mix well. stir fry for 1 min on high heat.

• Make cornflour slurry by mixing cornflour and water and immediately add this slurry to the onion, capsicum sauce mixture and mix well.

• Next, add the fried fish cubes to the pan and toss well with the mixture. Toss well to coat with the sauce and stirfry for 2 min on high heat.

• Add salt and pepper powder as required and mix well. Garnish with some chopped spring onion and serve hot.

💢   Step By Step Pics of how to make chili fish recipe or fish Manchurian recipe 💢 

Step 1: To make Sauce mix

In a small bowl mix together all the sauces -soy sauce, red chili sauce, tomato sauce, and chili vinegar. Keep aside.

Step 2: Batter Coating the fish

Place the boneless fish cubes in a large bowl. Add salt and lemon. Mix well. Keep aside and let it marinate for 15 mins.

After 15 mins, add cornflour, maida flour, ginger garlic paste, red chili powder, pepper powder, and egg white from 1 egg to the fish. Mix well to coat the batter well with the fish.

Step 3: Deep frying the Fish

Heat oil in kadai or pan for frying the fish. When the oil is medium hot, drop the fish pieces one by one and fry them in batches until crisp and done. Once the fish is fried, remove it to a plate lined with the tissue paper.

Step 4: Making Chili Fish / Fish Manchurian

Heat 1 tbsp oil in a wide pan, when hot add chopped garlic, ginger, and green chilies, and stir fry for 15 secs on high heat.

Next, add the onion petals and stir fry for 15 secs on high heat. Then add capsicum pieces, salt, and stir fry for 30 secs on high heat.

Then pour the sauce mix and 2 tbsp of water and mix well. stir fry for 1 min on high heat.

Make cornflour slurry by mixing cornflour and water.

Immediately add this slurry to the onion, capsicum sauce mixture and mix well.

Next, add the fried fish cubes to the pan and toss well with the mixture. Toss well to coat with the sauce and stirfry for 2 min on high heat.

Add salt and pepper powder as required and mix well. Garnish with some chopped spring onion and serve hot.

Video Recipe

Tawa Fish Fry | Mackarel Fish Fry | Fish Fry Recipe | Simple and Yummy Recipes

Mackerel fish fry ( Indian Mackerel Fish ) is called Ayala meen varuval in Tamil is a delicious Indian fish fry recipe usually served as a side dish for the rice. It is a rich source of omega-3 fatty acids. It is called Bangda fish in Hindi.

Today i'm going to share how to make mackerel fish fry in tawa/dosa pan. It's a very simple recipe yet very delicious 👌. As it is fried in tawa, it consumes less oil, so its a very healthy recipe. It usually served with biriyani, sambar rice, rasam rice or served even as a starter too.

Adjust the chilly powder according to your taste. I made it quite spicy, so reduce the quantity of chilly powder if you don't need much spicy. 

Ingredients:

• 500 gms Mackarel Fish, gut and washed
• 1 tsp Ginger Garlic paste
• 2 tbsp Red Chilly powder
• 1 tsp Coriander powder
• 1 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 tbsp Oil
• 1/2 Lemon Juice
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying and 1 tbsp of Oil for marination

Method :

• Gut the fish 🐟 and wash thoroughly. Keep it whole and make 2 or 3 diagonal slits on both sides of the fish.

• In a bowl add red chilly powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, ginger garlic paste, little oil, lemon juice and salt. Mix well by adding little water and make a thick paste.

• Apply this marinade mixture all over the fish and slits too. Marinate it for 30 minutes 🕣 to one hour. You can also keep it in the refrigerator for marination. 

• Heat the dosa pan or tawa or any flat pan. Heat 1 tbsp of oil and when hot place the marinated fish one by one.

• Fry the fish in a low medium flame. Fry them very well on both sides till it gets cooked and looks brown and crispy.

• Once done place the fish on the kitchen tissue paper if needed and serve hot with rice 🍛 👌.

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Chettinad Fish Kulambu/Curry | Chettinad style Meen Kulambu

Chettinad Cuisine is one the famous cuisine in Tamilnadu which is one of the spiciest and most aromatic cuisine in India. Its is famous for its wide variety of spices used like star aniseed, dried flower pods, bay leaf, cinnamon, whole red chillies, fennel seeds etc. They always use freshly ground spices/ masalas that makes the recipes hot and pungent. Also the cuisine is very famous for its non vegetarian food. And today recipe is fish kulambu from the chettinad region.

Nethli Meen varuval / Anchovies Fish Fry / நெத்திலி மீன் வறுவல்

Anchovies Fish fry, Nethli meen varuval in Tamil - this is one of my favorite fish food, simply superb and irresistible. This is a simple fish fry recipe marinated with spice mixture and deep fried. In my hometown this fish most commonly used for making fish gravy. This is one of the best fish to make fish gravy, but i love to make fry with this. This crispy fish fry can be eaten with bones, they wont stick to your throat as they become soft and crunchy when fried. Here is the recipe.

Prawn and chickpeas Curry

Fish Gravy / Meen Kulambu

Our weekend starts with fun and food. And non vegetarian dishes are always in most wanted list. And when it comes to non vegetarian our choice is for sea foods. Fish kulambu tastes best with small fishes like sardines, anchovies..., There are many methods to prepare this. Here is a way my mother taught me. And those little fishes in brown gravy tastes simply superb!!! And those of you who are veggies you can substitute with garlic, bitter gourd instead of fish. So here we go....

Ingredients

• Sardines Fish - 2 (Mathi Meen in Tamil)
  

• Shallots - 10 to 15

• Garlic - 2 cloves, crushed
  

• Tomato - 2, medium sized chopped

• Tamarind juice - 1 cup

• Green Chillies - 2

• Chilly powder - 1 tbsp

• Coriander powder - 2 tbsp

• Coconut paste - 1 tbsp

• Thick Coconut Milk - 1/2 cup

• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

• Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp

• Curry Leaves - few
  

• Coriander leaves - few
  

• Oil - 2 tbsp

• Salt to taste

Method

• Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and allow it to splutter and then add curry leaves to it.

• Add shallots, green chillies and garlic to it and fry till shallots turn pink.

• Add tamarind juice and 1 cup water to it.

• Then to that add all the powders mentioned above.

• When the gravy starts boiling drop the fish in it.

• When the fishes are 3/4th cooked, add coconut paste and coconut milk to it.

• Cook till the gravy becomes thick and fish gets cooked.

• Finally add coriander leaves to it.
  

• Serve with hot rice.

Stir Fried Prawns with Tamarind

Prawns are my favorite. This stir fried prawns will give you both spicy and sour taste. This sour, tangy flavour is characteristic of many Thai dishes and gives you a great taste. Really friends once you cook this, you wont end up in first time.

Ingredients

• Prawns - 1/4 kg

• Dry Red Chillies - 7 to 8

• Onion, small one - 1, chopped finely

• Garlic - 5 cloves, chopped finely

• Shallots - 3, sliced

• Tamarind Juice - 100 ml, made by mixing tamarind paste with warm water
  

• Thai Fish Sauce - 1 tbsp

• Spring Onions to garnish

Method

• Heat a wok, do not add oil at this stage, add dry red chillies and dry fry them. Do not let them burn. Set them aside to cool.

• Add the oil now to the wok, add the chopped garlic, onion, shallots to it and fry for 2 - 3 Min's or until golden brown.

• Next add the fish sauce, red chillies, tamarind juice and stir. Bring it to boil and then lower the heat slightly.

• Add the prawns and little water, cook in the lower flame until the prawns are cooked. Garnish with spring onions ans serve.

Note:
* Rub the prawns with salt twice or thrice to avoid smell and wash thoroughly. Wash it three to four times otherwise it will taste very salty.
*If needed only add salt, because while cleaning the prawns we have used salt. Taste it and accordingly add the salt.
*Leave a few prawns in their shells only the tail part for a garnish, if you like.

schezwan Chilli Prawns

The cuisines of China and Thailand are the most popular in the world. Are you a huge fan of chinese food ? So here is a quick and simple stir fry. Try this out. Happy Cooking :)

Ingredients
Prawns - 1/4kg
Spring Onions - 4, trimmed and cut into 11/2 inch length
Red Chilly - 1, thinly sliced
Garlic Cloves - 3 , finely chopped

For Sauce
Cornflour - 1 tbsp
Fish Stock - 3 tbsp
Soy Sauce - 2 tbsp
Chilly Sauce - 3 tbsp
Sugar - 1 tbsp

Method

• Deshell, devein, wash the prawns and pat dry with absorbent kitchen paper and keep them aside.

• Heat oil in a wok, when hot, add spring onion, red chilly and stir fry for 3 - 4 Min's. Add chopped garlic to it and cook for 30 seconds. Transfer to a plate and keep aside.

• Add the prawns to the wok and stir fry for 1-2 minutes or until they turn pink.

• Blend/Mix all the chilli sauce ingredients together in a bowl, then stir into the prawns. Add the sauted spring onion ad garlic mixture and bring to boil, stirring constantly. Cook until the sauce is thickened and the prawns get cooked.

• Garnish with spring onions and serve immediately with rice or noodles.

Note : Rub the prawns twice or thrice with salt to avoid smell and wash thoroughly. Wash it three to four times otherwise it will taste very salty.

Fish Fry

Cuisine of Andhra Pradesh is world renowned for it spiciest flavor. Food from Andhra Pradesh is rich, high on spices, it is absolutely delicious and the taste is very distinguishable. The spicy lip smacking dish of Andhra Pradesh are something to savour forever. So i tried the fish fry from Andhra Cuisine. And here is the spicy fish fry :)

This is going to participate in " Spotlight : Fish " Event hosted by Indrani of Appyayan.

Ingredients

• Fish - 1/2 kg

• Ginger Garlic paste - 2 tbsp

• Lemon juice - 1 tbsp

• Tamarind pulp - 1/4 tbsp

• Red Chilly powder - 3 tbsp

• Pepper powder - 1 tbsp

• Gram Flour - 1 tbsp

• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

• Curry Leaves few, finely chopped

• Salt to taste

• Oil for shallow frying

Method

• In a bowl marinate the fish with ginger garlic paste, lemon juice and salt for 10 Min's.

• Mix all the other ingredients except oil together to make a paste.

• Now coat the fish in this mixture and rest for 10 Min's.

• Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan and shallow fry them.

• Serve hot with lemon and onions.
  

Crispy Prawn Fry

Ingredients
Prawn medium sized - 1/4 kg
Chilly powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Corn Flour - 1/4 tsp
Ginger Garlic paste - 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil for deep fry

Method

• De shell, devein wash and drain the prawns thoroughly keep aside.
  

• Mix chilly powder, corn flour, ginger garlic paste and salt in a bowl and make a fine paste.

• To this add the prawns and mix well and marinate for 30 mins.

• Now heat oil in a wok and deep fry the prawns, drain off the oil and serve.
  

Prawn Fry

Hi friends, hope you are all doing good. Sorry, i was not able to blog for the past few days. Hope youall had a very nice diwali celebrations.
Now over to my recipe for today

Ingredients

100gms Prawn

1 Onion

2 tsp Chilly powder

1 tsp Corn Flour

5 to 6 pods Garlic

1" Ginger root

Salt

Oil to deep fry

Method

De shell, de vein, wash and drain prawns thoroughly and keep aside.Grind onion, chilly powder, ginger, garlic paste, salt to a fine paste. Transfer this paste to bowl. To this add cornflour and mix well. Add prawns to it and mix well and marinate for 2 hours. Then deep fry it and serve hot.