Crispy Topse or Mango Fish Fry

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Chef :

Kumkum Chatterjee

Crispy Topse or Mango Fish Fry

#ebook /post -30 #OneRecipeOneTree Topse or Mango fish has very soft bones and small in size.This is a delicious fish fry which can be prepared two ways : one by batter frying whole fish or deboning and dipping in batter and coating with breadcrumbs and deep frying.This can be served as a signature item in marriage ceremonies or at parties as a starter with salad and sauce or as a side dish with rice and dal.

Ingredient

200 gm

Topse fish (15 pieces)

small onion paste

1 tsp

ginger

1/4 tsp

garlic paste

1 tbsp

coriander leaves and green chilli paste

1 pinch

turmeric powder

To taste

salt

1 pinch

sugar(optional)

1 tsp

chopped coriander

4 tbsp

gramflour

1 tbsp

rice flour

1 tbsp

cornflour or maida

1 cup

breadcrumbs

1 cup

refined oil for frying

1 tbsp

lemon juice

1 tbsp

vinegar

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Clean the small scales and chop off the head of fish.This fish can be batter fried whole.Here fish has been deboned by cutting open the belly part with a kitchen scissor.Spread flat and smear little salt and lemon juice.Make a paste of onion with vinegar.Add ginger garlic paste,coriander green chilli paste,turmeric,salt and sugar.Mix all with 1 tbsp gramflour and rice flour.Smear this paste all over the fish.Let it rest for sometime.Remove excess juice from the smeared fish.

* Step 2

Make a slurry of cornflour or maida with gramflour.Mix little salt in it. Dip each masala coated fish in it and coat with breadcrumbs. Allow it to set in fridge for half hour.Heat oil in a pan and fry topse fish.Serve crispy fried fish with salad and sauce as a starter or simply enjoy with dal and jeera rice.