Mouthwatering Spicy Chilli Fish Recipe: Ceylon Foods

It is a Chinese style fish curry, to be more precise Indo-Chinese dish. Restaurants serve it as Fish chilli, fish Manchurian, chilli fish etc.

Recipe:

For the batter:

Flour: 4 tbsp.
Corn flour: 2 tbsp.
Soya sauce: 1 tsp.
Pepper powder: 1/4 tsp.
Kashmiri Chili powder: 1/2 tsp.
Soda powder: A fat pinch (optional).
Salt as needed.

For the sauce/gravy:

The white part of green onion: Chopped, about 3 sprigs.
Garlic: 3or 4 cloves, chopped.
Kashmiri Chili powder: 1 1/2 tsp (decrease and increase according to your tolerance)
Pepper powder: 1/2 tsp.
Soya sauce: 1 tsp.
Tomato sauce: 2 tbsp.
Sugar: 1/4 tsp.
Green chilli sauce: 1 tsp or you can add 2 green chillies, slit.
Corn flour: 3/4 tbsp.
Water: About 1/2 cup.
The green part of spring onions: About 3 tbsp to garnish.

Method:

• Marinate fish with all under the heading Marinate...Keep aside for at least 15 min.
• Into a bowl put everything under "For the Batter"
• And mix well....the batter should not be too thick or too thin. The idea is to just "coat" the fish. Dip each fish piece into the batter and fry in hot oil......keep aside the fried fish.
• In another kadai or pan, heat 2 tbsp oil. Add the chopped garlic (it is to induce garlic flavour into the oil).
• Then add the chopped spring onions....mostly the white part.
• Stir fry it for a min or two. Add in 1 1/2 tsp of Kashmiri chilli powder, 1/2 tsp pepper powder, and salt. Give it a mix.
• Add in 2 tbsp tomato sauce, 1 tsp soya sauce, 1 tsp green chilli sauce (or you can use 2 green chillies, chopped) and 1/4 tsp sugar. Stir well.
• Add 3/4 tbsp corn flour into 1/2 cup water and mix until cornflour is dissolved ...pour this into the kadai.
• This will thicken when it starts to boil....at this time check salt.
• Drop in the fried fish....simmer the fire and .mix gently because we do not want the fish to be crumbled.
• Sprinkle spring onion.....it is just as it gives the flavour to the dish.
• Mix evenly.

Chilli fish can be had with Chinese fried rice, methi pulav, or even roti/flatbread. Ceylon, the best restaurant in Cochin serve the spicy chilli fish as one of their main dishes. Come and enjoy your favourite fish dishes from Ceylon or order your food online. 

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