Kerala Fish Roll
Fresh fish cooked the Kerala way — with coconut, curry leaves, and a tartness that comes from kudampuli or tamarind. Coastal Kerala cooking at its simplest and best.
Ingredientsfor 6 servings
- 1/2 kg King fish avoid bony fish
- Ginger garlic paste - A little
- Chilly powder, to taste
- Turmeric powder A pinch
- Salt, to taste
- 1 nos Egg beaten
- Bread crumbs for coating
- 11/2 cup Oil — for frying
Preparation
Step 1
For preparing Kerala Fish Roll, first marinate the fish with some ginger-garlic paste, chilly powder, turmeric powder and salt.
Step 2
Fry them and break it into pieces. Set aside. Heat 4 tsp of oil in a pan or a kadai.
Step 3
Cook well onions, green chillies and curry leaves.
Step 4
When the onions turn brown, add ginger & garlic chopped and cook it, stirring again for about 2 minutes.
Step 5
Add the fish pieces. Keep fish mixture aside.
Step 6
Mix together maida, egg, water and salt.
Step 7
The batter should be of running consistency.
Step 8
Pour some batter onto a hot tava and spread like dosa into thin pancakes.
Step 9
Do not cook on both sides.
Step 10
Close it with a lid and after it gets cooked, put it inverted over a plate.
Step 11
The unturned part shoud lie below, it should be sticky.
Step 12
Put some stuffing inside the pan cake covering around half the portion of it.
Step 13
Fold the two sides from inside.
Step 14
Roll it again to get the fine look and to make the stuffing very tight.
Step 15
Dip the rolls in beaten egg and coat it with bread crumbs like cutlets.
Step 16
Fry Kerala Fish Roll in hot oil, till golden brown.
Tip
Seafood cooks in minutes. The single biggest mistake is overcooking — the moment fish turns opaque or prawns curl and go pink, they are done.
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