Tawa Fry Moon Fish / Crispy Moon Fish Recipe
Today I will share how to Tawa Fry Moon Fish / Crispy Moon Fish Recipe, which a very rarely available in Kolkata. This is a delicious and single throne fish. The first time I bought this fish, I did not know how to cook also, and then I decided to tawa fry it. Though it is a bigger in size, I managed it somehow.
Equipment needed
- Tawa/griddle
- Tong
- Spatula
- Mixing bowl
Ingredients
- Moon fish-1(350 gm)
- Oil-2 tbsp
- Lemon juice-1 tbsp
- Turmeric powder-1/2 tbsp
- Red chili powder-1/2 tbsp
- Roasted cumin powder-1/2 tbsp
- Baking soda-1/4 tbsp
- Salt
How to make Tawa Fry Moon Fish / Crispy Moon Fish Recipe
Wash the fish, and keep it on the board
With the help of a sharp knife cut the upper stomach side
And take out all the dirty things from its stomach
Now again wash the fish well and now slit the fish or make 3-4 deep long incisions to reach up to the throne on both sides of the fish
Now sprinkle lemon juice and add salt
Add rub the fish well, especially inside the cut marks
Now to make a batter add 2 tbsp gram flour in a mixing bowl
Then add turmeric powder, red chili powder, roasted cumin powder
Now add salt and baking soda
Add little water and mix them well to make a tight batter so that the coating of the fish is not flowing out
Now coat the fish with the batter on both the sides
Heat oil in a pan/griddle; let it come to the smoky point
Place the whole fish gently on tawa and fry well on medium flame
Once fried on one side, and then turn it over to the other side with the help of a tong
And fry the other side well
Now transfer it to a serving plate and serve hot
My other fish fry recipes are
Sardine Fish Fry, morola mach bhaja/mola fish fry Tuna fish fry Loita/ Lote Maach Fry delicious mackerel tawa fry pomfret maach bhaja Aila maach bhaja
Tawa Fry Moon Fish
Equipment
- griddle
- Spatula
- mixing bowl
- tong
Ingredients
- 1 Moon fish
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 tbsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 tbsp red chili powder
- 1/2 tbsp roasted cumin powder
- 1/4 tbsp baking soda
- salt
Instructions
- Wash the fish, and keep it in the board
- With the help of a sharp knife cut the upper stomach side
- And take out all the dirty things from its stomach
- Now again wash the fish well and now slit the fish or make3-4 deep long incision to reach up to the throne on both sides of the fish
- Now sprinkle lemon juice and add salt
- Add rub the fish well, especially inside the cut marks
- Now to make a batter add 2 tbsp gram flour in a mixing bowl
- Then add turmeric powder, red chili powder, roasted cumin powder
- Now add salt and baking soda
- Add little water and mix them well to make a tight batter so that the coating of the fish are not flowing out
- Now coat the fish with the batter on both the sides
- Heat oil in a pan/griddle; let it come to the smoky point
- Place the whole fish gently on tawa and fry well in medium flame
- Once fried one side, and then turn it over to the other sidewith the help of a tong
- And fry the other side well
- Now transfer it to a serving plate and serve hot