Enjoy deep-fried fish in Indo-Chinese flavour! An easy dish for those who love to eat fish, this is prepared by deep-frying the cubed fish in oil and tossing it in a mixture of onions, peppers and spices in a variety of sauces. The fish can be fried in advance and freezed. Just make sure you defrost the fish till it is still icy but pliable,and deep fried before adding to the sauce. Make your fish-loving friends drool with this recipe.
Details
2 Servings
20 Minutes
10 Minutes
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Ingredients
- For frying
Fish Dices 280 gms
Corn Flour 80 gms
Refined Flour 20 gms
Salt and Black Pepper powder to taste
- For the sauce
Onions diced 60 gms
Spring Onions – white part 10 gms sliced, greens 10gms chopped for garnish
Green Capsicum 20 gms
Red Bell Pepper 15 gms
Yellow Bell Pepper 15 gms
Green Chillies chopped 5 gms
Garlic chopped 5 gms
Ginger chopped 5 gms
Red Chilli Paste 10 gms
Soy Sauce 10 ml
Tomato Ketchup 10 ml
Vinegar 5 ml
Salt to taste
Oil for frying and 4 ml for Sauce
Corn Starch 5 gms dissolved in 20 ml water.
Directions
- Cut the fish into 1 inch cubes. Add corn flour and refined flour to the fish. Season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with water and coat the fish well with the flour mixture.
- Deep fry the fish pieces in hot oil till crisp. Transfer into a strainer or tissue paper to remove excess oil.
- Heat a wok or kadai and heat oil. Rotate the kadai to ensure the hot oil seasons the whole vessel.
- Add chopped ginger, garlic, green chillies, sliced spring onions, diced onions and the peppers. Saute on high heat for 3-4 minutes.
- Add the salt, red chilli paste, soy sauce, tomato ketchup and vinegar to the sautéed vegetables. Add approximately 90-100 ml of water.
- Allow it to boil for a minute. Season to taste. Add the corn flour water mixture. Cook again for a minute so that the sauce thickens.
- Add the fried fish pieces into the sauce and toss well on high heat for 2 minutes. Make sure the fish is well coated with the sauce.
- Garnish with chopped spring onions and serve hot.
Chef’s Twist :-
Not a sea food lover? Substitute fish with chicken.