Easy curry leaves fish fry recipe with video and step by step pictures for your easy understanding and learning.

How to make Curry Leaves Fish Fry Recipe

I always love to try different fish fry recipes as the same fish fry bores me as well as my family members. So this curry leaves fish fry is one such type of fish fry which I recently tried and became a hit in our family.

The spicies added in this fry can be adjusted as per your family taste buds and it doesnot require any specific measurements.

This fry should be fried in coconut oil to get the perfect taste, but other oil like sunflower oil, vegetable oil can also do their justice.

So if you are fish lover, then do check out the below recipes

• Kerala style pomfret fry
• Salmon fry Indian Style
• Nethili Dry Fish Fry
• Small fish fry
• Andhra Style Fish Fry
• Masala Fish fry

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Recipe for curry leaves fish fry

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How to make Curry Leaves Fish Fry Recipe

Curry leaves fish fry is easy to make and have its own unique taste with the curry leaves blend with the indian spices and marinated in fish. This fish is fried in coconut oil ( or sunflower oil ) and served with rice.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Indian, tamil nadu

Keyword curry leaves fish fry, fish fry, fish fry using curry leaves

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes minutes

Resting time 45 minutes minutes

Total Time 20 minutes minutes

Servings 3

Calories 350kcal

Author Akila

Ingredients

• Kilanga fish – 10 to 12
• Curry leaves – 1/2 cup
• Pepper – 1 tsp
• Ginger – 1/2 inch
• Garlic – 4 to 5
• Dry Red chilli – 2
• Green chilli – 1
• Fennel seeds – 1/4 to 1/2 tsp
• Chilli powder – 1/2 tsp
• Coriander powder- 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
• Salt – as per taste
• Lemon juice from half lemon

Instructions

• Check the below step by step instructions 

Video

Notes

Check the below notes.

Required Ingredients

• Kilanga fish – 10
• Curry leaves – 1/2 cup
• Pepper – 1 tsp
• Ginger – 1/2 inch
• Garlic – 4 to 5
• Dry Red chilli – 2
• Green chilli – 1
• Fennel seeds – 1/4 to 1/2 tsp
• Chilli powder – 1/2 tsp
• Coriander powder- 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
• Salt – as per taste
• Lemon juice from half lemon

(All the above ingredients can be adjusted on no of fish and as per your taste levels)

step by step method to prepare the curry leaves fish fry recipe

Let us see the making of curry leaves fish fry.

prepare the masala

first we need to prepare the masala for the fry. For this, in a mixie jar, add the curry leaves which are tightly packed.

Also add the black pepper corns, garlic, ginger, green chilli, red chilli,

In addition to that, add coriander powder, fennel seeds, turmeric powder, chilli powder,

Also include the salt as per taste, lemon juice from half lemon.

Grind this to a fine paste, adding water little by little.

Here i have taken the kilanga meen for this fry. ( you can choose other fish too). apply this masala paste thoroughly on the fishes.

Let it rest for about 45 to 1 hour for a perfect marination.

Frying the fish

in a pan add enough oil and add the fishes one by one in small batches.

Fry the fish for 2 minutes on one side and turn them to the other side and fry again for 2 minutes.

Again turn them and fry for 2 min and repeat unitl the fish is well cooked. Normally for this, the fish becomes brown color as we have added curry leaves. Also do not over fry them, as the curry leaves might give light bitter taste to the fishes.

Filter the oil and remove them. Repeat the same with other fishes.

Easy and tasty curry leaves fish fry is ready to be served.

Notes

1. Do not reduce the curry leaves quantity as the unique taste comes from curry leaves only.
2. The chilli powder, green chilli, pepper etc can be adjusted as per your spice level.
3. If you want you can add 3 to 4 shallots also.
4. Try to use coconut oil for frying as it gives very unique flavour.

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Indian style salmon fish fry recipe with step by step instructions for your easy understanding and learning.

Indian Style Salmon Fish Fry

This is yet another easy n tasty recipe. I never tried salmon in India. After coming to Singapore, I tasted the salmon fish with brown sauce sauce for dinner at a restaurant. It was so delicious and I loved the taste.

So I wanted to prepare my own Indian style Salmon fish. This is very easy to prepare and tastes great. When the Salmon fish is mixed with the Indian spices and the masala’s, it really gives a very unique taste to this salmon fish and it really tastes delicious. So if you find the salmon fish, then do try this recipe. So,  Let’s see how to make it.

 

You can check the other fish recipes below

• Kerala style Pomfret Fry
• Anchovies Fish Fry
• Masala Fish Fry
• Simple Fish Fry
• Andhra Style Fish Fry

 

Step by step instructions

Ingredients 

Salmon fish – 4 pieces
Chilli powder – 1 tbsp
Coriander powder – 1 tsp
Cumin powder – 1 tsp
Turmeric – 1/5 tsp
Pepper – 1/2 tsp
Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
Lemon juice – 1 tbsp
Salt – as per taste
Olive oil for frying

 

Method 

 

1. Wash the salmon and pat dry.

 

2. Marinate the fish with chilli powder, cumin powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, salt, pepper and lemon juice and ginger garlic paste. 

 

3. Let it rest for 1 hr to 2 hr. 

 

4. Now add oil in a pan and fry the fish on both sides until they turn light Brown on both the sides. 

5. Remove from the pan, when ready. 

 

 

Yummy Salmon Fish fry in Indian Style is ready to be served…

 

Notes:
1. Frying in Olive oil, gives richer taste. You can also fry in cooking oil.
2. The mentioned spices can be adjusted according to your spice level.
3. Squeeze little lemon juice before serving, gives a nice tangy taste. But it is purely optional.

 

 

Recipe of Indian style salmon fish fry

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Indian style Salmon Fish Fry

Indian style salmon fish fry has a very unique taste with all the Indian spices added to it and tastes delicious from the normal and usual salmon fish fry recipe.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Indian

Keyword indian style salmon fish fry, salmon fish fry

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

soaking time 1 hour hour

Total Time 15 minutes minutes

Servings 3

Calories 250kcal

Author Akila

Ingredients

• Salmon fish – 4 pieces
• Chilli powder – 1 tbsp
• Coriander powder – 1 tsp
• Cumin powder – 1 tsp
• Turmeric – 1/5 tsp
• Pepper – 1/2 tsp
• Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
• Lemon juice – 1 tbsp
• Salt – as per taste
• Olive oil for frying

Instructions

• Wash the salmon and pat dry.
• Marinate the fish with chilli powder, cumin powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, salt, pepper and lemon juice and ginger garlic paste.
• Let it rest for 1 hr to 2 hr.
• Now add oil in a pan and fry the fish on both sides until they turn light Brown on both the sides.
• Remove from the pan, when ready.
• Yummy Indian style Salmon Fish Fry is ready

Notes

• Frying in Olive oil, gives richer taste. You can also fry in cooking oil.
• The mentioned spices can be adjusted according to your spice level.
• Squeeze little lemon juice before serving, gives a nice tangy taste. But it is purely optional.

*Post first published 30th June 2015. Post updated with recipe.

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This restaurant style prawn fry recipe is really easy to make at home and you don’t need to go for restaurants to try this prawn Fry. I can guarantee that all your family members including kids will love this recipe.

Prawns are my favorite one in the non-vegetarian recipes and I have tried many different prawn recipes and this one is an inclusion to my addiction.

In this restaurant style prawn fry recipe we do not add any food coloring and hence it is really good to give for kids. But still it gives nice color to the fry because of the kashmiri chili powder which we add to this recipe. Prepare this recipe in your home and comment how it has turned for you.

If you are a prawn lover like me then do check out my other prawn recipes in this website like

• Prawn Pakora
• How to make Crispy Prawns – step by step
• Prawn fry
• Prawn Cutlets
• Prawn Tikka
• Prawn 65
• Andhra Style Prawn fry
• Garlic Butter Prawns
• Goan Prawn Fry – Simple method
• Goan prawn vindaloo
• Kadai prawns

Video recipe of restaurant style prawn Fry

Printable recipe of restaurant style prawn fry

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Restaurant style prawns fry recipe

This restaurant style prawns fry recipe is really easy to make at home and you don't need to go for restaurants to try this prawn Fry. I can guarantee that all your family members including kids will love this recipe.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Indian, South Indian, tamil nadu

Keyword restaurant style prawn fry

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 25 minutes minutes

Servings 4

Author Akila

Ingredients

To clean pawns

• Prawns - 500 gms
• Salt - 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric - 1/2 tsp

For marinating

• chili powder - 1 tsp
• coriander powder - 1 tsp
• salt - as needed
• Pepper powder - 1/5 tsp
• ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves - few
• coriander leaves - few
• green chili - 1 finely chopped
• cumin powder - 1/4 tsp
• garam masala - 1/4 tsp
• turmeric - 1/4 tsp
• oil for frying
• rice flour - 1 tbsp
• Corn flour - 1 tbsp
• little water to sprinkle
• Lemon juice from half lemon

Instructions

Method to prepare restaurant style prawn fry

• Remove the head and shell of the prawns. Devein the prawns and wash them with salt and turmeric. Repeat the cleaning process two to three times if needed.
• Add the cleaned France in a bowl.
• To this add chili powder coriander powder turmeric salt ginger garlic paste cumin powder garam masala Pepper powder green Chilli coriander leaves Curry leaves.
• Mix them nicely. Add water if needed.
• Add rice flour and corn flour. Again mix them nicely adding water little by little to form a nice coating on the prawns.
• Finally add juice from half a lemon. Again mix them slightly.
• Let it rest for 15 to 20 minutes.
• In a big heavy bottom pan add enough oil for frying the marinated prawns.
• When the oil is hot add the prawns in batches and fry them nicely.
• Cook them evenly so that, they get a nice red color.
• Remove from oil and filter pill. Repeat the same for other batches too.
• Add the curry leaves to the remaining Masala and fry it in the same oil.
• Yummy yummy restaurant style prawn fry is ready to be served.

Step by step instructions of restaurant style prawn fry

Ingredients

To clean pawns

• Prawns – 500 gms
• Salt – 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric – 1/2 tsp

For marinating

• chili powder – 1 tsp
• coriander powder – 1 tsp
• salt – as needed
• Pepper powder – 1/5 tsp
• ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
• Curry leaves – few
• coriander leaves – few
• green chili – 1 finely chopped
• cumin powder – 1/4 tsp
• garam masala – 1/4 tsp
• turmeric – 1/4 tsp
• oil for frying
• rice flour – 1 tbsp
• Corn flour – 1 tbsp
• little water to sprinkle
• Lemon juice from half lemon

Method to prepare restaurant style prawn fry

1.Remove the head and shell of the prawns. Devein the prawns and wash them with salt and turmeric. Repeat the cleaning process two to three times if needed.

2. Add the cleaned France in a bowl.

3. To this add chili powder coriander powder turmeric salt ginger garlic paste cumin powder garam masala Pepper powder green Chilli coriander leaves Curry leaves.

4. Mix them nicely. Add water if needed.

5. Add rice flour and corn flour. Again mix them nicely adding water little by little to form a nice coating on the prawns.

6. Finally add juice from half a lemon. Again mix them slightly.

7. Let it rest for 15 to 20 minutes.

8. In a big heavy bottom pan add enough oil for frying the marinated prawns. When the oil is hot add the prawns in batches and fry them nicely.

9. Cook them evenly so that, they get a nice red color.

10. Remove from oil and filter pill. Repeat the same for other batches too.

11. Add the curry leaves to the remaining Masala and fry it in the same oil.

12. Yummy yummy restaurant style prawn fry is ready to be served.

Notes

1. Try to use Kashmir chilli powder add or gives nice red colour to the prawns fry. If you don’t have then go for normal chilli powder.

2. You can adjust the spiciness according to your taste.

3. Instead of pepper powder you can add crushed pepper also.

4. If you want you can add red food colour but I didn’t add as my prawn fry already have nice colour.

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Nethilli Karuvadu Thokku or Nethilli Thokku is a easy thokku which I prepared last sunday. I want to finish the Anchovies / Nethilli, which I brought from India. I usually prepare the Nethilli Karuvadu fry or Nethilli sambal, but this time I want to try this thokku as the side dish for rice as well as for the chappathi.

You can try different fish recipes below
Masala Fish Fry
Vaalai Karuvadu Fry
Anchovies Fish Fry
Andhra Style Fish Fry
Kerala Style Pomfret Fry

Nethili Karuvadu Thokku

Preparation time: 15 min | Cook Time: 10 min | Serves: 4

Recipe Category: Side dish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients
I. Marination
Anchovies / Nethili Karuvadu Thokku – 150gms
Chilli Powder – 1 tsp
Coriander Powder – 1 tsp
Turmeic powder – 2 pinch
Salt – 1 pinch (see notes)

II. For Gravy (Thokku)
Onion – 2 (chopped lengthwise)
Tomato – 2 (chopped nicely)
Garlic – 6 to 8
Dry red chillies – 2 to 3
Tamarind extract – from 1 lemon size tamarind
Curry leaves – few
Fenugreek seeds – a pinch
Mustard seeds – a pinch
Fenugreek + Dry chillies powder – 1 tsp (See Notes)
Jaggery – 1 tsp (Optional)
Coriander leaves – for garnishing

Method

1. Soak the tamarind for 10 min and extract the juice.

2. Wash the anchovies dry fish and soak it in water for 10 min.

3. Remove the head and pat dry.

4. Add the chilli powder, coriander powder, little salt and turmeric powder.

5. In a small kadai or pan, add the oil and when hot, add the fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds. Add the dry chilli and the curry leaves.

6. Add the onion, garlic. Saute them for a while.

7. Add the Tomato and saute it.

8. Add the tamarind extract.

9. Add the anchovies now.

10. Add little water and let it cook.

11. Add the chilli and fenugreek powder.

12. Add little jaggery or sugar. (this step is purely optional)

13. When the gravy thickens, switch off the stove and garnish with coriander leaves.

14. Serve the Nethili karuvadu thokku with rice.

Yummy Nthilli karuvadu thokku is ready.

Notes:
1. Adding jaggery or sugar is purely optional.
2. Dry fry 2 dry chillies and fenugreek to light brown colour and grind to a coarse paste. (Check this Tomato thokku recipe for this preparation).

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I used to cook Fish curry or Meen Kulambu and put the fish head in that while boiling. I never know there is a special recipe for Fish Head Curry until I came here. In my Office get together once my colleague ordered this famous Singapore Fish Head Curry and when I tasted, it is something different from our normal Fish curry. Immediately I googled and took the base recipe of Fish head curry from Muthus Curry Restaurant and cooked it that weekend and it was awesome. I bet, if you try this one time, definitely you will keep trying this again and again. 

You can also view some Fish Recipes below

Meen Kuzhambu (Amma Special)
Masala Fish Fry
Anchovies Fish Fry
Restaurant Style Sura Puttu

Kerala Style Pomfret Fry
Nethili Sambal
Fish in Coconut Milk

Famous Singapore Fish Head Curry

Preparation time: 20 min | Cook Time: 35 min | Serves: 5

Recipe Category: Main | Recipe Cuisine: Singapore / South Indian

Ingredients

For marination of Fish
Fish head – 2
Chilli powder – 1 tsp
Coriander powder – 1 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Salt – 1/4 tsp

For Gravy
1. Oil – 2.5 tbsp
2. Fenugreek seeds – 1/2 tsp
3. Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
4. Fennel seeds – 1/2 tsp
5. Green chillies – 3
6. Onion – 2 (Shallots – 20)
7. Tomato – 2
8. Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
9. Garlic pods – 4 to 5 (crushed)
10. Curry Leaves – 1 spring
11. Chilli powder – 1 tsp
12. Coriander powder – 1 tsp
13. Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
14. Coconut milk – 1 cup
15. Tamarind – 1 small lemon size
16. Veggies ( Brinjal – 2, Drumstick – 1, Ladies finger – 8 )
17. Salt – as needed
18. Water – as required
19. Coriander leaves – for garnishing

Lets see the method of cooking…

Method

1. Wash the fish head with salt. Add 1 tsp chilli powder, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp coriander powder, 1/4 tsp salt. Sprinkle little water to this and marinate the fish. Let it rest for 2 hrs. Mean while soak the tamarind for 30 min and take the water and keep it ready.

2. In a big kadai or wok, add oil and when it is hot add the fenugreek seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds. In 30 seconds gap add the green chilli, curry leaves and garlic.

3. In another 30 seconds, add the onion and fry it. Wait till they becomes translucent. Now add the tomato and sauté them well. 

4. Add the ginger paste now and fry till the raw ginger smell goes off. By this time, the oil starts oozing out. 

5. Add the salt, chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder. Fry for a min or 2. Add the tamarind water.

6. Let the tamarind water starts boiling. Add the drumstick and brinjal. 

7. Allow it to boil again for 5 min, as the drumstick takes more time to get cooked. Now add the okra and again allow to boil. Now add the coconut milk and bring to boil again.

8. When the veggies are half cooked, add the fish head with some water. Keep cooking for 15 min atleast or till the oil oozes or starts floating on the top.

9. Switch off the stove and garnish with coriander leaves and serve with white rice. 

Yummy and Famous Singapore Fish Head Curry is ready. 

Notes:

1. Be careful while adding the chilli powder, salt and coriander powder second time in the gravy, as the fish is marinated already. Sometimes it might be too spicy.

2. Also keep in mind we also add the green chillies. So adjust the chilli powder according to your taste buds. (The quantity mentioned, is for my family taste)

3. You can also add pepper powder, but it takes little peppery.
4. Adding coconut milk, enhances the taste.
5. Adding veggies is purely optional, but still it tastes good while adding.
6. Always allow to boil the fish curry for 15 min at least and the curry tastes great the next day.

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