How To Make Lahori Fried Fish/Masaledar Fish Fried

                        How To Make Lahori Fried Fish



refers to the food and cuisine of the city of Lahore in Punjab, Pakistan. Lahore is a city with an extremely rich food culture. People from Lahore are famous all over the country for their love for food. The city offers a vast variety of options when it comes to gastronomy. In recent times, the style of food has achieved popularity in a number of different countries, because of its palatable and milder taste, mainly through the Pakistani diaspora.

What you need

Fish fillets———————- 1/2 kg
Lemon Juice——————– 2-3 tbsp
Salt—————————– 1 tsp
Garlic/Ginger paste————- 1 tsp
Anardana———————– 1 tsp (optional) I recommend it though 🙂
Red Chili Flakes—————– 1 tsp heaped
Ajwain————————– 1/2 tsp
Roasted, crushed Cumin——– 1 tsp
Roasted, crushed Coriander—– 1 1/2 tsp
Turmeric (Haldi)—————- 1/4 tsp
Yellow food color—————- few drops (optional)
Chickpea flour (baisan)———- 2-3 tbsp or a little more for coating each fillet lightly
Chart Masala——————– as needed for sprinkling on top after frying

Method

Clean your fish fillets and gently pat them dry. This is very important, the fish shouldn’t be watery at all.
Once done, if you fear that your fish might have that distinct fishy smell, apply lemon juice and salt over your fish fillets and then rinse after 30 minutes. But my fish fillets don’t smell at all so, I don’t bother considering this step hehehehe
Apply all that masala’s over the fish except the chick pea flour and the chart masala and keep your fish marinated for 4-5 hours or preferably for best results, overnight. (I left it overnight).
Once the marination is over, apply baisan, rinse off excess and then deep or shallow fry your fish. Apply a wee bit more of the chick pea flour if needed. Just lightly coat your fish fillets. Do not add any water or something to your baisan or chick pea flour.
Just don’t move the fillets a lot if shallow frying, otherwise the light coating will break and that won’t be pretty to look at as well as eat.
Once fried, sprinkle chart masala on top.
Enjoy it with Imli (Tamarind) sweet and sour chatni, Naan or Tandoori roti and praise the Lord for his blessings.

                                   

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