Vanjaram fish fry or Surmai Fish Fry or the king fish fry is a delicious and tasty fish fry recipe. The king fish is known as surmai in Urdu and Vanjaram in Tamil. It is a very very popular fish in Tamil Nadu or for that matter, anywhere that there is fish available in the world.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine South Indian
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 25 minutesminutes
Author Fareeha
Ingredients
500gms Vanjaram / Surmai / King Fish slices
3tspginger garlic paste
1tspred chili powdermore if you like it spicy
1/2tspturmeric powder
salt to taste
3tbspbesan / gram flour
oil for shallow frying
Instructions
Mix the ginger garlic paste, red chili powder, turmeric powder, garam masala, salt and besan in a flat dish. Add some water and make it into a smooth batter.
Apply this to the fish slices one by one and refrigerate for half an hour.
Heat oil in a pan and fry the slices till golden brown on both sides.