So folks, this recipe is from one of our dear family friends, we went to congratulate them on the arrival of their little princess and they made this amazing fish which we ate with a squeeze of lemon and a dip of sauce.
I enjoyed it so much that I asked him for the recipe which I am going to share here with y’all but with my twist
So for this amazing fried fish you wont need a whole lot of pantry, just some few easily available items….
Ingredients:
1 kilo boneless fish (cut into 3 finger sized pieces) I have used gummy, flake and basa for this recipe, you can use any of your choice
Generous amount of salt (but not tooooo much)
1/2 tspn black pepper
1 tspn red chilli flakes
FOR BATTER
2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup corn flour
Some ice chilled water or carbonated water to make a normal consistency batter
A little bit of salt
A little bit if black pepper
Oil for deep frying
Method
Wash and pat dry fish fillet pieces and marinate it in salt, black pepper and red chilli flakes for 30 to 45 minutes.
5 minutes before frying the fish, make the batter.
Combine all the dry ingredients given for batter in a mixing bowl and gently pour over chilled water or chilled carbonated water with gentle whisking until you reach the consistency which is neither too thick nor too runny. Medium consistency.
Heat oil to 220β°C. Dip the piece of fish in batter, shake off the access batter and dunk it into hot oil.
Do the same with other pieces and avoid overlapping. Each piece should be atleast 2 inches apart so they dont stuck together and make a mess when its time to serve.
Each batch will take around 3 to 5 minutes to cook fish through. Once you get that golden, crispy colour, take it out on your serving dish and serve hot with tartare sauce and lots of lemon wedges to get that lemony zinggggg.