Fried Fish with Coconut

Fried Fish with Coconut

Ingredients

500 gm fish (pearl spot/ pomfret)
1/2 cup oil

Coconut-Spice paste

1/2 cup grated fresh coconut
12 shallots,chopped
10 dry red chillies,torn into pieces
juice of 1 lime
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp salt

Method

1. Clean fish, keep whole with head and wash throughly.

2. Place coconut, shallots and red chillies for coconut spice paste in a pan over low heat and roast till coconut turns brown.

3. Cool and add lime juice, turmeric and salt

4. Grind to a fine paste with 1/2 cup water

5. Rub paste over fish, stuff with remaining paste and marinate for an hour.

6. Heat oil in a frying pan and shallow fry fish on both side till cooked through and brown.

7. Place fish ina platter and pour contents of frying pan over it.