Recipe: Appetizing Kerala Sardine fish Fry!

Kerala Sardine fish Fry!. For everyday Kerala Sardine Fry (Mathi fry / Chaala Fry): Wash the cleaned, scored fish. Rub with salt - leave a couple of minutes and wash off thoroughly. Keralites usually make sardine curry, mathi vattichatu or fry with sardines.

He is from Alappuzha a coastal region in Kerala. Clean the sardines well and make oblique gashes on both sides of the fish. Keep the coated sardine fishes in refrigerator for half an hour. You can cook Kerala Sardine fish Fry! using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Kerala Sardine fish Fry!

1. It's of Sardines/Mathi/chala.
2. It's of red chilli powder.
3. Prepare of turmeric powder.
4. You need of coriander powder.
5. Prepare of rice flour.
6. You need of vinegar/lime juice.
7. Prepare of coconut oil.
8. It's of salt as required.
9. You need of coconut oil for frying.

Heat oil in a frying pan. fry the coated fish in low flame untill both the sides turn slight brown in color. Remove it to a serving plate and enjoy the delicious fish fry with hot rice. Kerala style fried sardines (chala varuthathu) is a tasty and nutritious dish. Its very easy and Tasty too. perfect side dish for Rice.

Kerala Sardine fish Fry! instructions

1. Clean and make gashes in sardine and drain out the excess water.
2. In a bowl mix together ingredients from 2 to 9,by adding required salt..
3. Add this paste to the fish and rub it into it, let it sit for sometime.
4. Heat a pan add oil for frying,once hot add the fish pieces and bring down the flame..
5. Cover using a lid and fry in low flame for 5 minutes.
6. Turn the fish to other side and repeat the 5 step..
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Chala/Sardine Fish Fry Spicy sardine fry with rice is my absolute comfort food. Curried or fried sardine fish tastes delicious. This small oily fish has great flavor and rich in protein, calcium and fatty acids. Sardine/ Chala/Mathi is easily available in Kerala and this fish is prepared in so many different ways. Sardine fishes are well known as Matthi in Malayalam.