Chettinad fish fry

Summer greetings,  After a very long gap I'm back with few recipes. Hope you all enjoy. Leave your opinion as a comment. Thank you lovelies. 

 Ingredients

I've used white Promfret you can also try with angel fish or surmai fish

6 to 8 slices of promfret fish

2 Tsp oil( to mix)
5 tsp oil (to fry)

For the marination:

1 inch ginger, mashed

1 tsp cumin
2 tsp dainya seeds

7-8 cloves garlic
2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
9-10 curry leaves
Salt, to taste

1 tsp fennel
1 tsp of oil
1 tsp water
1/2 tomato, chopped finely
1 tsp red chilli powder
2 tsp turmeric powder
5 tsp tamarind extract (for the actual  taste of tangy)
1 Tbsp cornflour, to coat the fish

Method

1.In a pan, dry roast garlic, ginger, cumin, fennel, daniya seeds, black pepper, mustard seeds and curry leaves.

2.Grind them coarsely . Add a little salt, oil and water .

3.Now add the finely chopped tomato, turmeric powder, red chili powder, salt and tamarind extract.

4.Grind them together till pulp like. Now spread masala over the fish pieces like a outer coating .

5.Sprinkle some cornflour over the coated fish. ( this helps the masala to stick on the fish)

6.Marinate the fish and keep in the fridge for 15-20 minutes.

7.In a shallow pan, add the 5 tsp of oil and fry the fish till it turns crisp ( be careful while tossing it as there are chances of breakdown of flesh) .

Serve hot with sauce. Ready to eat