Mathi Fry | Sardine Fry … Marinated with spices and shallow fried 😍😍 Sardines are one of the fish with many nutritious benefits and tastes amazing when fried .. Mathi Fry, being keralite favourite food it’s a super combination with boiled rice and spiced yoghurt.
Checkout the recepie below 👇
Preparation time: 30 mins
Cooking time: 20 mins
Serves: 4 to 5
INGREDIENTS:
- Mathi/ Sardine: 10 nos
- Shallots: 6
- Ginger: 1 small piece
- Garlic: 5 to 6
- Redchilli powder: 2 tsp
- Turmeric powder: 1/2 tsp
- Coriander powder: 1 tsp
- Blackpepper powder: 2 tsp
- Salt:1 tsp
- Coconut oil: 4 and tbsp
- Curry leaves: few sprigs
PREPARATION:
- Clean the sardines, slit at the centre on both sides.
- Crush together ginger,garlic and shallots.
- Mix together chilli powder, pepper powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and salt with little water.
- Marinate the fish with masala paste and crushed ginger,garlic and shallots.
- Refrigerate for 30 mins .
- Heat oil in a pan, add the fish pieces, sprinkle some curry leaves and shallow fry on medium to low flame till both sides turn crisp and brown.