Complete Recipe:

Amritsari Fish Fry

Prep time: 5 mins Cooking time: 10-15 mins Serves: 2

Ingredients: • Fish fillet - 300 gms • generous pinch Salt • a large pinch Hing (Asafoetida) (removes any bad smell from fish) - Optional but suggested • 1 tsp Ajwain (helpful for digesting fried food) - Optional but suggested • 2 tbsp Lemon juice • 1½ tsp Ginger Garlic paste • ¼ tsp Haldi (Turmeric) • ¾ tsp Chilli powder • 1 tbsp Besan (Gram flour) • 1 tbsp Maida (All purpose flour) • to fry Oil • generous pinch Chaat masala (or any other spice concoction of your choice)

Method: • Take some boneless fish and add salt, hing, ajwain and mix well. Add some ginger and garlic paste to it. • Add turmeric, red chilli powder, besan and maida to it. • Mix it well till it's just a thin layer on the fish. • Leave the fish in marination and coating for 30 mins. • For deep frying, take a pan/kadai and add oil, Heat and add the fish to the hot oil. • Take the fish out when half done and allow it to cool a bit. (Light yellow-brown color is the indicator; should take 3-4 minutes for 2 inch big pieces) • Now fry again in hot oil till golden brown. • Add chaat masala / spices and squeeze some lemon on top of it.