Fish Chilly

Ingredients

• Fish - 500 gms, cubed

Marinate

• Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
• Lime juice - 1 tsp or half lime.
• Pepper powder - 1/4 tsp.
• Red chilly powder - 1/4 tsp.
• Salt - to taste.

For the batter

• Flour - 4 tbsp.
• Corn flour - 2 tbsp.
• Soya sauce - 1 tsp.
• Pepper powder - 1/4 tsp.
• Kashmiri Chilly powder - 1/2 tsp.
• Soda powder - A fat pinch (optional).
• Salt - as needed.

For the sauce/gravy

• White part of green onion - Chopped, about 3 sprigs.
• Garlic - 3or 4 cloves, chopped.
• Kashmiri Chilly powder - 1 1/2 tsp 
• Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp.
• Soya sauce - 1 tsp.
• Tomato sauce - 2 tbsp.
• Sugar - 1/4 tsp.
• Green chilly sauce - 1 tsp or 2 green chilies, slit.
• Cornflour - 3/4 tbsp.
• Water - About 1/2 cup.
• Green part of spring onions - About 3 tbsp to garnish.

Preparation

1.Marinate fish with all under the heading Marinate.Keep aside for at least 15 min.

2.Prepare batter. Dip each fish piece into the batter and fry in hot oil.keep aside the fried fish.

3.In another pan, heat  2 tbsp oil. Add the chopped garlic. Then add in the chopped spring onions, mostly the white part.

4.Stir fry it for a min or two. Add in 1 1/2 tsp of Kashmiri chilly powder, 1/2 tsp pepper powder, and salt. Give it a mix.

5.Add in 2 tbsp tomato sauce, 1 tsp soya sauce, 1 tsp green chilly sauce (or you can use 2 green chillies, chopped) and 1/4 tsp sugar. Stir well.

6.Add 3/4 tbsp corn flour into 1/2 cup water and mix until corn flour is dissolved. Pour this into the pan.

7.This will thicken when it starts to boil. Check for salt. Drop in the fried fish. Simmer the fire and mix gently. 

8.Sprinkle spring onion. Mix Evenly.