Mangalorean Style Mackerel /Bangda Fish Masala Fry With Lemon 🍋 Wedges & Cucumber 🥒 Slice

💁Mackerel fish is one of the most popular fish that you can try and make for your lunch And with a masala fry it taste was fantastic & superb.. 😋🤗 This restaurant style fish masala fry recipe is very easy to make at home with very less ingredients.

💁👇Ingredients For Fish Masala Fry

20-25 Byadgi red chillies
1/2 tbsp Cumin seeds
1 -1/2 tbsp coriander seeds
Amla size tamarind
1/4 tbsp black pepper
6-8 peel garlic cloves
1/4 tbsp turmeric powde
1 💁small raw onion
Salt to taste

💁 Other Ingredients

6-8 Mackerel fish 🐟
4 -5 tbsp coconut oil 🥥
Few curry leaves
Handfull ✊ of chopped coriander leaves
Lemon wedges/ slice

💁👇Method

Clean & wash the fish neatly. Make slits along the length of the 🐟 fish, on one side , going deep into the fish , along the bone ,💁 but not Cutting through fish .Repeat on the other side of the fish 🐟 & You will have two side getting fish inside the masala flavour properly.

Take a bowl add Byadgi red chillies Soak in hot water for 15 -20 mins keep aside.

In a mixer jar add soaked chillies, cumin seeds, coriander seeds,Amla size tamarind,black pepper, 6-8 peel garlic clover, turmeric powder, salt to taste & 1 small raw onion. Grind these into a very fine smooth thick paste by adding 💁very little water.

Then add this paste to cleaned fish .Apply 2-3 tbsp of the ground masala. Reatain the remaining Masala for later use. 💁Spread the masala fish on both sides marinate for 1 hour .

Heat a pan & take 2-3 tbsp coconut 🥥oil in it place the marinated fish in it . Fry the fish on both the sides for for 3-5 mins medium to low flame. Flip the fish once fried well on other side . Transfer to a plate .

In the same pan heat 2tbsp of coconut 🥥 oil in a pan & once oil heats put few curry leaves and fry them until crisp add extra remaining masala & fry it for a while 💁untill the raw smell disappears. Add little water & adjust salt cover and cook on low flame till the masala leaves oil zoom out from the sides.

Place the fried fish on it cover the fish with the masala. Add fresh chopped coriander leaves fry for 3-5 mins on each side. Flip the fish once it cooks well on one side with the masala. Fry for another side for 3 mins .

Transfer to a plate .. Ready to Serve Mangalorean Mackerel /Bangda Fish Masala Fry Garnish With Lemon 🍋 Wedges..