Description
This is a small fish with small bones. You can even eat the bones of this dish. That bones makes the dish tastier i think.
Here in US, you can get frozen nethili or canned anchovies. I got frozen Nethili fish from an Indian store and tried this Nethili fry. We like it very much.. Here comes the recipe for Nethili fry.
English --- Anchovies
Tamil --- Nethili/ Nethali
| Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| 2 cup | Frozen nethili fish |
| 1 tsp | Red chilli powder |
| ½ tsp | Cumin powder |
| ½ tsp | Coriander powder |
| ½ tsp | Fennel seeds (perum serakam) |
| 1 tsp | Ginger garlic paste |
| ½ tsp | Lemon juice or vinegar |
| Salt for taste | |
| Few curry leaves |
Instructions
Procedure:
Step 1:
Wash and clean the fish. Mix it along with the above ingredients and allow it to marinate for 15 to 30 mins.
Step 2:
Heat oil in a pan and fry the fish. Dont crowd the pan with more fish. Fry it till it become brown color. Then throw in 2 strings of curry leaves in the oil and mix it with the fried fish. This will enhance the flavor. Enjoy with rasam rice and rice or with dosa, idli..
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Do we ge this anchioves
Do we ge this anchioves fish in USA, if yes where and what is the name?