Hyderabad Fish Fry Recipe
Apollo Fish is a flavourful and spicy dish that's made with fried fish fillets mixed with spicy masalas. Learn how to make this easy Hyderabadi Apollo Fish recipe with boneless fish.
Servings: 2
Calories: 8kcal
Ingredients
- Fish Fillet– 250 gms
- Ginger-garlic paste – 1 tsp
- Egg white - 1
- Turmeric – ¼ tsp
- Lemon Juice – ½ tsp
- Pepper Powder – ¼ tsp
- Corn Flour – 1 tbsp
- All Purpose Flour/Maida – 1 tbsp
- Salt to taste
- Oil – 2 -3 tbsp
For seasoning:
- Grated Ginger – 1 tsp
- Grated Garlic – 1 tsp
- Green Chillies – 2, finely chopped
- Curry leaves - a handful
- Coriander leaves – a handful
- Curd – 2 tbsp, beaten
- Lemon juice – ½ tsp
- Pepper – ¼ tsp
- Chilli Paste/Red Chilli Sauce – 1 tbsp
- Coriander Powder – 1 tsp
- Soya Sauce – 1 tsp
- Oil – 1 tbsp
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- To make this truly crisp dish, firstly, wash fish fillets and cut into 1-2 inch pieces.
- Next, take the fish fillets in a bowl. Add salt, lemon juice, egg white (a little), turmeric, ginger-garlic paste and pepper powder and mix well. Sprinkle corn flour and maida and combine well. Refrigerate for 10 mins
- Now, heat oil in a pan and fry the batter-coated fish fillets a little at a time till golden brown. Drain and keep aside.
- Heat oil in another pan. Add chopped garlic, chopped ginger, curry leaves, green chillies and sauté.
- Add coriander powder, garam masala, pepper powder and salt. Combine well. Stir in red chilli sauce, soya sauce and curd. Sprinkle a few coriander leaves.
- Add fried fish pieces and toss gently. Remove.
- Lastly, drizzle a little lemon juice on top and garnish with coriander leaves.
- Serve Apollo Fish with Greek yogurt or tartar sauce.
Notes
- You can add chopped onions to the seasoning.
- Pat dry the fish fillets with a paper towel before dipping them in the batter or you run the risk of the batter falling off.
- Make sure the oil is pretty hot before frying the batter-coated fish.