Chettinad fish fry recipe

INGREDIENTS:

1. Fish - 1/2 kilogram
2. Chili powder - 4 teaspoon (tsp.)
3. Coriander powder - 5 teaspoon (tsp.)
4. Turmeric powder - 1 teaspoon (tsp.)
5. Lemon - 1
6. -- Roast and powder --
   1. Black pepper - 2 teaspoon (tsp.)
   2. Dry chili - 4
   3. Mustard seed - 1 teaspoon (tsp.)
   4. Spit bengal gram - 3 teaspoon (tsp.)
   5. Spit black gram - 3 teaspoon (tsp.(
   6. Curry leaf - 8
7. Oil - 1/4 cup
8. Salt - as needed.

PREPARATION:

1. Squeeze lemon juice. add chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, salt as needed and make a paste. Add this paste to the fish and mix well. Marinate this for 1 hour.
2. Dry roast the ingredients under "-- Roast and powder --" and grind them into a fine powder.
3. Coat marinated fish pieces with the roasted powder on both sides and keep it aside.
4. Heat oil in a skillet. Place the fish on the skillet and fry them both side to golden brown and serve. NOTE: adjust the flame for better result.

NOTES:

1. Goes well with sambar rice, korma or by itself.
2. For better result fry in batches.