FRIED ANCHOVIES - NETHILI VARUVAL
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This is a wonderful recipe prepared with Fresh Anchovies, called Nethili Meen in Tamil and as Natholi/Kozhuva Meen in Malayalam. I have already posted a recipe - Anchovies/Kozhuva Meen fried in Kerala Style, which is more or less similar with a slight variation in ingredients. Both recipes taste great. This is a crunchier, crispier and spicier version.
Fresh Anchovies are marinated with Spices, Ginger-garlic Paste and Lemon Juice and then they are shallow fried on a low flame to get the perfect crunchy texture. This recipe prepared with fresh anchovies serves well as a starter or serve it as a side dish along with your choice or Curry/Rasam/ Dhal.
Eating a small variety of fish is a lot healthier, and also you get to eat a whole fish in this way. An added advantage while eating Anchovies is that you get to eat the bones too, they are so soft and turn crispier when cooked perfectly that you don't need to discard them. Small Fish - Big Health benefits, these tiny fishes are loaded with high nutritional values that we have to add them to our daily diet more often rather than a big variety of fish.
Cuisine : Tamil Nadu (India)
Recipe Type : Starters, Side Dish
Difficulty : Easy
Serves : 2 - 3
Author : SM
Preparation Time - 15 - 25 Minutes
Cooking Time - 20 -30 Minutes
INGREDIENTS:
Anchovies/Nethili -1/4 Kilo grams
Ginger - Garlic Paste - 1 Tablespoon
Turmeric Powder - 1 Teaspoon
Red Chilli Powder - 1 Tablespoon
Pepper Powder - 1/2 Teaspoon
Lemon Juice - 1 Tablespoon
Salt - to Taste
Oil - For Frying
METHOD:
- Clean and wash the Anchovies.
- Grind Ginger and Garlic into a fine paste.
- Mix Turmeric Powder, Red Chilli Powder, Pepper Powder and Salt with a few teaspoons of water into a fine paste.
- Add Ginger-Garlic Paste to the above and mix well.
- Marinate the Anchovies with this paste.
- Pour in the lemon juice to the marinated anchovies and mix well.
- Keep the marinated Anchovies aside for 15 - 20 minutes.
- Heat the oil in a Pan and shallow fry the fish on a low flame.
- Carefully flip the anchovies and fry them on the other side, until they turn crispy.
- Serve Fried Anchovies hot as a starter. Goes well with rice too.
NOTES:
- Adjust the spices to suit your taste preference.
- Can also deep-fry the anchovies.
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