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    Black Pepper Fried Fish Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 6, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Spicy black pepper fish fry with step by step pictures. Freshly spices are ground and applied over fish and fried.

     

    Black Pepper Fish Fry Recipe

    Black pepper is indigenous to India's Malabar Coast, where it is widely cultivated, as well as in other tropical regions. pepper is a flowering vine in the Piperaceae family that is grown for its fruit, known as a peppercorn, which is typically dried and used as a spice and seasoning.

    The fruit is a dark red drupe about 5 mm (0.20 in) in diameter, with a stone enclosing a single pepper seed. Peppercorns and the ground pepper derived from them are commonly referred to as pepper or, more precisely, black pepper.

    About Black Pepper Fish Fry

    I love the combo of black pepper and curry leaves. I wanted to try this combo and create a marination for fish. Finally i tried it few days back and it turned out perfect. This  is so easy to make, you just few ingredient to put together and finally you get a plate of tasty fried fish. The main flavouring for this is black pepper, So don't skip to add those.

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    Ingredients for Black Pepper Fish Fry 

    Black Pepper :

    Peppers distinct flavour compliment almost any savoury dish, as well as some sweet dishes. If salt helps to bring out flavours, black pepper makes foods more assertive.

    Red Chilli Powder:

    Chili powder ranges from mild to moderately spicy, depending on the amount of cayenne pepper in the mixture. The aromatic and savoury spices in the blend create the Tex-Mex flavour profile.

    Lemon Juice :

    Lemon juice is a common cooking and baking ingredient. It imparts a bright, citrusy flavour to both savoury and sweet dishes. With a low pH, it is one of the most acidic natural ingredients available, providing structure to jams and jellies and aiding in the proper rise of baked goods.

    Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.
     
     

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    Black Pepper Fish Fry Recipe | Milagu Meen Varuval

    Spicy black pepper fish fry with step by step pictures. Freshly spices are ground and applied over fish and fried.
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Marinating Time: 1 hour hour
    Total Time: 1 hour hour 20 minutes minutes
    Servings: 4 servings

    Ingredients

    • Fish - 500 grams
    • Black Pepper - 2 tblspn
    • Red Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
    • Salt to taste
    • Ginger - 2 tblspn
    • Garlic - 2 tblspn
    • Lemon Juice - 3 tblspn
    • Curry leaves a big handful
    • Coriander leaves a big handful
    • Water as needed
    • Rice flour or Corn flour - 2 tblspn
    • Coconut Oil as needed for pan frying

    Instructions

    • Take all the ingredients except rice flour and oil in a blender and make it into a smooth thick puree.
    • Take it in a bowl, add in rice flour and mix well.
    • Add in fish and mix well. Set aside to marinate for 30 mins.
    • Now heat coconut oil in a tawa, Place fish in it and fry till golden on both side...Finally sprinkle with curry leaves and fry.
    • Serve with rice

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    Black Pepper Fish Fry Step by Step

     
    Take all your ingredients
    Take the marinating ingredients in a blender
    add little water and make it into a smooth paste
    add in black pepper
    chilli powder and salt
    lemon juice
    mix well
    add little rice flour for binding
    mix well
    add fish in
    mix well and leave to marinate for 15 to 30 mins
    Heat coconut oil in a tawa..place fish on it
    fry for few mins
    flip over and cook
    add more oil as needed
    sprinkle some curry leaves
    serve
     

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      Want to try it aarthi.. Looking good... Will let you know 🙂

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      Hi Aarthu, i'm Joe im not a good cook, but i love to read - recipes. I was looking for some good recipes to surprise my wife this weekend with me cooking for her. I have saved your recipe for the day. I hope it should come out well, would you mind advising if i could try this on pomfret, or karimeen etc... Thankyou

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