I love chinese
foods, more than anything else. In this blog alone I have around 38 recipes
which are chinese. I never thought that seafoods can be made in chinese style.
I have often seen that it takes part a
major role in restaurant menu, but I have never ordered it. Oneday we thought
to go bold and ordered chilli fish from our favorite restaurant. I was so
amazed by the taste, and it inspired me to give a try of my own.
foods, more than anything else. In this blog alone I have around 38 recipes
which are chinese. I never thought that seafoods can be made in chinese style.
I have often seen that it takes part a
major role in restaurant menu, but I have never ordered it. Oneday we thought
to go bold and ordered chilli fish from our favorite restaurant. I was so
amazed by the taste, and it inspired me to give a try of my own.
I thought of making
it like a manchurian. Hubby bought some beautiful fish from the market and
those were perfect for this. I was so amazed by the result, they tasted so
fresh and yummy. I am planning to make more fish recipes in the future…I hope
you will love it as much as I did..
it like a manchurian. Hubby bought some beautiful fish from the market and
those were perfect for this. I was so amazed by the result, they tasted so
fresh and yummy. I am planning to make more fish recipes in the future…I hope
you will love it as much as I did..
Preparation Time - 15 mins
Cooking Time - 30 mins
Serves - 5 to 6
Ingredients:
Fish Pieces ( I used Trevally / Jack / Parai meen ) - 500 gms ( Boneless, White Fleshed Fish )
Oil for Deep frying
For the Batter:
All Purpose Flour / Maida - ¾ cup
Corn Starch / Corn Flour - ¼ cup
Salt to taste
Pepper - 1 tsp
Soy Sauce - 1 tsp
Water as needed
For the Sauce:
Oil - 2 tblspn
Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tblspn
Onion - 1 chopped
Green Chilli - 2 chopped
Tomatoes - 1 chopped
Salt - to taste
Sugar - 1 tsp
Red Chilli Paste - 1 tblspn ( Dry red chillies ground with water)
Soy Sauce - 1 tsp or to taste
Green Chilli Sauce - 1 tsp or to taste
Tomato Ketchup - 1 tblspn or to taste
Vinegar - 1 tsp or to taste
Water - ½ cup
Corn flour - 1 tblspn mixed with water to form a paste
Pepper - 1 tsp or to taste
Coriander leaves / Cilantro /Spring Onions - for garnishing
Method:
Heat oil in a kadai.
Take all the batter ingredients and add water to it. Form this into a smooth paste. Dip the fish pieces in it and fry them in hot oil for 5 mins till they are golden and cooked through. Drain them in a paper towel.
Now make the sauce. Heat oil in a kadai.
Add in ginger garlic paste and mix well.
Add in onions, green chillies and mix well. Cook this for a min.
Add in tomatoes and toss well in the oil. Let them cook for a min.
Add some salt and sugar to it and mix well.
Now add in red chilli paste, soy sauce, green chilli sauce, ketchup, vinegar and mix well.
Add some water to it and mix well to form a sauce. Let them come to a boil.
Add in the corn flour slurry (corn flour mixed with water). Actually I added some of the left over batter. Mix well so that it gets thick and saucy.
Add in pepper and mix well.
Add the fried fish pieces in this and toss well with the sauce.
Garnish with coriander leaves or spring onions and mix well.
Serve over with rice or noodles.
Pictorial:
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| You will need sauces,cornstarch,flour,onions, tomatoes,chillies, cilantro,salt, sugar,oil, pepper,chilli paste, ginger garlic paste,fish pieces |
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| Mix cornflour, flour, salt, pepper, soy sauce with some water |
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| mix till it forms a smooth paste |
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| dip fish pieces in it |
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| and fry in hot oil |
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| Till they are golden brown |
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| Drain them in paper towel |
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| No saute ginger and garlic in oil |
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| add in onions |
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| and green chilli |
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| and some tomatoes |
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| season with salt and sugar |
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| and red chilli paste |
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| and some soy sauce |
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| and some green chilli sauce |
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| and ketchup |
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| add a dash of vinegar |
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| pour some water |
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| and corn starch slurry |
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| add in pepper |
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| and mix well |
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| add in fried fish pieces |
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| and mix well |
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| throw in coriander leaves |
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| and serve |
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| Taste great with Rice |
Priya
Mouthwatering, wat a delightful fish manchurian.Belated Thala diwali wishes to you and ur better half Aarthi.
Pretend Chef
Yummy!
divya
looks so yummy n tempting...
Shema George
What a beautiful dish. Spicy and yum!!! I love fish manchurian 🙂
Vidya
I am a fish fan..very tempting dish.
vani
Hi,triedthe,recipe it was very taste. Being a vegetarian I used a vegetarian fish,my family enjoyed it. Thank u 4 sharing all yur wonderful recipes.
Kavi | Foodomania
nice recipe... love the flavors.. I will make a veg version
Radhika
Aarthi, thanks for all the hard work + sincere efforts. Hope you know it makes a difference! I love your 'pictorial' step-by-step photos; they make it so easy to follow, esp. the one photo of all the ingredients. Keep cooking - enjoy! With thanks from a fellow-foodie in Canada.
Yanke Tamang
Love it...its so yummy and tasty..thank you...:)
Unknown
Aarthi instead of ground chill can we put chilli flakes.
Anonymous
Can I use tilapia ??
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can use tilapia
Aarthi
@Unknownyes u can add chilli flakes too
Nazeeba
I made chicken 65 from ur blog. It came out good. Thank you so much.
In fish manchoorian, can I use ayila fish instead of paarai meen? Bcos my hubby dont like paarai meen.
Do we have to remove the skin of that fish.
Aarthi
yes u can, yes remove skin