How To Shake Up Your Fish Fry Masala

Those who love and relish fishes, truly love and enjoy their fish fry masala. Fish fry masala is a crispy, delicious, mouth-watering, spicy dish that is often served as an appetizer in restaurants, parties, etc.  It is often the most favourite dish of every fish lover. This dish has been known to be in great and popularly in demand even globally. Many chef’s across the world i.e. world-wide create and serve this recipe in their own style. However, it is still often known as the Indian fish fry masala popularly across the globe.

This dish/appetizer goes exceptionally well with jeera rice, fried rice, schezwan fried rice, brown rice, coconut rice, tamarind rasam rice, rasam rice, chapatti, naan, butter naan, tandoori roti, kulcha, butter kulcha, pulav, biryani, prawn biryani, hyderabadi pulav, khepsa, khepsa rice, plain rice, etc.

The recipe for this dish is also popularly known as a bachelor’s recipe (for some really vague reasons) as in known to yield and deliver a lip-smacking, crispy, spicy, slightly tangy, fried fish. Some prefer the fish grilled while some prefer it shallow fried. Some prefer for it to be fried and tossed well in oil. Many people also use besan to make sure their fish gets the taste and flavour of a pakora fry, in order to enhance the taste of ones favourite fish fry masala.

Each one of us like our fish fry masala made in a particular way/style or made with a particular recipe. Some prefer for it to be from their favourite shack in Goa while some prefer for it to be made by their mum or grand mom from their mum’s/ grand mom’s kitchen.  When it comes to interesting, unique variations in one’s favourite fishy fry masala, there is no in between. People use many interesting yet odd ingredients to shake and spice it up. For eg. some people prefer their fish fry masala with just the right amount of cardamom powder. It helps add a tadka of freshness to their fish fry masala. Owing to the fineness of this powder, only a pinch of it is needed to impart its flavour on to the dish i.e. the fish fry masala in this case. It carries with itself a flavour of spice and freshness.

You may have also heard of the authentic khada fish fry. Similar to the popular khada pav bhaji on the streets, fish fry masala too is often made with the help of khada masala. Khada masala helps elevate the taste and essence of the fish. It adds just the right amount of spice and junk to the dish. It also helps enhance the taste of marinated fish. For those who prefer their fish fry masala to be spicy, khada masala is a real blessing. Similar to garam masala, the power and strength of khada masala makes almost every recipe more appeasing and edible to your taste buds. It also opens up you senses and works well with your system owing to its strength in flavour of spice.

It often goes well with many other veg and non-veg dishes and shakes the recipe up.