Rasa Koottu

• Fish – Any kind 1 pound or ½ kg.

Grind all the ingredients below with enough water to form a marinade except 1 sprig of curry leaf

• Chili powder – 2 tbsp
• Pepper powder – 2tbsp
• Turmeric powder 1tsp
• Ginger – 2 inch
• Garlic 1 bulb – 6-7
• curry leaves – 2 sprigs
• shallots – 2-3 small ones
• Salt – as needed

Apply the rasa koottu to the clean fish. Add salt as needed. Keep it for 30 minutes if possible, if not 10 minutes is good too.

Heat the tawa and place the fish one by one and fry as per your taste. I love it crispy outside and juicy inside. My daughter loves it crispy. You can do it as you love. Best to shallow fry it and not go too crispy to the burned taste.

Cut a medium onion and 3- 4 green chilies. Add the onion and chilies to the same marinated left over and shallow fry it after fish and add the last sprig of curry leaf too. The smell of that fish with all the marinade will invite people home.

After plating the fish add the lightly fried onion green chili, curry leaf mixture on top. I have few pictures below of few fish fry at home with king fish, lady fish, anchovies, mackerel, pearl spot, tilapia.

Enjoy the aromatic fish fry. Hope it fills your soul. It goes well with pulissery choru combo or just pacha choru :). I know every keralite can relate to this and a staple at our home.

There are many eateries that serve the fish fry combo that I mentioned above in Kerala. The best one that i enjoyed is at Odhens Kannur. The fresh fish makes it the best along with the rasa koottu.

Above picture is a re-creation of odhens feeling for my daughter on her birthday. I think that made her day 🙂 and for sure it filled me with happiness to just serve her and see her face lit :).