Kerala fish fry

Ingredients 

1. Fish (Vatta para) - 5
2. Shallot - 10
3. Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
4. Red chilli powder - 1 tbsp
5. Kashmiri chilli powder - 1 tbsp
6. Coriander powder - 1.5 tbsp
7. Pepper powder - 0.5 tbsp
8. Salt
9. Curry leaves - 3 twigs
10. Oil - 3 tbsp

Procedure

1. Clean the fish.
2. Peel the skin completely.
3. Cut the fish into small pieces so that masala can be absorbed well.
4. Pulse shallots, chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and  pepper powder in a mixie for 1 second.
5. Add salt to this and mix well and paste.
6. Apply this paste on the fish. Fish should be completely coated with the paste.
7. Keep the marinated fish in the refrigerator for an hour at least.
8. Heat oil in a pan.
9. When the oil is hot, drop the fish into the oil.
10. Flip the fish to the other side and cook both sides.
11. Drop curry leaves on top of the fish and fry for few more seconds.
12. Yummy fish fry is ready to be served with rice.

Note: I recently made this with Vatta para. The same recipe can be used for any fish fry.