Meen Fry
Meen Fry is a Kerala Indian lunch dish made with fish steaks, ginger-garlic paste, red chili powder, turmeric powder and other everyday ingredients. The full ingredient list and method are below.
- Total time (approx.)
- 35 min
- Calories (estimate)
- ~480 kcal
- Course
- Lunch
- Cuisine
- Kerala (Indian)
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Ingredients
What goes into Meen Fry. This recipe lists ingredients without measured quantities — scale them to the number of people you are cooking for and season to taste.
- Fish steaks (Kingfish/Pomfret)
- Ginger-garlic paste
- Red chili powder
- Turmeric powder
- Black pepper powder
- Lemon juice
- Curry leaves
- Coconut oil for frying
- Salt
Method
- 1Combine ginger-garlic paste, chili, turmeric, pepper, lemon juice, and salt to form a marinade.
- 2Apply the marinade evenly on both sides of the fish steaks; marinate for at least 30 minutes.
- 3Heat coconut oil in a shallow pan until hot.
- 4Carefully place marinated fish in the hot oil along with a few curry leaves.
- 5Fry until golden brown and crispy on both sides, flipping once. Serve hot.
About these numbers: the time shown is an approximate overall cooking time, and the calorie figure is a rough estimate for one serving of the dish as described — not a laboratory analysis. Both will change with your portion size, ingredients and how much fat you cook with. Dietary tags describe the dish in general terms; always check the labels on what you buy. Nothing here is medical or dietary advice. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we will fix it.
