In an Indian household, the evening tea is basically incomplete without any accompaniments. With a cup of Chai, there is always Shay. Thus, we keep on saying “Kuch Chai shay ho jaye” (Let’s have our tea with some snacks if you want to translate that into English. Fish is one such part of our food which we love to eat with rice or pulao, and also as snacks. It tastes good with anything. And Fish Fingers are something even kids relish.
My sister and I spent a major chunk of our college days digging out what we had with our tea. But every time we went to the kitchen, we missed out on something or the other. So we ended up making Pakoras /fritters with the basic vegetables like potato or onions. Fish Fingers are one of our favourite snacks.
I remember I first had this lip-smacking dish at a wedding party, probably when I was in my eighth standard. I remember telling her that someday we could cook it ourselves in our kitchen. Well, no task is too difficult or unattainable. It was she who told the easiest crispy fish fingers recipe. She makes it often at home for her kid. Once I had the recipe, I was too excited and I made this in my kitchen.
Preparing Fish Fingers does need some prior planning. As there are certain specific fish which is appropriate to make fish fingers. Basa Fish is the perfect one for preparing fish fingers. But in my place, it’s not readily available in the local market. On Sundays, I do try my luck.
Now I have a permanent seller whom I sometimes ask to bring me a specific kind of fish. Basa fish has high-quality protein and omega-3 fatty acids. Thus making it healthy. Basa fish is popularly used for making fish fillet, baked fish, tawa fry, and fish fingers. It tastes good and you can cook it in any way you want. Let’s begin with my simple crispy fish finger recipe.
Easy Crispy Fish Fingers Recipe
To make this easy, crispy fish finger recipe at home, you will require these ingredients-
500 grams Basa fish (a type of catfish), one and a half tablespoons corn flour or you can also use refined flour/maida, Half tea teaspoon of turmeric and red chilly powder, salt to taste.
For the outer coating, I pan-roasted a few slices of bread and then ground them in the electric Grinder. Your perfect bread crumb is ready (Grinding roasted bread makes the Bread Crumbs powdery and non-sticky)
Take a pan, heat some water and put the pieces of the fish and let it boil for some time. Put a few drops of lemon juice in it, as it will help to dispel the fishy smell to a great extent. Let the water evaporate completely. Let it cool down for some time, remove the skin and fish bones if there are any and crumble it with clean hands and keep it aside.
Take one large onion, a few green chillies, five to six cloves of garlic and one medium-sized ginger. Grind all the ingredients and mix it with the crumbled fish.
Add one tablespoon bread crumbs, one tablespoon corn flour, turmeric, red chilly powder and salt to it.
Mix the entire ingredients nicely with the fish mixture and take small portions or as according to your wish and make finger shapes using your palm.
Take a bowl, break one egg (Though I didn’t use egg as my husband doesn’t like it very much, but adding egg helps in binding with the bread crumbs) little salt and red chilly powder, dip the fish fingers and then roll them in the bread crumbs.
Heat Oil in a pan and fry the fish fingers in batches till golden brown. Turn it from time to time. And your crispy fried Fish Fingers are ready to devour with some tomato Ketchup and Mayonnaise. Thanks for reading, and I shall be happy to read your feedback.
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