Amritsari fish is a popular street food and restaurant style starter fried Fish. Fish is marinated in spices and then deep fried. Iam sharing 2 recipes with the same ingredients in this post. First one is the amritsari fish – deep fried. The second one – amritsari tawa fish fry and can be prepared in just 15 mins. Yes just 15 mins is all that is needed to make this yummy tawa fish fry.
I have used salmon, you can use any variety of your choice. If you make a tawa fry you can make this ahead and refrigerate it to absorb all the flavors. Salmon tastes very bland even after marinating for very long hours and doesn’t absorb the flavors well like other fishes. If you are using other than salmon, I suggest you to marinate for at least 10 mins , fry and serve right away hot.
More fish recipes,
apollo fish fry
fish tikka
andhra chepa fry
baked fish Indian style
Amritsari fish or tawa fish fry recipe below
Amritsari fish
Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )
- 300 grams Fish (I used salmon, you can use any fish of your choice)
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- ¼ tsp ajwain / vaamu
- Salt to taste
- ¾ tsp red chili powder
- ½ tsp kasuri methi (crushed)
- ¾ tsp tandoori masala or punjabi garam masala
- ¼ tsp biryani masala (optional)
- 1 Pinch amchur
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 ½ tbsp besan / chickpea flour (preferably coarse)
- 1 pinch turmeric
- 2 tbsp Oil (preferably mustard oil)
How to make the recipe
method 1- deep fry
- marinate fish with all the ingredients, if needed sprinkle water so that the mixture binds well with the fish. Deep fry the fish in hot oil till golden.
method 2- tawa fish fry
- Dry roast besan for few mins till you get a nice aroma. This is done to remove the raw smell from the besan. Do not darken the flour.
- Wash and cut to desired sizes. I did not make them too small.
- Marinate to make tawa fish with all the ingredients except ajwain, besan and oil. If needed you can sprinkle some water. Set this aside for atleast 10 mins.
- Heat a wide pan with oil, add ajwain and allow them to splutter. Add the pieces and fry on a medium flame for 4 mins and flip the pieces and let them fry for another 5 mins.
- Sprinkle the besan evenly all over on one side and continue to fry without burning.
- Flip the pieces and fry again. The flour that we sprinkle on one side will be enough for both the sides. If needed can increase the flame slightly and fry on both sides till cooked.
- Serve tawa fish hot as a starter or as a side dish.
NUTRITION (estimation only)
If you are a beginner or new to Indian cooking, I highly suggest you to check the supporting step by step photos for best results. Step by step photos with description available below after the recipe card.
Method 1- make deep fried amritsari fish fry.
1. Mix all the ingredients and marinate for 10 minutes. Heat oil and fry till golden.
Method 2 – make tawa fish fry
1. Roast besan till it begins to smell good. Do not over fry or brown it.
2. Marinate with ginger garlic paste, salt, masala powder, amchur, vinegar or lemon juice, chilli powder, kasuri methi, amchur , turmeric.
3. Heat a wide pan, add oil to it. Add in ajwain, when they sizzle Fry it for about five minutes on each side.
4. Sprinkle besan evenly on only one side and fry without burning.
5. Flip the pieces and continue to fry till cooked.
Serve amritsari tawa fish fry with rice.
Sanjay Mukherjee says
I have prepare the whole fish way you describe.
swasthi says
Hope you enjoyed the fish!
Anu Dutt says
Thank you so much for your amazing receipes. I have followed them a no. of times. They have turned out very well. Keep up this great job.
swasthi says
Welcome Anu
So glad to know the recipes have turned out good. Thanks for the comment.
🙂
PARBODH Chopra says
Very useful
nelson says
i like the style you cook your fish
Didina Gnagnide Angorinie says
Very good recipe, all of my family approved, I will definitely cook it again. Thank you Swasthi.
s.chakraborty says
Loved your amritsari fish recipe. Followed it to the t, though increased the amount. Everyone was bowled over, even my would- be in – laws. So thanks a ton. I have replicated a no.of recipes of yours and they’ve all been huge hits. Can trust you cooking advice and instructions blindly. So thanks again.
swasthi says
Welcome. Thanks for trying.So glad to know it turned out good
Rajinder Dhillon says
Fantastic recipies….?
swasthi says
Thank you
prachi says
Hi Swasthi
Is the fish used here boneless or with bones
swasthi says
Hi Prachi,
You can use any kind of fish. with or without bones
Sunita says
Hi, I tried out the tava fried Amritsari fish today. It was delicious. Thanks for the recipe.
swasthi says
Welcome Sunita,
im glad you liked it
🙂
pabandas says
so nice.
swasthi says
Thank you
Ana says
Looks good
Vimitha Anand says
Thats a nice fry… will try it soon
Sanoli Ghosh says
Lipsmacking good amritsari fish fry……yummilicious!
Preeti Tamilarasan says
i like this fish fry swasthi.. the presentation makes it more tempting..
Premalatha Aravindhan says
Really delicious and fantastic recipe,yum!!!
Ramya Krishnamurthy says
Yummy fry sis
Navaneetham Krishnan says
Oh Oh!!! Looks so good. I shall try. My other half eats nothing much except fish all the time. I can find salmon over here and I shall make it. Quite a simple recipe too.