vanjaram vepudu or vanjaram fish fry recipe A simple fish fry that requires very few ingredients and can be prepared easily. Fresh fish is lightly marinated with spices. Covered and simmered on a very low heat or flame for the fish to absorb flavors. Then roasted to perfection.
Using ghee and lot of curry leaves makes this fish aromatic and tastier. We do not use too much of garam masala for fish fry else the flavor of fish is lost. To make the best vanjaram vepudu, i chose fresh fish that is firm and odorless.
You can find more fish fry recipes on the blog,
Crispy fish fry
Andhra fish fry
Tawa fish fry
To make vanjaram fish fry, if you do not prefer to use ghee, you can use oil. I have used a fish steak weighing around 200 grams, you can increase the other ingredients proportionately if you are preparing larger quantity of fish.
Vanjaram fish fry recipe or vanjaram vepudu below
Vanjaram vepudu | How to make spicy vanjaram fish fry recipe
Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )
- 1 to 2 sprigs curry leaves , fresh
- 2 tsps Ghee (clarified butter) or oil
Marination
- 200 grams vanjaram fish steak or fillet (batang, seer fish)
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 pinch turmeric
- Salt to taste
- Lemon juice as needed
- ½ tsp red chili powder
- ¼ to ½ tsp garam masala ( a mild garam masala powder)
How to make the recipe
- Wash fish and drain it.
- Add all the marination ingredients to a bowl and marinate the fish.
- Heat a pan with oil or ghee. Fry curry leaves until they turn crisp.
- Add the fish to the pan.
- On a very low flame, cover and cook for 2 to 3 mins. Flip to the other side carefully. Cook covered again for 2 to 3 mins.
- You see a lot of moisture, switch the flame to slightly high till the fish is golden roasted and all the moisture should evaporate. Repeat flipping and roasting. Adjust by adding more red chili or garam masala powder.
- serve vanjaram vepudu with rice
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.
How to make spicy vanjaram fish fry with step by step photos
1. Wash fish under running water. If you are using frozen fish or it has odor, you can pour 1 tbsp vinegar to the fish and wash off. Drain off the water thoroughly
2. Marinate the fish with ingredients mentioned under marination.
3. Heat a pan with ghee and add curry leaves. Saute till the curry leaves turn crisp
4. Place the fish in the pan.
5. Cover it and cook on a very low heat for 2 to 3 mins.
6. Flip it to the other side gently, it will be tender take care not to break. Cover again and cook for another 2 to 3 mins.
7. Open the lid. It will ooze out moisture. Increase the flame slightly. Roast till all the moisture evaporates and it turns slightly golden.
8. Flip again and roast on the other side. If desired you can add little more red chili powder and garam masala to the vanjaram fish fry.
Garnish and serve hot with rice.
Nithya says
What is the marinating period after mixing fish with masalas?
Arpita says
Can we use any other fish to prepare this recipe as vanjaram or seer fish is not available in kolkata
swasthi says
Yes Arpita
You can use any kind of fish. You can also check these other fish fry recipes
lemon fish fry
easy fish fry
Pooja Solanki says
Simple easy tasty. Simply awesome
Would definitely try othe recipes
swasthi says
Thank you
t p das says
Nice recipes
swasthi says
Thank you
shalini says
The 5 star is less to rate this recipe. The aroma of curry leaves gives nice flavor to the fish.
Wow Wow Wow……!!! awesome recipe….. quick, easy & VVVEEERRRRYYYYY TASTY…..Today I made It..Excellent explanation dear….Thank uuuu sooo much.
My husband only told me that, today itself give thanks to Swasthi from his end also for such a wonderful recipe.
I increased the qty of red chilli powder for more spicy.
swasthi says
Hi Shalini, Iam so glad you all enjoyed fish. Thank you and welcome
Preeti says
U r so awesome cook. Very nice fish. Made it yummy
swasthi says
glad it tuned out good. thanks preeti
suria.k says
tasty dishes
monisha says
It looks yummy..
Vimitha Anand says
Wish I could have that fry!!!
chikkus Kitchen says
Wow …mouthwatering dear 🙂
divya says
looks sooo tempting n mouthwatering…..
Priya Ranjit says
wow looks heavenly 🙂 love your pan too
Sireesha Puppala says
Am a vegetarian but this preparation looks very yummy
nandoos Kitchen says
lovely, inviting fish fry
Shruti Dhingra Wahi says
One of my favourite 🙂