Kerala Style Fish Fry (Meen Varuthathu)

Ingredients

King fish steaks – 4-5 of medium size
Ginger & garlic paste – 1- 1½tsp each
Kashmiri chilly powder – 1 – 1½ tsp
Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
Whole pepper – ¼- 1/2 tsp
Lime juice – 1-2 tsp
Salt
Coconut oil

Instructions
Apply little salt and lime juice on the fish pieces and wash it with water. Drain the water. Grind together ingredients listed from ginger- garlic to salt into a fine paste adding a little water. Make gashes in the fish pieces and marinate the pieces with the ground paste. Keep the marinated fish for half an hour. Heat oil in a pan and shallow fry the fish pieces.Serve with onion rings and a slice of lime.