Chili Fish

Cook Time: 30 mins
Serves: 2

Ingredients:

300 gram fish, cubed
1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
1 teaspoon lime juice
1/4 teaspoon pepper powder
1/4 teaspoon red chili powder
Salt to taste

For the batter:
4 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons cornflour
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon pepper powder
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
5 tablespoons water
Salt to taste

For the sauce:
4 sprigs green onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, chopped.
1 teaspoon chilly powder
1/2 teaspoon pepper powder
1 teaspoon soy sauce
2 tablespoons tomato ketchup
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon green chilly sauce or 3 green chilies
3/4 tablespoon cornflour
1/2 cup water
Spring onions to garnish

Directions

1. Marinate the fish pieces with ginger garlic paste, lime juice, pepper powder, red chili powder and salt for 15 minutes.
2. Mix flour, corn flour, soy sauce, pepper powder and salt with water and make a medium consistency batter. Not too thick or watery.
3. Dip each marinated fish pieces in this batter and deep fry. Keep the fried fish aside.
4. Heat oil in a pan in medium flame. Add garlic and spring onions. Saute well.
5. To this add green chilies(tastes best when you use green chilly sauce) , pepper powder, red chili powder, soy sauce, tomato ketchup and stir well.
6. In a separate bowl, mix cornflour and water. Add this to the pan and mix well.
7. Add salt, sugar and fried fish and stir well.
8. Switch off the flame and garnish with spring onions. Serve hot.