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Spicy Whitebait
Preparation info
- Serves
4
- Difficulty
Easy
Appears in
Published 2005
As a delicious snack to go with drinks, small fish caught in rivers and waterways in India are quickly deep-fried and seasoned with salt and spices. This works particularly well with whitebait. You can vary the strength of the seasoning according to taste.
Ingredients
300 g 10½ oz ½ teaspoon
Method
Rinse the whitebait and dry them thoroughly on paper towels. Mix the chilli powder, cayenne pepper and turmeric together and toss the whitebait in the seasoning until well coated.
Fill a karhai or heavy-based saucepan one-third full with oil and heat to 190°C/375°F (a cube of bread will brown in 10 seconds). Fry the fish in batches until crisp, drain on paper towels and sprinkle with sa