Rava Fried Fish in Air fryer

This rava fried fish is so tasty and easy to do. It gets uniformly cooked in the air fryer and has a nice crispy coating.

Course Main

Cuisine Indian

Keyword air fryer fish fry, air fryer fried fish, rava fried fish, rava fried fish in air fryer

recipe air fryer seafood

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 15

Marination time 15

Total Time 35

Servings

Calories 210kcal

Author Rachna Parmar

Equipment

1 Air fryer

Ingredients

1 lb. Fish steaks or 500 gm.

First marinade

½ tsp. turmeric
½ tsp. salt

Second Marinade

1.5 tbsp. Ginger Garlic paste
1 tsp. Kashmiri chili powder or paprika
½ tsp. red chili powder or cayenne
1 tsp. pepper
½ tsp. salt
1 tbsp. coconut oil
1 sprig curry leaves finely chopped
1 tbsp. cilantro finely chopped
¼ tsp. turmeric
1 tbsp. lemon juice

Coating

½ cup semolina or fine rava

Instructions

Wash the fish fillets and pat them dry. Apply turmeric and salt and keep aside for 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, mix together the ingredients of second marinade which included ginger garlic paste, two types of red chili powder, turmeric, pepper, salt, lemon juice, finely chopped cilantro and curry leaves and coconut oil along with salt.
This marinade is thick. Rub it all over the fish steaks on both the sides to ensure that they are evenly coated. Marinate for about 15 minutes.
Preheat air fryer at 180C for 5 minutes. Meanwhile dip each fish fillet or steak in rava and spread some rava on top so that you got a nice crunchy coating on top of the fish. Rava helps to keep the marinade on top of the fish and also provides a lovely coating.
Keep it aside. Repeat for all steaks.
In the preheated air fryer basket, add in the fillets, as many as can fit without overlap. I could fit the entire batch.
Air fry at 180C or 360F for 10 minutes. At 5 minutes mark, brush the fillets with a little oil. This gives them a really crispy golden appearance just like fried fish.
Then continue to cook till the coating is golden and the fish is cooked. Depending on the size of fish fillets, you may take slightly less or more time so keep an eye towards the end of cooking time.
Your rava fish fry in air fryer is ready. Enjoy it with a green chutney and with lemon wedges.
You can also choose to shallow fry these rava fish fillets in medium hot oil they are crispy and golden on both side.

Notes

1. This recipe works well for firm, fleshy fish.You can use seer, pomfret, Rohu, Catla, kingfish fillets here.

2. Adjust marinade spice as per taste. I have used both red chili powder (cayenne) and pepper as I like this to be spicy. Skip cayenne for lower heat.

3. Curry leaves really give it a signature coastal flavour so don’t skip it.

4. You can use any vegetable oil in place of coconut oil, but coconut oil is again more authentic South Indian.

5. Do not overcook the fish or it will not taste good. Make sure it is well cooked and flaky inside.

Storage Tips: Store leftover fish in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. Reheat in the air fryer at 350°F (175°C) for 3-4 minutes to restore crispiness.

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