Lahori Fish Recipe

• 3 cups Cooking oil, for deep-frying
• 1 tsp Chaat masala, to finish
• 1 Lemon (lemon juice), cut in wedges

First marinade

• 3 pao Fish fillet (boneless), rohu, sole or any firm white fish, cut into 5 cm pieces≈ 750 g
• 2 tbsp Vinegar (sirka)
• ½ tsp Salt

Besan coating

• ½ cup Gram flour (besan)
• 2 tbsp Rice flour
• 1 tbsp Ginger-garlic paste
• 1 tsp Carom seeds (ajwain)
• 1 tsp Red chilli powder
• 1 tsp Kashmiri or deggi chilli powder (for colour), for colour
• ¼ tsp Turmeric (haldi)
• 1 tsp Coriander seeds (sabut dhania), crushed
• ½ tsp Ground cumin
• ¼ tsp Garam masala
• ¾ tsp Salt, adjust to taste
• 1 tbsp Lemon (lemon juice), juice
• 1 Eggs
• 3 tbsp Water, only if needed