🇮🇳 Indian

Bombil Fry

Name: Bombil Fry
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste; 1 tsp Salt; 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder; 1, juiced Lemon; 4 pieces, bombil (bombay duck) Fish; 1.5 tsp Red Chili Powder; for shallow frying Mustard Oil; 1/2 cup Rice Flour

🇮🇳 Indian

Bombay duck, the soft-boned fish that Mumbai's koliwadas rava-fry to a lace of gold. Universally loved, mildly feared by first-timers, gone in four bites.

Prep 15 min Cook 15 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

Ginger Garlic Paste1 tbsp
Salt1 tsp
Turmeric Powder1/2 tsp
Lemon1, juiced
Fish4 pieces, bombil (bombay duck)
Red Chili Powder1.5 tsp
Mustard Oilfor shallow frying
Rice Flour1/2 cup

Instructions

1
Clean and split the fish; pat very dry.
2
Rub with turmeric, chili, ginger garlic paste, lemon and salt.
3
Coat thickly in rice flour.
4
Shallow fry in mustard oil on medium-high.
5
Fry till the crust crackles and the edges lace brown; serve with onion and lime.

Chef's tip

Dry the fish properly — bombil is wet by nature and wet fish steams instead of crisping.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Crispy Bombil Fry | Bombay Duck Recipe | Cleaning & De-Boning · on YouTube