Kozhuva Pepper Fry/Anchovies Pepper Fry

Anchovies when fried are crispy and super tempting. This can be served with rice or as an appetizer. It has the spicy kick of pepper and the flavor of curry leaves. You can use either green peppercorns or ground black pepper. Try this crispy and tasty fish fry, you will surely love it.

Ingredients
Kozhuva/ Anchovies- 1/2 lb
Egg white-1
Green pepper corns- 1 tbs
(or ground black pepper according to taste)
Turmeric powder- 1/3 tsp
Ginger- thin slice
Curry leaves - 2-3 springs
Coriander leaves- 3 tbs chopped
Corn starch- 2 tbs
salt and oil for frying

Make a fine paste of pepper corns, ginger,curry leaves and coriander leaves. Into this add turmeric powder, egg white and corn starch and make a smooth batter.
Clean fish and marinate with this paste and set aside for five to ten minutes.
You can either deep fry or shallow fry the fish. This one above is shallow fried and will take 2-3 minutes on each sides. Fry till both sides are evenly fried and crispy.