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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...

Crispy fried Anchovies/Netholi/ Podimeen Varuthathu Crispy fried Anchovies is super yummy and invokes childhood memories. Do you like fish as a snack? well I love crispy fried anchovies as a snack. My grandmother and mother used to make them when we were kids and gave it in small plates for snacking.  This is a quick and easy fish fry with Veloori or white sardine. It is crispy and tasty fry. This recipe is from my mother in law. You can also use Anchovies for this recipe Ingredients Anchovies or vellori- 1/2 lb Kashmiri chilly powder- 1 tsp Pepper powder- 1/3 tsp Turmeric powder- 1/3 tsp Fenugreek powder- a pinch lemon juice- 1/2 tsp Chick peas flour or rice flour-1 tbs Egg white- 1 (optional) Curry leaves - a few Thinly sliced onion- 1/2 cup salt and oil for frying Veloori Fish fry (this one my mother-in -law made and I clicked the pic ) Clean fish and marinate with all ingredients listed above except oil. Set aside for five minutes. You can...