Nilgiris Fish fry (Badaga cuisine)

The Badagas are an indigenous people inhabiting the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu, southern India. During my recent trip to the Nilgiris, I ate some local dishes of the badaga people. One of them is the Nilgiris Fish Fry, which is normally made using fish Sea Bass or any fish which you can get nice fillets, like big black pomfrets, or Salmon.

I have used fillets of Black pomfret in this recipe.

In this preparation there are 2 pastes, one for marination and the other for frying.  
Thanks to Chef Joseph of Taj Savoy Ooty and his team, who gave me some details of this recipe, with which I was able to recreate it.
Do try making this at home, its very easy to make and am sure you will like it.