How to fry fish roe - A step by step guide

Fish roe

How to fry fish roe – A step by step guide

 

   1.    Leave fish roe to drain after cleaning and washing it.

 



2. Marinade with salt, fish curry powder (Baba’s brand).

Fish curry powder

 

 

3. Coat it with some corn flour.

Use canola, peanut or sunflower oil for deep frying. Those oils are relatively cheap, flavourless oil with high smoke points.

 

 



4. Prepare a pan or wok on the stove and wait until it is hot, then pour oil into it.

                 5.Once oil is hot, turn the burner to low flame.

 

6. Use a tong. Gently lowering the fish roe piece by piece into the oil before dropping it.

 

7.   If the oil splashes, turn off the burner.

 

8.  Once you have placed the fish roe into the oil, adjust the burner to low flame again.

 

9.  Fry for 3 to 4 minutes.

 

10. Cover the wok or frying pan with a lid.

 

Low Flame





11. Use your lid as a shield when you flip the fish roe. If oil splashes, turn off burner. Then only flip the fish roe.
 

After flipping, turn on burner again to low flame.

 

Note  :  Adding too much fish roe into the hot oil in a single go will cause the oil temperature to drop rapidly, reducing the effectiveness of your fry.

 12. Lid on again and let it fry for 3 to 4 minutes. Once cooked, turn off burner.

 

13. Remove and drain on a paper towel. Leave it to cool.

 

 

 

14.  Use a skimmer to fish out any crumbs left in the oil.

 

Preferably use the above skimmer with smaller holes.

 

Repeat step 6 to 14 until you finish frying all the fish roe.

 

 

15. Allow the fish roe to cool, cut into smaller pieces.

 



16.  With the clean oil, turn burner to high flame and fry fish roe till crisp. Lid off.

 

17. Ta dah! Dig in. Enjoy!