kOnkani style crispy fried baby sardines

Sardines are always welcome.Whenever i go to buy fish i make sure to buy at least 1/2 kg.It is highly nutritious and very healthy compared to other fish.As it has a very good source of Omega- 3 fats and they are packed with vitamin D.

                            Baby sardines / saan pedvo in konkani /tharu butai in tulu is very tasty in any forms whether its canned or fried or curried the taste is awesome.Today i am going to  tell how to prepare this  tasty and crispy fried sardines in konkani style.We konkanies do not use many types of masala all we use is chilly paste and some asafoetida which makes this dish very tasty.

Ingredients

Baby sardines:-1/2kg

Red chilly paste-2tsp

Asafoetida-1/2tsp

Salt to taste

Rice flour-2tbsp

Maida-3tsp

Oil for deep frying 

Method:- Clean and scale the fish and apply chilly powder,asafoetida and salt.Mix it well and then add rice flour and maida and roll it again and deep fry till crisp. 

Serve hot with lemon wedges.