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Air fryer fish pakora recipe, Fish pakora

Air fryer Fish pakora is a mildly spicy and delicious starter or snack prepared by air frying masala coated fish fillet cubes to perfection. This fish pakora with crispy exterior and soft inside is popular in restaurants both in the regular menu and buffet but is most of the time oily as it it deep fried so thought to make my own version of healthy fish pakora in air fryer and turned out super yum. This fish pakora tastes as yum as recipes like these Vegetable pakora and Chicken 65 which are also few popular appetizers/ snacks in restaurant/ potluck. I recently posted an healthy version of the other snacks  like Air fryer chicken 65 and Air fryer onion pakoda which many readers tried and sent me pictures as well for which I was truly overwhelmed.
Fish pakora needs just handful ingredients in its making and also needs less for its preparation and that is why I always like to to serve as it sides along with Sunday biryani. When the biryani is in dum mode, you can happily put these fish fillet cubes in air fryer and job will be done. 
air fryer fish pakora

For this fish pakora I used Tilapia fish fillets available in Costco which tastes amazing, since everything is pre cleaned the work is super simple, just mix all the ingredients, marinate for 30 minutes and air fry. Also I have not used any food color in the recipe instead Kashmiri chili powder to give the pakora good coloring. In this recipe I have used cumin seeds/ jeera which can be replaced with caraway seeds/ omam. So let’s get to the making!

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Air fryer fish pakora recipe, Fish pakora
Serves 3
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Prep Time
30 min
Cook Time
8 min
Total Time
38 min
Prep Time
30 min
Cook Time
8 min
Total Time
38 min
Ingredients
  1. 1. Fish fillet – 1/ 10 pieces
  2. 2. Cumin seeds/ Jeera – ¼ tsp
  3. 3. Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
  4. 4. Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
  5. 5. Salt – to taste
  6. 6. Ginger garlic paste – ½ tsp
  7. 7. Rice flour – 1 tbsp
  8. 8. Besan/ Gram flour – 1 tbsp
  9. 9. Lemon juice – ½ tsp
  10. 10. Oil – 1 tsp
  11. 11. Green chili - 2
  12. 12. Curry leaves- few
Note
  1. * 1 cup = 235 ml
Instructions
  1. Take the fish fillet and chop it into cubes as shown in the collage. Wash it thoroughly and transfer it to a bowl.
  2. Now to the fish fillet cubes add red chili powder, turmeric powder (never skip while cooking non veg specially sea food), salt, ginger garlic paste, rice flour, besan/ gram flour, lemon juice, cumin seeds and ½ tsp oil.
  3. Mix everything well so that the fish is well coated in masala. Marinate the fish for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
  4. Preheat Air fryer at 400 for 5 minutes. ( I have CRUX air fryer at home and the below mentioned cook time suits me, timing may vary a little according to the brand)
  5. When the air fryer is preheated brush a tbsp of oil on the baking rack/ place a parchment paper on the baking rack (prevents chicken from sticking) then place the fish pieces one by one evenly without overcrowding. Do not place really big chunks as the inside might not get cooked fully. Brush a tsp oil over the fish pieces as well (optional). Now cook for 6 minutes.
  6. After 6 minutes you will notice that the fish is evenly cooked and crisp. Now to the fish pakora add curry leaves and cut chili. Cook it for 2 minutes and you should see delicious fish pakora ready in no time. Remove it from the air fryer and cook the next batch. Serve it hot.
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How to make Air fryer fish pakora with step by step images


  1. Take the fish fillet and chop it into cubes as shown in the collage. Wash it thoroughly and transfer it to a bowl.
  2. Now to the fish fillet cubes add red chili powder, turmeric powder (never skip while cooking non veg specially sea food), salt, ginger garlic paste, rice flour, besan/ gram flour, lemon juice, cumin seeds and ½ tsp oil. Mix everything well so that the fish is well coated in masala. Marinate the fish for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
  3. Preheat Air fryer at 400 for 5 minutes. ( I have CRUX air fryer at home and the below mentioned cook time suits me, timing may vary a little according to the brand) When the air fryer is preheated brush a tbsp of oil on the baking rack/ place a parchment paper on the baking rack (prevents chicken from sticking) then place the fish pieces one by one evenly without overcrowding. Do not place really big chunks as the inside might not get cooked fully. Brush a tsp oil over the fish pieces as well (optional). Now cook for 6 minutes.
  4. After 6 minutes you will notice that the fish is evenly cooked and crisp. Now to the fish pakora add curry leaves and cut chili. Cook it for 2 minutes and you should see delicious fish pakora ready in no time. Remove it from the air fryer and cook the next batch. Serve it hot.
    air fryer fish pakora

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