Whole anchovies marinated in spices and deep-fried, eaten whole as crispy, salty finger food with a squeeze of lime. Nethili Fry is a genuine fishing-community dish, best experienced where that culture still lives rather than at a generic restaurant.
Kasimedu, Royapuram, and other South Chennai coastal areas are where fishing-community restaurants serve this most authentically -- the same neighborhoods that anchor Meen Kulambu's best versions, making the two a natural coastal-food pairing on one trip.
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