Recipe: Tandoori Fish

(Fish marinated in lime and ginger and cooked over an open fire)

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 15 minutes

Serves: 4

 Ingredients:

- 500 gm fish (any firm white fish or salmon), cut into 4 cm cubes

For marinade:

8 garlic clovers

50 gm coriander leave

4 cm ginger

2 tbsp grated lime zest

1 tbsp Kashmiri red chili powder

½ tsp garam masala

1.5 tsp salt

50 ml refined vegetable oil

1 tbsp Gram flour

100 g hung yoghurt

For the Chutney:

100 g Coriander leaves

2 green chilies

4 garlic cloves

2 tbsp lemon juice

½ tsp salt

1 tbsp yoghurt

To serve: Onion rings;

 Recipe:

-Make a fine paste with half the oil, garlic, coriander, ginger, lime juice nd zest, Kashimiri red chili powder, cumin powder, garam masala and salt.

-Heat the remaining oil in a pan and add the gram flour, stirring to make a paste and cook for about 1 minute till fragrant and lightly colored.

-Add the mixture to the spice paste and combine with the yogurt. Mix well all the ingredients for marinade.

-Gently rub the marinade over the fish pieces and marinate for 1 hour

-Pre-heat the oven to 200 C.  Spread out the marinated fish in a baking dish

-Cook for 10-15 minutes on the top rack turning the fish pieces once. Baste once or twice during cooking.

 For the Chutney:

-Make a fine paste of all the ingredients in the blender

-Serve hot fish with chutney and onion rings.

 pic courtesy:http://www.modernfamilyideas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/tandoori-fish.jpg