Chilli Garlic Fish

chilli garlic fish

It is a very fast and easy to prepare and tasty dish of fish with chilli and garlic flavour with hung curd.

Ingredients

Sole fish cut in cubes                8 pieces

Onion seeds                             1 tsp

Garlic finely chopped                 1 tbsp

Chopped green chillies               1 ½ tsp

Hung curd                                 250 gm

Turmeric powder                        1 tsp

Salt                                           to taste

Mustard oil                                 2 tbsp

           

Method

Take a mixing bowl, add hung curd, salt, turmeric powder and beat well by spoon.

curd mixture

Then add fish cubes and mix well then keep aside.

add fish in curd mixture

Heat mustard oil in a pan and sauté onion seeds in it.

add onion seeds in hot oil

Then add chopped chillies and stir.

add chopped chillies and stir

Add chopped garlic and mix well.

add garlic and stir

Now add the marinated fish with curd mixture and mix well.

add marinated fish

Then cover and cook for 5 – 7 minutes.

The yummy chilli garlic fish is ready to serve.

ready chilli garlic fish

Baked Fish Cake

baked fish cake

This is a fabulous recipe of Baked Fish Cakes that is easy to make at home.

Ingredients

Minced ravas fish                      4 – 5 tbsp

Finely chopped garlic                1 tsp

Finely chopped onion                1 tbsp

Finely chopped leek                  2 tbsp

Finely chopped red, yellow

green bell pepper                      3 – 4 tbsp

Black pepper powder                to taste

Egg                                          1no

Parsley                                     1 tsp

Fresh cream                              4 tbsp

Salt                                          to taste

Oil                                            as required

Method

Heat oil in a pan, add finely chopped garlic, finely chopped onion, finely chopped leek and sauté.

saute the chopped garlic onion leek 

Then add chopped red yellow green bell peppers and mix well.

add chopped bell peppers

Now add minced ravas fish, black pepper powder, salt and cook it.

add minced ravas fish

Take a mixing bowl, add egg, parsley, cream and mix well.

prepare egg mixture

Then add the prepared fish mixture and mix well.

Take two bread slices and cut the crust.

cut the bread slice

Grease two moulds with butter and put the bread slice on it, spray water and push the bread piece into mould to give shape.

put the bread in mould 

Cut the extra bread wedges.

Now stuff the prepared filling and bake it on 180 degree celsius for 12 minutes.

stuff with fish mixture

Remove the fish cake from oven.

baked fish cake

Garnish the fish cake with parsley.

garnish the fish cake with parsley

Grilled Red Snapper

grilled red snapper 

Red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) are one of the Gulf of Mexico's signature
fish. They are extremely popular for firm texture and nutty flavor. Grilled red snapper is grilled with lemon and black pepper and served with creamy dip and blanched vegetable. So it is a very healthy and easy to prepare Mexican dish.

Ingredients

For marinate

Red snapper fish                       500 gm

Salt                                          to taste

Lemon juice                              2 tbsp

Black pepper powder                 1 tsp

Thyme                                      1 pinch

For dip

Butter                                       2 tbsp

Cream                                      3 – 4 tbsp

Parsley                                     ½ tsp

Red chilli powder                       ½ tsp

Lemon juice                              2 tbsp

White pepper powder                 ½ tsp

Salt                                          to taste

Mix vegetable

Potato chopped                        3 – 4

Coriander leaves                       1 tbsp

Baby corn chopped                   3 – 4

Chopped broccoli floret              3 – 4

Chopped carrot                         3 – 4

Zucchini                                   3 – 4

Olive oil                                    2 tbsp

For garnish

Lemon wedges

Selry leaves

Method

For marinate

Take fish pieces in a bowl, add black pepper powder, thyme, salt and lemon juice and mix well and keep aside.

For dip

Melt butter in a pan.

melt butter

Then add cream and mix well.

add cream in butter

Add salt, white pepper, parsley and mix well and cook for while on low flame.

add parsley salt pepper powder

For fish

Heat olive oil in another pan, add fish on it and cook from both sides for 3 – 4 minutes.

grill red snapper

Then remove on serving plate.

serve the grilled red snapper

Now add chilli powder in cream mixture and mix well. Switch off oven.

add red chilli powder

For vegetable

In the same oil of grill fish, add all blanched chopped vegetable, salt and toss well.

Serve beside fishes and pour the prepared cream mixture over fish.

Garnish with lemon wedges and coriander leaves.

garnish grilled red snapper

Magur macher jhol / catfish curry

magur macher jhol or catfish curry

It is very much popular catfish (known as Magur) in West Bengal. Here it cooked in flevoured gravy to make it delicious.
Catfish meat helps in blood purification and help to fight against dieses.

Ingredients

Magur fish                                300 gm (6 pcs)

Garlic cloves (chopped)             6 – 7

Onion (chopped)                       1 big

Ginger paste                            1 tbsp

Cumin powder                          2 tsp

Red chilli powder                      1 tsp

Green chillies                           2 - 3

Coriander powder                     1 tsp

Turmeric powder                       2 tsp

Kashmiri mirch powder              ½ tsp

Bay leaves                               2

Potato  in cubes                       2 big

Garam masala paste                1 tsp

Salt                                         to taste

Sugar                                      1 tsp

Oil                                           3 tbsp

Method

First properly wash the fishes and marinate with turmeric powder and salt for 10 – 15 minutes.

Within this time finely chop garlic and ginger. Make paste of ginger then make smooth paste of garam masala with 2 cardamoms, 1 clove, 1 inch cinnamon.

Heat oil in wok, add fish pieces and sallow fry from both sides, remove and keep aside.

Add potato pieces and fry till light brown, remove from oil and keep aside.

In this same oil add chopped garlic then stir until light brown.

Then add chopped onion and stir until light brown then add sugar and mix well.

Add chopped tomato and stir till soft and mix well.

Add ginger paste, cumin powder, chilli powder, kashmiri mirch powder and cook until oil gets separated from masala.

cook the masala

Then add fried potatoes, bay leaves and mix well and cook for a minute.

add fried potatoes

Heat-up some water on other oven.

heat-up water

Add coriander powder into potatoes and mix well.

add coriander powder

Now add required water, salt, turmeric powder and mix well. Cover and cook for 4 – 5 minutes or until potatoes turn soft.

add hot water turmeric powder ans salt

Now add fried fishes, green chillies and again cover and cook for 2 – 3 minutes.

add fried fishes 

Open cover and add garam masala paste then mix well.

add garam masala paste and mix well

let boil the gravy then remove and pour into serving bowl.

boil before remove

Tilapia macher kalia / Tilapia fish curry

tilapia macher kalia

It is a popular Bengali dish. This yummy dish cooked with tilapia fish with yogurt and simple spices, very easy to cook within 20 – 25 minutes for 4.

Ingredients

Tilapia fish                                 4

Onion finely sliced                      3

Garlic finely sliced                     6 – 7

Ginger  finely sliced                   2 inches

Yogurt                                      2 tbsp

Turmeric powder                        2 tsp

Chilli powder                             1 tsp

Cumin powder                           1 tsp

Sugar                                       1 tsp    

Salt                                          to taste

Mustard oil                                3 tbsp

Method

First properly wash the fishes then marinate with turmeric powder and salt for 10 minutes.

marinate the tilapia fishes

Within this time finely slice the onion, garlic and ginger.

Heat oil in a wok, fry fishes till light brown from both sides.

fry tilapia fishes 

Remove and keep aside.

Add garlic in same oil and sauté.

add garlic

Then add ginger and stir.

add sliced ginger

Add onion and sauté until light brown on low flame.

add sliced onion

Then add cumin powder, chilli powder and turmeric powder and cook for 3 – 4 minutes.

add powder masala

In a bowl mix yogurt and sugar and pour in wok. Mix well and cook for 2 – 3 minutes.

add yogurt sugar mixture

Rinse the yogurt bowl with ½ cup of water and add to wok and mix well.

Now add fried fishes, salt and mix well with gravy. Cover and cook for 5 – 7 minutes.

add fried tilapia fish in gravy

The yummy tilapia kalia is ready.

Chilli Garlic Dragon Fish

chilli garlic dragon fish

An awesome oriental preparation in chilli and garlic sauce, cooking time is 15 – 20 minutes for 4.

Ingredients

Pomfret	2 medium
Corn flour/ corn starch	1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon
Oil	2 tablespoons + to deep fry
Spring onion greens chopped	2-3 stalks
Spring onions chopped	4-5
Garlic chopped	15-20 cloves
Red curry paste	1 tablespoon
Sugar	5 teaspoons
Vinegar	2 tablespoons

Method
first slit the Pomfret and removes the central bone then make gashes on either side.

Now sprinkle salt and corn flour on the outside and inside of the fish.

put salt and corn flour on fish

Heat sufficient oil in a deep pan, then put spring onion greens in a strainer and flash fry in the hot oil, drain and set aside.

Now heat two tablespoons of oil in another pan, add spring onions, garlic and red chilli paste and mix well.

add spring onion, garlic and chilli paste

Sauté for a minute then add two cups of water then mix and cook.

Deep fry the pomfret till lightly golden all over.

fry the fish

Now place most of the spring onion greens on a dish and drain the fish and place over them.

put fried fish on fried spring onion

Mix a tablespoon of corn flour in 1/3 cup of water.

Add salt and sugar to the sauce and mix well.

Add the corn flour and mix and cook till the sauce thicken then add vinegar and mix.

Now pour the sauce over the fish.

pout sauce on fried dragon fish

Then sprinkle the remaining spring onion greens and serve hot.