Fish Kebab

A tasty and simple kebab preparation with fish. Whenever i wish to try out a new recipe (not my own), i first search for one in Sanjeev kapoor's website. I simply like his recipes, very easy to follow and i am 100% sure that the recipe will come out great. 

When i bought this fish, i thought to try any traditional dish (except kerala). So, as usual ended up searching his website for one. Ended up with this awesome kebab. I was new to this recipe and we all enjoyed it a lot.

Any fleshy thorn-less fish can be used for this recipe. I used basa fish and it tasted really great. Serve it as a starter or enjoy it with fried rice.

Recipe source : Sanjeevkapoor's Kitchen

Ingredients

900 gms Fish (Swordfish, Salmon or Basa)
2 tbsp Lemon juice
1/4 cup Olive oil
2 tsp Ginger garlic paste
1 tsp Black pepper powder
1 tsp Chat masala
1 tbsp Soy sauce
1/2 tsp Garam masala powder
1 tbsp Vinegar
Salt to taste
1 tsp Red chilli powder
3 Green chilli (crush and make a paste)
1 Capsicum (cut into cubes)
1 Onion (cut into cubes)


Method

• Wash, clean and cut the fish pieces into medium size cubes. Dry them and keep aside.
• In a bowl, mix chat masala, black pepper powder, ginger garlic paste, lemon juice, garam masala powder, soy sauce, vinegar, salt, red chilli powder, green chilli paste and olive oil.
• Mix well and marinate the fish pieces in this mixture for about 30 minutes. Keep this in the fridge.
• Skew the fish pieces along with capsicum and onion pieces on a skewer. 
• Heat little oil on a grill pan or a non stick pan and keep the skewers on it.
• When all sides are golden brown colour and the fish is cooked nicely, take off from heat.
• Fish kebabs are ready to be served.

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* I usually take the quantity of the ingredients as per my taste. So you can always adjust the spices as per yours*


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Masala Fish Fry

Masala Fish Fry

This is a simple and easy fish preparation. I used Basa fish for this dish. You can use any small fish or if bigger one, make sure to cut it into small pieces. The fish is shallow fried, so less oil is used for this dish.

Try it out and you will love it.

Ingredients

8 - 10 Fish pieces
3 - 5 tbsp Oil
2 tbsp Red chilli powder
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
1 tsp Ginger garlic paste
1 tsp Coriander powder
1 tsp Cumin powder
1/2 tsp Garam masala powder
5 - 8 Curry leaves (finely chopped)
2 tbsp Coriander leaves (finely chopped, optional)
1 tbsp Lime juice
1/2 tsp Oil
Salt to taste



Method

• Wash and clean the fish pieces. Marinate them with red chilli powder, turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste, coriander powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder, curry leaves, coriander leaves, lime juice, 1/2 tsp oil and salt.
• Keep this aside for half an hour.
• Heat 3 - 5 tbsp oil in a non stick pan. Put the marinated fish pieces in it. Cook on medium heat.
• When the fish is cooked properly and when both sides are golden brown colour, transfer them into a kitchen towel.
• Serve it hot with steamed rice.

Masala Fish Fry

* increase or decrease the quantity of the ingredients as per your taste*



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Simple Fish curry

This is a very simple fish curry preparation that i got from my mom. The taste of this dish doubles, if we prepare this in an earthern pot. If you don't have one, no worries, you can make it in a kadai also.

The fish used for this curry is either small fish or thin, small pieces of any fish.

Simple Fish Curry

Ingredients

10 - 15 fish fillets (small pieces) or any small fish
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
1 tsp Red chilli powder
1 cup Coconut (freshly grated)
2 tbsp Tamrind pulp
Salt to taste
10 - 15 shallots (finely sliced)
3 Green chilli (slit)
1 1/2 inch Ginger (finely chopped)
Water as required
1 - 2 tbsp Coconut oil
10 - 15 Curry leaves


For Marination

1 tsp Red chilli powder
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
Salt to taste


 
Method

• Wash fish and marinate with salt, turmeric powder and red chilli powder. Keep this aside.
• Grind coconut and turmeric powder into a smooth paste by adding water.
• Put this into an earthern pot or kadai. Add red chilli powder and mix throughly.
• Let it simmer for sometime. Now add the tamrind pulp and mix well. Add water as required.
• Allow it to cook for 5 minutes.
• Now add the sliced shallots, green chilli and ginger. Let it simmer till the shallots are soft and nicely cooked.
• Adjust the gravy by adding water. The gravy should not be too thick or too thin.
• Now add the marinated fish into the simmering gravy.
• Let it simmer again till the fish is cooked nicely.
• Once the fish is cooked, take off from heat and pour coconut oil and put curry leaves. Mix well.
• Serve it hot with steamed rice.

* increase or decrease the quantity of the ingredients as per your taste*



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Baked Pepper Fish

We get fresh water fish here in Hyderabad. But we are used to the sea fishes as we get a lot of it in Kerala. We tried many varieties of fresh water fish, but did not like the taste of it. Luckily, we liked the taste of Basa fish which is easily available at my door step. From then on, i was trying to make different types of dishes with it.

I got hold of this recipe recently. Tried it and it came out really good. Its really a healthy dish. Good for kids too. Very soft inside and crunchy outside. I thought to share it with you too. It can be had as a starter with any salad. Tastes good.


Ingredients

Basa Fish (use any boneless fish) - 7 medium size pieces
Pepper powder - 3 tsp
Bread crumbs - 1 cup ( use fresh bread crumbs with whole wheat bread)
Salt to taste
Lemon juice - 2 tsp
Olive oil - 1 tbsp


Method

• Clean and cut the fish into medium sized pieces. Pat it dry.
• Marinate it with salt, little pepper powder and lemon juice.
• Pre heat oven to 180 degree Celsius. Spread little oil in an oven proof tray.
• In a bowl, mix bread crumbs, rest of the pepper powder, salt and olive oil. Mix well.
• Coat the marinated fish pieces in the bread crumb mixture. All the sides of the fish should be coated nicely.
• Now, place the coated fish pieces on the prepared tray. Put it in the pre heated oven for 10 minutes on one side and on the other side again for 5 minutes. Fish cooks really fast.
• When the crust turns it colour, take it from the oven and serve it hot with a salad.

Baked Pepper Fish

I made a simple and easy salad to accompany my Baked pepper fish. It tasted hot and sweet. Here's the recipe....

Ingredients

Onion (finely chopped) - 1 small sized
Tomato (finely chopped) - 1 small sized
Pepper Powder - 2 tsp
Salt to taste
Honey - 2 tsp

Method

• Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and the salad is ready. You can adjust the pepper powder and honey as per your taste.

Salad

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Fish Cake

Ingredients

Fish fillets (any white fish without thorns. I used Basa fish) - 500 gms
Lemon zest of 1 lemon
Lemon juice - 2 tsp
Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Olive oil - 2 tsp
Onion (finely chopped) - 1 medium
Coriander leaves (finely chopped) - 2 tbsp
Mayonnaise - 1 tbsp (i used kissan tomato twist as i didnt have mayonnaise)
Egg (lightly beaten) - 1
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp (adjust as per your taste)
Bread crumbs (i used whole wheat bread crumbs) - 1/2 cup
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

Method

1. Marinate the fish fillets with lemon zest, pepper powder and salt. Drizzle little olive oil and place it in the oven at 180 degree celcius for about 10 to 15 minutes.
2. In a deep bowl, put chopped onion, bread crumbs, red chilli powder, egg, mayonnaise, coriander leaves and salt. Mix well and keep this aside.
3. When the fish is cooked take it out of the oven and let it cool.
4. When it is cooled, break them up into small pieces and put it into the bowl which we had kept aside.
5. Mix all the ingredients in the bowl. Make small balls and press it lightly to flatten it.
6. Heat little oil in a non stick pan (you can use olive oil) and shallow fry the fish cakes. When both the sides are golden brown colour, remove it from heat and place it on a tissue paper.
7. Serve it hot with a simple vegetable salad.

Ingredients for vegetable salad

Carrot (thinly sliced) - 2 medium
Cabbage (thinly sliced) - 1/2 of a medium sized cabbage
Spring onion (sliced) - 2 stalks
Capsicum (thinly sliced) - 1 medium
Salt to taste
Pepper powder to taste
Butter - 1 tbsp

Method

1. Heat 1 tbsp butter (i used nutralite butter) in a non stick pan and add all the above mentioned ingredients. Saute well with salt and pepper powder.
2. When the vegetables are cooked, but crispy, remove it from heat and serve it along with the fish cakes.



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Fish Biriyani

Ingredients

Fish (cut into medium pieces) - 400 gms
Curd - 1/2 cup
Ajwain (optional) - 1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
Garam Masala powder - 1 tsp
Green chilli (slit into half) - 2
Ginger garlic paste - 2 tbsp
Onion (sliced) - 2 medium
Fried onion - 1 cup
Mint leaves - 1/2 cup
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves - 2 tbsp
Lemon juice - 1 tbsp
Basmati Rice (half cooked) - 2 cups
Olive oil - 1 tbsp
Oil for frying

For fish marination

Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Fish masala (optional) - 1 tsp
Salt to taste

Method

1. Marinate fish by adding red chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and salt. Keep aside for 1/2 an hour.
2. Soak rice for 1/2 an hour. Half cook it by adding 1 inch cinnamon stick, 2 cloves, 2 green cardamom and 1 star anise.
3. In a deep non stick pan, shallow fry the marinated fish in very little oil.
4. Take out the fried fish in a tissue paper.
5. In a bowl add the fried fish, red chilli powder, fried onion, curd, ajwain (optional), turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder, lemon juice, mint leaves and coriander leaves. Mix well.
6. In the same pan in which you have fried the fish, put little more oil and add the sliced onions to it. When it becomes golden brown colour, add the green chilli and ginger garlic paste.
7. After sometime, add the fried fish mixture into this. Mix well.
8. Now add the half cooked rice on top of the fish mixture  (dont mix the rice and fish mixture). Spread the rice on top of the fish mixture.
9. On top of the rice, put little curd, mint leaves and little garam masala powder.
10. Close the pan with a lid and let it simmer for approximately 10 to 15 minutes.
11. Take off from heat and mix very gently.
12. Serve it hot with raita of your choice.
13. Tasty and healthy dish as we use very little oil. Use olive oil as it is a healthier option.



Fish Biriyani

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Fish baked in foil

Ingredients

Fish fillets - 4 pieces
Ginger (sliced)  - 2 inch
Lemon juice - 2 tbsp
Dry red chilli (crushed) - 1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves - 2 tbsp
Oil - 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Aluminium foil

Method

1. Take a piece of aluminium foil in square shape, big enough to seal the fish pieces.
2. In a bowl mix sliced ginger, lemon juice, crushed red chilli, coriander leaves, salt and the fish fillets.
3. Take the aluminium foil and spread little oil. Place the marinated fish fillet on it. You can make individual parcels or all in one pack.
4. Seal the foil by folding in such a way that the steam wont escape from the sides.
5. Heat a tawa with little oil in it, just to coat the tawa. Place the parcel in it and cover with a lid. Let it simmer for approximately 3 to 4 minutes.
6. Once it is done, open the parcel and serve it hot. Its a healthy and tasty dish.
7. You can prepare this dish in a microwave oven also.



Fish baked in Foil

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Honey Chilli Fish

Ingredients

Fish fillets (boneless) - 2
Maida - 2 tbsp
Cornflour - 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Spring onion (green part, chopped) - 1
Garlic (finely chopped) - 1 tsp
Ginger (finely chopped) - 1 tsp
Fresh red chillies (if you dont have this, u can replace with green chillies) - 4 to 5
Red chilli paste - 1 tsp
Honey - 1 tbsp
Soy sauce - 1 tsp
Lemon juice - 1 tbsp
Oil - 1 tbsp + for deep frying

Method

1. Cut the fish fillets into small pieces. Transfer this into a bowl for marination. Add salt, lemon juice, red chilli paste. Mix well. To this add soy sauce, maida, cornflour and little water. Mix well and keep aside.
2. Heat oil for deep frying. Once it is hot, put the fish pieces one by one. Fry till it is crisp and golden brown colour.
3. In another pan, take 1 tbsp oil and into it add ginger and garlic. Let it change its colour a bit. In the mean time, take 1 tsp cornflour and mix with little water and keep this aside.
4. To the ginger and garlic, add fresh red chillies or green chillies (finely chopped). Add soy sauce, red chilli paste, lemon juice. Mix well and add little water. Season with salt to taste.
5. To this mixture add honey. Into this, put the fried fish pieces and mix well. Add the cornflour mixture which you had prepared earlier.
6. Toss well. And for garnish, add the chopped spring onion greens.
7. Serve it hot as a starter.

Method for making Red chilli paste

1. Soak the dry red chillies (Kashmiri red chilli) in little warm water for 5 to 10 minutes. Grind them well and the red chilli paste is ready.
2. Kashmiri red chillies are red in colour, but very mild.



Honey Chilli Fish

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Fish Fingers

Ingredients

Fish fillets (cut into finger sized pieces) - 400 gms
Lemon juice - 3 tbsp
Orange juice - 4 tbsp
Mustard paste - 1/2 tsp
Pepper powder to taste
Salt to taste
Worcestershire sauce - 1 tbsp
Whole wheat flour - 1/2 cup
Oil - 1 tbsp
Oregano powder - 1/2 tsp

Method

1. Wash and pat dry the finger sized cut fish fillets.
2. In a bowl put lemon juice, orange juice, mustard paste, pepper powder, salt, worcestershire sauce, oregano powder and oil. Mix this well.
3. Marinate the fish fillets with this mixture and keep it aside for 15 to 20 minutes in the fridge.
4. In a plate, mix whole wheat flour, pepper powder and salt.
5. In a non stick pan, put little oil (preferably olive oil) and keep it on medium flame.
6. Roll the marinated fish fingers in the wheat flour mixture and shake off the excess flour.
7. Put the fish fillets in the hot oil. Turn the fillets when one side is done.
8. When the fillets turn golden brown in colour on both sides, take it off the heat and serve hot.
9. It really tastes great..




Fish Fingers

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