Tandoori Style Fish with Bombay Sauce
A delicious and easy to make midweek fish dish, wonderful canapé or main for a dinner party. The Bombay sauce is tasty and enhances the mildly spiced fish. The dish is one you will enjoy whatever the occasion.
Tandoori Style Fish with Bombay Sauce
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A delicious canapé, starter, main course and a twist on hosting an Indian Dinner Party with a difference.
Marissa: www.marissa.co
Recipe type: Mains
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- •• 4 x 200g pieces of white fish fillets or salmon pieces
- •For the first marinade
- •• 1 teaspoon freshly chopped ginger
- •• 1 teaspoon crushed garlic
- •• ½ teaspoon ground turmeric
- •• 1 teaspoon salt
- •• 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- •• 50g Greek yogurt
- •• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- •• 1 teaspoon fennel seeds, roasted and crushed
- •• ½ teaspoon cumin powder, roasted and crushed
- •• ½ teaspoon red chilli flakes, crushed (optional)
- •For the sauce
- •• 1 onion, finely chopped
- •• 1 garlic cloves, crushed
- •• 2 inch piece of fresh ginger, finely chopped
- •• 1 Tablespoon plain or whole-wheat flour
- •• 150g fresh coriander, roughly chopped
- •• 30g fresh mint, roughly chopped
- •• 1 cup water
- •• 1 green chillies, deseeded if you want a milder sauce
- •• 1 teaspoon salt
- •• 1 teaspoon sugar
- •• juice of a lime
Method
- Pre-heat the oven to 220°C/425°F/Gas Mark 7
- To make the sauce
- In a food processor add all the sauce ingredients and blend to a smooth consistency.
- Add the mixture to a pan and reduce by half, stirring often to insure the sauce doesn’t burn.
- The sauce will thicken this takes about 5-10 minutes.
- Fish
- Rinse the fish pieces and pat them dry with kitchen paper.
- Add the spices to a frying pan and gently dry fry, until the aroma is released.
- Add the spices to the yoghurt and cover the fish in the marinade.
- Place the fish onto a baking tray and set aside for 10 minutes or cook right away depending on how much time you have.
- Cook in the oven for 8-10 minutes or the time stated on the cooking instruction.
- Serve the fish with rice, vegetables and the Bombay sauce
Tips
The fish in the recipe could be substituted for chicken, vegetables, paneer or tofu.
