Tandoori Fish Recipe

Ingredients:

• 300 gm salmon fish

For Marination :

• 8 cloves garlic
• 1 piece ginger
• 1 tablespoon grated lime zest
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
• salt as required
• 3 tablespoon gram flour (besan)
• 2 handful coriander leaves
• 2 tablespoon lime juice
• 1 tablespoon red chili powder
• 1/2 tablespoon garam masala powder
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 120 gm hung curd

Recipe :

• Step 1 Prepare a special ginger-garlic paste

  To begin with wash and clean the fish. Next, make a fine paste with half of the vegetable oil, garlic, coriander, ginger, red chili powder, cumin powder, garam masala, lime juice and zest, and salt.

• Step 2 Make gram flour paste

  Heat the oil in a pan and add the gram flour, stir to make a paste, and cook for about a minute till fragrant and lightly coloured.

• Step 3 Add spice paste, yogurt & marination ingredients

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

• Step 4 Marinate the fish cubes & preheat the oven

  Gently rub the marinade over the fish pieces and marinate for an hour. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius and spread out the marinated fish in a baking dish.

• Step 5 Bake for 10-15 minutes

  Bake the tandoori fish for 10-15 minutes on the top rack turning the fish pieces once. Baste the fish pieces once or twice during cooking with butter. Serve hot with chutney or sauce.

Tips :

• Squeeze lemon juice over your fish tikkas for the best taste.
• Let the fish marinate for 2-3 hours or even overnight if you have the time.
• You can use any other fish that you prefer for this recipe.