Friday, January 29, 2010

Something fishy!

 Try out this recipe. It is delicious and has never failed to impress people ! Serve it with a fresh salad and stir fried vegetables.


                         
 Indian seafood a la creme                         





Fish fillets ¾ kg

Marinade
Oil                                  1 Tbs
Salt to taste          
Pepper                          1 tsp
Lime juice                     1½ - 2 Tbs

Flour                              1 Tbs
Thick cream                  ½ cup
Grated cheese             50 gms
 

*Garlic butter                25 gms
Spring onions              4 – 6 chopped fine
Green chillies               2, chopped fine
Coriander leaves        ½ cup, chopped fine

Method
Wash
and dry the fish fillets thoroughly. Combine all the ingredients for the marinade and marinate the fish fillets in this mixture for a couple of hours in the fridge.
Gently heat approximately 15 gms of the garlic butter and sauté the chopped spring onions and the green chillies until limp. Remove from the heat and blend in the chopped coriander leaves.
Line a well-oiled ovenproof dish with the sautéed vegetables.
Coat the marinated fish fillets lightly with flour and place on top of the vegetables.
Pour the cream over and sprinkle with the grated cheese.
Dot all over with the remaining garlic butter.
Bake in a moderately hot oven [375-400° F or 190- 200° C] for about 25 to 30 mins or until golden brown.
The fish fillets will flake easily when poked with a fork.

*Garlic butter: Pound 2 cloves of garlic fine. Blend into 100 Gms of salted butter, (room temperature). Chill.


1 comment:

ramya said...

Yummy! That was a fantastic dinner.

I used Tilapia. Got a little lazy and decided to use garlic salt instead of fresh garlic. Went with light cream. It was perfect. The green chillies and coriander made it very Indian.