Seafood – Uncomplicated Cooking

Tilapia Fry

Make a mix, dredge the fish. Spread some flour, pat the fish. Heat the oil, fry it up. For the mix, combine chilly powder, turmeric powder, garlic powder and salt. Rub this all over the fish fillets, let it marinate. Just before frying, coat the fish with all purpose flour and shake off the excess.Continue reading “Tilapia Fry”

Tuna-Feta Sandwich Mix

A can of Tuna in brine or oil. A 100 grams of Feta. Mix the two with a fork so they are all crumbly together. Do NOT add salt without tasting this. Now start adding in flavors and texture. Chopped onion, chopped green chilly, crushed pepper, chopped fresh coriander, capers, olives, a tablespoon of mayonnaise…whateverContinue reading “Tuna-Feta Sandwich Mix”

Baked Tilapia

This might be the easiest recipe, I have ever posted. Get Tilapia fillets. Liberally coat it with olive oil, crushed pepper, cumin and salt. Put in a baking tray. Drop in some onion wedges and garlic. Preheated oven. 180 C for 25 mins. Enjoy.

Garlic Dill Prawns

Just a couple of minutes to make this yum dish. Into a pan add some butter and oil. When hot add in a chopped green chilly and lots of crushed garlic. After a minute or two add in half the amount of chopped dill leaves you want in this dish. When they have reduced toContinue reading “Garlic Dill Prawns”

Fish Fingers

Party Snack. Make a dry mix with 3 parts of flour (maida) and 1 part of corn flour. Season this with salt, chilly powder, turmeric and anything dry. Add boneless fish fillets cut into finger sized pieces. I used Basa but the same will work with any white fish. With very dry fingers toss theContinue reading “Fish Fingers”

How to Clean Silver Pomfret

Silver Pomfret is the easiest fish to cleanup and prepare. Start by sharpening your knife. This is extremely important. Remove the tail and fins. Feel the skull and cut inwards from where the bone ends. Feel the jawline and cut inwards from where the bone ends. Both incisions must intersect to form a V. FreeContinue reading “How to Clean Silver Pomfret”

Lady Fish Fry

A simple and easy fish fry using Kanne/ Lady Fish/ Kadanga. Make a paste with the following: Lemon Juice, chilly powder, turmeric powder, rice flour and salt. Taste it to balance it. It must be a little thicker than dosa batter. Rub it all over the fish and let it marinate for a few minutes.Continue reading “Lady Fish Fry”

Garam Masala Fish Fry

Most recipes have a little story behind them. In some its a bit of fun and banter. I got fish in the morning. After washing it up, I asked my wife to give me turmeric. She gave me the mixie jar with ground up garam masala. This was just some spices like cumin, cinnamon etcContinue reading “Garam Masala Fish Fry”

Surmai Fry

I got these beautiful large but thinly sliced steaks of Seer Fish. Each was the size of my palm. Prepared a paste with chilly powder, turmeric, sesame oil, apple cider, sesame seeds, cumin seeds and salt. Liberally coated the fish with this paste and let it marinate for about 20 minutes. Pan fried. Unless youContinue reading “Surmai Fry”