This is the recipe which i was talking in my continental baked fish recipe. Hubby loved this one more than that, but my favourite was the lemon baked fish.
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This one is a masalafied version of fish. It has all the indian flavours and spices which makes is so yum..The masala just penetrates deep into the fish and makes it more tasty..Loved each bite of it..Hope you will try this out and let me know how it turns out for you..
Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 15 mins
Baking Time : 35 mins
Serves : 3
Baking Time : 35 mins
Serves : 3
Ingredients:
Whole Snapper Fish / Vela Meen- 1 cleaned and deboned
Tomato Slices few for topping
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
Salt - ½ tsp
Salt - ½ tsp
Lemon Juice - 2 tblspn
For Masala:
Oil - 2 tblspn
Onion - 1 medium size chopped finely
Tomato - 2 chopped finely
Green Chillies - 1 chopped finely
Curry leaves a sprig
Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
Black Pepper Powder - ½ tsp
Cumin Powder / Jeeraka Podi - 1 tsp
Cumin Powder / Jeeraka Podi - 1 tsp
Coriander Powder / Malli Podi - 1 tblspn
Garam Masala Powder - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves - 2 tblspn finely chopped
Mint Leaves - 2 tblspn finely chopped
Method:
Preheat oven to 220 Degree C.
Mix lemon juice and turmeric to a paste. Spread this all over and inside the fish and set aside.
Heat oil in a pan.Add in curry leaves, onions and cook till golden.
Add in ginger garlic paste, chillies and cook for a min,
Add in all the spice powders and mix well.
Add in tomatoes, salt and cook till the tomatoes turns mushy.
Add in coriander leaves and mint leaves. Mix well. Masala done..
Now line a foil, spoon some masala in the bottom. Lay the fish in, spoon some masala into the fish and over the fish. Lay tomato slices over this. Cover and bake this for 30 to 35 mins.
Remove it and serve hot.
Pictorial:
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Clean, De Bone & Slash your fish |
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| take salt and turmeric in a bowl |
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| squeeze some lemon juice |
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| mix well |
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| Apply this all over the fish |
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| Heat oil in a pan |
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| add in curry leaves |
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| and some onions |
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| saute them |
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| cook till it turns light golden |
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| add in ginger and garlic paste.. I add some chopped garlic and grated ginger.. |
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| and some chopped green chillies |
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| saute for a min |
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| add some chilli powder |
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| coriander powder |
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| cumin and pepper powder |
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| garam masala powder |
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| mix well |
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| add in tomatoes |
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| cook till it turns mushy |
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| add a touch of salt |
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| mix well |
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| add in some chopped mint and coriander leaves |
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| mix well |
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| Now take a sheet of foil |
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| spoon some of the masala in the bottom |
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| lay the fish over the masala |
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| take some more masala |
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| stuff into the fish |
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| spoon some over the fish as well |
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| lay slices of tomatoes |
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| cover it and bake |
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| all baked |
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| serve hot.. |
Faheema
Wow...lovely baked fish..your step by step recipe is helpful to all...I am not a fish fan but my hubby is a fish fan..I am going to make this for him,some day..I am sure he'll love it..I have doubt..which temperature required to bake this fish??..you didn't mention it
Aarthi
@FaheemaSorry forgot, edited now.
essie sassoon
I love this men polichathu .thanks for the simple directions
Anonymous
How do u debone the fish n yet keep it whole. I just know off fish fillets
Aarthi
@AnonymousI didn't debone...you can ask your fish seller to do it.
sylvie
I didn't know massala was used for fish because Indian restaurants always cook it with chicken in France and I like this dish. I love fish so this recipe should be great for me to experiment new feelings!
Palanikumar Manoharan
Wow your recipes are fantastic. I have tried a lot of them. ..today I am gonna try this fish masala.
Palanikumar Manoharan
The fish turned out to be awesome. Thanks for sharing all your recipes. I know it takes a lot of effort to post them with pictures. Tremendous effort. My favorite dish so far is Nattu kozhi gravy....my wife and kid love it.
Regi
Can I bake karimeen same way ??
Regi
I baked karimeen it turned out amazing
Aarthi
@Regiyes u can bake.
Namitha Nidin
Hi arthi.. I tried many of your recipes.. Its awesome... Please tell me which mode to bake..
Thanks
Namitha
Aarthi
@Namitha Nidinu have to bake it in convection mode
Anonymous
Although I did not have all the ingredients, and I had to improvise, I made this fish tonight and it was great success. We loved it and will make it again. Thanks for sharing.
Ammy
Wow fantastic and yummy recipe. i can't control myself. Please add some video about this great dish. I like fish very much. This dish is one of the best indian dish.
Francis Chirayath
I want to know if i can do this baked fish in the tawa and how minute does it take
Anonymous
Hi Arthi, can I go for overnight marination? If so, do I need to wait until the fish returns to room temperature before putting it in the oven? Pls help
Anonymous
Do we need to flip over the fish halfway through the cooking?
Kichi
Your site is ver y very useful for us the beginners.Thanks a ton.Tried out this dish came out very well