Fish Tikka Recipe (Tandoori Fish Recipe)
Fish Tikka Recipe, super flavourful, smoky tandoori fish tikka made with boneless fish, yogurt, fresh ginger garlic, spices, lemon. You can cook fish tikka either in tawa or using oven to get perfectly flaky results. Make fish tikka at home with this step by step tutorial.
Equipment
Skewers
Nonstick Skillet or Oven
Ingredients
- 500 grams Boneless Fish I used Trevally (Jack or Paarai meen)
- 2 tablespoon Ghee, Oil or Melted Butter for cooking the fish
For Marination
- 1 cup Plain Yogurt
- 2 tablespoon Kashmiri Chilli Powder
- 2 teaspoon Cumin powder
- 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon Garam Masala powder
- 1 teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
- 2 tablespoon Ginger Garlic Paste
- 2 teaspoon Salt to taste
- 2 tablespoon Lemon Juice to taste
- 3 tablespoon Coriander leaves finely chopped
- 3 tablespoon Mint leaves finely chopped
- 3 tablespoon Corn Starch or Chickpea Flour
- 2 tablespoon Ghee, Oil or Melted Butter
For Garnishing
- 1 tablespoon Ghee, Oil or Melted Butter
- 2 teaspoon Chaat masala powder
Instructions
- Make Marination - Take a bowl and add in all the marination ingredients into the bowl. Mix it really well. Taste and adjust seasoning, spice and lemon juice.
- Marinate Fish - Add in the boneless fish pieces and mix well with the marination. Leave this to marinate for at least 30 mins to 1 hour. Maximum 2 hours, not more than that. Since it is fish, the delicate meat will get mushy if you marinate longer in lemon juice
- Skewering Fish - Make sure to soak bamboo skewers in water for 30 minutes to prevent burning. Now take bamboo skewers and arrange this fish pieces in it. Do this for all the fish.
- Cooking Fish in Tawa - Heat a non stick tawa on medium heat and drizzle few drops of oil or ghee over it. Arrange these skewers on it and fry it on low heat, rotating often till it is seared properly and cooked on all sides. It will take around 10 mins.
- Cooking Fish in Oven - Preheat the oven to a grill mode at 250 Degree C/500 Degree F . Arrange the skewers on an well greased foil lined baking tray and cook in the oven for 8 to 10 mins. After 5 minutes, Take the tray from the oven flip the skewers over and cook again for 5 more minutes.
- Serving - Once the fish is cooked. Remove from the heat. Brush top generously with ghee or melted butter. Sprinkle top with chaat masala and serve hot with some lemon wedges.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Fish Tikka Recipe (Tandoori Fish Recipe)
Serving Size
1 servings
Amount per Serving
Calories
309
% Daily Value*
Fat
19
g
29
%
Saturated Fat
7
g
44
%
Trans Fat
0.03
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
3
g
Monounsaturated Fat
8
g
Cholesterol
90
mg
30
%
Sodium
1326
mg
58
%
Potassium
588
mg
17
%
Carbohydrates
6
g
2
%
Fiber
2
g
8
%
Sugar
3
g
3
%
Protein
28
g
56
%
Vitamin A
1429
IU
29
%
Vitamin C
5
mg
6
%
Calcium
113
mg
11
%
Iron
2
mg
11
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.