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Pan Seared Snapper Cutlets

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Pan Seared Snapper Cutlets is my very own recipe for my lazy days, when I want to eat something healthy but I am too tired to make something fancy. Its quick, its healthy, its delishhhhhh…..

Ayesha's Kitchen

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Ingredients:

  • 1 whole red snapper (cut into cutlets)
  • Some salt
  • Some lemon juice
  • Some red chillies crushed
  • ½ tspn finely chopped garlic
  • Some coarsely ground dry coriander

Procedure:

-Mix everything in a bowl and spoon over the fish cutlets.

-Flip the sides of the fish and make sure it’s well coated. Keep aside for 10 minutes.

-Heat a frying pan, drizzle some olive oil and cook the fish 5 minutes on each side.

-Take it onto the serving dish very carefully as it has tendency to break after cooking.

-Serve.

Smoked Salmon Pizza

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My favourite pizza when I go to La Porchetta …..

I like the aromatic taste of smoked salmon combined with salty capers and red onion on cheese pizza base………

Ayesha's Kitchen

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Ingredients:

  • One pizza base
  • 100 gms smoked salmon
  • 3 tbspns marinated caper berries
  • 1 cup freshly sliced mozzarella
  • 1 red onion cut into thick rings
  • 3 tbspns authentic classic pure tomato pizza sauce (no herbs or garlic added)
  • 1 tbspn olive oil (to brush on the sides of the crust)

Procedure:

-Prepare the pizza base on the baking pizza tray.

-Brush the edges with olive oil and spread the tomato paste on the base.

-Put some mozzarella cheese and bake for 20 mins or until the top is bubbly and golden brown in a preheated oven (180 degrees Celsius).

-Take out and put smoked salmon slices, capers and red onions on it and serve.

Fish Fry

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Fish fry is another method to consume fish in Pakistan. people make it with different methods in different batters, but this is my favorite. Its desi, spicy and easy…..

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ingredients:

  • 6 fish fillets (basa/rohu/sole/snapper/hoki)
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ cup besan (gram flour)
  • Crushed red chilli
  • ½ tspn turmeric
  • ½ tspn garam masala
  • 1 tspn ginger garlic paste
  • 4 tbspn vinegar
  • Some water
  • 1 tbspn lemon juice

Procedure:

-Combine all the ingredients except water in a mixing bowl and mix well until the fish fillets are well coated. If you need, u can add a little amount of water, to make the batter moist and sticky.

-Keep aside for 30 mins.

-Heat oil in a wok and fry until the fillets are brown.

Fish Pakora (Recipe 1)

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Fish Pakora is another wonderful recipe of Pakistan which is popular in home cooking during the Month of Ramadan. This pakora is not available on streets and stalls, people make them at home or some posh restaurants have them on their menu card. If you want to enjoy the best taste of Fish pakora, make it at home with fresh fish and fresh herbs and spices and I am sure you are going to love this recipe …..

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ingredients:

  • ½ kg fish (Diced)(Rohu/snapper/hoki/sole)
  • 1 ½ cup besan (gram flour)
  • 2 tbspns lemon juice
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tspn red chilli powder
  • ½ tspn cracked black pepper
  •  1 tbspns chopped mint leaves
  • 2 tbspns chopped coriander
  • 1 green chilli chopped
  • 1 tspn cracked dry coriander
  • 1 tspn cumin seeds
  • 1 tspn baking powder
  • Oil for deep frying
  • Some water for smooth batter ( ½ to ¾ cup)

Procedure:

-In a mixing bowl combine all the dry ingredients (besan and baking powder) and spices and mix well.

-Gradually add water and make a smooth, lump free batter. Now the consistency of the batter should not be runny like water or thick like dough. Make it in between, something which is easy to handle.

-Now stir in chopped herbs and chilllies.

-Add fish chunks in this mixture and keep aside for 20 minutes.

-Heat oil to 190 degrees Celsius and put each chunk separately in hot oil for frying. Make sure your fish chunks do not overlap each other.

-When they look brown and cooked take them out on an absorbent paper and serve hot with tartar sauce and lemon wedges.

Fish Fry

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This recipe is the best way to consume fish in Ramadan when you need protein to re boost your energy. Its healthy even if you are on diet, fish is rich in omega 3 and good fats…….

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ingredients:

  • 1 kg snapper with skin/ rohu (fillets)
  • ½ cup lemon juice
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ tspn black pepper
  • 1 tspn red chilli powder
  • 1 tbspn ginger garlic paste
  • 1 tbspn soy sauce
  • 1 tbspn vinegar
  • 1 tbson mint – coriander chutney
  • 1 tbspn green chilli paste
  • 1 cup besan (gram flour)
  • Oil for deep frying
  • Some water

Procedure:

-Wash and pat dry the fish fillets and add everything given in the ingredients list except oil. Add a little bit of water if the mixture is too dry.

-Mix well and refrigerate for 12 hours.

-Heat oil to 180 degrees Celsius or medium temperature and fry them until they are brown and crisp.

-Serve hot with tomato ketchup or tartar sauce.

Salmon Salmon On The Go

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“Salmon Salmon on The Go” is just a stupid name given by me…… but the recipe is wonderful ……

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ingredients:

  • 2 Tasmanian Salmon Fillets
  • A dash of olive oil
  • Some salt
  • 1 Lemon (squeezed)
  • 1 tspn caper paste (grind 1 tbspns of capers in a mortar or pestle)
  • A pinch of dried garlic flakes
  • Some red hot chilli paste (to taste)

Procedure:

-Marinade fish fillets in all the ingredients mentioned above, including oil.

-Keep aside for 10 minutes.

-Heat a normal pan or a grilled pan. (Make sure you use non-stick pan, otherwise you have to add 1 tbspn full of oil and that is not a healthy option)

-Place the fillets on it and grill each side for 7 – 8 minutes.

-Serve hot with sun dried tomatoes, capers, onion, tomato or whatever you like.

Tips:

-Be careful when turning the sides of salmon fillets as salmon is known to be flaky. Use tongs.

Servings:

Serves 2.