Baked Fish is a classic, flavorful, aromatic Pakistani recipe that is very popular. It's an easy and effortless dish that can be made in about 20 minutes using simple tandoori spices to enhance the fish's flavor.
I've been making this dish for years, and it's definitely one of my favorites. For this quick recipe, simply mix the ingredients and then fry, grill on coal, or bake in the oven.
I personally prefer a specific tandoori masala for my tandoori fish recipe, as it has never failed me in taste. However, finding that particular masala can sometimes be a hit or miss at most Pakistani grocery stores. The process for this dish is well illustrated in the accompanying pictures. I prepared to cook fish using some seasoning instead of my usual tandoori masala powder. However, I have provided two options for making tandoori fish, so you can choose whichever seems easier.
This recipe requires only 2 tablespoons of olive oil along with seasoning and cooks perfectly on charcoal. While tandoori spice blend, also known as tandoori masala, is often associated with tandoori chicken, it can also be used for fish or other seafood.
When you try this tandoori fish recipe, you'll be amazed by the flavor. The tandoori masala is mixed with olive oil for marinating, and then the fish is grilled in a pan or over charcoal. If you haven’t tried grilled tandoori fish yet, it is absolutely delicious!
To get started, marinate the fish with lime juice and ginger-garlic paste. Next, sprinkle the tandoori masala over the fish. Let it marinate in the fridge for about an hour, and then you can either bake or barbecue it. So, let’s go ahead and learn how to make this barbecue recipe! Tandoori Masala Powder Recipe
Recipe Tips:
Tandoori fish can be baked in the oven at 250°C for 20-30 minutes, depending on your oven's temperature. If you prefer to use fish fillets instead of a whole fish, you can bake them for about 15 minutes in the oven or cook them over charcoal.
It's important to remember that whether you bake or barbecue/grill the fish, you need to maintain intense heat for both methods. If the heat is too low, the fish, which is wrapped in foil, will become soggy and soft instead of crispy and flaky.
If you don’t have an oven or a barbecue grill, you can use a grill pan to cook the fish. Before grilling it in the pan, make sure to give the fish a smoky flavor.
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To prepare this recipe, first clean and wash the fish
with flour and turmeric powder, you can find out in my previous fish recipes. Make a slit in the fish so that the masala can be absorbed properly.
Place the fish on any plain surface, then marinate the fish with lime juice along with ginger garlic paste, and keep it in the fridge for 10 minutes or until required.d
How to Burn Charcoal?
In the BBQ stove, place any type of newspaper or magazine and drizzle some ghee on top.
Then lay all the large pieces of charcoal over the newspaper, followed by a second layer of smaller pieces of charcoal.
Burn the newspaper from downwards besides blowing air through the manual plastic fan or thin cardboard until properly well-heated
Take any mixing plate or bowl, wl then pour some oil.
Combine all spices in the mixing plate/bowl.
Add food color and salt, and mix them well till everything is incorporated.
Make a smooth paste
Marinate the fish with the masala paste.
Rub the fish with masala from all sides, and keepit in the refrigerator for an hour.
Placethe fish on a silver foil sheet and wrap it very well.
Place each fish on a foil sheet separately.
Put on Charcoal and barbecue it, cook each side for about 7-8 minutes.
Give iato nice tandoori color, cook it on direct charcoal for 3-4 minutes on both sides, then remove it from the charcoal.
Transfer to the serving tray and garnish the tandoori fish with lettuce and a lemon wedge. Sprinkle some chaat masala over the fish.