Baked Fish with Goan stuffing

Baked Fish With Goan Stuffing

Baked Fish is a very simple dish to prepare but it may be a bit bland to taste for those 

Indian friends of mine who love very spicy food and so I would recommend that you go

 ahead and serve it with other hot and spicy dishes.

Ingredients required :

Fish, Bhetki.......................................................................1

Green Chilly......................................................................4

Coriander Leaves.............................................................1 bunch

Dill Leaves.........................................................................1 bunch

Coriander powder..........................................................1 tsp

Chilly powder...................................................................1 tsp

Salt.....................................................................................as per your taste

Sugar.................................................................................1/2 tsp

Lemon juice......................................................................1 tbsp

Black Pepper powder.....................................................1 tsp

Oil.......................................................................................1 tbsp

Butter.................................................................................1 tbsp

Madras Onions..................................................................4

For stuffing :

Onions,chopped fine........................................................1

Boiled Potato....................................................................2, medium size

Salt.....................................................................................as per taste

Back Pepper Crushed......................................................as per taste

Butter.................................................................................1 tbsp

Method :

Take 1 tbsp  butter and saute the onions till transparent. Add a boiled and well mashed potato along with salt and pepper to taste. When done keep aside. This is the stuffing.

Make a paste with dill, coriander leaves, garlic and green chillies.

Add coriander powder, black pepper powder(Or crushed black peppercorns), red chilly powder, salt, sugar.

Mix oil, butter and lemon juice. Keep aside.

Make a slit on both sides of the long center bone and put the stuffing on both the sides of the fish.

Make slits on the madras onions.

Sprinkle salt and pepper all over the fish and onions.

Stuff the fish well with the stuffing and the coat the paste and spice mix all over the fish.

Put some of the paste in the onions as well.

Pre-heat an oven and bake the fish along with the onions.

If desired you can bake potato wedges , capsicums and bell peppers too.

Bake in the oven for 20 minutes on one side and then turn the fish carefully and bake again for 20 minutes or till done, on the other side.

You may use sea bass instead of bhetki. If you don't want to put the stuffing of mashed potatoes that I have stuffed in the fish, you can avoid or make a different stuffing.

Make 4-5 deep cuts on both sides of the fish  and put the paste mix  in the slits.

You can serve  Baked Fish with an assorted variety of baked  vegetables and  steamed rice.

I usually prepare a soup and hot buttered toast to go with it.

An ideal winter evening meal I would say......