GRILLED FISH TIKKA

By now, it is clear to all my readers that I love fish in any form except raw. In fact, love it raw too if it is a good quality sashimi. It is always good to have fish proteins. They say fish oil is good for our body. As an Indian / Bengali, I love fish mostly in curries and at times simply fry it with few masalas. On some days, I serve my family a simple meal of dal, vegetables and deep fried fish. Saute, bake and grill with fish is something I have learnt in the recent years. Really like the healthier option of cooking fish. Whenever there are guests at home, I wish to prepare some good starters. That is what people love to have more that I have noticed..... a platter of starters..... both vegetarian and non vegetarian. Hence, I prepared a plateful of GRILLED FISH TIKKA last week. It is easy and hassle free to make it, just marinate..... wait and grill. It is done. This time, I did it on the stovetop.

INGREDIENTS : 

Any firm white fish fillet : 500gm

Onion[cubed] : 1big

Capsicum[cubed] : 1medium

Red bell Pepper[cubed] : 1medium

Plain hung yogurt : 100gm [I did not hang but scooped out a thick portion]

Lemon juice : 2tbsp

Cumin powder : 2tsp

Coriander powder : 2tsp

Garam masala powder : 1tsp

Kashmiri chilli powder : 2tbsp

Turmeric powder : 1tsp

Salt : As required

Oil : 2tbsp

METHOD :

Wash and cube the fish pieces. Marinate them with salt, keep aside for half an hour and wash thoroughly.

Marinate the fish with little salt, lemon juice, 1/3 of all the powdered spices, oil, turmeric, salt, yogurt.

Cube the onions and bell peppers. Wash and marinate them with the rest of the spices, turmeric and salt. 

We are supposed to arrange in the skewers, at first the bell peppers and onion, then 2 pieces of fish and repeat. But did not use the skewers.

After an hour or two of marination, I did brush oil on a manual grill with handle. Thereafter I did place the marinated fish on it and grilled all the sides until lightly charred, turning them with the back of a small spoon from time to time.

Once the fish is grilled, we would grill the onion and bell pepper cubes the same way. We would brush on them oil and lemon juice before serving.