Masala fish

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Ingredients

Serves 4.

300g haddock
half a lemon
75g onion
1 can chopped tomatoes
20ml olive oil
4g cumin seeds
5g green chillies
10g garlic, peeled
10g ginger, peeled
3g hot chilli powder
3g ground turmeric
3g ground coriander
15g bunched coriander
3g fenugreek leaves
4g garam masala
1g carom ajwan seeds
3g cooking salt
30ml cold water

Adults need around 2000Kcal/8400kJ a day
Typical values per portion: Energy 233Kcal/974kJ

Method
  1. Juice the lemon. Peel, halve and finely chop the onion. Blend the tomatoes. Puree the garlic cloves and ginger. Trim the green chillies, deseed and blend.

  2. Cut the fish into 4cm pieces. Add the lemon juice, 1/4 salt and 1/4 turmeric to a bowl, mix well, then add the fish and marinate gently, set aside in the fridge for an hour.

  3. Heat the oil in a pan, add the cumin seeds and sizzle for a minute. Add the onions and cook for 5 minutes until caramelised. Add green chilli paste, garlic, and ginger pastes, cook for another minute.

  4. Add the tomatoes, turmeric, hot chilli powder and ground coriander, cook out for 5 minutes.Add remaining salt and mix well.

  5. Once the masala has split, add the fish gently and coat with the sauce. Add the water. Chop the coriander.

  6. Add the fenugreek leaves, chopped coriander, garam masala, carom seeds and gently mix into the sauce. Gently turn the fish over, taking care not to break. Cook for final 2 minutes, then remove from heat and serve.