Tilapia Jhal

Name: Tilapia Jhal
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 4 pieces tilapia fish cut and washed; 1 onion sliced; 6-7 pods garlic crushed; 1 tablespoon ginger paste; 1 tomato paste; 1 tablespoon red chilli powder; to taste Salt; 1/2 tablespoon turmeric powder; 1/2 tablespoon cumin powder; 1/2 tablespoon coriander powder; 1/2 tablespoon onion seed; 2 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves; 1 tablespoon chopped onion leaves; 1/2 cup + more Oil for swallow frying and gravy; 2 cups water

Tania Deb @cook_9700174

Chennai

#seafood #fish
Tilapia is the common name of cichlid fish. Tilapia are mainly fresh water fish. The preparation of this is called Jhal for it’s spicy taste.

Tania Deb @cook_9700174

Chennai

#seafood #fish
Tilapia is the common name of cichlid fish. Tilapia are mainly fresh water fish. The preparation of this is called Jhal for it’s spicy taste.

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Ingredients

20 minutes

2 servings

4 piecestilapia fish cut and washed
1onion sliced
6-7 podsgarlic crushed
1 tablespoonginger paste
1tomato paste
1 tablespoonred chilli powder
to tasteSalt
1/2 tablespoonturmeric powder
1/2 tablespooncumin powder
1/2 tablespooncoriander powder
1/2 tablespoononion seed
2 tablespoonchopped coriander leaves
1 tablespoonchopped onion leaves
1/2 cup + moreOil for swallow frying and gravy
2 cupswater

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Steps

20 minutes

1

Marinate the fish pieces with salt and turmeric powder
2

Fry them in oil and keep aside
3

In a kadai, heat oil and fry the sliced onions and onion seeds.
4

Add ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt and sauté
5

Add tomato paste in it and cumin, coriander powder in it and sauté for 2-3 minutes
6

When the masalas are cooked and separates oil, add two cups of water and boil along with the fried fish pieces.
7

Let it cook for five minutes then add chopped coriander leaves and spring onions
8

When the water reduces and becomes gravy off the flame and serve with hot plain rice.