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Zesty Fish Tikka

Chatpata fish tikka – fish pieces marinated with lemon juice, yogurt and some masalas, skewered and baked. This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.

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Zesty Fish Tikka

Main Ingredients Fish fillets, Lemon juice
Cuisine Indian
Course Snacks and Starters
Prep Time 41-50 minutes
Cook time 11-15 minutes
Serve 4
Taste Spicy
Level of Cooking Easy
Others Non Veg

Ingredients list for Zesty Fish Tikka

  • 450 grams Fish fillets cut into 1 inch pieces
  • 2 tablespoons Lemon juice
  • + for greasing Oil 1 tablespoon
  • ¼ cup Hung yogurt
  • to taste Salt
  • 1 tablespoon Ginger-garlic paste
  • to taste Crushed black peppercorns
  • 1 teaspoon Red chilli powder
  • ½ teaspoon Garam masala powder
  • 1 teaspoon Rock salt (sendha namak)
  • 1 teaspoon Pomegranate pearls dried
  • 1 teaspoon Dried fenugreek leaves (kasoori methi) dried
  • ½ teaspoon Carom seeds (ajwain)
  • 1 teaspoon Caraway seeds (shahi jeera)

Method

  1. Preheat oven at 180ºC. Line a baking tray with an aluminum foil and grease with some oil.
  2. Take fish pieces in a bowl. Add lemon juice, mix and set aside for 15 minutes.
  3. Combine yogurt, salt, ginger-garlic paste, crushed peppercorns, chilli powder and garam masala powder in another bowl and mix well. Add 1 tablespoon oil and mix again.Add fish and mix well. Set aside for 30 minutes.
  4. Grind together rock salt, pomegranate seeds, fenugreek leaves, carom seeds and caraway seeds to a fine powder.
  5. Insert marinated fish pieces onto satay sticks.
  6. Put the satay sticks onto the baking tray. Place the baking tray in preheated oven and bake for 15 minutes.
  7. Sprinkle prepared spice powder on top and serve hot.
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