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Bahraini Fish Recipe-وصفة سمك من البحرين Recipe Video

The recipe is very easy to prepare and cook. The sauce is very flavorful with all the ingredients in it. I used fresh white fish that is a local fish found abundantly in Bahrain, similar to grouper fish.

Summary

CuisineFusionCourseMain Dish

TasteSavourFeelSmooth

MethodBakedMain IngredientPasta

Interest GroupGourmet

Recipe Story

The June month challenge at the Walima club is for a recipe from Bahrain. Bahrini food was influenced by many factors such as its location as linking point between the east and the west, its history, the countries surrounding it and the big expat community that it hosts. Indian flavors among the many Asian flavors, Iranian, Arabic and European flavors influence the cuisine in Bahrain, which makes it a great place to try many different foods and flavors all in one place. Arlette chose two recipes for this month's challenge. The first one is a fish dish with special sauce and the second one is called Khabeesah, which is a dessert type of recipe that is common in Bahrain. I choose to cook the savory meal . Fish is a natural resource at the island kingdom and also rice is a stable food in Bahrain, and since I live in Bahrain, it was easy to obtain all the ingredients for this recipe. I made little variation in the recipe, where the original recipe calls for pureeing the sauce and pouring it over the half baked fish then continue baking in the sauce until fully done. I just cooked the sauce fully and baked the fish fully and served each item separately next to Basmati rice. I left the choice to the individual to mix the fish with the sauce and rice.

Ingredients

1 tsp of turmeric

2 tbsp of vegetable oil

1 kg of fish fillet cubed

2 jalapeno peppers seeds removed and finely chopped

1 tbsp of freshly chopped fresh ginger

4 cloves of garlic chopped

I found at the market this jar of ginger and garlic paste that I used, it was good but I added more garlic to intensify its flavor.

2 med size chopped onions

2 med chopped tomatoes

1 1/2 tsp of mustard

2 ½ cups of water

2 cubes of chicken broth , unless you have homemade chicken stock

I used vegetable stock cubes.

Replace the water with stock

2 tbsp of freshly chopped cilantro, I used a bunch of cilantro and parsley and cooked with the sauce.

Directions

Preparation:

Mix the turmeric with veggie oil, and marinate the fish in it for couple of minutes.
Then lay the fish on a baking tray and bake in a preheated 400F oven for 18 minutes to turn golden brown.
In a food processor, add the garlic, onion, jalapeno peppers tomatoes ginger and mustard, and whip until it turns to paste.
I did not puree my sauce, I felt that it would taste better chunky.
Heat a non stick pan and cook the paste on medium heat, without oil, till it start to turn golden,(takes around 5 min) add the water and dissolved chicken bouillon or the chicken stock, whatever you have on hand, and cook for 7-8 minutes more to become a thick sauce, pour over the fish in the oven and continue cooking for 10 more minutes.
I baked the fish fully until it was done, I served the sauce on the side without pouring it on the fish, and rice on the side, it tasted delicious.
Serve over Basmati rice and sprinkle fresh cilantro on top..

Comments

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ChrisPlymouthUK says :

great recipe thank you! I actually baked the fish in the sauce, and it worked out a treat. The fish and sauce seemed to enhance each other perfectly.

Posted on: 3 June 2010 - 12:00pm

passionIfoodie says :

Bahraini Fish Recipe looks fantastic!I am making it tonight. thanks for sharing the recipe :)

Posted on: 22 February 2010 - 10:37am

Hearty meatlover says :

Hey Chef! Bahrain fish is remarkably easy to prepare..for me it was a lot easier as I keep on experimenting with varied foreign recipes and had all the listed spices. Infact to tell you honestly, I liked the sauce pureed and not chunky. But that's something which alters with an individual's preference. Please share more fish recipes in future.... :)

Posted on: 22 February 2010 - 5:51am

foodpsychologist says :

Hi Summer, Your Bahraini Fish looks delicious. You've given some really great tips on sauce type choice and serving with fish. I think all sauces need not be pureed and poured over the fish. They can be kept at the side so that diners serve according to their individual taste preferences.

Posted on: 10 November 2009 - 2:24am

aparna.priya says :

Lovely video! Fish is my weakness...I always look for new recipes of it. Thanks Summer :)

Posted on: 10 November 2009 - 2:16am

healthyeating says :

Hey Summer, how have you been? Whenever I bake fish it becomes very messy and my fish goes directly to the dustbin. Do you have any suggestion how to bake fish properly ?

Posted on: 15 October 2009 - 12:23am