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Pan-fried Cod with Tamarind Salad

Pan-fried Cod with Tamarind Salad! This dish is a beautiful combination of the lovely light cod and the flavour packed sauce, spice mix and salad. You'll taste flavours of cumin, coriander, turmeric, chilli flakes, ginger, pomegranate and more!

Ingreadient :
    • 4 x 200g cod pieces
    • 25ml olive oil
    • 25g butter
    • Salt and pepper
    • 1 bay leaf
    • 1 tsp cumin seeds
    • 1 tsp coriander seeds
    • ½ tsp turmeric
    • 1 tsp chilli flakes
    • ½ tsp ground ginger
    • 1 cucumber, diced
    • 1 small bunch coriander, chopped
    • 1 bunch mint, chopped
    • 100g pomegranate seeds
    • 1 chilli, sliced
    • 50ml olive oil
    • 2 tbsp ghee
    • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
    • 2 tbsp of spice mix
    • 3 tbsp tamarind chutney
Direction :
    1. Pound all the spices in a pestle and mortar.
    2. Mix all of the ingredients together for the salad.
    3. Heat a large non-stick pan and add the oil when hot. Fry the cod, skin side down, and season. Cook for 3 minutes,  then add the butter, bay leaf, and a sprinkle of the spice mix. Then flip over and cook in the oven at 200c for another 5 minutes.
    4. For the sauce, heat the ghee in a pan and fry the garlic for a minute until soft. Add the spice mix and cook gently for a minute. Then stir through the chutney.
    5. To serve, spoon the salad onto plates, and top with the fish. Finish off by adding a spoon of the sauce on the side.