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Tilapia Curry
(Bengali style)

Tilapia
   
Ingredients Direction
-1 lb Tilapia fillet cut to 8 pieces
-Salt
-1 tsp tumeric powder
-Oil
-2 med sized onions chopped
-2 tsp garlic paste
-2 tsp ginger paste
-1 tsp cumin powder
-1 tsp corriander powder
-1 tsp red chilli powder
-2 med sized tomatoes, chopped
-4 to 6 green peppers uncut
-Lemon Juice
-Corriander leaves
-Rub little salt and tumeric powder on Tilapia fillet pieces and leave them  aside for 10 to 15 minutes. Stir fry them (both sides) in oil. Take them out and set them aside.
-Fry chopped onions in oil until light golden soft.
-Add garlic and ginger pastes, red chilli powder, residual tumeric powder, cumin and corriander powders. Stir fry them for 2 to 4 minutes.
-Add chopped tomatos and stir fry them with the spices for 5 minutes, add salt to taste.
-Add the fried Tilapia fillet pieces.
-Add green peppers.Add little water, cover and cook for 5 to 10 minutes in slow heat.
-Turn heat off when when some oil shows up at the top.
-Spray or add half teaspoon of lemon to it. Garnish with Corriander leaves.
INFO: Mild, sweet tasting Tilapia has a slightly firm, flaky texture. Tilapia traces its wild origins to the Nile River in Egypt and is currently farm-raised in warm waters around the world Tilapia has been farm raised for almost a decade and is cultivated in warm waters all over the world. Tilapia is low in fat and partners well with many different flavour profiles. Fish eaters are choosing Tilapia more often as this specie is becoming much more widely recognized.

Tilapia is a fresh water fish native to Africa and the Middle East. Believe it or not, Tilapia is the second most widely-cultured fish in the world with Carp coming in at number one. It’s also known as "St. Peter’s fish" as it is almost certainly the fish that the Bible mentions as inhabiting the Sea of Galilee, and feeding the masses in the "Fish and Loaves" miracle.

FEATURES & APPLICATIONS:
- Excellent centre of the plate item
- Tilapia can be baked, broiled, pan-fried or steamed
- Farm raised
- Extremely healthy…low in calories and fat

 

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