Pan Roasted Chilli Garlic Balsamic Fish

I love basa and since the time Kalyan posted the recipe of Chilli Garlic Balsamic basa he made I have been trying to get hold of some basa without any luck. Every time I go and ask for basa the fish sellers look at my face as if I am talking in Greek and in a very superior air tell me madam you must be talking about sea bass aka betki and if I try telling them no that is not what I am talking about, that’s it. I guess the story would end there :| But this weekend I was determined to make it whatever and to add it to I saw this lovely technique of cooking meat called Pan Roasting which was begging to be tried ASAP. So I decided to buy sea bass itself since the texture of it is a little similar to basa, white delicate fish and proceed it with.

I did a little changes to Kalyan’s recipe though, added dried thyme to the marinade along with what he had written and the balsamic vinegar I used was the normal one. And coming to the discovery of the pan roasting which is most certainly one of the best meat cooking technique I have used it a while. It uses a combination of stove cooking and oven cooking and the results you get are amazing. The fish was perfectly cooked not over done but still browned from outside like N likes it, what you do is heat a pan drizzle some oil. pan fry both sides for a little time on the stovetop (for the fish I did a minute on both sides) and later put the same pan in the oven to continue cooking. Result a delicious healthy fish is ready

Recipe – Pan Roasted Chilli Garlic Balsamic Fish (adapted from Finely Chopped)

• Fish Fillets about a 1 kg
• green chillies – 8-10
• garlic pods – 10-12
• dried basil – 1 tbsp
• Balsamic Vinegar – 3 tbsp
• freshly ground pepper – 1 tbsp

How I made it

• Smash the green chillies, pepper and garlic together in a mortar and pestle. Mix in the rest of the ingredients.
• Rub this marinade on the fish and keep aside for sometime, I kept it for about an hour
• Heat a heavy bottom pan and drizzle with olive oil and proceed to cook as mentioned about. Cook each side of the fillet for about a minute and put the same pan in a preheated oven at 180C for about 5-7 minutes
• Serve alongside a salad for a full meal or pass around as starters

Also this is my first post from the iPhone still to figure out picture alignment etc….

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