Spicy Tandoori Fish Tikka Recipe

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Fisk tikka recipes are always a delight. Especially with the kind of rainy weather we are having now, fish tikka recipes will be especially enjoyed as appetizers. While you sit at home and enjoy the refreshing showers, you can always have different types of fish kebabs with your cup of tea or coffee. So, we have the famous tandoori fish tikka recipe especially for fish lovers.

Tandoori fish tikka is basically a Punjabi recipe. This fish tikka recipe is also called Amritsari fish tikka sometimes. This fish kebab comprises of chewy pieces of fish soaked in tandoori masala and then grilled in the tandoor. You can also prepare this fish tikka recipe at home in your microwave All the ingredients required for making tandoori fish tikkas are quite easily available.

So if you have all the ingredients at home and want to try this fish tikka recipe, it should take nothing more that 45 minutes to prepare this appetizer.

Serves: 4
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

• Bhetki or Rohu Fish- 500 grams (cut into small boneless pieces)
• Ginger-garlic paste- 2tbsp
• Turmeric powder
• Coriander powder- 1tsp
• Red chilli powder- 1/2 tso
• Tandoori powder- 1tsp
• Curd- 2tbsp
• Lemon juice- 1tbsp
• Besan or Bengal gram flour- 1tbsp
• Oil- 2tbsp
• Salt- as per taste
• Chaat masala- 1tsp
• Green chillies- 4 (chopped)
• Onion- 1 (chopped)

Procedure

1. Marinate the fish pieces with salt, turmeric and ginger garlic paste. Keep it aside for 10 minutes.
2. Add coriander powder, chilli powder and tandoori powder in the curd. Also add the besan to this mixture.
3. Now add the lemon juice and beat the curd mixture until it gains a uniform consistency.
4. Coat all sides of the marinated fish pieces with the tandoori masala and curd mixture.
5. Pre-heat the oven to 300 degrees and brush oil on the fish pieces.
6. Now club the fish pieces through 4 stakes and brush some more oil on them.
7. Grill the fish pieces at 60 per cent power for 15 minutes.

Your tandoori fish tikka recipe is ready. Take them out of the stakes and garnish with coriander leaves and chaat masala. Serve it with chopped onions.