Tandoori Fish and Chip Tacos

Name: Tandoori Fish and Chip Tacos
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: Asian, Indian
Ingredients: 3 large potatoes; 2L sunflower oil, for frying; 1 medium onion; 3 cloves garlic; 1/2 inch ginger root; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tsp turmeric; 1 tsp chilli (as mild or as hot as you like); 1 tsp curry powder; 1 tbsp ketchup; 1 tbsp white wine vinegar; 3 tbsp water; 1/2 tsp salt; 4 150g cod fillets; 1 tbsp flour; 1 tbsp curry powder; 1 tbsp smoked paprika; 1 tbsp mild chilli powder; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp red food colour; 330ml very cold beer; 190g plain flour; 200ml natural yogurt; 15 mint leaves; Handful coriander; 2 cloves garlic; 1 green chilli; 1 lime; 1/2 tsp cumin; 1/2 tsp salt

12 steps

Prep:10minCook:30min

Masala Chips topped with Fried Tandoori Fish, mint sauce, and garnishes. Makes 8 tacos - 1 each for starter, 2 for main

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 10:34:33 GMT

Ingredients

8 servings

Instructions

Mint Sauce

Step 1

Blend everything but the yogurt for a minute

Step 2

Mix in with the yogurt

Step 3

Adjust flavour with salt, lime juice, and water to get the right flavour and consistency to your liking

Masala Chips

Step 4

Slice the potatoes into 1/2 inch chips. Boil in salted water for 15 minutes then set on a wire rack above a baking tray in the fridge and leave for at least an hour, or overnight

Step 5

Fry the chips in batches for 5 minutes at 140C and remove, then fry for 2 minutes at 180C

Step 6

Finely dice the onion and fry in oil on medium heat for 5 minutes til soft

Step 7

Mince the garlic and ginger snd add this to the onions with all the spices and fry for a further 2 minutes before adding the ketchup vinegar and water and simmering to a thick glaze to coat the chips, which are to be tossed in the sauce last minute

Tandoori Fried Fish

Step 8

Mix the flour and spices for the fish and whisk in the cold beer. If this is going to sit around for a while leave it in the fridge as we want it to be very cold

Step 9

Cut the fish into 8 long fish fingers and dust with flour before dipping into the batter then straight into 180C oil to fry for 4 minutes

Step 10

Remove from the oil and allow to drain