Ingredients:

• 3 tilapia fillets, sliced lengthways (alternatively, you could use cod, haddock or any white fish fillets)

• 7 tbsp tallow, for frying

• ½ tsp ground turmeric

• 1 tsp paprika

• ½ tsp ground cumin

• ½ tsp ground coriander

• 1 tsp fine sea salt

• 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper

For the onions:

• 1 tsp mustard seeds

• 2 medium onions, sliced

• 3 chillies, split lengthways and deseeded

• ½ tsp sea salt

• large handful coriander, finely chopped

This Recipe is Form: BBC News

Softened Sweet Onion And Crisp Fried Fish

Prepare:

less than 30 mins

Cook:

10 to 30 mins

Serve:

Serves 3

Dietary:

Dairy-free / Egg-free / Gluten-free / Nut-free / Pregnancy-friendly

Preparation:

1. Pat your fish dry as much as possible using kitchen paper – this will stop the fish spitting when you fry it. Put the fish in a bowl and add about 2 tablespoons of tallow, all the spices, salt and pepper. Give everything a good mix so that the fish is coated in the spice mix.

2. Heat 5 tablespoons of tallow in a large non-stick frying pan until it is smoking hot then add the marinated fish. Don’t move it around in the pan, just let it fry for 3 minutes on each side. Once cooked, remove the fish from the pan and place on plate.

3. Add the mustard seeds to the same pan set over a medium heat. The seeds will start to pop – at this point add the onions and chillies. Turn down the heat and cook them gently until they are soft and starting to caramelise, then add the salt and coriander.

4. Spread the onions out on a serving platter and top with the fried fish.

5. Serve and Enjoy!

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Important thing to note about Mustard Seed that my granmother taught me:

If you want to temper mustard seeds, heat oil in a pan over medium heat until it's hot but not smoking. Add mustard seeds, which will start to crackle and pop.

The MUSTARD SEED must crackle and pop.