Masala Fish Tacos With Cucumber Pepper Raita Recipes

TILAPIA FISH TACOS WITH RED PEPPER-LIME SLAW AND BLUE CHEESE AIOLI

Steps:

• Whisk juice of 1 lime, 2 tablespoons red pepper oil, blue cheese dressing, mayonnaise, sour cream, 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon dill in a bowl until combined. Cover and place aioli sauce in freezer until ready to serve.
• Place coleslaw mix in a medium bowl. Add juice of 1 lime, 1/2 cup red pepper oil, onion, and chopped roasted red pepper. Toss together until slaw is thoroughly mixed.
• Heat 1 1/2 tablespoon vegetable oil in a skillet over high heat. Add garlic; cook until slightly browned, about 1 minute. Add tilapia; saute until starting to brown, about 2 minutes. Add juice of 1 lime, sour cream, cayenne pepper, Cajun seasoning, and dill. Cook and stir until tilapia is browned, about 4 minutes more. Reduce heat to low.
• Heat the remaining vegetable oil in a smaller skillet over medium heat. Add tortillas 1 at a time. Cook until bubbles form and tortillas are lightly browned, about 1 minute per side.
• Place a portion of the tilapia on each tortilla. Top with coleslaw mixture and chilled aioli sauce.

FISH TACOS WITH CUCUMBER SALSA

Steps:

• Prepare a medium-hot fire in a charcoal or gas grill.
• Drizzle the fish with olive oil, season with salt and pepper, and grill until barely done, for 2 to 5 minutes per side, depending on the thickness.
• Remove the fish from the grill, let cool slightly, and then pull apart into large flakes.
• Place the tortillas on a work surface.
• Line each with a piece of lettuce and top with chunks of fish.
• Top each with a generous spoonful of Cucumber Salsa, a squirt of lime, and a drizzle of olive oil.
• Garnish with avocado and radishes and serve.
• Cucumber salsa:Place all the ingredients in a bowl, combine well and let stand, covered, for at least 30 minutes.
• Will keep 24 hours refrigerated.
• Note: I always use halibut.
• You can cook it any way you choose, but I normally us a very very hot covered grill and do not turn the fish.

MASALA FISH TACOS WITH CUCUMBER PEPPER RAITA

Steps:

• Grate zest from lemon and squeeze all juice from it. In a bowl mix zest, lemon juice and all other ingredients. Refrigerate 2-3 hours. Meanwhile prepare raita. Mix sliced cucumbers with salt in colander. Let stand 30 minutes. Using paper towels, squeeze out as much liquid as possible. Grate zest from lemon and extract 2 tablespoon lemon juice. Mix cucumber, lemon zest, juice and all other ingredients in bowl. Adjust salt to taste. Refrigerate. Oil grill and preheat grill to hot. Thread fish on 12 long metal or bamboo skewers. Spray fish cubes with nonstick spray. Grill about 4-5 minutes per side or until fish flakes easily and outside is nicely browned. Warm chapati by placing them on outside of grill. Serve fish with chapati and raita. Let each diner push fish cubes from skewer, place a few on chapati, top with some cucumber raita, fold over in half and eat.

CUCUMBER AND RED BELL PEPPER RAITA

Steps:

• Put all ingredients in a bowl and stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Chill, covered, for at least 1 hour.
• Cook's Note: Raitas are yogurt salads that are designed to counter-balance the spiciness of Indian foods.

FISH TACOS WITH BERRY SALSA

Steps:

• Preheat broiler. For salsa, in a small bowl, combine the first five ingredients; stir in 1/4 teaspoon salt., Place fillets on a foil-lined 15x10x1-in. baking pan; sprinkle with pepper and remaining salt. Broil 4-6 in. from heat 5-7 minutes or until fish just begins to flake easily with a fork. Serve fish in tortillas with salsa and cheese.

RYANN'S SPICY GRILLED FISH TACOS

Steps:

• Place most of the cilantro into a blender, reserving the rest for garnish. Add sour cream, lime juice, jalapeno, and salt. Blend until just liquefied. Place sauce in refrigerator until ready to use.
• Preheat the grill for medium heat and lightly oil the grate.
• Sprinkle tilapia fillets with onion powder, herbes de Provence, pepper, chives, and salt. Grill tilapia until fish flakes easily with a fork, 4 to 6 minutes.
• Place each tortilla between 2 damp paper towels. Heat in the microwave, about 20 seconds.
• Shred tilapia and arrange down the center of each tortilla. Squeeze lime juice over tilapia and top with cabbage and red onion. Spoon the cilantro sauce over the tacos and top with queso fresco. Garnish with the reserved cilantro.

CUCUMBER-RED PEPPER RAITA

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients in a medium sized bowl.
• Cover and chill until ready to serve.