Walima's june challenge !!

This month challenge is about Bahrain, it is a small arabic country but a very beautifull one.

Talking about its kitchen, it is very influenced by the indian and persian kitchen, It has the food culture of the gulf region .

This month challenge , we had two choices, a savoury dish and a sweet one, from the recipe of the sweet one, it seemed to me that we will not love at home so I went through the savoury one, here you are the recipe, try it you will love it,specially if you are in love with the indian and persian cuisine, the same flavor !!

The ingredients:-

1 tsp of turmeric

2 tbsp of vegetable oil

1 kg of fish fillet cubed

2 jalapeno peppers seeds removed and finely chopped

1 tbsp of freshly chopped fresh ginger

4 cloves of garlic chopped

Some fresh ginger chopped

2 med size chopped onions

2 med chopped tomatoes

1 1/2 tsp of mustard

2 ½ cups of water

2 cubes of chicken broth , unless you have homemade chicken stockReplace the water with stock2 tbsp of freshly chopped cilantro

Preparation:

Mix the turmeric with veggie oil, and marinate the fish in it for couple of minutes.Then lay the fish on a baking tray and bake in a preheated 400F oven for 18 minutes to turn golden brown.In a food processor, add the garlic, onion, jalapeno peppers tomatoes ginger and mustard, and whip until it turns to paste.

Heat a non stick pan and cook the paste on medium heat, without oil, till it start to turn golden,(takes around 5 min) add the water and dissolved chicken bouillon or the chicken stock, whatever you have on hand, and cook for 7-8 minutes more to become a thick sauce, pour over the fish in the oven and continue cooking for 10 more minutes.Serve over Basmati rice and sprinkle fresh cilantro on top.

Here you are my dish pics

I served it with basmati rice.

Hope you enjoy this month callenge.

And for next WALIMA challenge, it is my turn, Egyptian kitchen, Excited enough???

O.K come and join us, easy ;)))