A delicious and easy to make tilapia masala recipe made with the most scrumptious chilli sauce from @mamantsama. So so yummy!
Best Recipe For Tilapia Fillets
Tilapia Masala Recipe
Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 25 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Fish
Fish seasoning :
- 1 tbsp All Purpose Seasoning
- 50 ml Vegetable oil
- 1 Kg Tilapia Fillets
- 1/2 Lemon juice
Masala sauce
- 1/2 Lemon Juice
- 1 tsp Curry Power
- 2 Large Tomatoes Finely diced
- 1 Large Onion Finely diced
- 1 tsp Chicken Seasoning
- 4 tbs Olive oil
- 1 tsp Mama Ntsama Garlic & Ginger Chilli or add to taste
- Salt add to taste
- Coriander leaves for garnishing
Fish:
Place Tilapia fillets into a large bowl and add lemon juice and all-purpose seasoning
Using a medium skillet, add vegetable oil and heat the oil in till it's hot enough and then add tilapia fillets. Fry on either side for 2 to 3 minutes until firm
Remove the fillet from heat and place in a large oven tray
Sauce:
Add olive oil to a large hot pan and then add onions, garlic and curry powder and cook for about a minute.
Add tomatoes, lemon and chicken seasoning to the mix and allow to simmer until the tomatoes start to create a thick sauce consistency
Add Mama Ntsama chilli to the sauce and leave to simmer for a further 2 to 3 minutes before pouring the sauce over the fish fillet
Place fillets in the oven for five minutes and then garnish with coriander before serving
Enjoy!
Keyword Fish, Tilapia, Tilapia Fillet
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Disclosure: Working in collaboration with Mama Ntsama’s for this recipe. The chilli sauce used was gifted to us for the purpose of this recipe.