Monday, 27 July 2020

SAFFRON FISH BALLS IN TOMATO SAUCE

Sunday night I prepared saffron fish balls in tomato sauce and it was delicious .
I sliced 500 gm of snapper fillets ( skinless ) skinless into cubes and placed these into my processor along with 2 eggs  2 spring onions ( green part only )1 tbs of chopped parsley , 1 tbs of chopped coriander  ( cilantro ) , 55 gm of tiger nut flour ( or alternate with almond meal ), lastly add 1/2 teasp of saffron threads mixed with 1/2 tsp of salt and 1 tbs of warm water .
Season with cracked pepper .
With moistened hands , shape the fish mixture into balls , put on a tray ..... cover and set aside  in the refrigerator .
Preheat  your oven to 160 deg C .
Prepare your tomato sauce , place 1x 800 ml of diced tomatoes in a pan  add  2 tbs of  each of the following ingredients fish sauce , 2 tbs oyster sauce , minced garlic, minced ginger , 1 tsp of sugar , 1/2 tsp of cumin and 1/4 tsp of cayenne pepper .
Slowly bring to the boil , then cover and simmer for a further10 minutes .
Add the fish balls  to the tomato sauce , return to a gentle boil over a medium heat ....then place in a well preheated oven for 20 minutes .
Serve over a bed of mixed grains .

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