Grilled Red Snapper

This grilled red snapper can be made in a flash and has a great blend of spices in it. I totally love the way it looks and really enjoyed grilling this whole snapper. Its a great dish for a BBQ Party and your guests are surely gonna fall in love with this moist & flavorful fish 🙂

Red snapper is a lovely fish and since its locally available here, i love it even more for its freshness. There are so many ways of grilling your fish at home. And i love experimenting with the marinades as each one has its unique taste.

My blog will be turning one soon. And since my first post was a seafood – Fish Balls, i decided to end the year with a seafood too. Do try this recipe and leave me a feedback. I will be glad to hear from you.

Enjoy!

Love, Priti

 

Ingredients:

• 1 Whole Red Snapper, de-scale, cleaned and washed
• 1/2 Juice of Lemon
• Salt and Pepper to season

For the Marinade:

• 5 large Garlic Cloves
• 1 inch Ginger
• 1 tsp Cumin, roasted
• 1 1/2 tbsp Coriander seed, roasted
• 1/2 tsp Fennel seed, roasted
• 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
• 1 tbsp Red Chili Powder
• 1 Juice of Lemon
• 1 tbsp Oil
• Salt to taste

For Garnish:

• 6-8 Cherry Tomato
• few Onion Rings
• few Green Chili sliced

 

Instruction:

1. Clean, wash and pat dry the fish. Make few deep slits on both sides of the fish.
2. Season the fish with lemon, salt and pepper. Keep aside.
3. In a mortar and pestle pound all the ingredients under to-marinade to a fine paste.
4. Liberally apply the marinade on both sides of the fish. And let it rest for 3-4 hours or overnight before you grill it.
5. Cover the tray with aluminium foil . Line the fish with green chilies on the top and throw in some cherry tomatoes as well as onion rings on the side.
6. Grill the fish for 15-20 mins turning once in between. [OR]
7. You can also roast the fish by pre-heating the oven to 180 °C . Line fish in a ovenproof pan and roast the fish for 30-40 or until done.
8. Serve hot with rice, lemon and mint chutney.