Fish Tajine with Sour Cream

Ingredients

• Fish fillets
• Flour for coating the fish
• Butter for frying the fish
• Lemon zest
• 1 teaspoon salt
• A pinch of black pepper
• 1 tablespoon curry powder
• 1/4 tablespoon turmeric or a pinch of saffron
• A pinch of ground ginger or 1/4 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
• 1 cup cooking cream
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 green pepper, sliced
• 2 onions, sliced
• Mushrooms, half a can
• 4 garlic cloves
• Yellow rice:
• Rice
• Ghee or clarified butter
• A pinch of ground ginger
• A pinch of curry powder
• A pinch of turmeric
• A pinch of fish seasoning
• Salt
• How to make the yellow rice:
• Sauté the rice in ghee with a pinch of ginger, curry, turmeric, fish seasoning and salt.
• Recipe and preparation of the sour-cream fish tajine from a friend and cook on the Sho Tabkhin Today site:
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• To make the traditional fish fillet tajine, see this link Fish Fillet Tajine

Method

1. Dredge the fish fillet pieces in flour on all sides, then fry them in butter with lemon zest and spices.
2. Remove the pieces from the pan; in the same pan, add the onion and cook until softened, then add the green pepper and the rest of the chopped vegetables and sauté over medium heat.
3. When the vegetables have softened, add the cream, lemon, and water, and after it comes to a boil, simmer for about 10 minutes.
4. Serve the fish tajine with sour cream alongside yellow rice.
5. Sauté the rice in ghee with a pinch of ginger, curry, turmeric, fish spice, and salt.
6. Use water at a rate of 1½ cups for each cup of rice.
7. When the water boils and comes up to the level of the rice, reduce the heat, cover the pot, and leave it on low heat until the rice is cooked.
8. For the traditional-method fish fillet tajine, see this link: Fish Fillet Tajine