Mauritius

Fish vindaye

Name: Fish vindaye
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mauritian
Ingredients: 600 g firm fish (tuna or kingfish) in chunks fish; Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for frying (about 40 ml absorbed) plus 1 tbsp; 2 in thick slices onion; 5 cloves garlic; Ginger, thumb; 1 tbsp ground mustard seeds; 1 1/2 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 4 tbsp vinegar; 3 slit green chilli; 1 tsp sugar; Salt, to taste

Fried fish in a tangy mustard, turmeric and vinegar dressing with onions. Mauritius' pickled favourite.

45 minTime

32 gProtein each

mediumSpice

From vinha d'alhos2 chapters · 1 min read

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Grandma's wayFried fish with mustard, turmeric and vinegar.

The original

367kcalsame

32 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

45minutessame

Classic fish vindaye.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Fish600 g firm fish (tuna or kingfish), in chunks

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying (about 40 ml absorbed) plus 1 tbsp

Onion2, in thick slices

Garlic5 cloves

Gingerthumb

Mustard seeds1 tbsp, ground

Turmeric (ground turmeric)1½ tsp

Vinegar4 tbsp

Green chilli3, slit

Sugar1 tsp

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Season the fish with salt and a little turmeric and fry until golden. Drain.
2Grind garlic, ginger and mustard seeds into a paste.
3Cook the paste and turmeric in 1 tbsp oil for a minute, add onions, chillies, vinegar, sugar and a splash of water and cook 2 minutes.
4Pour over the fish and toss. Rest at least an hour, or overnight.

Serve it like this

Serve at room temperature with rice, bread or farata, with a few fresh chillies on top.

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Fish vindaye

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