Fish for somebody who doesn't like fish please

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I'm mostly vegetarian in that I don't like fish very much, and hate the smell, but I need to make some adjustments to my diet. I tasted tandoori fish in a restaurant recently and liked it.

Does anybody please have a t&t'd, delicious and easy recipe for it, ideally that won't make my house smell like Whitby?

Thank you. :)

Monk fish? Meaty and you can make curry etc

Can only tolerate it when it is crispy, not soggy. Eg this tandoori fish was all charred; can cope with chip shop battered stuff too but nothing else - at least, not yet.

I struggle a bit to eat fish too. Fish curries work for me. Also Salmon or trout sprinkled with chilli flakes, wrapped in grease proof. I would say cod baked with preserved lemons too but that does smell so might put you off

Why not just coat in egg and breadcrumbs and shallow fry til crispy? If you eat on day of purchase, it won't smell much, freshness is everything with fish. Or use matzo meal to coat, saves making breadcrumbs and still goes crispy. Can put finely grated cheese in the breadcrumbs, mature cheddar or Parmesan, should mask the flavour a bit. Season the coating well too.

Thanks, all. I think I can't have been terribly clear, though.

I'm looking for a recipe for tandoori fish.

I'm not sure you'll be able to replicate exactly the chargrilled taste you get from a tandoor oven but salmon and sea bass crisp up nicely when fried/griddled. Something like this might work well.

Thank you. That looks nice and easy!

Firm white fish like cod or haddock is less 'fishy' than oily fish such as salmon or mackerel. A simple way to prepare it is to use a commercial spice rub, sear it both sides in an ovenproof frying pan and then place the whole pan in a hot oven to bake for 6 or 7 minutes, depending on the thickness of the fish.

Bacalao - made from cod. Lots of chilli, peppers, tomatoes, garlic and onions, olives! Fireworks!

Sword fish tastes like pork, but if you are veggy you might not like that. Try Bombay Duck (it's fish not duck)

Tandoori fish?

Get your fih, get some yoghurt, add spices to yoghurt and put the fish in, leave overnight in the fridge and grill - it goes well on skewers

Hake isn't too fishy either.

Sorry, not read the thread, I just saw that wonkyparsnip was the last commenter on the active thread list and had to say how much I love that username!

Remus your problem will be that frying fish (to make it crispy) is what will make your house smell like a trawler. Baking it in the oven (yield: soft) is the smell-less route.

That said I've had tandoori fish plenty of times and it wasn't massively crispy-?. You can buy tandoor spice mix from Indian / Pakistani groceries and corner shops. Mix with a little yoghurt, add some grated ginger and garlic for freshness, marinate your fish (white will be the least fishy tasting), then fry in a hot pan, barbecue or grill. The longer you cook it the firmer and drier it will get, if the texture's an issue.

Swordfish and fresh tuna do taste like meat, yy.

Swordfish is on my list of "fish to avoid", not just because it is of low stock, but because the fishing methods mean that the bycatch is quite high, and you catch a lot of endangered species too, such as seaturtle, sharks, etc. www.slowfood.com/slowfish/pagine/eng/pagina.lasso?-id_pg=110

It helps that I dont like the taste - by the time it gets to Britain, and to supermarkets, it is not as fresh as I like fish to be, and it has a distinct taste of ammonia.

You dont get any fishy smell in the house by bacalao, or other oven baked fish.

Also, rather than frying, you can marinade your fish, wrap in silverfoil and oven bake, to avoid the smell, a greasy cooker and greasy floors. (I only ever eat fried fish if I feel up to mopping floors after)

Thanks, all.

So - shove some yoghurt and tandoori paste on fish (what kind of fish, what does it look like?), sear it in a pan then shove in the oven and cook it for probably longer than it needs, yep?

A fish steak that is 4cm thick will only take 6 or 7 minutes in a hot oven. Overcooked fish is dreadful.

Thanks, Cog. I can only eat it if it's dry and not soggy, though.

Deep fried Calamari - nice and crispy, have with a dipping sauce.

Tuna steak? Could be pan-fried to crispy perfection if that's how you like it...

If you're new to the world of fish then start bland and work up - you can buy bags of frozen haddock fillets (or cod), which would be fine for a tandoori crust. I think fish like tuna are going to be too strong/too meaty.

My DH detests fish and even more the smell of it so I have to warn him when I'm going to cook it (for myself, obvs)

My favourite is this. I use frozen cod fillets - put in a microwavable dish, covered and cook for 3 mins. During this time, heat the grill. Put cooked fillet on a tray or piece of tin foil and spread a dollop of pesto on top. Then sprinkle a mix of breadcrumbs & grated parmesan on top of that. Pop under the grill until the top is golden. Really yummy, very quick and not too smelly (give your microwave a wipe through afterwards and leave the door open for a few mins and it will be fine!)

Thanks everyone.

Hassled - I think I'll try that first. Or maybe I'll just try a fishfinger and see how that goes down!

www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/fish-recipes/quick-salmon-tikka-with-cucumber-yoghurt-17-minutes/

That looks good. Thank you. :)

If you can find tilapia fish, they are not very fishy in smell nor taste, and i think they are more sustainable than cod. I cover them in spiced flour and fry them, they get nice and crispy but of course frying is smelly. . I use the extractor fan at full blast, that works.