Tandoori Tilapia

Name: Tandoori Tilapia
Yield: makes 2 servings
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon jarred tandoori paste (look for it in the international section with Indian curry; if you can’t find tandoori, mild red curry paste is a second choice); 2 tablespoons fat-free plain yogurt; 2 (about 4 ounces each) or 4 (about 2 ounces each) tilapia fillets; Olive oil spray; 1 small lime, cut into wedges

December 9, 2011

Tandoori is actually a cooking method, not an ingredient. In traditional Indian cuisine, the term describes a marinated meat cooked over an intense fire in a tandoor—a clay oven containing a hot fire. But we now commonly associate it with a type of marinade. Today, you can find tandoori paste in most grocery stores. It has intense flavor (which I love). By mixing it with yogurt, you cut some of the sodium and make a great simple marinade for fish, chicken, and many other meats.

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