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Spiced-Tomato-Braised Fish
Store-bought tomato purée cooked with lots of warm spices such as cumin and garam masala packs tons of flavor into this simple fish curry.
👥 4 Servings👤 Rachel Gurjar📖 bonappetit
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●dutch oven
- ●oven
- ●skillet
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Season fish with some salt. Heat 2 Tbsp. oil in a medium Dutch oven over medium. Cook onion and garlic, stirring occasionally, until softened, about ⏱️ 5 minutes. Add cinnamon stick, garam masala, cumin seeds, and ½ tsp. pepper; cook, stirring occasionally, until fragrant, about ⏱️ 3 minutes. Stir in tomato purée, sugar, remaining 1 Tbsp. Diamond Crystal or 1¾ tsp. Morton kosher salt, and ½ cup water. Increase heat to medium-high; bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to medium, carefully add fish, and cook until fish is flaky but still firm, 8–⏱️ 12 minutes. Remove from heat; season with more pepper.
onion, finely chopped1. Diamond Crystal or 1¾ tsp. Morton kosher salt, plus more1 Tbsp
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Meanwhile, heat 1 Tbsp. oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-low. Add 2 bread slices; cook until golden brown and crisp underneath, about ⏱️ 5 minutes. Transfer to a plate. Repeat with remaining 1 Tbsp. oil and 2 bread slices.
3
Serve braised fish with fried bread.
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