Creamy Basa Fish Pasta Recipe
Pastas are kids all time favorite. With basic sauce and few vegetables cooked together, it can create yummy dishes. Though it’s li’l E’s favorite, I refrain from making it very often. As pastas are processed food, high in carb. However, there are whole grain pastas, which you should check before buying. You might benefit from these kinds.
This Basa Fish Pasta (OMG! it sounds so funny. Let me be clear, I’m not using ‘basa’ (in Hindi it means spoilt) fish here, but the fish name is BASA.) was made with whatever I had in my fridge ;).
Mainly prepared with marinated fish and salad vegetables. I had this marinated fish (basa) at hand, which I tried frying the previous day.
Somehow, we didn’t like the way it was cooked. So, thought of experimenting with pasta. And, hurray!!… I got the right combo. The fish marinated with a very generous amount of spices goes very well with pasta. I have tried adding mayonnaise too while marinating. So, it’s optional and upto you, whether you want to add or not. But, if you use mayonnaise, then no need to use oil for cooking onion and fish.I hope you too will like it. Do let me know if you try this.
Other related recipes :
Palak(spinach) Pasta
Basa Fish Wrap
How to make Creamy Basa Fish Pasta:
1. Clean fish with little lemon and milk, if you don’t like it’s smell. Otherwise, a simple wash with salt is enough.
2. Cut fish fillet in small pieces, almost the size of pasta. It’s texture is very delicate, so don’t cut it too small.
3. Marinate it with all the ingredients mentioned for marination and refrigerate for atleast half an hour to 24 hrs.
4. Boil pasta or Check out this – How to perfectly boil pasta
5. Heat a deep pan. Add a tsp of oil followed by sliced onion and marinated fish. Let it cook for 4-5 minutes. Switch off the flame. Take it out in a separate bowl.
6. In the same pan, add butter, let it melt on low flame. Mix in maida or wheat flour well. Pour milk and at the same time keep stirring to avoid forming lumps. Add all the herbs.
9. Now to this, add cooked fish and chopped capsicum. Cover and cook for a minute. Best served hot, otherwise pasta will stick together.
Creamy Basa Fish Pasta Recipe
Ingredients
For marinating the fish:
- 250 gms Basa Fish fillet
- 6 no Garlic cloves medium, crushed
- 3/4 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Pepper
- 1/2 tsp Lemon Juice
For making pasta :
- 2.5 cups Pasta any variety
- 1 no Onion medium cut in big chunks
- nos Green capsicum medium cut same like onion
- 2 tbsp Maida All purpose flour / wheat flour
- 1.5 cup Milk
- 1 tsp Italian Seasoning
- 1/2 tsp Chilli flakes
- 1/4 tsp Oregano seasoning
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1 Tsp Oil
Instructions
- Clean fish with little lemon and milk, if you don't like it's smell. Otherwise, a simple wash with salt is enough.
- Cut fish fillet in small pieces, almost the size of pasta. It's texture is very delicate, so don't cut it too small.
- Marinate it with all the ingredients mentioned for marination and refrigerate for atleast half an hour to 24 hrs.
- Boil pasta or Check out this - How to perfectly boil pasta
- Heat a deep pan. Add a tsp of oil followed by sliced onion and marinated fish. Let it cook for 4-5 minutes. Switch off the flame. Take it out in a separate bowl.
- In the same pan, add butter, let it melt on low flame. Mix in maida or wheat flour well. Pour milk and at the same time keep stirring to avoid forming lumps. Add all the herbs.
- Cook for 2-3 minutes till its almost thick and creamy.
- Add boiled pasta and combine well.
- Now to this, add cooked fish and chopped capsicum. Cover and cook for a minute. Best served hot, otherwise pasta will stick together.
