"Fish Tacos" Tacos de pescado all the way from Baja California in MEXICO . Buen Provecho!!

 

FISH TACO

 

A taco is a traditional Mexican dish composed of a corn or wheat tortilla folded or rolled around a filling.
A taco can be made with a variety of fillings, including beef, pork, chicken, seafood, vegetables and cheese.

A taco is generally accompanied by garnishes such as salsa, avocado or guacamole, cilantro, tomatoes, minced meat, onions and lettuce. Totally Tacolicious!!!

Tacos de pescado ("fish tacos") originated in Baja California in Mexico, where they consist of grilled or fried fish, lettuce or cabbage, salsa, and a sour cream or citrus/mayonnaise sauce, all placed on top of a corn or flour tortilla.

Ingredients	Quantity
Tortillas	4 small
Tilapia fillet	3 pieces
Sour cream light (50% less fat)	4 tablespoon
Salsa sauce Coleslaw	4 tablespoon 4 tablespoon
Jalapenos sliced	2
Avocado sliced	1 whole
Coriander chopped	4 tablespoon
Lime	1

Method :

Before we start I will quickly help you with my recipe of spicy salsa and coleslaw ….

Salsa

There are a lot of brands of salsa in the supermarket snack isle specially next to the chips and fried tortilla what we know is junk :P  But I prefer making my own salsa  which is super quick and easy and with no preservatives at all, I mean NO to the EXTRA SODIUM!!! 

In a blender throw in tomato (1 whole roughly chopped), jalapenos (2 whole roughly chopped) onion (half roughly chopped), 2 tablespoon coriander, 3 garlic cloves and blend them till a paste.

Finely chop half tomato and coriander (2 tablespoon) and add it to our salsa paste and mix well and at the end add 2 to 3 tablespoon of lime juice and ½ teaspoon of salt and refrigerate.

Coleslaw

For the coleslaw cut 1cup cabbage thins, you can finely chop or else just julianne it, to this add 1/3^rd cup of thin sliced or chopped white onion and 3 tablespoon mayonnaise light (50% less fat), 1 teaspoon black pepper and half teaspoon salt, mix well and refrigerate .

 Method for the fish taco

Marinating the Tilapia (other option to tilapia can be basa fish fillet or catfish fillet)

Clean the fillet and sprinkle some salt, black pepper, garlic powder and 1 tablespoon lime juice on the fish and evenly coat the fillet with spices. Keep it aside for 10 to 20 minutes.

While our fish is getting tastier let’s get our fresh tortillas done 

Method for Tortilla 

You can also get the ready tortillas which are made of either all purpose flour or corn flour. But I prefer making them fresh and with my own choice of flour…healthier and tastier

In a mixing bowl add ½ cup of wheat flour and ½ cup of all purpose flour and to this add pinch of salt and mix well. Now to this mixture add on water and keep mixing it until soft (but not sticky) dough is form (just like the way we make chapattis/rotis )

Roll out small tortillas (around the size of your palm ) on medium heat on a pan cook them on both the sides until small bubbles are form and the tortillas turn slightly light brown.

Frying the tilapia

In a heated pan pour 2 tablespoon oil and shallow fry the tilapia or grill them in a grill pan for about 7 to 10 minutes till cooked evenly on both sides.

 

Vegetarian filling for my vegetarian friends... yea!!

Slice 1/2 red bell pepper 1/2 yellow or green bell pepper 1/2 white onion and 100 gm of paneer (cottage cheese) marinate the same way as tilapia and stir fry in olive oil.

Assembling the Taco!!!

In the serving plate arrange the 2tacos in L shape, place the tilapia pieces or the vegetarian filling , add the salsa sauces, coleslaw and sour cream, top it with avocado slices and jalapenos  and serve immediately.

 

1.place tortilla  2.place tilapia 3.add the salsa and coleslaw 4. add sour cream 5.top with avocado and jalepeno

Here you go!!

GOOD HEALTHY REASON TO TRY THIS RECIPE!!!

• 1 fillet of Tilapia or basa or catfish has  0g carb  and around 21 to 22 g protein which is equivalent of 1 chicken breast and also rich in vitamin B12.

• It’s a good and tastier way to include the raw vegetables.

• Salsa is a good source of vitamin c and antioxidants.

• Avocados are rich in omega 3 fatty acids, fiber and also good amount of potassium and vitamin c  .

ENJOY!!!