Recipe: Yummy North African fish

North African fish.

You can cook North African fish using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of North African fish

1. You need 5 of fillets of Tilapia or any medium-sized white fish, cut into 4 pieces.
2. It's 2-4 of green chilis, roughly sliced.
3. You need cloves of from 1/2 head of garlic, peeled.
4. Prepare 1/2 cup of tomato paste.
5. You need 2 of dried red peppers.
6. You need 4 of dried red chilis.
7. Prepare 1/2 cup of sweet paprika.
8. You need 1 tbsp of cumin powder.
9. It's 1 tsp of caraway seeds powder.
10. It's 1 tbsp of sugar.
11. It's 1 tbsp of salt.
12. You need 1/3 cup of lemon juice.
13. Prepare 1 can of drained chickpeas.
14. It's 2/3 cup of canola oil.
15. Prepare 1 bunch of coriander, leaves and stalks seperated.

North African fish step by step

1. In a wide pot on medium-high heat put the oil with the green chilis, garlic cloves, red peppers and red chilis. fry until the green chilis starting to soften..
2. Add the salt and sugar, stir for another 30 seconds, then add the rest of the spices. stir for another minute..
3. Add the tomato paste and the chopped coriander stalks, stir for another 2 minutes. Add the chikpeas and lemon juice, stir for 2 minutes..
4. Add 2-3 cups of water. let it simmer for about 20 minutes..
5. Add the pieces of fish, skin-side down and simmer for another 10 minutes. turn off the heat and add the chopped coriander leaves..
6. Serve with bread or couscous..