Monday, December 12, 2011

Mediterranean Baked Fish and Artichoke Hummus

The other day when I went shopping and I got Pita Bread. The first time I had Pita Bread, I hated it. Its so dry. But anyway, I started liking pita bread with Hummus and the grilled vegetables. I always used to make grilled chicken and some vegetable skewers with it but this time I made fish bake with vegetables in mediterranean style and it turned out great. I thought the fish would be bland but it took all the flavors and was yummy
                        And ofcourse I can't have pita bread without Hummus and today I made Artichoke Hummus mainly because I didn't have lemon. And it tastes great. So here are the recipes

Mediterranean Baked Fish (Fish with Zuchini and Olives)

Mediterranean fish bake

Pita Bread
Ingredients:
  1. 1 inch thick steaks of Mackerel cleaned
  2. 1 large tomato sliced (or 3-4 pieces of sun-dried tomatoes sliced)
  3. 2 tablespoons sliced fire roasted pepper
  4. 1 large zuchini cut into circles
  5. 1 medium white onion sliced
  6. 2 tablspoons kalamati olives
  7. 1 teaspoon capers
  8. 2 big garlic pods crushed
  9. 1 garlic pod grated
  10. 1/2 teaspoon each of salt, lemon pepper
  11. 1 tablespoons fresh squeezed lemon
  12. 1 tablespoon olive oil or oil from the sun-dried tomatoes or roated peppers
In a bowl mix together the oil, salt, lemon pepper and lemon juice and apply to the fish pieces. Mix all the ingredients together and make a packet using aluminium foil.
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Bake the packet for 25 minutes. Remove the fish onto another baking dish (sparyed with non-stick cooking spray). Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake further for 10-15 minutes. Put the fish back in the center of the vegetables and serve with warmed pita bread

Artichoke Hummus (Chickpea and Artichoke Dip)

Artichoke Hummus
Ingredients:
  1. 1 can garbanzo beans drained
  2. 1/2 bottle artichoke hearts drained
  3. 1 tablespoon dry roasted sesame seeds (optional)
  4. 1/2 teaspoon salt
  5. 2-3 garlic pods smashed
  6. Water from the artichoke bottle or 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  7. Olive oil to drizzle on the hummus or if the artichoke were packed in oil use that oil
  8. Chilli powder
Grind the sesame seeds and garlic for a couple of minutes. Add chickpeas and artichokes and grind to a smooth paste using the water from the artichoke bottle or lemon juice and salt. Remove it to a bowl and make a well in the middle. Add some olive oil in the center and sprinkle with chilly powder. Serve

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