Stuffed Flounder with Frizzled Mint and Ginger
Recipe from Food & Wine

Most fish prepared in India is stewed or cooked quickly in the tandoor, but this dish from the Taj Lake Palace is seared, making it decidedly more modern. A fragrant herb mix is stuffed into each fish fillet and blended into a yogurt cream sauce. Then the dish is finished elegantly with crisp frizzled mint leaves and strips of ginger.


Stuffed Flounder with Frizzled Mint and Ginger
Kana Okada

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Servings: 4
Prep Time: 50 mins
Total Time: 50 mins
 
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Ingredients
  • garlic cloves, minced
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  • serrano chile, seeded and minced
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  • 1/2  cup
    chopped cilantro
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  • 1/4  cup
    chopped mint, plus 24 mint leaves
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    Salt and freshly ground pepper
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  • 6- to 8-ounce flounder fillets
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  • 2  tablespoons
    extra-virgin olive oil
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  • 1/2  cup
    heavy cream
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  • 2  tablespoons
    plain whole-milk yogurt, drained
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  • 1  tablespoon
    vegetable oil, plus more for pan frying
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  • 2-inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled and cut into very thin strips
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    All-purpose flour, for dredging
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Directions
1.
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. In a bowl, combine the garlic, serrano chile, cilantro, and chopped mint. Season generously with salt and pepper. Cut a shallow 3-by-1 1/2-inch pocket in the wide side of each flounder fillet. Spoon 1 teaspoon of the herb mixture into each pocket.
2.
In a small saucepan, heat the olive oil. Add the cream, yogurt, and the remaining herb mixture and simmer over moderate heat until slightly thickened, about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat.
3.
In a large skillet, heat the 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil. Add the ginger in a single layer and cook over moderately high heat until browned and crisp, about 30 seconds. Tilt the skillet and transfer the ginger to a plate using a slotted spoon. Add the mint leaves to the skillet and cook until crisp, about 10 seconds. Add the mint to the ginger.
4.
In the same skillet, heat 1/4 inch of vegetable oil. Season the flounder with salt and pepper. Dredge 2 fillets in flour and shake off the excess. Fry the flounder over moderately high heat until golden brown, 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a large rimmed baking sheet and repeat with the remaining flounder fillets. Transfer the baking sheet to the oven to keep the fish warm.
5.
Reheat the herbed cream sauce and season with salt. Spoon the sauce onto plates and set the flounder fillets on top. Scatter the fried ginger and mint over the fish and serve right away.

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