Something fishy

I love fish but it's sometimes been a bit difficult persuading other family members to indulge, especially 'A.' That was until we bought some cute little sardines. I simply coated them in flour seasoned with sea salt, black pepper, lots of crushed chilli flakes, a little smoked paprika powder and ground turmeric. Then panfried them for a few minutes in a drizzle of sunflower oil.

Served with fluffy white Basmati rice, cooked Persian style and with a knob of salty butter placed in the middle that melts into the rice, making it even more yummy. Then sprinkled with sumac which is a lovely refreshing almost lemony spice. Accompanied with tomato,cucumber and onion salsa with a sea salt, fresh lemon and olive oil dressing

Cooked this way the little sardines have a lovely crunchy, spicy coating.

'A' says he will happily eat fish this way three times a week and this is the traditional way to cook fish and rice in the South of Iran where his parents came from. Now he tells me!

This was an excuse to use a fishy image by my favourite fashion photographer Tim Walker.