Cyrus Todiwala served up tasty Masala Fried Hake Fish with Garlic and Chilli Risotto on James Martin’s Saturday Morning.

The ingredients for the fish are: 2kg hake fillet, skin on, 3 tsp ground turmeric, 1 heaped tablespoon ground cumin, 1.5 tbsp heaped ground coriander, 3 cloves finely crushed garlic, 2 inch piece finely crushed ginger, Lime juice of 1 lime, 1-2tsp salt and 3 tbsp cooking oil.

For the Risotto: 300g arborio or carnaroli rice, 3 dried red chilli (kashmiri type), cut into thin strips with scissors, 1 red onion, peeled, halved cored & chopped, 3 garlic cloves, finely crushed, 2 green finger chilli, chopped finely, 1 green pepper, diced into small pieces, 1 red pepper, diced into small pieces, 1 heaped tsp cumin seeds, 2 heaped tbsp butter, 3-4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, Salt, as desired, ½ tsp crushed black pepper, 1.5litres at least (stock preferred) light stock or water and 1 heaped tbsp fresh chopped coriander, more if you like.

See recipes by Cyrus in his book titled: Simple Spice: 120 easy Indian recipes with just 10 spices available from Amazon now.