Aubergine and Cumin Crusted Fish Traybake

This traybake is perfect for a weeknight meal with minimal fuss. It's budget friendly and easy to make this dish veggie by omitting the white fish. Th...ere's plenty of fibre, chickpeas, flavour and colour to make this a wonderful healthy meal that aligns with multiple health goals. Read more This traybake is perfect for a weeknight meal with minimal fuss. It's budget friendly and easy to make this dish veggie by omitting the white fish. There's plenty of fibre, chickpeas, flavour and colour to make this a wonderful healthy meal that aligns with multiple health goals.

Prep time
5 mins
Cook time
50 mins
FREEZER FRIENDLY
Yes
SHELF LIFE
2 days
Why is this healthy?
Plant
points
High
protein
High
fibre
Prebiotics
3+ fruits &
vegetables
Contains
Peanuts, Shellfish
Ingredients
Serves 4
roughly chopped
aubergine
cut into 3cm chunks
black pepper
coriander seeds
ground
turmeric powder
red chilli flakes
mixed nuts
cumin seeds
white fish (frozen)
Swaps: salmon fillets, trout
thawed, cut into thick chunks
mustard seeds
optional
mint
chopped optional
chickpeas (can)
Swaps: butter beans (can), cannellini beans (can)
drained and rinsed
curry leaves
optional
Why is this healthy?
Plant
points
High
protein
High
fibre
Prebiotics
3+ fruits &
vegetables

NUTRITION PER SERVING (Read more)

355kcal
Calories
18g
Total Fat
27g
Carbs
9g
Sugars
26g
Protein
12g
Fibre
5mg
Iron
28%
 
139mg
Magnesium
33%
 
375mg
Phosporus
30%
 
1339mg
Potassium
28%
 
86mg
Sodium
4%
 
0mg
Vitamin B1
0%
1.1mcg
Vitamin B12
46%
 
0.7mcg
Vitamin D
4%
 
5.7mg
Vitamin E
38%
 
100mcg
Vitamin B9
25%
 
152mcg
Vitamin A
17%
 
33mg
Vitamin C
37%
 
2.3mg
Zinc
21%
 
33mcg
Vitamin K
28%
 
0.5mg
Copper
56%
 
0.2mg
Vitamin B2
15%
 
5.1mg
Vitamin B3
32%
 
0.7mg
Vitamin B6
41%
 
150mg
Calcium
12%
 
Calories: 355kcal; Total Fat: 18g; Carbs: 27g; Sugars: 9g; Protein: 26g; Fibre: 12g; Iron: 5mg (28%); Magnesium: 139mg (33%); Phosporus: 375mg (30%); Potassium: 1339mg (28%); Sodium: 86mg (4%); Vitamin B1: 0mg (0%); Vitamin B12: 1.1mcg (46%); Vitamin D: 0.7mcg (4%); Vitamin E: 5.7mg (38%); Vitamin B9: 100mcg (25%); Vitamin A: 152mcg (17%); Vitamin C: 33mg (37%); Zinc: 2.3mg (21%); Vitamin K: 33mcg (28%); Copper: 0.5mg (56%); Vitamin B2: 0.2mg (15%); Vitamin B3: 5.1mg (32%); Vitamin B6: 0.7mg (41%); Calcium: 150mg (12%)
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Why is this healthy?
Plant
points
High
protein
High
fibre
Prebiotics
3+ fruits &
vegetables
Contains
Peanuts, Shellfish
Ingredients
Serves 4
roughly chopped
aubergine
cut into 3cm chunks
black pepper
coriander seeds
ground
turmeric powder
red chilli flakes
mixed nuts
cumin seeds
white fish (frozen)
Swaps: salmon fillets, trout
thawed, cut into thick chunks
mustard seeds
optional
mint
chopped optional
chickpeas (can)
Swaps: butter beans (can), cannellini beans (can)
drained and rinsed
curry leaves
optional
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Ingredients

Serves 4
roughly chopped
aubergine
cut into 3cm chunks
black pepper
coriander seeds
ground
turmeric powder
red chilli flakes
mixed nuts
cumin seeds
white fish (frozen)
Swaps: salmon fillets, trout
thawed, cut into thick chunks
mustard seeds
optional
mint
chopped optional
chickpeas (can)
Swaps: butter beans (can), cannellini beans (can)
drained and rinsed
curry leaves
optional

Method

Your notes

1

Gather your ingredients and preheat your oven to 200Β°C or 180Β°C fan.

2

To a large baking tray, add the tomatoes, aubergine chunks, olive oil, black pepper, coriander, turmeric, mustard seeds, curry leaves and chilli flakes with salt. Stir through the ingredients and bake for 30 minutes, stirring halfway through.

3

Meanwhile, grind the nuts in a pestle and mortar or roughly blitz them in a blender with cumin seeds, salt and pepper.

4

Coat the thawed fish in the crumb and set aside.

5

At 30 minutes of cooking, the tomatoes will have reduced and the aubergine nicely coloured. Add the chickpeas and cook for another 5 minutes.

6

Remove the tray, add the fish chunks to, drizzle with olive oil and bake for another 10 minutes until the crumb is golden and the fish is cooked through.

7

Scatter with mint and eat the fish for dinner with the vegetables. Use the chickpea, tomato and aubergine medley as leftovers. this will keep in an airtight container for 3 days or freeze nicely too

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User comments (12)

Alice 3 days ago

Delicious, nice to incorporate more white fish into our diet

Jackie 2 weeks ago

I really enjoyed this recipe. I prepped everything the day before as it was my day off and just cooked the next day, which meant not much to clear up either.

Susan Last month

Used some tomato puree and suma sundried tomatoes, because I didn't have enough fresh ones. Very tasty and fairly easy.

Kelli 2 months ago

Struggled to get the crumb to stick to the fish instead of my fingers, but otherwise very straightforward and delicious. Will definitely make again!

Sarah 2 months ago

Awesome… used tofu instead of fish

Jacqueline 4 months ago

I added some peppers and mushrooms
Was spicy so may dial back the heat next time
Great way to use lots of veg, nuts and spices -aiming for the 30+ a week.
I kept the fish whole
Lots of leftovers so I can eat as it is or add chicken to take to work.

4 months ago

Nice recipe. Good portion size. I have IBS and the ingredients seemed fine. Nice meal that is filling.

Jenny 5 months ago

Loved this dish! Zero leftovers.

Andrea 5 months ago

Delicious!

Lura 5 months ago

Really tasty and easy. Will do again with kids.

Suze 5 months ago

Thoroughly enjoyed this dish. Cooked it in air fryer so adapted timings

Dounia 5 months ago

Quite nice
A general feedback would be that the time allocated is sometimes misleading as it doesn t include prepping the ingredients
I would include that time in addition

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