# Fish Finger Bhorta

A magical recipe involving fish fingers with pickled shallots.

- Total time: 36 min
- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 shallots
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 lime
- 1 green chilli
- 1 red chilli
- 1 purple onion
- 8 fish fingers
- 1 vegetable oil
- 1 ginger
- 1 garlic
- 1 can chickpeas
- 1 English mustard
- 1 spinach
- 1 lime pickle
- 0.5 lime
- 1 handful coriander

## Instructions

1. Thinly slice shallot rings using a mandoline slicer.
2. Add a pinch of salt to the sliced shallots in a jar.
3. Squeeze the juice of one lime into the jar with the shallots.
4. Shake the jar to combine and place in the fridge for 20 to 36 minutes to pickle.
5. Dice the remaining shallots, green chilli, red chilli, and purple onion.
6. Place fish fingers in an air fryer basket.
7. Spray fish fingers with oil.
8. Air fry the fish fingers.
9. Pour vegetable oil into a pan.
10. Add diced onions to the hot oil and soften.
11. Add the diced chillies to the pan with the softened onions.
12. Grate fresh ginger into the pan.
13. Add garlic to the pan.
14. Add chickpeas to the pan.
15. Stir in hot English mustard.
16. Wilt spinach into the mixture.
17. Add lime pickle to the pan.
18. Squeeze the juice of half a lime into the pan.
19. Slice the crispy fish fingers into mini fish nuggets.
20. Add the sliced fish nuggets to the pan and mix.
21. Stir in fresh coriander.
22. Serve the borta in a bowl.
23. Garnish with pickled shallots and more fresh coriander.

## Equipment

- mandoline slicer
- jar
- knife
- cutting board
- lime squeezer
- air fryer
- pan
- wooden spoon
- bowl
- fork

## Tips

- Remove chilli seeds if you fear heat or don't.
- Wash your hands before gently rubbing your friend or family member's eyeballs.
- To preserve ginger, keep it in the freezer for up to 36 years.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/p/DMPoExDo2ot/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/412e382e-26ad-428a-bf0d-46a4a83e5380
- Extracted: 2025-08-11

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