I had this dish on high rotation at my place last Summer. I love to use whiting fillets, but you can use any white fish really. The reason I favour whiting is because I love its clean "non-fishy" flavour, and it's so fast to cook!

And I have to say, I'm OBSESSED with the spicy coating we put on the fish before cooking! I use Besan (chickpea) flour, which is an ingredient you might not be familiar with, but which is well worth trying out in your kitchen! I consider it my secret weapon for getting a crispy golden crust on foods I want to shallow fry with only tiny amounts of oil, or oven bake.

Ingredients

Whiting fillets

Fish coating

2 heaped tablespoons Besan (chickpea) flour
1 teaspoon chilli powder
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon red chilli flakes
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
NOTE: don't worry too much if you don't have all of these ingredients. Just make do with what you have, and aim to make a deliciously spicy coating for the fish.

Green Gazpacho

Flesh of 2 avocados
3 Lebanese cucumbers, washed but not peeled (I have used the equivalent amount of mini cucumbers in the dish pictures, as that's what I had on hand)
4 yellow tomatoes (or 2 punnets of yellow pear tomatoes)
1 clove garlic, peeled
1 green capsicum
1 generous handful baby spinach (~60g)
1 Jalapeno pepper, finely diced
1 mild red chilli, finely diced (optional - adjust the amount of chilli and Jalapeno according to your personal taste)
Juice of 2 limes
1 white onion, finely diced
2 green onions, finely sliced
2 tablespoons baby capers
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
Extra apple cider vinegar and a splash of olive oil to dress diced veggies
Salt and pepper

Method

Fish

Combine all fish coating ingredients on a plate or shallow bowl.
Press each fish fillet into the coating mix and shake off the excess.

Now you have two choices of how to cook it:

Shallow Fry Method:

Heat olive oil in frying pan and fry fish pieces until golden brown and cooked through - it should only take a few minutes if you are using whiting fillets.
When cooked, place on a plate lined with kitchen paper to drain.

Oven Bake Method:

Place fish fillets on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
Spray with a fine mist of olive oil (optional - but it's well worth investing in an oil spray bottle. I love mine!).
Cook in a pre-heated oven (180 degrees) for 10-20 minutes. The cooking time will vary depending on which fish you use and how thick the fillet is. Check regularly and remove from oven when the fish flakes with a fork.

Green Gazpacho

Place the following ingredients in a Vitamix or other high speed blender and blend until smooth:
Flesh of 2 avocados
2 of the Lebanese cucumbers
2 of the yellow tomatoes (or 1 of the punnets of yellow pear tomatoes)
1 clove garlic, peeled
1/4 of the green capsicum
1 generous handful baby spinach (~60g)
1 small handful coriander leaves, finely chopped
Juice of 2 limes
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
Salt and pepper to taste

Finely dice the remaining Lebanese cucumber and yellow tomatoes, and the remaining 3/4 of the green capsicum, and toss together with all other ingredients, plus and extra splash of apple cider vinegar and olive oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste.