Raya bel Batata

Name: Raya bel Batata
Ingredients: 4 small wings of skate, weighing 2 pounds; 4 cloves garlic, crushed in a garlic press; 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin; Salt; About 1/2 cup olive oil; 1 pound potatoes, peeled, boiled, and sliced; Pepper; 2 tablespoons capers; 1 or 2 lemons, cut in quarters, to serve with

9 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

4 small wings of skate, weighing 2 pounds
4 cloves garlic, crushed in a garlic press
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
Salt
About 1/2 cup olive oil
1 pound potatoes, peeled, boiled, and sliced
Pepper
2 tablespoons capers
1 or 2 lemons, cut in quarters, to serve with

Directions

1

Cut the fish into pieces about 2 inches wide, cutting in between the long soft bones.
2

Rub the pieces with a mixture of garlic, cumin, salt, and 34 tablespoons of the olive oil.
3

In a large frying pan, fry the fish pieces in batches in shallow oil, giving them about 4 minutes on either side, until the flesh begins to part from the bone.
4

Remove to a baking dish.
5

Saute the potatoes slowly in the same oil, adding salt and pepper and more oil, and turning them over, until they are tender.
6

Add the capers towards the end.
7

Reheat the fish in a 400F oven, covered with foil.
8

Serve on a bed of the sauteed potatoes accompanied by lemon wedges.