Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
                        -----sauce-----
   1 1/2  teaspoons     cumin seed
   2 1/4  cups          chopped tomatoes
     1/4  teaspoon      red pepper flakes
   2      tablespoons   white wine vinegar
   2      tablespoons   chopped fresh parsley
   3      cloves        garlic -- crushed
                        salt
                        -----fish-----
   4                    red snapper fillets -- (2 lbs)
   2      tablespoons   butter
   1      tablespoon    vegetable oil
                        salt
                        pepper
                        all purpose flour

Preparation:

Sauce: Scatter cumin seed in a small dry skillet. Toast seed over high heat 1 to 3 minutes until they begin to turn brown and smoke slightly. Add remaining sauce ingredients except salt and parsley. Simmer 10 minutes. Taste and season with salt. Stir in parsley. Remove from heat and set aside. Fish: Sprinkle fish with salt and pepper. Dust with flour. Heat butter and oil in another skillet over high heat. Fry fish, turning only once, until lightly browned on both sides. Immediately coat both sides of fish with sauce. Serve surrounded with remaining sauce. *Sea Bass can be substituted for Red Snapper.