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Thai Fish 01

Thai Fish 01 is a fish recipe made with Garlic Finely Chopped, Peanut Oil, Palm Sugar Or Brown Sugar, Tamarind Water, and Thai Fish Sauce. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

Ingredients

• 4 clove
• 2 tbsp
• 3 tbsp
• 2 tbsp
• 3 tbsp
• 2 tbsp

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Pound the garlic, chillies, coriander and ginger in a mortar and pestle or place in a food processor and blender and blend briefly so that you have a rough paste.

2. 2

   Heat the oil in a saucepan and fry the paste untilit is aromatic.

3. 3

   Add the rest of the sauce ingredients and simmer for 5 minutes.

4. 4

   Set aside and keep warm until ready to serve.

5. 5

   Heat the oil in a deep fryer or in a large wok to 180C.

6. 6

   Pat the fish dry and rub salt into the flesh.

7. 7

   Deep fry small individualservings of fish (27-325g) for 5-8 minutes, until they are crisp and cookedthrough (600g fish will take 10-12 minutes or 1.

8. 8

   2kg fish will take 12-18minutes to cook).

9. 9

   Place the individual serving of fish on 4 plates or 1large fish on a serving platter.

10. 10

    Pour the hot sauce over the fish and sprinkleover the deep fried shallots, garlic, basil and coriander leaves and the lime leaves.

11. 11

    Serve hot with steamed rice.