Seabass With Tamarind And Chilli
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5 minutes prep time
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15 minutes cook time
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Intermediate
The citrus spice of the tamarind and chilli sauce is a brilliant accompaniment to fish. It’s an impressive, but easy dinner party recipe. Serve with steamed, glutinous rice for a main meal, or with coriander and cucumber salad for a light lunch.
Ingredients Serves: 2
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 tsp sambal oeleck
- ¼ tsp rock salt
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 sea bass (or any other medium sized, firm fleshed, white fish)
- 1 tbsp groundnut oil
- 2 tbsp palm sugar
- 45 ml fish sauce
- 30 ml tamarind concentrate
- 150ml water
Method
- Use a pestle and mortar to grind together the garlic, sambal oeleck and rock salt into a paste.
- Rub 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil over each fish, and put them under a hot grill for 4-5 minutes on each side.
- While the fish is cooking, heat the groundnut oil in a wok, and then cook the garlic and chilli paste for 1 minute. Crumble the palm sugar into the wok, and then add the fish sauce and tamarind concentrate. Bring up to a simmer, and slowly add the water to dilute.
- Serve the fish on a platter, and drizzle the sauce over them both.
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