Thai style fish
Impressive to look but simple to put together. Here's how.
One medium piece of ikan kurau or any firm fish.
Rub and mix fish with 1 tsp turmeric powder, 1 tsp corn flour, 1 tsp rice flour, 1 tsp plain chilli powder and some salt.
Fry in oil, remove and place on a serving plate.

For the raw salad
1 lemongrass
1 bunga kantan/ginger torch bud
2 sprigs coriander leaves
3 shallots
1/2 inch ginger
1 green chilli, 2 birds eye chillies/cili padi
1 handful fresh pineapple
1/2 carrot.
Thinly slice these ingredients (see pic).
Add some fish sauce, some crushed palm sugar, some lime juice and 2 tbsp crushed roasted peanuts.
Add salt if needed.
Toss together and top over fish.

Note: adjust ingredients as per taste.
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Thai Red Fish Curry.
Come, let's make.
1 black pomfret/bawal hitam (or any other) - slice, rub some turmeric powder and keep aside.

Next, heat 1/4 cup of oil,
sauté 5 smashed shallots
and 8 smashed garlic.
Add curry paste (plain chilli powder and fish curry powder (as needed) mixed with some water.

Fry till aromatic, add 1 tsp fenugreek seeds/halba,
1 tsp black mustard seeds
and I chopped tomato.
Stir.

Add 10 ladies fingers/bendi/okra, stir and pour enough water.
Stir and cook till bendi is half cooked.
Add fish, I packet coconut paste or 1 cup coconut milk
,a little fish sauce, a little palm sugar and salt.
Stir gently.
Cook to soften fish, off the heat and combine in some basil leaves.
Done!

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