Flounder Simmered In Spicy Sauce Bplah Dtom Saep Recipes

FLOUNDER SIMMERED IN SPICY SAUCE (BPLAH DTOM SAEP)

Steps:

• Rinse fish and drain well. Cut fillet in half. In a mortar and pestle, pulverize peppercorns. Add garlic and chillies and pound together until pasty. Add chopped shallots. Continue to pound to make a coarse, well-blended paste (Peppercorn-Garlic-Chillie Paste).
• Put palm sugar in wok with 1 teaspoon water. Heat over low to medium heat, and stir until the sugar has turned dark reddish brown, but not burned.
• Add remaining water and Peppercorn-Garlic-Chillie Paste. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring to dissolve palm sugar.
• Add ginger, peanut oil, and fish sauce. Stir to mix, then follow with the fish.
• Return to a boil before lowering heat to a level at which the sauce simmers gently.
• Simmer for 5 minutes, turn fish over and continue to cook uncovered until it is cooked through and sauce has thickened. If a lot of sauce remains, remove fish from the wok onto a serving dish. Increase heat to high and reduce sauce by one-third to one-half.
• To serve, spoon sauce over fish and garnish with cilantro sprigs.

BAKED FLOUNDER WITH MOROCCAN SPICES

Steps:

• Combine the coriander, parsley, garlic, paprika, cumin, ground coriander, cinnamon, salt and pepper. Rub the fish fillets with this mixture. Place them in a glass or ceramic dish, cover with plastic wrap, refrigerate and allow to marinate two to three hours.
• While the fish is marinating, thickly slice the carrots and quarter the potatoes. Place them in a saucepan, cover with water and boil for 15 minutes, to parcook them. Allow to cool. Peel and slice the potatoes. Set the vegetables aside.
• Slice four of the tomatoes and puree the rest.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place oven rack in the highest position.
• Scatter the frying pepper, chili pepper and carrot slices in a baking dish. Place the fish fillets on top, then scatter the potato and tomato slices over them.
• Mix the pureed tomatoes with the olive oil and season to taste with salt and pepper. Pour over the fish. Cover loosely with foil. Place in the oven and bake about 20 minutes. Serve at once.