This menu is quite spice and hot. I'm sure you know what I mean ;-) It's not just chili but this dish also has plenty of peppers. And I would love you to eat this with cooked rice for you fully sensations :D
Ingredients For Curry Paste (makes 2-3 servings)
6 large red bird chilies
Galangal, finely slivered : 3 tbsp
Fingerroots, finely silvered : 2 tbsp
Garlic, finely slivered : 2 tbsp
Preparation
Blend all the contents together and set aside
Ingredients For Spicy Herbal Stir-Fried Fish
Bite-sized pieces of sole : 500g
Young green peppercorn : 5 stems
Fingerroots, sliced in shreds : 1 tbsp
Sweet basil : 1 cup
Red cayenne peppers, diagonally sliced : 1-2 pieces
Fish sauce : 3 tbsp
Brown sugar : 2 tsp
Water : 1 ¼ cup
Curry paste
Soybean oil for stir-frying : 1-2 tbsp
Vegetable oil for frying
Preparation
1. Fry the fish in hot oil (set to medium heat) until golden yellow then set aside to drain oil.
2. Stir-fry the curry paste with oyster sauce until aromatic.
3. Season with fish sauce and brown sugar, then add water and gently blend together.
4. Add the fried pieces of fish and stir-fry the contents together then add the green peppercorn, fingerroots, sweet basil leaves and cayenne pepper. Stir-fry the contents together again and place onto a serving dish. Serve immediately.
Direction
1. Blend the ingredients for the curry paste together.
2. Fry the fish until golden yellow.
3. Stir-fry the curry paste in oil until aromatic then add the fried fish pieces.
4. Add the young green peppercorn, fingeroots, sweet basil and cayenne pepper and stir-fry together.