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Holidays start tomorrow! Six weeks and three days free from a 50 mile (roundtrip) commute and piles of marking begins at 12 noon.
To celebrate the beginning of our holiday, D and I are going to leave school and drive straight to the west coast (Achnaherd, probably) to camp on the beach for a couple of nights. We’ll be bringing our bikes, a BBQ and a bottle of bubbly. Wonderful!
In keeping with my summery mood I offer the following recipe. Not only is it light and quick to prepare, the tangy but sweet sauce is also a beautiful golden colour. Perfect for a June evening. 🙂
Ginger and Turmeric Fish
2 large fillets of firm white fish (I used Pacific cod), skinned and cut into large chunks
1 tblspn walnut oil
1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
3 spring onions, cut into 2cm pieces
Thumb of ginger, peeled and very finely chopped
1 tblspn brown sugar
1 tblspn fish sauce
1 tblspn turmeric
Juice of ½ a lemon
250 ml chicken or vegetable stock
Generous grind of black pepper
1 yellow pepper, deseeded and thinly sliced
2 tblspn dried mushrooms
1 tblspn cornflour
- Soak the mushrooms in a 20ml of warm water and set aside.
- Heat the oil in a wok or frying pan over a medium low heat. Add garlic, ginger, spring onion and sugar. Cook for 3 mins until flavours have started to blend.
- Add stock, turmeric, fish sauce, lemon juice and pepper. Bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer for 2 mins.
- Drain the mushrooms (reserving water). Add the mushrooms and yellow pepper to the pan. Cook for 2 mins.
- Mix the cornflour with the reserved mushroom liquid and mix to a paste. Add to the pan and stir well.
- Add the chunks of fish to the liquid and stir carefully to coat fish in the golden sauce. Cook for 3 mins more.
- Serve with plain rice.
A Wee Bit of Cooking 
A very lovely dish! In my family, we normally use left-over fried fish for something like this. My mother is very good at utilising leftover!
Fresh fish is one of the reasons I live in Key West. Surrounded by water, not many cows there! Your dish looks and sounds delightful. Always looking for a new way to cook fish. Thanks! I will try it!
Holidays! They are the best days of the year! Have fun! Look forward to reading the journals of the holiday trip!
This looks yummy. I’m trying to cook more fish these days and grilled salmon can really get to you after a while…
Anh – Wish I were better at using leftovers. I tend to either nibble at them or they go to waste. Like the idea of using leftover fish for this!
Deb – Hope you enjoy the recipe, Deb! Notes on our adventure are on the blog now. At your request! 😉
Malika – I know what you mean about that grilled salmon. Thanks for dropping by. Love your blog!
Sounds great! yum!
yum. yum, will do this receipe on the weekend. and comeback with the result. 🙂
Making this AGAIN
Thank you so much 🙂