Pla Rad Prik (Fried Fish topped with Chili Sauce)

Pla Rad Prik or Fried Fish topped with Chili Sauce is one of main course served along with rice. This can be made with any fish you like, and we recommended Grouper (Pla Klao), Black Pompret (Pla Jalamet).


Ingredients:

· 1 Fish (weight 700 – 800 grams)
· ½ cup tomato, chopped
· ¼ cup cucumber, chopped
· 2 tablespoons chili sauce
· 1 tablespoon fish sauce
· ¾ tablespoon sugar
· 1 teaspoon salt
· 2 tablespoons cornflour
· 1/3 cup water
· Oil for frying
· Sliced tomato and cucumber for decorating the dish

How to cook :

1. Clean fish and cut two or three slashes in the sides

2. Sprinkle salt on both sides of fish and wait about 10 minutes

3. Fry the fish in a pan until golden and crispy with medium low heat, then remove and drain

4. In another saucepan, add little oil and put tomato and cucumber, then add chili sauce, fish sauce sugar and water. Test the sauce as you like and the original test of this sauce should be spicy, sweet and a bit salty.

5. In a small-sized bowl, stir cornflour and water together until the cornflour dissolved. Then put into the saucepan and stir until the sauce becomes a little bit sticky.

6. Put crispy fish into the sauce and stir a bit, then put on a serving plate decorated with sliced tomato and cucumber, and serve along with rice.

Yam Pla Duk Fu (Crispy Catfish with Green Mango Salad)

Ingredients :

· 1 Catfish (weight 400 – 500 grams)
· 3 tablespoons fish sauce
· 4 tablespoons lime juice
· ¾ tablespoon sugar
· ½ cup shallot, thinly sliced
· 3-4 chili, chopped
· 1 green mango, sliced
· ¼ cup peanuts, roasted
· Oil for frying

How to cook :

1 Roast the fish in an oven until cooked and remove the fish from oven and wait until it cool. Then using 2 forks break up the fish into very small pieces.

2. Fry the small pieces fish until golden with medium low heat, then remove and drain before put on a serving plate.

3. In a small-sized bowl, add all other ingredients (fish sauce, lime juice, thinly sliced shallot, chopped chili and sliced mango) to mix together and test the sauce as you like. The original test should be sour, spicy, salty, and a bit sweet.

4. Sprinkle roasted peanuts on top of crispy catfish and sever with sauce.