For ➍1 kg fillets of sole (or whiting, kingfish)
2 ts salt
1 ts turmeric (or kurkuma)
3 onions
3 cloves garlic
2.5 cm fresh ginger
4 tbs coconut
½ ts chilli powder
1 ts flour
1 tbs water
3 tbs double cream
1 tbs (peanut) oil
Pat the fillets dry. Mix salt and turmeric and rub it in the fish.
Chop the onions, garlic and ginger. Put in a blender. Add coconut, chilli, flour and 1 tbs of water. Blend into a paste. Add the cream.
A large foil of aluminium (30 x 30 cm) will serve as a recipient. Smear it with oil. Form ⅕ of the paste in the shape of a fish fillet in the centre. Put a fish fillet on top, then another layer of paste. End with a layer of paste. (Put 2 piles next to each other to avoid tumbling.) Fold the sides of the foil and close it firmly.*
In a steamer, cook water to the boil. Put the package in the steam basket and steam for 20 m.*
Make another basket of mixed bite-size vegetables. Put in the steamer for the last 5 m. Meanwhile cook some rice to serve with.
You can serve this dish with a classic Burmese pumpkin soup, as a cold soup or as a drink, the Burmese way.
Chop the onions, garlic and ginger. Put in a blender. Add coconut, chilli, flour and 1 tbs of water. Blend into a paste. Add the cream.
A large foil of aluminium (30 x 30 cm) will serve as a recipient. Smear it with oil. Form ⅕ of the paste in the shape of a fish fillet in the centre. Put a fish fillet on top, then another layer of paste. End with a layer of paste. (Put 2 piles next to each other to avoid tumbling.) Fold the sides of the foil and close it firmly.*
In a steamer, cook water to the boil. Put the package in the steam basket and steam for 20 m.*
Make another basket of mixed bite-size vegetables. Put in the steamer for the last 5 m. Meanwhile cook some rice to serve with.
You can serve this dish with a classic Burmese pumpkin soup, as a cold soup or as a drink, the Burmese way.
*You can make separate foil boxes for each person. Reduce steaming time to 10 m.
Burma has been turned into the military state of Myanmar. Illustration shows old paper money of 1 kwat with fisherman.
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