Revealing how to make fish braised with sweet and sour tamarind, delicious to eat

Prepare
15 Minutes Processing
15 Minutes For
2 – 4 people

Linh fish is considered a specialty of the floating season of the West of the river. Reishi fish is rich in iron, vitamin A and vitamin B1. According to traditional medicine, reishi fish is neutral, sweet, non-toxic, and has the effect of reducing cough and oxygen. The following article will tell you how to make a simple and very catchy fish dish.

Ingredients for making braised fish with tamarind

• 500g reishi fish
• 4 young tamarind
• 500ml coconut water
• Garlic, red onion, green onion, chili
• Spices: Colored water, seasoning seeds, monosodium glutamate, salt, pepper, cooking oil, fish sauce
• Utensils: Bowl, pot

Good tip
How to choose good fish
The fresh spirit fish has iridescent scales, clearly seeing the pupils in the eyes. You choose fish with bright red gills, not black or pale blue. You hold the fish up to see that the fish is firm, the meat does not have a bad smell or is friable. Priority should be given to choosing a fish of moderate weight that is not too big or too small.

How to choose coconut water with fish stock?
You should choose coconuts that are neither too old nor too young to get fish stock. You should choose a coconut that when clicked, it is moderate, not hard, not soft, with a slight crunch. If you don’t have time, you can buy bottled coconut water sold at stores and supermarkets.

How to choose delicious tamarind
When buying tamarind, you should choose raw tamarind with a lot of meat, don’t buy tamarind that is almost ripe, tamarind will be friable and not delicious. You buy fresh, firm, evenly sized tamarinds, do not buy tamarind that is flat, or has worms.

It is recommended to buy the above ingredients at reputable and reputable stalls, shops and supermarkets. Do not buy cheap, floating materials of unknown origin.

Ingredients for making braised fish with tamarind

How to make braised fish with tamarind

Step 1Preliminary processing of spirit fish

Linh fish after buying, you remove the intestines and cut the gills of the fish . You use salt to rub the fish to help clean the oil and remove the fishy smell. After that, you wash the fish with clean water and let it dry.

Good tip
In addition to how to remove fishy smell with salt, you can rub fish with vinegar, lemon to remove fishy smell and viscosity of fish.

Preliminary processing of spirit fish

Step 2Prepare other ingredients

You peel the tamarind, wash it and leave it whole. Scallions you wash, cut into small pieces. Chili you remove the stem, wash. Garlic and shallots you peel, wash and mince.

Prepare other ingredients

Step 3Marinated fish

You put Linh fish in a bowl and season the fish with 1 teaspoon of seasoning, 1 teaspoon of sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of MSG, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of onion, 1 teaspoon of salt. minced garlic, 1 teaspoon colored water and 1/2 teaspoon pepper . Mix the fish well and let the fish absorb the spices for 15 minutes.

Marinated spirit fish

Step 4Fish stocks

You put the pot on the stove, put in 2 tablespoons of cooking oil and then add the minced garlic and onion and fry until fragrant . When the onion and garlic are fragrant, put all the marinated fish in the pot , gently stir to avoid breaking the fish when storing.

When the fish marinade boils, add 2 tablespoons of fish sauce to the pot . After that, you put coconut water in the fish and cook with medium heat until the coconut water boils, then you put tamarind in the stock.

After adding tamarind, you turn down the heat and cook until the tamarind is soft, then add chili, green onion and sprinkle a little pepper in the pot and then turn off the stove.

Good tip : You can use fat to braise fish instead of cooking oil to make the braised fish with tamarind fatter and tastier.

Fish stock

Finished product

The dish of braised fish with tamarind has the sweetness of coconut water mixed with the sour taste of tamarind, which is very delicious and strange. Linh fish meat after stocking still retains its softness and is very rich in spices. You can eat it with rice or with vermicelli.

Linh fish meat after storage still retains its softness and is very rich in spices

Above is how to make braised fish with tamarind that is both easy to make and extremely attractive. Hope you will have another delicious dish to treat your family. Good luck!

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