Pickled fish

20 mins

45 mins

6 people

Pickled fish Hi to all my fellow home chefs here on the East Coast of Africa and all around this beautiful world we live in. Boy oh Boy have we got a recipe for you that will make your taste buds explode with deli.ht

Once tasted you will pass it on to all your friends and they will be your friends forever

Just before we start I must tell you that I used to buy this fish delight from one of our largest retail stores in South Africa. But then the prices went up and it became too expensive for the man on the street, so I knew I had to do something. So I went on a mission to find the best recipe for pickled fish out and this is what I finally landed up with .......delicious!!

You can use Dorado (Mahi Mahi) Hake or Kingklip. My personal best is Dorado, but it might not always be available wherever you are.

OK enough.... let's start the ball rolling and gather our ingredients.




Ingredients

Okey Dokey time to gather all the ingredients for this great recipe,

Today I will using Dorado (AKA Mahi Mahi)

  • 800 g  Dorado  
  • 15 ml Oil 
  • Seasoned flour (flour with Atlantic Sea salt and White pepper)
  • 6 Bay Leaves 
  • 4 Onions sliced into rings
  • 375 ml Brown Vinegar
  •  250 ml Water 
  • 185 ml Sugar 
  • 15 ml Turmeric 
  • 45 ml Curry powder
  • 45 ml Corn Flour 
  • 5 ml Salt 
  • 10 Mixed Peppercorns 

Method

Great now that we got all the ingredients together for this once tasted never forgotten Pickled fish its that time Wait for it:

                                             "Time to start... A...Cooking"

  • Cut your fish into rectangle app 70mm x 30mm
  • Dust with the seasoned flour and fry in hot oil until golden brown and cooked through
  • Remove from the pan and set aside on absorbent paper.
  • Cook onions (which incidently are very good for you) for 10 minutes in vinegar, water,
  • Add Bay Leaves, sugar,, water, Turmeric curry powder Sea salt  and Mixed Peppercorns until soft  
  • Mix the corn flour with a little water and add to sauce mixture.
  •  Stir until well blended.
  •  Simmer uncovered until sauce thickens. 

Plating your Pickled Fish

There a lot of ways to serve this great picked fish

  • With a various salads
  • Potato salad.
  • Pasta salad.
  • lettuce salad.
  • Greek salad.
  • Italian salad. 
  • Three bean salad.
  • Rice salad the list goes on and on I leave you to choose your salad.



We really hope that you will get great enjoyment out of cooking this recipe as well as eating it, and sharing the experience wherever you go in the world.

Don't forget to come back to Home Cooking Haven to see what's cooking and until we meet again.......... Happy Cooking 

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