Sour fish soup is the national dish of south Vietnam and a dish that echoes right across Southeast Asia. It is family food as familiar to a southern Vietnamese as fish and chips are to a someone from Britain or lamb chops to an Australian. In Vietnam taro stalk (dot bac ha) is always used [...]
1 catfish or firm-fleshed saltwater fish, or a large trout, about 1¼ – 1¾ lb (600-800 g) 1 teaspoon light soy sauce 3 garlic cloves, chopped ½ teaspoon ground pepper Oiled banana leaf or aluminum foil METHOD Clean and scale the fish, slash it three times on each side and rub it with soy sauce, [...]
Tastes in the south favor sourness over sweetness so sugar is omitted from this recipe. 1 whole fish about 1¼ -2 lb (600-800 g) (flathead, small barramundi, snapper, red emperor, perch, trout, cod, dory, morwong) 2 stalks lemongrass, cut into 2-in (5-cm) pieces, bruised 3 thin slices fresh ginger root Fresh coriander leaves and sliced [...]
This soup is a more substantial and spiced version of the region-wide sour fish or vegetable soup. Traditionally it has stood alongside the various versions of Chili jam (Nam Phrik Phao) as the most regular food of the Thai countryside along with rice. Both of these dishes utilize wild leaves and fruits gathered around the [...]
Ingredients * 4 trout, scaled * 50 g Hazelnuts, * 50 g almonds, * 50 g pine kernels, * 8 anchovy fillets, in oil, drained * 1 garlic, finely chopped * tbsp capers, in brine drained * 2 eggs, beaten * 50 g grissini, * handfuls mint, finely chopped * 80 g parmesan, grated * [...]
1½ tablespoons oil 1 clove garlic, chopped 4 oz (125 g) chicken, beef or pork, thinly sliced 4 cups (1 liter) chicken stock 1 egg, lightly beaten 2 green onions, finely sliced METHOD Heat the oil in a sauce pan and fry the garlic until it is light brown. Add the meat and stir-fry until [...]
This is a Malay version of the sour fish soup/stew found all over mainland Southeast Asia, sometimes rather misleadingly called “Gulai Tumis”. Compare it with the Sumatran Sour Fish Stew, the Thai or Lao Sour Fish Curry or the southern Thai yellow Sour Fish Soup, the Vietnamese Sour Fish Soup and Cambodian Sour Chicken Soup. [...]
