Fish Curry (Gaeng Sohm Plah)
This fish curry recipe uses pickled pepperoncini for Thai cooks in a pinch. It's a suprisingly delicious fusion dish, melding East with West.
Ingredients
- 7 small oval flat fish; clean but leave head and bones intact; salt generously with sea salt and let rest 1 hour or overnight
- 1-4 oz can sour curry paste
- 7 pepperoncini salad peppers, cut in half
- 3 oz of the pickling liquid from the pepperoncini
- Fish sauce to taste (Golden Boy brand is preferred)
Preparation
- Mix the curry paste in a small bowl with 1/2 cup water to dilute.
- Rinse excess salt from fish. Place fish in small cooking pot.
- Add the diluted curry paste.
- Add just enough water to cover the fish. The amount of water needed depends upon the size of the fish, but don't add too much.
- Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium high, cooking at a low boil (not a simmer!).
- Add the pepperoncini and the pickling liquid.
- Boil until the fish is opaque, i.e. just cooked.
- Taste and add fish sauce to taste.
Serve over steamed Thai jasmine rice. Add a little less curry paste if you prefer it less spicy.
Serves 3 to 4.
Why not try these other curry recipes: Shrimp Curry Recipe, Chicken Curry Recipe.