Teochew Style Steamed Fish

Ingredients

2 fresh whole tomatoes, cut into quarters

2 to 3 fresh red chillies, cut into strips

1 inch ginger, cut into julienne strips

1 tablespoon Chinese wine

Soak salted vegetables in water for 20 minutes. Discard water and rinse salted vegetables twice and cut into strips.

Make 2 to 3 cuts on each side of the fish and place it on a large steaming plate.

Now comes the fun part. Place mushrooms, salted vegetables, tomatoes, chillies, ginger strips on top of the fish.

Add seasonings, mushroom water and sour plum which has been mashed up in mushroom water.

Steam fish over rapidly boiling water for 12 minutes.

Off fire, and garnish fish with spring onions and coriander. Cover for another minute and serve immediately.

5.0 to 7

Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 2:20pm