Coconut Crusted Fish

Ingredients list for Coconut Crusted Fish

• 400 grams Basa fillets cut into 2 inch pieces
• 1 cup Scraped coconut
• to taste Salt
• 1 teaspoon Crushed black peppercorns
• 2 tablespoons Garlic chopped
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 2-3 Fresh red chillies
• 1½ tablespoons Dark soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons Honey
• to shallow fry Oil 1 teaspoon +
• 4-5 Fresh basil leaves
• 2 tablespoons Cornflour/ corn starch
• 2 Eggs

Method

1. Marinate fish with salt, crushed pepper, some garlic and little lemon juice.
2. Chop 1 chilli and add to the fish and mix well. Rub the marinade over the fish and set aside for 10-15 minutes.
3. To make dipping sauce, put soy sauce in a bowl, add remaining lemon juice and honey and mix well.
4. Heat oil in a non-stick pan, chop remaining chilli.
5. Add remaining garlic, ginger and chopped chilli and sauté for half a minute.
6. Spread grated coconut on a plate and add to the cornrflour, basil leaves, salt and crushed pepper and mix well.
7. Break egg in a bowl, add salt and whisk.
8. Coat the fish in egg and then cover with coconut mixture.
9. Place the fish in the pan and shallow-fry till golden brown on both the sides.
10. Serve hot with dipping sauce.