Vietnam

Chả Cá

Name: Chả Cá
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 500 g Firm fish fillet; some of each Turmeric & galangal; 1 bunch Dill; 1 bunch Spring onion; some of each Rice vermicelli & peanuts; to serve Mắm tôm (shrimp paste)

Hanoi turmeric fish with dill

Chả cá lã vọng is a famous Hanoi specialty: fish marinated in turmeric and galangal, fried at the table in a pan with lots of dill and spring onions.

It is served with rice vermicelli, peanuts and the fermented shrimp paste mắm tôm - a feast of flavours.

Servings3

Time45 min + marinade

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Firm fish fillet500 g
Turmeric & galangalsome of each
Dill1 bunch
Spring onion1 bunch
Rice vermicelli & peanutssome of each
Mắm tôm (shrimp paste)to serve

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Marinate the fish with turmeric and galangal.
Sear in a hot pan.
Add plenty of dill and spring onion, fry briefly.
Plate with rice vermicelli and peanuts.
Serve with mắm tôm.

Make it original

Turmeric and mắm tôm for chả cá are in the Asia Boutique.

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