Steamed Chilli Fish

Ingredients:

1 (600g) white pomfret, make 2 slashes on each side of fish, rub with salt and wash well
6-8 lettuce leaves
5 tbsp oil
juice of 3 limes (cut up skin of lime into little pieces for garnishing)

For sauce:
12 red chillies
2 cloves garlic
3 stalks lemon grass, root end
1 big onion
1 pc (size of walnut) galangal
1 pc (1cm) fresh turmeric
½ cup water


Method:

• Chop all above ingredients for sauce into small pieces. Put in liquidiser and grind. The consistency should be thick. Heat oil, add ground ingredients and salt to taste. Fry till fragrant. Add lime juice and stir.
• Boil water in steamer. Steam fish for 20 minutes.
• To serve: Arrange lettuce leaves on a platter, pour some of the sauce on leaves, put fish over sauce and pour the rest of the sauce over fish. Garnish with lime skin.