Moqueca De Peixe

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• lime, juiced (plus extra to serve)
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 tablespoon ginger, grated
• 5 long red chilies, chopped
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped (red capsicum)
• 5 tomatoes, chopped
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• salt and pepper
• 250 ml fish (1 cup) or 250 ml vegetable stock (1 cup)
• 1 bunch cilantro, chopped (coriander leaves)
• spring onion, finely sliced for garnish
• 120 ml red palm-fruit oil (optional)

Recipe

• 1 halve the fish fillets or fish cutlets and marinate in the lime juice with half of the garlic for at least 30 minutes. if using prawns, marinate them whole.
• 2 in a large saucepan, saute the remaining garlic, onion, ginger, chili, bellpepper (capsicum) and tomato in olive oil, until a sauce is formed. taste and add salt and pepper
• 3 add the stock and fish and simmer gently until cooked. if using a combination of prawns/shrimp and fish- then add the prawns later as they take less time to cook.
• 4 taste again for seasoning and stir through the chopped cilantro (ciriander leaves).
• 5 place in a serving dish and squeeze over some extra lime juice.
• 6 sprinkle with spring onions and some extra cilantro (coriander) leaves.
• 7 drizzle over the p am-fruit oil (if using).
• 8 serve with rice.