Dragon Fish

This Dragon Fish dish is another fish recipe that is inspired by an original chicken recipe; in this case the world famous Dragon Chicken. Like the muse that inspired it, this fish recipe is noted for its spiciness and fierce coloring. It’s a part of Indo-Chinese cuisine, and like other dishes with that label, it pairs well with a variety of sides and dishes, including rice and green vegetables. This recipe isn’t too difficult to make, so be exciting and try today.

Packing this for your lunch or your kid’s lunch? Make sure you pack them in an insulated kids lunch kit or in your kid’s lunch box.

Health Benefits

Chicken is a great meat to eat; it has a lot of health benefits that are made more powerful and effective due to chicken’s wide spread availability. You can affordably and easily obtain the health benefits of chicken. Chicken has a high protein content, and protein is the building block of the cells. It is needed not only to build cells like hair follicles, blood cells, muscles, etc., but it’s also needed to repair them.

Ingredients

medium pomfrets: 2

cloves - chopped: 15-20

tbsp red curry paste: 1

cup +1 tbsp corn flour: 1/4

tbsp oil: 2

stalks spring onion greens – chopped: 2-3

spring onions—chopped: 4-5

tsp sugar: 5

tbsp vinegar: 2

How To Make Dragon Fish

1. Slit the pomfrets and remove the central bone.
   1. Make gashes on either side.
   2. Sprinkle salt and cornflour on the outside and inside of the fish.
2. Heat sufficient oil in a deep pan.
   1. Put spring onion greens in a strainer and flash fry in the hot oil.
   2. Drain and set aside.
3. Heat two tablespoons of oil in another pan.
   1. Add spring onions, garlic and red chilli paste and mix together.
   2. Sauté for a minute and add two cups of water.
   3. Mix and cook.
   4. Deep fry the pomfrets lightly until they turn a golden brown all over.

4. Place most of the spring onion greens on a dish.
   1. Drain the fish and place it over them.
   2. Mix a tbsp of corn flour into quarter cup of water.
   3. Add salt and sugar to the sauce and mix.
   4. Add the cornflour and mix and cook till the sauce thickens.
   5. Add vinegar and mix.
   6. Pour the sauce over the fish.
   7. Sprinkle the remaining spring onion greens on top. 

5. Serve and enjoy! 

Trivia 

There is actually a species of fish named Dragon Fish.