Nahm Jim Steamed Fish

Name: Nahm Jim Steamed Fish
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients: kg of fish fillet, properly sliced and cleaned: 1/2; tablespoon of fish sauce: 1; tablespoon of chopped galangal: 2; kaffir lime leaves: 6; tablespoons of properly chopped lemongrass: 2; ml of lemon juice: 60; ml of fish sauce: 30; tablespoon of sugar: 2; tablespoon of minced garlic: 1; tablespoon of coriander roots and leaves: 2; tablespoon of red chilies: 1; tablespoon of kaffir lime: 1/2; ml of water: 40; tablespoon of oil: 2; tablespoon of finely chopped, fresh red chilies: 1

Features:

Cuisine:

Indian

50 mins
Serves 4
Easy

Ingredients

For Marination :
1/2 kg of fish fillet, properly sliced and cleaned
1 tablespoon of fish sauce
2 tablespoon of chopped galangal
6 kaffir lime leaves
2 tablespoons of properly chopped lemongrass
For Nahm Jim Sauce :
60 ml of lemon juice
30 ml of fish sauce
2 tablespoon of sugar
1 tablespoon of minced garlic
2 tablespoon of coriander roots and leaves
1 tablespoon of red chilies
1/2 tablespoon of kaffir lime
40 ml of water
For chili oil dressing :
2 tablespoon of oil
1 tablespoon of finely chopped, fresh red chilies

How to Make Nahm Jim Steamed Fish

For Nahm Jim Sauce

Prepare a bowl and add fish sauce, sugar and lemon juice to it. Mix well.
Now add the coriander leaves, garlic and chilies to the mixture.
Add water and the kaffir leaves. Mix well and put aside.

For the fish

Marinate the fish fillet with chopped galangal, fish sauce, kaffir lime and chopped lemon grass. Keep aside for 15 minutes.
Put fish in a steamer for cooking.
Heat the Nahm Jim sauce with some water, until it comes to a boil.
Pour the sauce over the fish, and garnish with kaffir lime, coriander and basil leaves.
Heat oil along with red chilies for the chili oil dressing and pour gently over the fish.
Serve hot.

Trivia

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