Baked Dory fish in lemongrass sambal..

Hubby was requesting for fish dish yesterday, so I made dory fish today. Hot and spicy just nice for raining day like this. And he loved it! yay!

Ingredient:
1 pc frozen Dory fish fillet
1/2 tsp tumeric powder* rub on fish to marinate about 30mins

for the sambal:
1 pc         lemongrass (white part only), slice roughly
1 med      onion slice thinly
2 cloves   garlic*
1 inch       ginger*
2 pcs        shallots*
1/2 inch    belacan, toasted*
1 1/2 tsp   tamarin paste, soak in 1/4 cup warm water and strained
2 tbsp       grinded chili paste ( adjust to your liking)
1 sprig      curry leaves ( kaffir lime leaves will be better if you have it)
salt and sugar to taste.
*blend into paste
Aluminum foil and banana leaf for wrapping.

1. Marinate fish and keep aside.
2. Heat up 2 tbsp oil, saute lemongrass, blended paste till aromatic. Add in chilli paste and saute till the oil float up to the top.
3. Add in tamarin water, salt and sugar, adjust to taste. off fire and set aside.
4. Sear the fish fillet in small amount of oil for colour and flavor. You can skip this step if you are using outdoor grill.
5. Now time to assemble. Place banana leaf on the aluminum foil, spread some sambal on it. 
6. Place the fish on top of the sambal, then cover the entire fish with remaining sambal.
7. Finish up with curry leaves or kaffir lime leave on top.

Wrap it up neatly, bake in oven for 10mins. Ready!

                                                              Before baking

                                                                    After baking

                                                                  Yum Yum!