Mohinga is a Burmese fish noodle soup that is often eaten for breakfast – or anytime really. It’s one of my favourite noodle soups. The traditional way requires cooking the fish, deboning it and flaking it by hand. The cheat’s way is to use canned fish (either tuna or mackerel) for the same outcome. There…
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Sichuan chilli fish
I love spicy food, especially the Sichuan style with those peppercorns that leave a numb feeling in your mouth. My favourite chilli fish has a well seasoned broth with large soy bean sprouts. When I was pregnant with my daughter, I ate this regularly and on the day before my labour, I had eaten chilli…
Chinese steamed whole snapper (196 calories per serve)
Gong xi fa cai! Another year has gone and we now welcome the year of the Rooster and my husband has already started making “cock” jokes. Sigh! Anyway, we decided to walk to Footscray market this morning and I couldn’t resist getting some fresh fish. After all, fish on Chinese New Year is supposed to…
Burmese fish curry (225 calories per serve)
I’ve been craving rice lately so I decided to cook a dish that went really well with rice. In Burmese, they call this “htamin main” which means something so good that it makes you eat more rice (htamin). And this was it … a fish curry. My husband doesn’t like fish curry so I made…
Thai ‘hor mok’ fish custard (236 calories per serve)
The first time I tried ‘hor mok’, it was in Cambodia where they called it ‘amok’. A few weeks ago, I took a friend to a fusion Asian restaurant/bar in Melbourne called Cookie and this was on the menu. She had never tried it before but loved it when I ordered it. So when I…
Pan-fried fish fillets with ginger and soy (280 calories per serve)
I really suck at cooking fish. I tried steaming them once, because I was told it was very easy. It was not. I ended up overcooking the outside edges and the inside was still raw. But this one turned out a lot better than expected and increased my confidence in cooking fish. Serves 4 Prep…
Lemongrass and ginger Snapper parcel (297 calories per serve)
I like baking fish in foil parcels because it keeps a lot of the moisture inside while also making it easier to clean up afterwards. The flavours are South East Asian and are similar to my red curry fish parcel recipe. I have used a whole Red Snapper here but you can use any whole…
Red curry fish parcels with broccolini and baby carrots (480 calories per serve)
This is a very quick and easy midweek dinner. Because the fish are cooked in individual parcels, it is also great for cooking two different levels of spiciness as you can make one parcel with or without the chillies. Prep 5 minutes Cook 15-20 minutes Serves 2 Ingredients 2 large fillets of a white fish,…
