How to Make Coconut Curry Steam Fish Recipe

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: light coconut milk

💰Cheaper: coconut cream diluted with water

Light coconut milk reduces calories while maintaining flavor.

red curry paste

🥗Healthier: homemade curry paste

💰Cheaper: store-bought curry powder

Homemade paste can be healthier with fresh ingredients.

whole fish

🥗Healthier: fillet of fish

💰Cheaper: frozen fish

Fillets are easier to cook and often more affordable.

fish sauce

🥗Healthier: soy sauce

💰Cheaper: salt

Soy sauce provides umami without fish allergens.

Prepare the curry paste by chopping lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, galanga, shallots, garlic, and turmeric powder, then blend or smash until fine.

Combine 1 can of coconut milk, 4 tbsp fish sauce, 1 tsp salt, 0.5 tsp turmeric soup base mix, and 1 tbsp chicken soup mix in a pan and bring to a boil for 2 minutes, then set aside.

Smash the stems of the M Choy and separate the leaves.

Mix 3 lbs of tilapia fillets with the curry sauce in a mixing bowl, adding 2 eggs to help hold the mixture together.

Prepare the banana leaf by cutting it into pieces and using toothpicks to secure the corners to form a bowl.

Place some M Choy at the bottom of the banana leaf bowl, add the fish mixture, and top with more sauce.

Garnish with chopped kaffir lime leaves and steam the banana leaf bowl in a steamer for 15 minutes.

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