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It is my family tradition, and a few other South Africans, to have pickled fish on Good Friday. It is an onion curried pickle with fried white fish, which we prepare the day before because it needs 24hrs for the flavours to develop. Pretty simple to make. Here's my take on pickled fish. Adjust to your liking.
Ingredients
Serve cool with rice or bread
It is my family tradition, and a few other South Africans, to have pickled fish on Good Friday. It is an onion curried pickle with fried white fish, which we prepare the day before because it needs 24hrs for the flavours to develop. Pretty simple to make. Here's my take on pickled fish. Adjust to your liking.
Ingredients
- 1kg Hake fillets or any firm white fish
- 2 large onions
- 400ml brown cider vinegar or white wine vinegar
- 150-200ml water
- 3tsps curry powder
- 1tsp tumeric
- 1tsp chili powder
- 8-12tsps sugar
- 5 bayleaves
- 5 pepper corns
- Flour
- Oil
- Salt
- Pepper
Serve cool with rice or bread
Prepare the fish to be fried. Salt the fish and cover with flour.
Fry the fish in oil until golden brown.
Place the fish in a deep pyrex or glass dish with a lid, there should be enough space for the fish and sauce. Let the fish cool while preparing the sauce.
Chop onions into thin rings and add it to a deep pot (saucepan) together with all the rest of the ingredients, vinegar, sugar and spices
Bring the sauce to the boil for 5-10minutes until flavours are well combined. Adjust amount of sugar and water to your taste. It should be a well balanced sweet sour sauce enough to cover the fish.
A tablespoon of flour or cornflour can be added to thicken the sauce.
Cover the fish with the pickled sauce and set aside to cool before refridgerating for 24hrs
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Nutrition
The beautiful bright yellow spice turmeric, which comes from the root of a curcuma longa plant, is known to have great anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties. It can be used to to heal wounds and skin deceases, it also has good effects on cancer, arthritis and diabetes.
