Sarin’s Thai: Spicy Catfish Curry

Ingredients:

1lb catfish filets

2 TBS rice or white flour

Salt & pepper to taste

Fresh basil leaves

3 TBS olive oil

Curry paste* (Ingredients below)

Preparation:

Prepare Curry Paste (Recipe below)

Prepare pan with heated oil.

Wash fish, blot with paper towel

Season with salt and pepper

Dredge fish in flour

Pan fry 5-7 mins. on each side until fully cooked and crisp.

Add curry paste and cook thru (Recipe below).

Add basil till cooked lightly

Curry Paste Ingredients:

5 cloves shallots peeled skin off and chopped

5 cloves garlic peeled skin off and chopped 3 dry chillies 1 fresh coriander use everything and chopped *4 slices galangal  (Chinese grocer) Optional *1 tea spoon shrimp paste (Optional) 1 tea spoon salt * 2 kaffir lime leaves, finely shredded (Optional) 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder 1 teaspoon coriander seeds 1 teaspoon white pepper corn 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds

To prepare yellow curry paste. :Soak dry chillies in a cold water 5 minutes.  After that, just chop them : Heat white pepper corn, cumin seeds, and coriander seeds roast about 1 minutes ( for the flavor) : Pound in mortar (the most essential cooking utensil in Thai cooking) or blend all the spice paste ingredients until smooth.