Recipe

Moqueca De Peixe Fish Cooked In Coconut Milk Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Berry / All my dishes 1 year, 11 months ago Moqueca, is a typical recipe from Brazil, I love to prepare this recipe for the intense flavors of lemon, cilntro and coconut milk over fish or shrimps…. This recipe comes from http://www.abc.net.au/secretrecipes/families/brazil6.htm, I made some variations.... More Prep:20m Cook:40m Servings:6	Berry
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Ingredients

1.5 kg firm white fish steaks, e.g. snapper

3 large garlic cloves

Malagueta pepper (or fresh piri-piri or any small hot Asian chilli)*

1 big bunch of cilantro, chopped

salt

juice of 8 limes

1 very large onion, chopped

5 tomatoes, chopped

3 tablespoons olive oil

1/2 red capsicum, finely sliced

1/2 small green capsicum, finely sliced

3 tablespoons chopped parsley

5 tablespoons dende oil*

225 mL coconut cream

2 tablespoons grated coconut

*Malagueta peppers are available at Asian food markets.

*Dende oil is available from specialist delicatessens. (is an oil from palm)

Directions

Rinse the fish and pat it dry.

Using a mortar and pestle pound and mix the garlic, malagueta pepper, 6 tablespoons of coriander leaves, salt and lime juice together.

Spread this mixture over the fish, then spread enough of the onions and tomatoes to cover on top. Leave for half an hour.

Pour the olive oil into a large saucepan and add the fish with the seasoning on top.

Add the remaining tomatoes, onions, capsicum, parsley, half the dende oil and 80 mL of the coconut cream.

Cover the saucepan and bring to boil over a very low heat for 15 minutes, then add the remaining dende oil and coconut cream.

Add some more coriander leaves and, if needed, cook for an extra 5 to 10 minutes stirring very gently from time to time.

When the fish is tender but firm, remove the pan from the heat and sprinkle on some freshly grated coconut.

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Comments

noir 1 year, 11 months ago said:
Beautiful recipe! Thank you Berry!:)

adacowan 1 year, 11 months ago said:
This looks beautiful and sounds great!!! Thanks for the interesting recipe. I can't wait to try it.

ahmed1 1 year, 11 months ago said:
Sounds spicy Berry.I loved the coconut addition..This is so Asian.

ambus 1 year, 11 months ago said:
Thanks Berry for sharing a great, unique recipe!

waterlily 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Sounds delightful! I hope you won't mind that I'll substitute parsley for the cilantro -- I'm just not fond of the flavor of that herb! Otherwise, this sound incredible!

lunasea 1 year, 10 months ago said:
I had this - and it is wonderful! The flavors are so bright and delicious. Thank you! =)

rottman 1 year, 2 months ago said:
Sounds very good Berry. Looking forward to giving this one a try.

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