Mohinga recipe | Gourmet Traveller recipe

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp tamarind pulp
• ½ tsp shrimp paste
• 1 snapper (1.5 kg), cleaned, scaled and halved
• 25 gm galangal, coarsely chopped (5cm piece)
• 8 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
• 2 tsp fish sauce, or to taste
• 60 gm chickpea flour (½ cup)
• 120 ml garlic oil, plus extra for seasoning
• 5 gm turmeric, finely grated (1cm piece)
• 400 gm dried rice vermicelli
• To serve: coarsely chopped coriander
• To serve: lime cheeks
• Chilli oil
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 tsp chilli flakes