Fish Amok | Recipes For Food Lovers Including Cooking Tips At Foodlovers.co.nz

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons neutral flavoured oil
• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 150g shallots, finely chopped
• 2 teaspoons chopped lemongrass
• 2 red chillies, finely chopped (more or less to taste)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons grated galangal
• 2.5cm piece turmeric, finely chopped (or 1 teaspoon turmeric powder)
• sprinkling of salt
• 2 kaffir lime leaves, finely sliced
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped palm sugar (or brown sugar)
• 2 x 400ml cans coconut milk
• generous squeeze of lemon or lime juice
• 600g white flesh fish fillets cut into 5cm chunks
• 200g green beans, chopped into 5cm pieces and blanched
• coriander/basil/vietnamese mint leaves
• crisp fried shallots (optional)