Serves 2
It is always treat to have fresh fish 😊 Fatima Sydow says that Kingklip is one of South Africa’s favourite fishes. It can be baked or fried and yet either way its slightly sweet meaty taste sets it apart.
Ingredients:
- pieces Kingklip (filleted, cleaned & scaled)
1tsp turmeric
1Tbsp Garam Masala
1tsp salt & pepper (to taste)
4tbsp olive oil
1 lemon (squeezed)
Sauce:
5tbsp honey
5Tbsp chilli sauce (storebought or homemade)
1Tbsp lemon juice
Salt (to taste)
Couscous salad:
250ml wholewheat couscous
500ml boiling water
1tsp salt
¼ cup lemon juice
2Tbsp olive oil
- garlic cloves (crushed)
black pepper (to taste)
1 small red pepper (deseeded, chopped)
1 small yellow pepper (deseeded, chopped)
¼ cucumber (chopped into quarters)
2 tomatoes (chopped)
Method:
Preheat oven to 180C
Line a baking tray with baking paper or spray with Spray and Cook
Rub all the spices, salt and oil over the fish
Place lemon slices on top
Bake in oven for 15-20 minutes
For the sauce: mix all the ingredients together in a bowl
When fish is ready, remove it from the oven and pour over half of the sauce
Bake for another 5 to 10 minutes
Remove fish from oven and pour over the remainder of the sauce
You will know that the fish is done if you break it apart and it is cooked through
Couscous salad:
Place couscous in a bowl and drizzle over olive oil. Cover with boiling water and cover with a plate and allow it to evaporate.
Meanwhile chop up the other ingredients
When water has evaporated, take a fork to separate the couscous granules.
Add the rest of the ingredients and mix together
Serve fish on couscous. You can pour some of the sauce over it.
Serve with a good glass of Sauvignon Blanc
Tickle your tastebuds 