This works out beautifully when you have fresh ingredients like here in Thailand.
Thai Grilled Sea Bass
Ingredients: 1 whole fresh sea bass (can be stored overnight in a freezer)
2 t tamarind
2 fresh red chilli
1 T soy sauce
½ C mint chutney – see a recipe here : http://www.whats4eats.com/recipes/r_sau_mintchut.php
1 t sugar
½ inch ginger
3 cloves garlic
Method: Cut fish and make diagonal cuts in flesh an inch across. Marinate fish in mint chutney for 2 hours. Make a paste of other ingredients in a blender.Layout fish in a griller or pan. (no oil). Allow fish to leak out its oil for some minutes and turn over. Add sauce on the top. Cover and cook for 10 minutes in a pan or the griller.Serve with rice with wedges of leom and coriander garnish.Note the recipe calls for no oil or extra salt. You may add Nam Plaa (fish sauce) and galanga (omit ginger) for extra punch and flavour.
