Basa fillet is not the strange ingredient in the seafood recipes to many people. It is considered one of the main catfish types from some countries located along Mekong River like Thailand and Vietnam. Basa fillet is introduced and used more widely in different countries in the world today. It is not only the nice ingredients contributed to richer seafood recipes, but also the nutritive source food for health.
Basa fillet is easy to be combined with other ingredients to make the different flavor in the seafood recipes impressed you. If you love to enjoy shrimps in the familiar seafood recipes, you may make it different if combine the basa fillet together like the recipe of basa fillet rolls with shrimps and coconut.
In this seafood recipes like basa fillet rolls with shrimps and coconut, basa fillet is in the role of the cover. It will help to make a shrimp to be more interesting both flavor and appearance. Beside the dry coconut mixed in the roll is also the element to make the dish to be different.
In the basa fillet rolls with shrimps and coconut, three main ingredients included basa fillets, shrimps and coconut are rich in vitamins and mineral. However if you are in the high cholesterol or cardiovascular disease, this recipes is advised not to be used regularly and should be used under consideration because shrimp and basa fillet are high in cholesterol.
Prepared and cooking time: 50 minutes.
Serve: 4-6 servings
Ingredients:
- 400 g basa fillet
- 100 g shrimps peeled but keep the tails
- 50 g dry coconut flesh
- 2 teaspoons of coconut powder
- 1 spoon of cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon of satay sauce or chili satay sauce
(You may look how to make simple chili satay sauce in the recipe stir fried squid with chili satay sauce)
Note: In the case you do not use satay sauce or chili satay sauce, ½ teaspoon of garlic chopped fine + ½ teaspoon of shallot chopped fine + ½ teaspoon of chili sauce may be used instead.
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- 2 teaspoons of cooking oil
- 1 teaspoon of oyster sauce
- 1 pinch of curry powder
Directions:
- Slice basa fillet into pieces about 10 cm for each. Tilt your knife at 45 degree against the cutting board while slicing for thin pieces.
- Add into the fish fillet sliced the ingredients included a pinch salt, satay sauce, 1 teaspoon of cooking oil, cornstarch, oyster sauce, curry powder. Mix them well.
- Add into the shrimps a pinch of salt, coconut powder mix them and wait for 5 minutes. Add dry coconut flesh in, mix them again.
- Place each shrimp into a fish sliced, roll it and expose its tail. Do the same steps with the rest fish fillet sliced and shrimps.
- Preheat your oven at 220 C degree.
- Put the fish rolls in a non sticky baking tray. Scan the cooking oil on the rolls. Bake them at 200 to 220 C degree depend on your oven for 25 minutes or until they turn to light golden brown.
- Basa fillet rolls with shrimps and coconut may be enjoyed together with chili sauce or coconut sauce in the case you love to have it in strong flavor.
