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Baked Fish with Spices

An Indonesian dish of fish and lemon rind, seasoned with ginger and tamarind and baked in the oven.

35 min · Serves 2 · Easy

Serves
2

Ingredients

Time
Prep 5 min · Cook 30 min · 35 min total
Difficulty
easy
  1. 1

    Place fish onto large pieces of foil. Make three deep incissions with sharp knife on each side of fish.

  2. 2

    In a food processor, combine onion, garlic, ginger, lemon rind, tamarind sauce, light soy sauce and peanut oil, blend until the mixture is smooth.

  3. 3

    Spread mixture on both sides and inside the fish. Wrap foil around fish, secure firmly. Place fish in a baking dish, bake at 180 degrees C for 30 minutes, or until fish is just cooked.

    30 min

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