Fried Kabeljou with Mushroom, Tomato and Pepper Sauce

Name: Fried Kabeljou with Mushroom, Tomato and Pepper Sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 tomatoes, skinned and chopped; 1 green pepper, seeded and sliced; 200 g mushrooms, sliced; 1 small fresh green chilli, chopped or 5 ml crushed dried chillies; salt; 800 g kabeljou (cob) or other line fish fillets, cut into portions; 15 ml sugar; 5 ml dried mixed herbs; 150 ml sunflower oil; 1 onion, finely chopped; 50 ml sunflower oil

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cape Malay Illustrated Cookbook

By Faldela Williams

Published 2012

About

A quick and easy family dish.

Ingredients

800 g kabeljou (cob) or other line fish fillets, cut into portions
salt and freshly ground black pepper
150

Fish course
Pescatarian
Spicy

Method

SAUCE: Sauté onion in hot oil until golden, add green pepper and simmer for 5–10 minutes. Add tomatoes and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes. Add mushrooms, chilli, herbs and sugar. Simmer, covered, for a further 10 minutes, then add salt to taste.

While sauce is simmering, prepare fish. Season fish lightly with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a frying pan and fry fish on both sides over med