Fried catfish with cucumber salad

Name: Fried catfish with cucumber salad (Gebackener Waller mit Rahmgurkensalat)
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 200 g/7 oz/1¾ cups plain (all-purpose) flour; 200 ml/7 fl oz/scant 1 cup milk; 3 eggs; 800 g/1¾ lb catfish fillet; oil, for deep-frying; 2 large cucumbers, cut in half lengthways and thinly sliced; 250 ml/8 fl oz/1 cup sour cream; juice of 1 lemon; pinch of sugar; salt and ground white pepper; salt and ground white pepper; fresh dill and lemon slices, to garnish; fresh dill and lemon slices, to garnish

Gebackener Waller mit Rahmgurkensalat

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Germany

By Mirko Trenkner

Published 2009

About

This is a great dish for a balmy summer night, combining a cold, creamy salad with hot fish in a crisp batter. The dish is fresh and light, but totally satisfying. It goes very well with boiled potatoes.

Ingredients

200 g/7 oz/1¾ cups plain (all-purpose) flour
200

Europe
Germany
Fish course
Pescatarian
Summer

Method

Reserving 25g/1oz/¼ cup of the flour, put the rest in a bowl and season with salt and pepper. Add the milk and eggs and beat together until you have a smooth batter. Set aside to rest.
To make the salad, salt the sliced cucumber and leave it to stand for 20 minutes to draw out the water. Drain in a sieve (strainer), then place in a serving bowl. Mix the sour cr