Fish (Engelegte) (Another Recipe)
Origin: Cape Town, South Africa
Source: Hildagonda J. Duckitt, 1891
Ingredients
- Fish fillets
- Turmeric
- Onions
- 4 or 5 Fresh red chillies
- 3 dozen Coriander seeds
- 1/2 ounce Ground ginger
- Lemon leaves
- 1 ounce Sugar
- 1 quart Good vinegar
Instructions
- Substitute turmeric for the curry paste.
- Add to the onions, etc., 4 or 5 fresh red chillies, 3 dozen coriander seeds, 1/2 ounce of ground ginger, a few lemon leaves, 1 ounce of sugar and 1 quart of good vinegar.
- Let these ingredients boil up well.
- Take the fillets of fish, which have been previously fried a nice brown colour in lard and well drained, and put them carefully into the boiling mixture of curry.
- Just let it boil up.
- Cork well in small jars; this ensures its keeping for months.