Pan Fried / Baked Fish with Edamame Salad and Kecap Manis ( Indonesian Sweet Soy Sauce)

     The past two three months have been hectic and crazy for me. Its a lot of things going on all at once. First the training for Loblaw grad program, and then last month somehow I injured myself at work. This past week I have been on and off work depending how bad my bulging disk is treating me. Most of the time it’s pulling me down and so far it’s not looking good (boo!) I want my speedy recovery!!!

    However, on the brighter side, since I have been home a lot and bed resting in between push up reps ( it really is the only good exercise to heal and soothe the muscle spasm and pain according to the physiotherapist),I am thankful that I can day dream about cooking and fancy meal, or put a quick lunch. This is almost a good break for me although its not really in the best terms. Nevertheless, I have my hours of contemplation. Food and food it is...
    I love thinking about what to cook, how to cook it, and play around with my food. Sometimes I am too silly and excited to even think about it which in turn creating me a hard time to decide. So maybe, if you are kind enough ( I know you are a darling!)...will you give me some suggestion please, about an ingredient of interest?

    Oh and please stick with a reasonable budget...I mean someone wrote one of the ingredient as “love” . Man! That ingredient is way too priceless!( joking Redy if you read this:p, I agree tho...the labour of love will make the most meaningful food), but I need to show ma love in something something good you know! So I need your help!
   Meanwhile you are thinking hard... I will entertain you with my dinner tonite! Maybe you will be interested to come and join us for dinner sometimes?
I cooked a super delish pan fried fish with edamame symphony salad finished by drizzles of kecap manis (Indonesian sweet soya sauce). It was heavenly and easy to prepare.

Here is some food porn to look at:

Now lets get down to the business:
What you need:
•    2 large fillets of haddock/ halibut, or any meaty fish. If fresh fish is an issue you can use Dory/ Basa fillets just like I did.
•    Ground cinnamon
•    Ground coriander
•    Lemon Juice
•     1 tbsp Minced Garlic
•    Olive oil
•    And kecap manis ( Indonesian sweet soya sauce): you can find this in most Chinese grocery store like T&T.
•    Edamame Salad Ingredients:
•     cooked edamame beans,diced tomatoes & Red Pepper, thinly Sliced Red onions,

How to make it good:

    Pat dry the fish and sprinkle both sides with ground cinnamon, black
        pepper, ground coriander minced garlic and salt to taste .( You don’t need
        that much ground cinnamon and coriander)t
    If you want it fried you can add sprinkle some flour to seal the juice and
        heat some oil ( and cook it for about 5-7 minutes on each side.
    But if you are time constraint and don’t want to deal with the hassle of
        frying, you could bake them
    Put the marinated fish in a baking pan and drizzle with little olive oil.
    Put it into the oven for at 350F for 13-15 minutes
    While you are waiting for the fish you can prepare and put together  the
        edamame salad ingredients
    When everything is plated, drizzle the fish and salad with kecap manis and
        squeeze of lemon juice!
    Oh and if you are up for the challenge: add some chilli kick to it:
    And everything will be great for the rest of the day!


Passion + Patience   *Gastrobutterfly*  A food to your soul.