One of the fish I bought last Sunday was barilison. It looks like a smaller version of yellow fin tuna which I got weighing just a kilo. This will be my baon for lunch or for a quick dinner this week. This is a good alternative to tulingan to make sinaing na isda, something I’ve been wanting to cook lately. I couldn’t find any sampalok or kamias though so I used tomatoes as my souring agent.
Kinamatisang Isda
1kg fish (barilison or tulingan)
8 ripe tomatoes
2 pcs sibuyas dahon
siling haba
salt and pepper
For the 1kg-fish, slice it cross-wise into several pieces. Slice the tomatoes crosswise and the sibuyas dahon into 2-inch lengths. In a wide-bottom pot, place a layer of tomato slices, followed by a layer of the fish. Add some salt and pepper, siling haba and sibuyas dayon. If you have more fish, repeat the same procedure. Add about 2 tbsp water, not too much since you don’t want to boil the fish but rather steam it with the tomato juices. Cover the pot and let it simmer slowly till fish is cooked.
Looks good, right? Something to look forward to for lunch this week…
Sawadee kha! My name is Gay a.k.a. A Scientist in the Kitchen. Science and cooking are two of my passions. I'm a corn breeder who also loves to eat and cook. My kitchen is in Phitsanulok, Thailand where I am based together with Pasta (yes, I love Italian food!) my black labrador retriever.
This fish would be so good with green mango, tomato and shrimp paste salsa… Yum!
Seafood overload
this should be a good fish dieting alternative…but less than normal salt for me..yum!
Are you in a fish diet ba? Try also kamias instead of kamatis. Equally good and tasty.