Thai Catfish Salad (Yam Pla Dook Foo) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 medium catfish
2 cups cooking oil
2 tablespoons fish sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
8 birds eye chiles, sliced
1/2 cup julienned green mango
1/4 cup shallot, finely sliced
3 tablespoons roasted peanut oil, pound coarsely
breadcrumbs (optional)
lettuce leaf (to garnish)
coriander leaves (to garnish)

Preparation

Steam catfish till done and let cool.
Remove flesh and crumble into small bite-sized pieces and spread.
(If thick,then inside will not be crispy) Heat oil at medium heat and deep fry the catfish crumbs.
Fry until golden brown, remove and drain oil from crumbs using kitchen towel.
In a mixing bowl, mix sugar, fish sauce and birdeye chili.
Add mangoes, shallot, groundnut and mix well.
Serve on lettuce and garnish with coriander.