A couple of weeks ago while doing our
grocery shopping
at Foodland, we saw some
mullet fish
. We call this 'gisaw' in Kinaray-a (banak/talilong in Tagalog). I always associate this fish with simple cooking such as paksiw or pinamarhan ...although here in
Thailand
we can often order it deep fried with garlic or herbs. So how do we cook this fish at home? It is simple.
1. Put the fish inside a pot (to be used for cooking).
2. Add some vinegar (until half of the volume of fish)
3. Add salt or soy sauce, chopped garlic, sliced onions, pepper
4. Optional: pepper corns, bay leaf
5. Add some water
6. Boil until it is nearly dry. Add some
olive oil
if preferred.