Tirk Kreoung Pahok

Ingredients

 * 1 lb fillet of catfish, basa or any white meat fish
 * 3 cloves garlic, minced
 * ½ cup fresh or frozen fresh or frozen minced lemon grass
 * 3 chopped hot chili pepper or to your taste (option)
 * 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
 * 1 cup water
 * 1 tablespoon sugar
 * 2 tablespoons fresh lime or lemon juice
 * ½ cup creamy style pickle fish (pahok)
 * a handful of chopped sweet basil leaves
 * ½ cup unsalted roasted peanuts, crushed

Directions

 * 1) Grilled or boiled fish.
 * 2) When fish cooked, put fish in a large bowl and use a fork to break up fish meat.
 * 3) Using mortal and pestles to pounded on garlic, lemon grass and hot chili pepper together, set a side.
 * 4) Heat up a small saucepan, when it hot add oil, lemon grass mixture and fish.
 * 5) Stirs well.
 * 6) Add water, sugar, lime juice and creamy pickle fish.
 * 7) Stirs well.
 * 8) Simmering for 10 to 15 minutes then add sweet basil leaves.
 * 9) Stirs.
 * 10) Top with peanut before serve.
 * 11) Serve hot with rice along with fresh raw vegetables; cabbage, cucumber or my favorite green banana, boiled pka snor and mints.