Fried Black Pomfret with Chilli Sambal Paste

Ingredients:
1 black pomfret (rinsed and cleaned. Sprinkle a little salt and marinade it for 15 minutes. Rinse the salt very quickly before frying. If the pomfret is very thick in flesh, make a cut across the flesh till the bone so that it will cook faster)
Cornflour (lightly dust the pomfret before frying)
Oil for frying

Chilli Sambal
3 to 5 red chillis (remove seeds)
5 bulbs shallots
5 cloves garlic
1 cm galangal (lengkuas)
2 cm ginger
1 large onion
Juice from 3 pieces of lime
2 tablespoons cooking oil

Method
1. Blend chilli sambal ingredients (except cooking oil) together till it becomes a paste.
2. Heat 2 tablespoons cooking oil on medium heat and lightly saute chilli sambal paste till fragrant (about 3 minutes or more) taking care not to burn the paste.
3. Add salt and / or sugar to taste. Set aside.
4. Fry the pomfret in a clean wok till golden brown.
5. Place fried pomfret on serving plate and “paste” the chilli sambal over it.