KITCHEN MISADVENTURE SERIES 34 – Steamed fish in olive oil and sweet and sour fish

Today for our lunch, I decided against cooking tilapia the usual way – simply frying them and serving a vegetable dish on the side. Instead, I opted to cook a healthier version of it via steaming with lots of garlic and ginger and a dollop of olive oil. The recipe for steamed fish (which I got from Pinoycooking rocks) called for some parsley but since I didn’t have any, I substituted onion leaves instead. I also used tilapia because I didn’t have maya-maya or any other bigger fleshy fish since it would just be for myself lang naman. For the rest of the family, I cooked sweet and sour tilapia.

For the sweet and sour tilapia, the fish was fried first in hot oil. Then I prepared the sauce by mixing together some vinegar, sugar, tomato sauce and salt. I also stir-fried some vegetables like onions, ginger, carrots, bell pepper and some onion leaves for garnish. (For the exact recipe search Pinoy cooking rocks) Then when all the fish had finished frying, just pour the sauce and the vegetables over the fish and serve at once.