Fish Steak With Chili Recipe

Ingredients :
5 1/2 5 4 4 tablespoons 450 g	dried red chilies, cored and seeded small red pepper, chopped shallots, chopped cloves garlic, chopped vegetable oil fish steaks, such as cod, monkfish, salmon, snapper coriander sprigs, to garnish rice and lime juice, to serve
Method : Put chili in a blender. Pour 4 tablespoons hot water over and leave until softened. Add red pepper, shallots and garlic. Mix to a coarse paste. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add fish and fry until lightly browned on both sides and almost, but not quite, cooked through. Using a fish slice, transfer to absorbent kitchen paper to drain. Add remaining oil to pan. Add chili paste and cook over medium high heat for about 3 minutes until paste looks dry. Stir in 2 tablespoons water. Lower heat, return fish to pan and baste with chili paste. Cook gently for 1-2 minutes, basting with paste. Garnish with coriander and serve with rice and with plenty of lime juice squeezed over. Serves 3-4