Deep-Fried Fish with Three-Flavored Sauce

Ingredients

Serves 1

  • 1/4 cup tamarind pulp
  • 3/4 cup warm water
  • 2 tablespoons scraped and chopped cilantro root
  • 2 pinches coarse salt
  • 1/4 cup seeded and coarsely chopped fresh long red chiles (about 3)
  • 3 tablespoons finely chopped garlic
  • 3 tablespoons finely chopped shallot
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, plus more for frying
  • 1/2 cup palm sugar
  • 6 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 1/2 cup holy or Thai basil leaves
  • 6 whole dried long red chiles
  • One whole red snapper (1 1/2-pound), skin scored crosswise every 1/2-inch

Description

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