by Chef Songwut Monthirakanok, Allamanda Laguna Phuket \u2013 Bang Tao<\/em><\/p>\n At Allamanda Laguna Phuket, Chef Songwut Monthirakanok brings his deep Thai culinary heritage to life in the Royal Allamanda Grouper \u2014 a perfectly fried whole fish glazed in tamarind sauce and lifted by fragrant herbs. It\u2019s a dish that balances sweet, sour, and spice with graceful precision.<\/p>\n 1 kg grouper (whole fish) Heat oil in a pan \u2014 about half a cup or enough to cover the side of the fish. Fry the grouper slowly over low heat until cooked through. Remove and set on a serving plate.<\/p>\n Royal Sauce:<\/strong> Pour the sauce over the fried grouper and garnish with fried kaffir lime leaves, fried basil, or other Thai herbs of choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Royal Allamanda Grouper by Chef Songwut Monthirakanok, Allamanda Laguna Phuket \u2013 Bang Tao At Allamanda Laguna Phuket, Chef Songwut Monthirakanok brings his deep Thai culinary heritage to life in the Royal Allamanda Grouper \u2014 a perfectly fried whole fish glazed in tamarind sauce and lifted by fragrant herbs. It\u2019s a dish that balances sweet, sour, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":783,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[196,170,195,73,12,78],"class_list":["post-782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes","tag-allamanda-laguna-phuket","tag-bang-tao","tag-grouper","tag-recipes","tag-seafood","tag-thai-cuisine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thephuketnews.net\/WOP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thephuketnews.net\/WOP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thephuketnews.net\/WOP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thephuketnews.net\/WOP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thephuketnews.net\/WOP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thephuketnews.net\/WOP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":786,"href":"https:\/\/thephuketnews.net\/WOP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions\/786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thephuketnews.net\/WOP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thephuketnews.net\/WOP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thephuketnews.net\/WOP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thephuketnews.net\/WOP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIngredients<\/h3>\n
150 cc tamarind sauce
10 g green pepper
50 g lemongrass
20 g galangal
10 g kaffir lime leaves
0.5 g coriander root
10 g sweet basil
20 g guinea pepper
10 g red goat pepper
50 g coconut sugar
100 cc fish sauce
100 g shallots<\/p>\n
\nMethod<\/h3>\n
Finely chop garlic, shallots, coriander roots, and red goat pepper, then mix with green pepper. Heat a teaspoon of oil in a wok and stir-fry the mixture until aromatic. Add tamarind sauce, fish sauce, coconut sugar, and a few tablespoons of water. Stir well and bring to a gentle boil.<\/p>\n