Pla Too Tod

Name: Pla Too Tod
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 6 small Thai mackerel (pla too), steamed and heads bent down; Salt; Oil, for frying; Nam prik kapi: shrimp paste, garlic, chillies, lime juice, palm sugar and fish sauce; Cucumber, long beans, cabbage and Thai aubergine; Steamed jasmine rice

ปลาทูทอด/plah TOO tod/

Also known as: Pla Thu Thot, Thai Fried Mackerel, Pla Tu Tod

About this dish

Small Thai mackerel fried whole until crisp and served with rice, shrimp-paste chilli dip (nam prik kapi) and fresh vegetables.

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Ingredients

🐟6 small Thai mackerel (pla too), steamed and heads bent down

🧂Salt

🫗Oil, for frying

🌶️Nam prik kapi: shrimp paste, garlic, chillies, lime juice, palm sugar and fish sauce

🥒Cucumber, long beans, cabbage and Thai aubergine

🍚Steamed jasmine rice

Method

Serves 3

Pat the fish dry and rub with a little salt.

Fry in hot oil for 3–4 minutes per side until golden and crisp.

Pound the garlic and chillies with the shrimp paste, then season with lime, palm sugar and fish sauce.

Arrange the raw vegetables on a plate.

Serve the fish with rice, the chilli dip and the vegetables.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Pla too (short mackerel) is sold pre-steamed in little bamboo baskets at Thai markets and is a classic everyday family meal.

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