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Garfish with fried vegetables, tzatziki, and burghul and black-eyed bean salad

Garfish with fried vegetables, tzatziki, and burghul and black-eyed bean salad

Serves 4



Garfish and vegetables
1½ cups   olive oil, for shallow-frying
3 small (about 100gm)   zucchini, trimmed and thinly sliced
1 (about 350gm)   eggplant, thinly sliced
12 (about 1 kg)   garfish, cleaned
Tzatziki
1   telegraph cucumber
3 cloves   garlic
2 cups   Greek-style yoghurt
1 tbsp   red wine vinegar
2 tbsp   olive oil
Burghul salad
160 gm (1 cup)   fine burghul (cracked wheat), soaked in cold water for 30 minutes, then drained
2   green onions, finely chopped
2 tbsp each   mint, dill and flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
1½   lemons, juice only
½ cup   olive oil
Black-eyed bean salad
400 gm (2 cups)   black-eyed beans
2 (about 120 gm)   kipfler potatoes , peeled
1 tbsp   flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
2 tbsp   olive oil


1 For black-eyed bean salad, place beans and potatoes in a saucepan, cover with cold water and simmer for 20-30 minutes or until tender. Drain and cool. Coarsely chop potatoes and place in a bowl with beans, parsley and olive oil, then season to taste with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper and combine well. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
2 Meanwhile, for tzatziki, coarsely grate cucumber and place in a colander, weighted down with a plate, for 15 minutes to drain liquid. Place cucumber in a piece of muslin or a tea towel and squeeze remaining liquid out. Place garlic and a large pinch of sea salt in a mortar and, using a pestle, pound until a paste forms. Process cucumber, garlic, yoghurt, vinegar and ground black pepper to taste in a food processor until smooth, then, with motor running, slowly add oil until well combined. Alternatively, place all ingredients in a bowl and stir to combine. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. Makes about 3 cups.
3 For burghul salad, combine all ingredients in a bowl, cover and refrigerate until required.
4 Heat oil in a large frying pan and shallow-fry zucchini and eggplant, in batches, until golden and tender, then drain on absorbent paper.
5 Season garfish to taste, then heat 1 tbsp oil in a large frying pan and pan-fry fish, in batches, over medium-high heat for 3 minutes on each side or until just cooked through. Serve garfish with fried vegetables, tzatziki, and burgul and black-eyed bean salads, passed separately.


RECIPE Andy Harris PHOTOGRAPHY William Meppem STYLING Heidi Moore

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