Booming Breaded Panga with Oriental Peas

OK, so first a confession to make about this recipe. I genuinely have no real idea what 'Panga' fish is. It tastes somewhere between catfish and mackerel, is apparently called Swai in the US, the 'Iridescent shark' on Wikipedia, and available at every supermarket in Spain. It's a mystery. Choose any white fish fillet and you're good to go!

For the fish:

• 2 white fish fillets
• an egg, beaten
• olive oil
• breadcrumbs
• salt/pepper/dried parsley

For the oriental peas:

• a bag of frozen peas
• half an onion, finely chopped
• a garlic clove, crushed
• 2cm piece of fresh ginger, finely chopped
• tsp ground coriander (and a handful of fresh if you have it!)
• tsp dried mint (or fresh even better)
• butter

1. Preheat oven at about 200. Beat an egg in a bowl and pour a thin layer of breadcrumbs on a plate.
2. Take the fish fillets, first dip both sides in the egg and press into the breadcrumbs so they are fully coated. Place on a baking tray and drizzle over some olive oil. With a pastry brush I like to brush the fillets with the remaining egg as it makes the coating go a lovely golden brown! Sprinkle over some salt, pepper and parsley, and pop into the oven for 15-20mins.
3. While the fish is cooking, get stuck into the peas. Melt a nice knob of butter in a pan and add the onion, garlic, ginger and coriander. When the onion is starting to brown, add the peas and cook for 3 mins.
4. Add a glug of extra virgin olive oil and season with salt, pepper and mint. Then if you have one, take a hand blender and blend the mixture until its a kind of chunky puree. If you don't have a hand blender, use a masher or even just a fork!
5. When the fish is golden brown and fluffy white inside serve it up with a generous tablespoon of the peas and any other accompaniments you like.We had it with a jacket potato with pesto and fresh coriander, a lovely dollop of mayonnaise with the fish and a squeeze of lemon.

A rather wondrous take on battered cod and mushy peas! Have fun with it!

Love the BarceloNenas xxx