Orange Vegetable Sauce for Fish
This orange vegetable sauce is a light citrus-based sauce made with fresh vegetables and orange juice. It pairs well with steamed, fried, or grilled fish, adding mild sweetness and fresh flavor without overpowering the dish.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
- 1 tsp garlic paste
- ½ cup diced carrot
- ½ cup diced capsicum
- 1 cup fresh orange juice
- 2 scallions green part chopped
- ¼ tsp salt or to taste
- ¼ tsp white pepper powder
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp cornflour
- 4 tbsp water
Instructions
- In a frying pan, pour 1 tbsp of cooking oil. Heat the oil lightly. Put garlic paste into it. Fry it light brown on a very low flame. Don’t fry it dark brown.
- Add diced carrots to it. Fry it for 1 minute. Now add diced capsicum and fry it for half a minute. Next season it with salt and white pepper powder or black pepper powder. White pepper powder gives a nice taste.
- Next, add orange juice to it.
- Add chopped green part of one or two scallions to the sauce.
- When the sauce comes to a bubble, add sugar to it. Don’t over-boil the sauce. When the sugar is dissolved, add the cornflour slurry to thicken the sauce. Add the slurry gradually, stirring to prepare a lump-free sauce.Cook the cornflour slurry for half a minute at least, and continue till you get the sauce of the desired consistency. If you feel the sauce has thickened, add more orange juice to it.
