GRILLED TAMARIND-GLAZED MACKEREL WITH THAI BABY SPINACH SALAD

There's something inadequate and lazy about 'Thai salad', but how else to describe this mix of baby spinach, lemongrass, ginger, fried eschallot, roasted peanuts, pork crackling and dressing of lime juice, sugar and fish sauce. The fish was marinated in a reduction of tamarind purée, garlic and sugar before grilling. Mackerel isn't part of the pescatorial royalty. Nor is it aquatic trash. It's one of those species that people just seem to ignore. Shame, because it's a great fish - especially when given a robust Asian treatment.

GRILLED TAMARIND-GLAZED MACKEREL WITH THAI BABY SPINACH SALAD