- 2 cups nonfat milk
- 3 tablespoons minced peeled fresh ginger
- 1 tablespoon Thai red curry base
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 2 teaspoons finely chopped garlic
- 2 teaspoons fish sauce (nam pla)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons imitation coconut extract
- 6 5-to 6-ounce sea bass fillets
- 1/2 cup bottled clam juice
- 1 tablespoon arrowroot
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 3 cups cooked jasmine rice or other white rice
- Combine first 7 ingredients in glass baking dish. Add fish. Refrigerate 2 hours, turning occasionally.
- Remove fish from the curry mixture. Transfer curry mixture to heavy large skillet and bring to simmer over high heat. Sprinkle fish with salt and pepper; add fish to skillet. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 4 minutes. Turn fish, cover and simmer until opaque in center, about 2 minutes longer. Using spatula, transfer fish to plate. Tent with foil to keep warm.
- Whisk clam juice and arrowroot in small bowl to dissolve arrowroot. Whisk into curry mixture. Boil until slightly thickened, whisking often, about 6 minutes. Stir in basil and sugar. Season with salt. Pour any accumulated juices from fish into curry sauce. Place rice on plates; top with fish. Spoon sauce over fish.