Moqueca (Brazilian Seafood)

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Moqueca or muqueca is a fish stew with coconut traditionally cooked and serverd and a clay bow. Ingredients: 2lb white fish steaks 1/2 cup coconut milk 2 tablespoon olive oil 2 tablespoon lime juice 1/2 tespoon salt 1 chopped onion 1 clove garlic, minced 3 tablespoon parsley 2 tablespoon tomato paste 1 tablespoon pepper sauce 1 cup water How to Prepare: Combine the fish with lime juice and salt in a bowl. Let it marinate while you prepare the sauté pan. Heat the olive oil in a sauté pan and add the chopped onion, galic. Sauté the ingredients until onion becomes limp. Add marinated fish, tomato paste, water and simmer for about 10 minutes in medium heat or until fish is done. Mix in the coconut milk, pepper sauce, parsley and simmer for additional 5 minutes. Serve: Serve directly from sauté pan with white rice. Hint: The lime juice make the fish more firm. Use fish steaks with the skin and do not stir the fish while cooking to avoid them flaking off. If anybody knows more brazilians recipe, post here.