Nyonya Assam Fish
By: Anonymous
Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 2:17am

Ingredients




1 ikan siakap (800g)
60 grams dried chilli paste
20 grams turmeric (kunyit)
20 grams galangal (lengkuas)
30 grams lemon grass (serai)
10 grams shallot
10 grams garlic
20 grams ladies fingers
20 grams eggplant
20 grams onion
20 grams tomato
10 grams belacan
20 ml assam jawa juice
1 lime (squeeze for juice)
1 salt and sugar to taste

Preparation

1 CLEAN the fish. Heat wok with a little oil and add all the blended ingredients, chilli paste and belacan. Cook for five minutes. Add assam jawa juice, lime juice and cut vegetables (ladies fingers, eggplant, onion and tomato). 2 Steam ikan siakap until cooked. Pour the assam jawa juice on the fish. In a medium hot oven, bake the fish which has been steamed earlier for two to three minutes so that the sauce is absorbed into the fish. Serve fish with hot rice.