Asam Pedas Ikan Recipe
Asam Pedas Ikan Recipe
Asam Pedas Ikan Recipe
Ingredients:
20 dried chillies
10 shallots (around 100 g), peeled and sliced
2 stalks lemongrass, trimmed and sliced thinly
10g shrimp paste (belacan), pre-roasted
1 rounded Tbsp tamarind paste
4 Tbsp oil
6 sprigs daun kesum (Vietnamese mint), tied into a tight knot
1 torch ginger bud (bunga kantan), haled length!ise (optional)
1 "ish around 400g, cleaned, gutted and cut into #cm pieces
$ pieces young ladies "ingers
%alt, to taste
Method:
1& %nip the dried chillies into 2cm lengths, place in a bo!l and pour enough hot !ater to coer&
'eae to soak "or about 1# minutes or until so"tened& (inse a couple o" times and discard most
o" the seeds&
2& )lace the drained chillies, shallots, lemongrass, and shrimp paste in the *ug o" an electric
blender& +dd hal" cup !ater and blend to make a "ine paste& %et aside&
,& )repare tamarind e-tract by s.uee/ing tamarind pulp !ith about hal" a cup o" !ater !ith your
"ingers until most o" the pulp has dissoled into the !ater& 0ilute this concentrate by adding
another 11 cups o" !ater& (emoe and discard any seeds and solids&
4& 2ently heat oil in a medium si/e saucepan& Trans"er the blended ingredients into the pan and
cook oer medium heat, stirring occasionally, until most o" the moisture has eaporated and
paste is !ell-cooked and "ragrant&
#& +dd tamarind !ater, daun kesum, and bunga kantan (i" used)& 3ring to the boil and simmer
gently "or about 10 minutes, seasoning !ith 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp sugar& +dd "ish and ladies
"ingers, and cook "or about 10 minutes or until "ish is opa.ue and cooked through& Taste and
ad*ust seasonings i" necessary&
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