Fried Fish With Spicy paste Recipe

     Ingredients
  • Whole fish (medium size) - 5 pieces
  • Turmeric powder - ½ teaspoon
  • Tamarind juice - 1 tablespoon
  • cooking oil
  • Kaffir leave (chopped finely) - 2 pieces
  • Cooking oil
  • Lime (halved) - 1 piece
  • Sugar and salt to taste

 

Chili paste

  • Dried chili (soak for 15 minutes) - 10 pieces
  • Prawn paste (belachan) - thumb size
  • Garlic - 3 cloves
  • Shallots - 6 pieces
  • Lemongrass (cut into small pieces) - 1 stalk

Method

  • Use a food processor to blend all chili paste ingredients into paste.
  • Marinate fish with salt and turmeric powder for 10 minutes.
  • Heat oil in pan and stir-fry chili paste to fragrant (use low heat for about 3 minutes) then add tamarind juice and keep stir-fry until paste become dry. Off the heat, add kaffir lime leaves and set aside to cool.
  • Slit open belly of the fish on both sides and stuff the chili paste in. Pan fry for 5 minutes on both sides.
  • squeeze lime juice on fish when serve.

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