Curry Fish Recipe

Curry Fish Recipe

(Gulai Ikan Pedas Recipe - Malaysian Recipe)

600g wolf herring (ikan parang)

  cut into 7.5-cm slices

1 teaspoon salt

4 tablespoons cooking oil

5 peeled and sliced shallots

3 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced

2 tablespoons tamarind pulp (asam Jawa)

  mixed with 750ml water and strained

180g salted cabbage (kiam chye)

  sliced and soaked

½ teaspoon salt or to taste

½ teaspoon sugar

Ingredients to be ground:

30 dried chilies, soaked

8 shallots, peeled

3 cloves garlic, peeled

2.5-cm knob ginger, peeled

1.25-cm square piece dried shrimp paste (belachan)

1 teaspoon ground turmeric (serbuk kunyit)

Method:

Clean fish, rub with 1 teaspoon salt and set aside.  Heat oil in a kuali or wok and lightly brown shallots and garlic.  Add ground ingredients and fry until fragrant, then add tamarind juice and bring to the boil.  Add salted cabbage and simmer for 2 minutes.  Add salt, sugar and fish.  Cook until fish is done.