Recipe: Perfect Asam Fish (Tamarind Fish)

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Asam Fish (Tamarind Fish). Asam Pedas (Spicy Tamarind Fish) is a spicy and tangy Malaysian fish dish that is sure to whet your appetite. Feast on it with lots of steamed rice. If you love spicy and sour dish, try this simple, appetizing and absolutely delicious spicy tamarind fish (Asam Pedas) recipe.

Heat some oil in a frying pan and fry the fish pieces until lightly coloured.

Assam Fish Curry Assam Fish Curry is one of my favourite curry for many reasons.

Firstly, it is not only hot but also addictively sour as well thanks to the tamarind (or better known locally as assam/asam).

You can cook Asam Fish (Tamarind Fish) using 20 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Asam Fish (Tamarind Fish)

1. You need of Fish (sitingray or red snapper).

2. You need 4 of Ladies fingers (okra).

3. You need of Aubergine (optional).

4. It’s 1 of tomato.

5. You need of Salt.

6. It’s of Sugar.

7. You need A few of leaves of Curry (optional).

8. It’s A few of leaves of Kaffir Lime (optional).

9. Prepare of Paste.

10. Prepare 2 cloves of garlic.

11. Prepare 1 of thumb of blue ginger.

12. You need 4 of shallots.

13. Prepare 2 of lemongrass ends.

14. Prepare 20 of dried chilli (soaked and seeds removed).

15. You need 10 g of belachan (shrimp paste).

16. You need 1 tbsp of turmeric powder.

17. It’s of Tamarind Juice.

18. You need 2 tbsp of Tamarind paste (soaked in hot water).

19. It’s 500 ml of water.

20. You need of Tamarind peels.

Secondly it is healthy with lots of vegetables (lady's fingers, tomatoes and eggplants).

Ikan Asam Pedas - Love At First Bite.

One of the joys for me of living with neighbours of a different race is that I get to learn about their culture Indian, cooks curries almost every day and was the one who first introduced me to this fabulous Malay curry called Ikan Asam Pedas (Spicy Tamarind Fish).

Asam pedas (Indonesian and Malay: asam pedas, Minangkabau: asam padeh, English language: sour and spicy) is a Minangkabau and Malay sour and spicy fish stew dish.

Asam Fish (Tamarind Fish) instructions

1. Gather all the ingredients. Blend the ingredients for the paste till smooth else you’ll have to drain the chunky bits out later..

2. Heat oil in pan. Stir fry paste till fragrant. Add the tamarind juice and peels..

3. Finally, add the vegetables and fish. Cover to steam and let the flavours infuse for a few minutes..

Asam Pedas Melaka, Fish in Asam Curry, Sour and Spicy Sting Ray Curry.

The special ingredients are tamarind peel, ginger torch flower and Vietnamese coriander aka laksa leaves.

These ingredients are the cores that create the special 'asam pedas' taste and aroma.

Place the fish on a plate and steam until tender.

Heat oil and fry ground spice ingredients (A) until fragrant.