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 it.

Ingredients of Asam Fish (Tamarind Fish)

1. Prepare of Fish (sitingray or red snapper).

2. It’s 4 of Ladies fingers (okra).

3. Prepare of Aubergine (optional).

4. You need 1 of tomato.

5. You need of Salt.

6. You need of Sugar.

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

8. You need A few of leaves of Kaffir Lime (optional).

9. It’s of Paste.

10. You need 2 cloves of garlic.

11. Prepare 1 of thumb of blue ginger.

12. It’s 4 of shallots.

13. It’s 2 of lemongrass ends.

14. It’s 20 of dried chilli (soaked and seeds removed).

15. It’s 10 g of belachan (shrimp paste).

16. You need 1 tbsp of turmeric powder.

17. You need of Tamarind Juice.

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

19. You need 500 ml of water.

20. It’s 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) step by step

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.

Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) is a leguminous tree (family Fabaceae) bearing edible fruit that is indigenous to tropical Africa.

The genus Tamarindus is monotypic, meaning that it contains only this species.