Singaporean Cuisine

Assam fish

Cuisine: Singaporean Servings: Serves 4 as part of a meal accompanied by rice. Created by Chui Lee Luk

A tangy tamarind based sauce is sweetened with many shallots. It is the perfect match for thick cutlets of any oily fish such as mackerel, which is dusted in turmeric-laced flour, fried and added to the sauce.

Ingredients

Rempah
10 eschallots
2 fresh red chillies
½ head garlic peeled
1½ cm knob of young ginger
½ tsp blachan
400-500g tail end of mackerel or other strong flavoured oily fish
1 stalk lemon grass, bruised with the back of a knife or cleaver
1½ tbsp tamarind pulp mixed with 500ml water, strained through sieve once reconstituted
2 tomatoes, peeled, seeded and quartered
2 large red chillies, split lengthwise in half and seeded
2 large green chillies, split lengthwise in half and seeded
Sugar, salt to taste

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Preparation

Chop fish into segments cross-wise through the backbone around 5cm thick. Coat fish pieces in a mixture of all purpose flour mixed with a little ground turmeric and lightly fry in oil. Set aside.

Grind rempah in mortar and pestle or food processor into a fine paste. Fry rempah in heavy base non-reactive metal pan over high heat, with couple of tablespoons of neutral flavoured oil, until fragrant.

Add lemon grass, chillies tomatoes and tamarind juice. Bring mixture to boil. Season. It should be a mixture of hot, sweet, sour and salty. Add the fish and let it poach slowly over lower heat.

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20 Feb 2012 07:54 AEST

Sanjeev

Medhi

gREAT

Looks delicious.... Hey assam is a state in india and we love fish too....

26 Jan 2012 05:10 AEST

Joe

Marrickville

Nice!

Great recipe! But I believe it's not Singaporean. Assam is a Malay language.

11 Aug 2011 07:25 AEST

Random

random

Great

looks very good

08 Mar 2010 04:31 AEST

Joe

Bangalore

Seems to be very tasty

I liked the way this receipe is being made. It seems to be very tasty. Hoping to try this at home on my next weekend. Keep it up!!!!

29 Oct 2008 03:09 AEST

PEI WAI LEE

Tasmania

Authentic

very good, just like how my grandmother made it in Malaysia

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