Asian Seafood Recipes - Indonesian Fried Fish in Spicy Gravy (Manggui Ikan)  Recipe

Ingredients

• 1lb. (500 g.) fish (cleaned)

• salt to taste

• juice of 1 jeruk nipis/lime

• cooking oil for deep-frying

• 2 onions (sliced)

• 5 daun salam/2 bay leaves

• 1-inch (2.5-cm.) piece laos/galangal (crushed)

• 1-inch (2.5-cm.) terasi/dried shrimp paste (dry-fried), pounded

• 3 cloves garlic, pounded

• 5 red chilies (sliced), pounded

• 1 1/2 cups thick santan/thick coconut milk

• 1 dessertspoon tamarind paste and 3 tablespoons water (mixed & strained to extract thick juice)

• salt to taste

Serves 4

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Method:

1. Season fish with salt and lime juice.

2. Heat oil for deep-frying. Fry fish till cooked and crisp. Drain and keep aside.

3. In a saucepan, heat 3 tablespoons cooking oil. Add onions, salam or bay leaves, galangal and pounded paste.

4. When almost golden, add remaining ingredients. Bring to the boil.

5. Add fish and simmer 2 minutes. Adjust seasoning and remove from heat. Discard salam or bay leaves and galangal.

6. Serve hot with boiled white rice.