Asian Seafood Recipes - Indonesian Seafood Medley (Sepat Banang) Recipe

Ingredients

• 3 small ikan salem/salmon (cleaned)

• 15 large prawns (remove heads but do not shell)

• 3 large terung/brinjals or aubergines (halved lengthwise)

• salt to taste

• lime juice to taste

• 3 unripe mangoes (peeled, seeded & thinly sliced)

• 2 large tomatoes (quartered & grilled) 

Sauce Ingredients:

• 4 oz. (125 g.) krupuk ikan/fried fish crackers

• 4 small onions (peeled & dry-fried)

• 5 lombok rawit/bird chilies

• 3 buah keras/candlenuts (dry-fried)

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 1 cup thick santan/thick coconut milk

• lime juice to taste

Serves 4-6

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Method:

1. Season salmon, prawns and brinjals or aubergines with salt and lime juice. Grill separately till cooked.

2. Rub mangoes with salt, then rinse and keep aside.

3. Arrange all the ingredients in a serving dish.

4. To prepare sauce. Pound together the first five ingredients. Blend with coconut milk and add lime juice. Heat through and adjust seasoning. Pour into a sauce boat.

5. Serve sauce with the dish of fish, prawns and vegetables.