Asian Seafood Recipes - Indonesian Sweet Sour Fish (Ikan Masam Manis) Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 fish (3lb./1 1/2 kg.) (cleaned)

• salt to taste

• juice of 1 jeruk nipis/lime

• 1 cup corn-flour

• cooking oil for deep-frying

• 2 oz. (60 g.) spring onions (sliced)

Sauce Ingredients:

• 6 shallots (sliced)

• 3 cloves garlic (sliced)

• 3 slices ginger root (minced)

• 3 fresh red chilies (seeded & sliced)

• 3 tomatoes (chopped)

• 2 tablespoons tomato sauce

• 1 dessertspoon chili sauce

• 1 teaspoon oil

• 2 dessertspoons vinegar

• 1 teaspoon sugar

• 1 cup water

• 1 dessertspoon corn-flour blended with 2 tbsp water

Serves 4-6

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Method:

1. Season fish with salt and lime juice and coat with corn flour.

2. Heat oil for deep-frying. Deep-fry fish till crisp and golden. Drain and put on a serving plate.

3. To prepare sauce. Reduce the same oil to 3 tablespoons. Fry shallots, garlic and ginger till shallots are soft.

4. Add remaining ingredients, except corn-flour paste. Stir-cook for 4 minutes then bring to the boil.

5. Stir in corn-flour paste. Simmer, stirring, till sauce thickens. Adjust seasoning and remove from flame.

6. Pour sauce over fish and sprinkle with spring onions. Serve hot, with boiled white rice.