Indonesian Recipes (Bali, Java) - Fried Mussels (Tumis Kerang) Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 kg/4 1/2 lb mussels

• 5 doves garlic

• 1 piece ginger root, 2 cm/3/4 in long

• 1 stem lemon grass

• 1 tablespoon Samba

• 1 ulek (refer recipe)

• 1 teaspoon trasi (shrimp paste)

• 2 tablespoons kecap manis (sweet soy sauce)

• 1 tablespoon soy sauce or fish sauce sesame oil

• 2-3 tablespoons lime juice

• 1 bunch chives or 3 spring onions (scallions)

• salt, coarsely ground pepper

• 2-3 tablespoons oil

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Method:

1. Wash the mussels. Peel the ginger and garlic and chop finely. Crush the lemon grass.

2. Heat the oil in the pan and fry the garlic until light brown, then add the ginger and lemon grass to the pan and fry before adding the mussels.

3. Stir well and add the sambal, trasi, kecap manis and soy sauce little by little, stirring all the while.

4. Sprinkle on a few drops of sesame oil and a little lime juice.

5. Season with salt and pepper. Garnish with chopped chives or spring onions.