Indonesian Recipes (Bali, Java) - Sour-Spicy Fish Soup (Karang Asem) Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 salmon fillets, each 50 g/2 oz

• 4 large scampi in shells

• 1 piece galangal root, about 3 cm/1 1/4 in long

• 5 cloves garlic

• 3 large chilies

• 1 stem lemon grass

• 2 tomatoes

• 1-2 tablespoons kecap manis (sweet soy sauce)

• salt and pepper

• 2-3 tablespoons red rice vinegar

• 1.5 lliters/2 3/4 pints (7 cups) water

• 5 shallots

• 1 tablespoon fish sauce

Serves 4

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Method:

1. Grill the un peeled shallots, galangal root, cloves of garlic, chilies, tomatoes and lemon grass until slightly brown.

2. Then put in boiling water, season with salt, pepper, red vinegar and kecap manis and boil for 30 to 45 minutes and strain.

3. Clean the scampi, cut them in half and add to the strained fish stock together with the cleaned fish. Simmer for a few minutes.

4. Serve with sambal petis (refer recipe).