Indonesian Recipes (Bali, Java) - Tuna Fish Parcels with Savory Cabbage Recipe

Ingredients

• 500 g/18 oz tuna fish

• 1 Savoy cabbage

• 5 cloves garlic

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

• 5 red chilies

• 1 keluwek (may be omitted)

• 1 teaspoon trasi (shrimp paste)

• juice of 1 lemon

• 1 teaspoon palm sugar (or brown sugar)

• salt

• oil for frying

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Method:

1. Peel the garlic, galangal root, chilies and keluwek. Pound and mix them together.

2. Fry the mixture with trasi in 3 tablespoons oil. Season with lemon juice and sugar. Separate the leaves of the Savoy cabbage and blanch.

3. Cut the fish into large cubes and roll in the fried paste so that they are well coated in it.

4. Place these coated fish pieces on the cabbage leaves, wrap into small parcels and steam for about 15 minutes.

5. Remove from the steam and allow to cool. Heat some oil in a pan and fry the fish parcels gently on all sides over a low flame.