I used Grey Mullet fish ( don't know if they have this fish back home). But I know mullet family is like ikan kerisi back home. They have red mullet here in Ireland, looks like ikan kerisi merah in Malaysia but slightly hodoh compared to Malaysian fish..hehe..
It was the first time we ever tried this fish. This fish was actually really tasty (compared to Rockfish that we bought sometimes ago). It was fleshy, sweet (taste like most of fish back home) and it took Asian flavour nicely.
Se here is the recipe for Asam Pedas Ikan Kerisi Kelabu (Grey Mullet)
Original recipe: My mommy
Ingredients:
- 1 Grey Mullet (700g) or you could use any fish that you like (washed and drained)
- 1 large onion peeled *
- 3-4 cloves of garlic peeled *
- 2-3 cm of ginger peeled*
- 3 tbsp of chilli paste (more if you want it to be spicier)
- 2 lemongrasses (crushed/bruised)
- Handful of Daun kesum/ Laksa leaves/ Hot mint leaves/ Vietnamese leaves
- 3-4 tbsp of tamarind paste + 3cups of water (make 3cups of tamarind juice)
- 10 okra (washed and drained)
- 2 tomatoes (cubes) -I used cherry tomatoes
- 3 tbsp of cooking oil
- Salt and sugar to taste
- Blend the ingredients that marked *
- Heat up the cooking oil in the saucepan. Add in the blended ingredients and the lemongrass and cook for about 3-5minutes. Add in chilli paste and cook further for 5minutes.
- Add in the tamarind juice and bring to boil.
- Add in the daun kesum, okra and the fish. Cook for 10 minutes until fish is cooked. Add in the tomatoes and let it simmer for 3-5minutes and turn off the heat.
- Ready to be served with warm boiled rice ;))
