Assam Pedas Pomfret Recipe
Assam Pedas Pomfret ! Wow ! This sour spicy fish dish surely rocks ! I love this with a bowl of steaming bowl of rice ! Try these Assam Pedas Pomfret and let me know if you share my passion !
Ingredients
Pomfret 1
Small okras 10
Tomato 1
Fish curry powder/turmeric powder 1 tsp
Daun kesum 2 sprigs
Cooking oil 5 tbsp
Palm sugar/plain sugar 1 tbsp
Salt as per taste
Spice Paste
Garlic 7 clove
Lemon grass 1 stalk
Shallots 4
Dried chillies as per taste
Belacan 1/2 tbsp
Tamarind Juice
Water 1 1/4 cup
Tamarind pulp
Directions
Batter the spice paste ingredients properly with mortar and pestle or grind them in a food processor and keep aside.
Extract the tamarind pulp by soaking it in warm water for 15 minutes.
Squeeze the pulp constantly to extract the flavor into the water.
Drain the pulp and keep the tamarind juice.
Fry the battered spice paste in hot oil for 2 minutes or until they generate an aroma.
Add the tamarind juice, fish curry powder or turmeric powder and bring to boil.
Add gradually the tomato wedges, okras, salt and palm sugar or plain sugar and finally the fish.
Cook on a lower flame for 5 minutes or until the fish is cooked.
Extract the tamarind pulp by soaking it in warm water for 15 minutes.
Squeeze the pulp constantly to extract the flavor into the water.
Drain the pulp and keep the tamarind juice.
Fry the battered spice paste in hot oil for 2 minutes or until they generate an aroma.
Add the tamarind juice, fish curry powder or turmeric powder and bring to boil.
Add gradually the tomato wedges, okras, salt and palm sugar or plain sugar and finally the fish.
Cook on a lower flame for 5 minutes or until the fish is cooked.
