Assam Pedas / Sour & Spicy fish
Assam Pedas / Sour & Spicy fish

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, assam pedas / sour & spicy fish. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Assam Pedas, or literally "sour spicy," is a classic Malaysian dish. Everyone has their own interpretation for this favorite dish and there are endless adaptations; suffice it to say, it's sour, fiery hot, and tastes extraordinarily satisfying. Rasa Malaysia The spicy and sour fish dish is known widely in Sumatra and Malay Peninsula.

Assam Pedas / Sour & Spicy fish is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Assam Pedas / Sour & Spicy fish is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook assam pedas / sour & spicy fish using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Assam Pedas / Sour & Spicy fish:
  1. Get 1 lb pomfret
  2. Make ready 1 tomato (wedges cut)
  3. Prepare 1 tsp fish curry powder
  4. Make ready 5 tbsp cooking oil
  5. Get 1 tbsp sugar/palm sugar
  6. Make ready 10 small okras/lady's finger
  7. Take 1/2 tsp salt to taste
  8. Prepare 5 grams vietnamese mint/vietnamese coriander
  9. Prepare Spice paste
  10. Prepare 1 clove garlic
  11. Get 1 stick lemon grass (white parts only)
  12. Take 4 shallots
  13. Get 10 dried chillies
  14. Prepare 1/2 tsp shrimp/prawn paste
  15. Take Tamarind juice
  16. Take 1 1/4 cup water
  17. Prepare 20 grams tamarind pulp

We like to use freshwater Pomfret as that particular fish is naturally sweeter than others, but you can also use Salmon, Stingray, Red Snapper and many other local fishes. Assam Pedas, or literally "sour spicy," is a classic Malaysian dish. Ask any home cooks in Malaysia-Malay, Chinese, or Indian-and you are bound to get various recipes for Assam Pedas. Asam Pedas "sour spicy," Fish is a classic Malay dish cooked in tamarind (asam) fruit juice.

Steps to make Assam Pedas / Sour & Spicy fish:
  1. Pound the spice paste with mortar and pestle or grind them in a food processor. Set aside.
  2. Soak the tamarind pulp in warm water for 15 minutes. Squeeze the tamarind pulp constantly to extract the flavor into the water. Drain the pulp and save the tamarind juice.
  3. Heat oil and fry the spice paste for 2 minutes or until fragrant.
  4. Add the tamarind juice, fish curry powder and bring to boil.
  5. Add the tomato wedges and okras and bring to boil.
  6. Add the fish, salt, and palm sugar/sugar.
  7. Simmer on low heat for 5 minutes or until the fish is cooked.
  8. Serve while hot.

Asam Pedas is popular in Singapore and Malaysia and everyone has their own interpretation for this favorite dish. Various vegetables such as brinjals (Indian eggplants), okra and tomatoes are added to the Asam Pedas. This spicy dish is highly addictive for people that love all things spicy and sour. The sourness comes from tamarind juice which is mixed with blended chilies to make it fiery hot. Freshwater fish is usually used and okra is added to include a splash of color in a sea of red.

So that’s going to wrap this up with this special food assam pedas / sour & spicy fish recipe. Thanks so much for reading. I am sure you will make this at home. There’s gonna be more interesting food in home recipes coming up. Don’t forget to save this page in your browser, and share it to your loved ones, friends and colleague. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!