ASSAM PEDAS CUKOK TONGKOL ATAU SALMON
(TUNA FISH OR SALMON FISH HEAD IN HOT & SOUR CHILLI GRAVY)
Recipe since 1950's
INGREDIENTS:
-500gms Tuna fish - cut in steak pieces, cleaned & drained.
(optional 2pcs Salmon fish head - cut into halves)
-2 stalks of lemon grass (serai)- crush
-5 pieces of lady’s finger-cut into halves-lengthwise
-1 brinjal cut length wise 5cm & halves
-1 tomato-cut in wedges
-2½ cups of tamarind juice (from 1 tbsp tamarind paste with 2½ cups water)
-1 tsp black pepper - crush
-Salt to taste
*PASTE:Ingredients to be pounded or blended together:
-2 red onions
-3 cloves of garlic
-2½ cm ginger
-2½ cm fresh tumeric
-½ tsp belacan (dried shrimp paste)
-20 dried chillies-soak
Prepare Dish:
-Heat 2 tbsps of oil in a wok, fry paste till aromatic
-Add crushed lemon grass & fry for few second
-Add fish, tamarind juice & let it boil
-Add salt, black pepper, brinjal, lady’s finger & cover wok for another 3 minutes
-(Optional add laksa leaves (daun kesom)
-Remove from heat
Serving:
-Serve Hot Assam Pedas with plain white rice, garnish with tomato wedges & dribble with traces of sweet dark soyabean sauce.
Wish you the best of good luck for trying DIY cooking………….
