Asam fish (Tamarind fish soup)

asamfish

This is a family recipe which is simple to cook and taste very nice when left overnight.

Recipe:
600 gms cheap fish – preferably ikan kembong (the kind used to cook laksa), gut and clean

1 litre water
10 dried chilies, soaked in hot water to remove seeds
3 lemongrass, bruised
2 large onions (quartered)
4 pieces of dried tamarind (asam gelugor)
small ball of tamarind paste (asam jawa) mixed with water to get the juice
tiny piece of belacan (prawn paste) about 20 sen
sugar to taste

Except for the fish, boil all the ingredients for about 40 minutes until fragrant. Add fish and leave to cook. Serve.

Posted by lilian on April 18th, 2005 under Recipe

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No Responses to “Asam fish (Tamarind fish soup)”

  1. Jason Says:
    April 18th, 2005 at 4:13 pm

    There’s another type, not asam though.

    Cut lots lots of cili pada and onions and white pepper, dump into the soap and boil them. Then put ikan kembung. That is heaven for those who likes to eat chilies. :P

  2. MG Says:
    April 18th, 2005 at 4:34 pm

    Gosh, you do know how to make me hungry, Lilian!

  3. pompit Says:
    April 18th, 2005 at 9:52 pm

    Ahh .. this onelah Lil, org Melayu Penang panggil asam pedas but the southern people call it asam rebus ….

    The other minyak version, Penang Malays call asam tumis and the southern malays call it asam pedas …

    Like some tongue twister …

  4. romantic Says:
    April 18th, 2005 at 10:39 pm

    ooo thanks Lilian .. I had soo forgotten this dish that my grammy used to make. Makes me salivate.. cant wait to go to Chinatown to get small fish.. :( we only get the angmor type filleted fish here.

  5. Eileen Chua Says:
    April 19th, 2005 at 12:12 am

    My Mom used to cook this.. yummy yummy!!

    after you’ve cooked it and left over night, try deep frying the fish. Tastes good too!

  6. Kancil Killer Says:
    April 19th, 2005 at 9:06 am

    :P ~~

    Try get a white bowl to take photo, the yellow bowl distorted the original colour.

  7. lilian Says:
    April 19th, 2005 at 3:24 pm

    KK – Yahor, no wonder I was wondering why my soup looks a bit tak lalu. OKOK, must remember your tip the next time I cedok soup. Cannot simply grab one bowl, colour matching is very important. TQTQ.

    Eileen – Yum fry the fish again? Wow, must try that next time.

    Romantic – Hope you got your ingredients. Hey, why don’t you start a blog? I can help you put one up! Hahaha, wanna play tutor.

    Pompit – You know what? You cukup terror masak, buka satu cawang from your baby’s blog untuk petua ni semua la. After all, you dah fehmes dengan sambal ikan bilis and nasi lemak.

    MG – Yeah, those are the dishes for one meal. The petai and the soup complement each other.

    Jason – Ok, will try that next time. The market seems to have a lot of fishes and prawns. The fishermen said bad sign because the fishes know bad things coming. *teng,teng,teng* Another tsunami?

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