Steamed Fish In Hot Chili Sauce

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Nutritional Info

Servings Per Recipe: 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 146.3

Total Fat: 1.5 g
Cholesterol: 143.8 mg
Sodium: 98.8 mg
Total Carbs: 0.0 g
Dietary Fiber: 0.0 g
Protein: 31.1 g

View full nutritional breakdown of Steamed Fish In Hot Chili Sauce calories by ingredient

Introduction

This is original Indonesian recipe! This is original Indonesian recipe!

Minutes to Cook: 60

Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

1 whole fish (about 500 g ) pomfret, sea perch or other firm fleshed non-oily fish

1 tsp. tamarind

salt

1 salam leaf

1 stalk lemon grass, bruised

30 basil leaves

Banana leaves or substitute foil

Spice-Paste :

100 g ground red chili

10 shallots

2 cloves garlic

8 candlenuts

2 cm fresh ginger

3 tomatoes

1 tsp. sugar

Directions

Clean and scale the fish. Make several incisions on each side of the fish. Rub the fish with the tamarind and salt. Let it stand for 30 minutes to allow the flavors to be absorbed.
Mix the spice-paste with the salam leaf, lemon grass and the basil leaves. Add salt to taste.
Coat fish generously with the spice mixture. Wrap in banana leaves and secure the ends.
Steam until done, approximately 60 minutes.

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DRKANIA.