Grilled Whole Fish with Tamarind, Sweet Soy Sauce and Bento Rice

Name: Grilled Whole Fish with Tamarind, Sweet Soy Sauce and Bento Rice
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 fresh fishes (i used gourami fish); 3 Coriander (approx); 6 red onion; 6 Garlic; 1 Lime; 1 tsp tamarind; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp black pepper; 4 tbsp sweet soy sauce; 2 cm Ginger; 4 red chili; 4 green chili; 4 tsp Oil (approximately); Water; 2 Tomato; 1 cucumbar (for garnish n its optional); 1 Banana leaf (for plate n its optional)

Leli Nad @cook_7721780

East Java, Indonesia

I made this with mom when i was at home yesterday. Ya before eid come we usually give boxes of food for our neighbours (it's a common tradition here). I actually made 37 portions but here im gonna write for only 2 portions.

Leli Nad @cook_7721780

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Ingredients

2 servings

2fresh fishes (i used gourami fish)
3Coriander (approx)
6red onion
6Garlic
1Lime
1 tsptamarind
1 tspsalt
1 tspblack pepper
4 tbspsweet soy sauce
2 cmGinger
4red chili
4green chili
4 tspOil (approximately)
Water
2Tomato
1cucumbar (for garnish n its optional)
1Banana leaf (for plate n its optional)

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Steps

1

Wash fish then slice its part then out all the fillings (organs). Make sure the inner part is clean. Then wash it again
2

Slice its body into 3 small slice
3

Put fish into mixed water, Black pepper, lime and salt
4

Crush coriender until fine crush (you can use blender) then set aside.
5

Crush ginger then set aside
6

Blend onion and garlic with blender or you can use food processor or stone
7

Mix step 4,5,6 then fry (without oil) until light brown or until its mixture little bit dry.
8

Pour then mix step 7 with soy sauce
9

Put tamarin in a glass of water then mix 1 tsp tamarind in a sauce (step 8) then stir.
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Fry your fishes in deep friyj
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Brush your fried fishes with sauce
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Grill it in a pan
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Chop-chop red chili, green chili and tomatoes
14

Add sliced red chili, green chili and tomatoes in sauce
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Then put olive oil or vegetable oil inside. Fry it for about 5 minutes
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Place your fish on a sliced banana leaf
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Apply sauce (step 14) all over fish
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Put garnish (sliced fresh tomato and cucumbar). Then Grilled whole fish is readyy..
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You can made rice in a manual steamer or electric rice cooker. I used manual steamer in this recipe
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Wash 400ml (2 cup) rice with water
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Put approximately, 5 glass of water inside steamer (1 liter) then put steamer tray on the top of water. Then put 400 ml (2 cup) of rice on the top of it.
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Wait for some minutes (for about 20 minutes)
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Brush your bowl with oil/butter. Fill the bowl with rice and flatten it with the back of your spoon. Really push it down into the bowl then flip your bowl in a plate or flatten shape (i used plastic peper wrap for food).
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Bento rice is ready.
25

A box of fish and bento rice is readyyyy