Assam Pedas / Sour & Spicy fish

Name: Assam Pedas / Sour & Spicy fish
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb pomfret; 1 tomato (wedges cut); 1 tsp fish curry powder; 5 tbsp cooking oil; 1 tbsp sugar/palm sugar; 10 small okras/lady's finger; 1/2 tsp salt to taste; 5 grams vietnamese mint/vietnamese coriander; 1 clove garlic; 1 stick lemon grass (white parts only); 4 shallots; 10 dried chillies; 1/2 tsp shrimp/prawn paste; 1 1/4 cup water; 20 grams tamarind pulp

freddy marsh @cook_3322548

Assam Pedas / Sour & Spicy fish

freddy marsh @cook_3322548

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Ingredients

20 mins

2 servings

1 lbpomfret
1tomato (wedges cut)
1 tspfish curry powder
5 tbspcooking oil
1 tbspsugar/palm sugar
10 smallokras/lady's finger
1/2 tspsalt to taste
5 gramsvietnamese mint/vietnamese coriander
Spice paste
1 clovegarlic
1 sticklemon grass (white parts only)
4shallots
10dried chillies
1/2 tspshrimp/prawn paste
Tamarind juice
1 1/4 cupwater
20 gramstamarind pulp

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Steps

20 mins

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.