- Fish about 700 - 900g (1lb 8oz - 2lb) Dressed weight, preferably porgy, sea bass, or mackerel • - salt • - Cooking oil for deep-frying. Vegetable oil or margarine • small - Onions, peeled and sliced • - Sambal oelek • - Galangai (laos) ground • - Lemon grass, ground • - Tamarind(asam jawa) • - Ginger, ground • - Brown sugar • - Sweet soy sauce (kecap manis)