Hi Fodis friends, how are you? I hope everyone is well. Like me today, I really wanted to enjoy steamed fish. So I opened the fridge to see if there was any leftover fish. As usual, I always stock up on fish for the next week. Besides being a housewife, I also work, so I don't have time to buy fish every day.
After opening the fridge, I found about 1/2 kilogram of red fish left. I usually fry this fish dry and make it with chili sauce, but I get bored of eating fish with chili sauce all the time. Especially today, I wanted spicy steamed fish. So, I made steamed fish with this red fish. I think red fish is also suitable for steamed fish.
Steamed fish with a rich spice base is something I really enjoy, so I went back to the kitchen to prepare the necessary ingredients, including onions, chilies, turmeric, lemongrass, lots of curry leaves, and lime leaves. Luckily, I can pick the curry leaves, lime leaves, and lemongrass in my backyard, so I planted them for easy cooking.
I don't think pepes fish tastes as good or fragrant without curry leaves. These curry leaves can add a delicious aroma to a dish, especially when making coconut milk fish sauce. I always sauté the curry leaves first.
Okay, back again with red fish cooked in pepes, I will show you the recipe and how to cook it to all of you here, especially for those of you who love pepes fish, please see the method that I will share below.
Materials used
Curry leaves as needed
Lime leaves as needed
Banana leaves as needed
2 tablespoons of cooking oil
Skewers as needed
2 stalks of lemongrass
25 pieces of tamarind
20 pieces of bird's eye chili
2 pieces of turmeric
12 cloves of shallot
2 cloves of garlic
Manufacturing procedure
First, I grind the spices finely, after they are fine, I pour them into the fish. Previously, I cleaned the fish and added salt and lime juice.
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After the spices were added, I poured in the cooking oil, as well as the finely chopped leaves and the finely chopped lemongrass.
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Next, I stirred it so that the spices would soak into the fish. Then, I took a banana leaf and put several fish into the banana leaf, and I wrapped it in the banana leaf again. I secured it using a stick.
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After everything was ready, I continued to grill the fish over very low heat, until the banana leaves turned yellow and the fish was cooked.
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RESULTS
Taraa.. my homemade pepes fish is ready to be served, I served it by putting chili on top to add to the spiciness of the fish, because if this pepes fish is not spicy, it won't be delicious, right?
The fish and its spices were perfectly cooked, there were lots of spices, the fish meat was very thick so it was delicious when eaten with warm rice, and without waiting any longer I immediately took a plate of rice and a spoon to eat it, coincidentally I was also very hungry
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Well, the process of making it is very easy, isn't it? If you want to enjoy steamed fish, try making it with my recipe. This is a recipe passed down from my grandmother to my mother, and my mother passed it down to me, so it's guaranteed to be delicious and the spices are abundant.
Thank you 🙂🤗
About the Author
My real name is "Mariana" I am usually called Ryana, I come from Indonesia, my daily activities are working, cooking, taking care of the household, and also traveling, I really enjoy traveling with my husband and children. I also like enjoying culinary delights with my little family,Thank you very much for those who have taken the time to read my post this time, I hope this post is a little useful for the readers, and see you in my next post and I also really hope for the support of all friends, so that what we want while we are here we can make it happen
All these photos are taken by @Ryanaa herself, taken using a Realme phone Type RMX3630