Sunday, July 6, 2014

Ikan Acar Kuning (Fish with yellow pickles sauce)



Very simple recipe. Commonly found in Indonesian's dining table. The taste is spicy, a little bit sour and of course delicious! You can use any kind of fish that you like with this sauce. 

Ingredients
4 pcs of fresh water fish appx @150gr-200gr (i'm using kembung layang fish)

for marinate :
1 tbsp of lemon juice
1/2 tsp salt
1 cm fresh ginger, mashed
30-50ml of water

Grind the following into paste :
6 shallots
4 garlic
3 cm fresh turmeric, pan friend without oil 
2 candlenut, pan fried without oil
1/4 tsp ground pepper
3 tbsp of cooking oil

1 stack of chives
1 tbsp of lemon juice
1 cm fresh ginger, mashed 
1 cucumber, cut into sticks
1 carrot, cut into sticks
some chili
250ml water 
salt
sugar





How to :
1. Marinate the fish for at least 15minutes
2. Deep fry with pre-heated oil, medium heat
3. Stir fry the paste with medium heat, until fragrant. Put in the carrot, cucumber sticks and chilies. Cook for about 2-3 minutes
4. Add in the water, sugar and salt. Bring to the boil.
5. Add the lemon juice and put in the fish and sliced chives. Mix thoroughly. 

8 comments:

  1. Sluurrppttt...eh kan lg puasa hehe

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  2. seumur2 sy belom pernah makan yg beginian lho mbak, gak doyan ikan soalnya...:D

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    1. aku jg gak doyan Teh Ayu, tp suami suka bangeeeet, jadi ya harus buatin :D hihihi

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  3. Kok gak ada Versi Indonesianya mba? :(

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    1. waduh maaf ya Mba' Ida, aku banyak dpt inbox dari reader yg di luar negri, gak ngerti kalo pake bhasa Indonesia soalnya:( jadi posting2 yg terbaru semua pake bahasa Inggris. Kalo di google translate aja gmn? atatu boleh add ke fb saya dan kirim inbox, akan saya bantu sebisanya. thanks ya

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