Bali bandeng - fried fish in a spicy red sauce

fried fish in a spicy red sauce

ingredients:

2 ikan bandeng / milkfish

1/2 tsp salt

2 tsp lime juice

1 tsp kecap manis

300 ml of water

3 tablespoons oil

 

bumbu:

12 red chilies

9 shallots

5 cloves garlic

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp palm sugar

 

preparation:

Marinate the fish with salt and lime juice and let it rest for 20 minutes. Heat oil in a pan and fry the fish until golden brown. Deseed the chilies. Pound or grind the ingredients for the bumbu fine into a paste.

Heat in a pan the oil and fry the paste for 5 minutes. Add the water and the kecap and bring to the boil. Add the fish and cook until tender.