Ikan Maskrim - spicy fish in a lightly sour sauce from the Moluccas

spicy fish in a lightly sour sauce from the Moluccas

ingredients:

500g mackerel

1 tsp asem / tamarind

1 tsp salt

4 tbsp water

3 tbps oil

6 belimbing wuluh / star fruit

15 red rawits

1 pandan leaf

200 ml water

 

bumbu:

5 shallots

1/2 tsp pepper

3 cm kunyit

2 stalks lemongrass

1 tsp salt

 

preparation:

Clean the fish and carve it on both sides. Mix the asem with the salt and the water and marinate the fish for at least 30 minutes.

Pound or grind the ingredients for the bumbu fine into a paste. Cut the pandan leaves into 2 cm pieces and the belimbing into 8 pieces.

Heat in a pan the oil and fry the bumbu for 3 minutes. Add the water and bring to a boil. Add the fish, the belimbing, the rawits and pandan leaf and slowly cook until done.