Pindang Cuwe Balut Sambal - spicy fish

spicy fish

ingredients:

5 ikan pindang (cuwe) / small horse mackerel

6 jeruk purut

1 tsp salt

1/2 teaspoon pepper

1 tsp palm sugar

150 ml water

2 spring onions

2 tablespoons oil

 

bumbu:

5 red chilies, seeded

5 red rawits

3 cloves garlic

5 shallots

 

preparation:

Clean the fish and steam it until tender. Pound or grind the ingredients for the bumbu fine into a paste. Cut the jeruk purut into strips and the spring onions into pieces. Heat in a pan the oil and fry the paste with the jeruk purut for 4 minutes. Add the fish and mix well. Then add the water, salt, pepper, palm sugar and onions and cook slowly until well blended and the sauce has thickened.