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Spicy Asam Pedas Recipe
Asam pedas fish curry is a classic Southeast Asian dish that is spicy but extremely delicious. The curry is made of fish, spices, and various vegetables that give this dish its tangy and spicy flavours. Give our asam pedas recipe a try! Enjoy our warm and tasty asam pedas fish curry with a piping hot bowl of rice for lunch or dinner. We guarantee that you will be instantly hooked!
Meal: Lunch, Dinner
Cuisine: Malaysian, Singaporean
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Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 25 dried chillies
- 2 lemongrass stalks
- 2 candlenuts
- 4 shallots, peeled and chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
- 1 3cm galangal
- 10g dried shrimp paste
- 1 3cm fresh turmeric
- 4 tbsp oil
- 1 ginger torch flower
- 2 tbsp tamarind pulp
- 500ml water
- 3 tamarind peels
- 3 Indian aubergines, chopped
- 4 lady’s fingers, chopped
- 1 tomato, chopped
- Sugar to taste
- Salt to taste
- 200g fish
- 4 kaffir lime leaves
Equipment
- 1 blender
- 1 saucepan
- 1 large bowl
- 1 sieve
Directions
- Blend the dried chillies, lemongrass stalks, candlenuts, shallots, garlic cloves, galangal, dried shrimp paste and turmeric.
- Fry the blended ingredients with oil in a saucepan. Once the oil separates from the ingredients, add the ginger torch flower. Continue to fry until fragrant.
- Soak the tamarind pulp in a bowl of water for 10 minutes. Drain the tamarind pulp water through a sieve and add the pulp water and peels to the saucepan.
- Boil the sauce on high heat. Add the chopped aubergines, lady’s fingers and tomatoes. Then, season with sugar and salt to taste.
- Add the fish and simmer until the fish is cooked. Add the lime leaves into the curry.
Types of Fish
You can add your favourite fish to our asam pedas recipe. We recommend adding a stingray, as its soft flesh will absorb the curry, making it more flavourful. However, if you would like something with more meat, you can add white fish like red snapper or sea bass. If you want to try something unique, you can add salmon to our asam pedas recipe. It will still taste delicious!