A video recipe on how to make Singaporean Assam Fish from SBS Food Safari show. A tangy tamarind based sauce is sweetened with many shallots. It is the perfect match for thick cutlets of any oily fish such as mackerel, which is dusted in turmeric-laced flour, fried and added to the sauce.
Serves 4 as part of a meal accompanied by rice.
Ingredients
Rempah
10 eschallots
2 fresh red chillies
½ head garlic peeled
1½ cm knob of young ginger
½ tsp blachan
400-500g tail end of mackerel or other strong flavoured oily fish
1 stalk lemon grass, bruised with the back of a knife or cleaver
1½ tbsp tamarind pulp mixed with 500ml water, strained through sieve once reconstituted
2 tomatoes, peeled, seeded and quartered
2 large red chillies, split lengthwise in half and seeded
2 large green chillies, split lengthwise in half and seeded
Sugar, salt to taste