Rempah Ratus Kitchen shows you how to make a Malaysian fish curry this week.
This is a fish curry Malaysian style called Nyonya Fish Curry that comes from a category of Malaysian food (cuisine) called nyonya cuisine or baba nyonya food. Malaysian Nyonya food is a fusion of Chinese and Malay cuisines. A curry fish with coconut milk, it is a delicious Malaysian seafood curry. Being a nyonya curry fish, it has herbs and spices unique to South East Asian cuisine. As a Malaysian food recipe, it is thoroughly enjoyed by all Malaysians and you will also be enthralled with its unique taste.
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Ingredients:
460 gms Tenggiri fish/ Spanish Mackeral
1 long purple brinjal
4 strands of long beans
8 ladies fingers/okra
¾ tbsp belacan/dried shrimp paste
100 ml coconut milk
½ cup cooking oil
2 pieces of assam keping (garcinia atrovirdis)
3 tbsp fish curry powder
A handful of daun kesum/Vietnamese mint
One bunga kantan/torch ginger
600 ml water
Salt to taste
To be ground into a paste:
1 medium onion
5 cloves garlic
3 stalks lemongrass
1 ½ inches fresh turmeric
12 dried red chillies
8 gms ginger