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To cook succulent
and juicy prawn |
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Shelled prawns (500 g) marinated with 1 teaspoon sugar will
become 'crunchy' or succulent
on stir fry. Shelled prawns or meat
marinated with salt will become tough on cooking.......find
out how
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Fish Head Curry
- Sweet Type & Sour TypeThere
are two types of curries in general.
The sweet type is due to coconut-based gravy, which gives it the
smooth and creamy body with a unique aroma.
The sour type is due to the addition of
tamarind juice or lime juice. The sour nature greatly increases diners'
appetite.
Both are equally popular.
Fish Head Curry - Sour
Type
Cooking time 15 minutes,
serve 4
Ingredients
400 g fish or fish head
10-15 ground dried chilies or
3 tbsp
dried chili powder
1 tbsp ground
coriander
1 tbsp aniseed
1 tbsp ground
cumin
1/2 tsp ground
turmeric
6 small onions, ground
1 stalk
lemon grass,
smashed
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3
kaffir lime leaves
3 tbsp
tamarind
juice
2 tbsp
soy sauce
4 tbsp corn oil
Cut into pieces:
- 2 lady's fingers
- 1 tomato
- 2 long beans
- 1 eggplant
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Fish head curry, sour
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Fish in
Coconut Curry - Sweet Type
Cooking time 15 minutes, serve 4
Ingredients
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(A)
400 g mackerel fish, or can be
substituted with fish head
3 tbsp corn oil
4 lady's fingers
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Method
- Heat oil and fry (A) over low heat
till fragrant.
- Add lady's fingers, coconut milk and
tamarind juice. Bring to boil, reduce
heat and simmer for about 5
minutes.
- Add fish, chili sauce and
soy
sauce.
- Be careful not to over-cook the fish
to ensure that the fish meat is tender. This will take about 2
minutes
of boiling.
- Garnish with chilies, tomatoes
or
mint leaves.
- Serve hot with rice or bread.
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Green chili fish curry
Cooking time 10 minutes, serve 5
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp cooking oil
- 300 ml thin
coconut milk
- 500 g mackerel fish
(A)
- 10 shallots, ground
- 4 pips garlic, ground
- 20 g ginger
- 3 green chilies
- 1 twig
curry leaves
- 3 tbsp fish curry powder
(B)
- 3 tbsp
soy sauce
- 10 green chilies, halved
- 1 tomato, cut into 4 pieces
Method
- Heat oil and fry (A) 1-5 till
fragrant. Add chili powder and fry for another 1 minute.
- Stir in
coconut milk and bring to
boil.
- Add fish and cook for 1 - 2 minutes,
ensure not to over-cook it.
- Add in (B), cook for another 1- 2
minutes.
- Serve hot.
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