Given the value placed on homemade meals, let me share a recipe that embodies this simplicity and flavor: fish (SOUTH INDIAN FISH CURRY) with soy sauce. As the fish fries, the preparation of the remaining ingredients is straightforward. Only ginger requires slicing; the rest are added to enhance the dish's taste and aroma.
While we're on the topic of fish recipes, let me share a few more in a similar cooking style. There's the Malay Style Ikan Kicap Serai, or Lemongrass Soy Sauce Fish, and another, a Chinese Style Vinegar Soy Sauce Fish. Then there's Ginger Chili Soy Sauce Fish, which blends elements of both Chinese and Malay styles - definitely not Indian. These recipes all feature soy sauce as a key ingredient, alongside popular Malaysian flavors.
Enjoy exploring these delicious flavors! Weeee!!
Fried
Fish With Soy Sauce
Ingredients
For the fish
1 black pomfret/bawal hitam - clean, de-gut and pat dry.
1 tsp corn flour
1 tsp rice flour
Salt and pepper
for taste
*** Dust the fish
with corn flour, rice flour, salt and pepper.
Oil for frying
Spring onion for garnishing
For the sauce
1 inch ginger - remove skin and slice into thin long stripes
1 tbsp dark soya sauce
1 tbsp sweet soy sauce
3 tbsp water
Drops of sesame oil
Salt (if needed)
Method
Heat enough oil in a wok and deep fry the fish.
Remove and place on a serving plate.
Drain off excess oil from the wok, leaving about 2 tbsp.
Fry the ginger until crispy.
Remove and set aside.
In the same oil, add dark soy sauce, sweet soy sauce, water and salt.
Simmer for a minute.
Pour the sauce over the fried fish.
Top with fried ginger strips, drizzle with sesame oil, and garnish with
spring onions.
Lemongrass Soy Sauce
Fish
Ingredients
For fish
8 pieces of ikan kembung/mackerel (cleaned and degutted)
1 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
Salt for taste
** Season
fish with turmeric powder and salt
For the
sauce
1 lemongrass
1/2-inch ginger
5 shallots
2-3 red chilies
2-3 sprigs coriander leaves
** Slice these ingredients thinly
Other ingredients
1/2 tbsp lime juice
1 tbsp sweet soya sauce
1 tsp fish sauce
3 tbsp water
Spring onion curls for garnishing
Oil as needed
Salt (if needed)
Method
Heat oil and fry
the fish.
Remove and set
aside.
Leave about 3 tbsp of oil in the same pan.
Saute all the sliced ingredients quickly.
Add the
rest of the ingredients, except spring onion.
Stir and add fish.
Gently stir again for fish to be absorbed in the sauce.
Dish out and garnish with spring onion.
Vinegar Soy Sauce
Fish
For the fish
I large ikan
selar/moon fish - cleaned and degutted.
For the batter
1 tbsp corn flour
1 tbsp rice flour
Some water
A pinch of salt
**Mix these
ingredients together for a batter (whether you prefer a thicker or thinner
batter)
Other ingredients
4 chopped garlic
1 sliced red
chili
1 tbsp thick soy
sauce
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp vinegar
Sugar as needed
Drops of sesame
oil
2 tbsp water
Salt to taste
Oil as needed
Veggies
Some sliced
mustard leaves
Some sliced
cabbage
Method
Heat oil, dip fish
in the batter and crispy fry.
Place on a serving
plate.
Reduce the amount
of oil to 2 tbsp.
Into oil, fry
garlic till crispy, add red chilies.
Pour in thick soy
sauce, light soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, sesame oil, water and salt.
Add veggies, quickly
stir and pour atop fish.
Ginger Chili Soy
Sauce Fish
Ingredients
For the fish
I large ikan
kerapu/grouper - cleaned and degutted
½ tbsp turmeric powder
Salt as needed
Other Ingredients
1 inch ginger -
chopped
Dried chilies (as
needed) - cut into pieces
1 tbsp dark soy
sauce
1 tbsp light soy
sauce
Lime juice as
needed
Coriander leaves
as needed (keep some for garnishing)
3 tbsp water
Salt as needed
Oil as needed
Method
Heat oil and fry
fish for a crispy outer layer and cooked
inside.
Place on a serving
plate.
Leave about 2 tbsp
of oil in the wok.
Crispy fry ginger,
and remove.
Add dried
chilies, quickly stir.
Add dark soy
sauce, light soy sauce, lime juice, coriander leaves, water and salt.
Stir quickly and pour
atop fish.
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