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Recipes
CJ loves to eat, but she often says her cooking skills are
pretty basic. One of her 2010 resolutions is to spend more
time in the kitchen. With that in mind, she will be
sharing her favorite recipes every month.
She also invites her readers to send in their favorite recipes
for her to try. If she likes them, she will post them here
on the website.
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March
Recipe
I found
this wonderful recipe when Jonathon and
I went to Bintan, Indonesia. When
we got back to Singapore, I found a
foodstall that had it as well and I
wheedled the actual recipe out of the
owner.
If you
like spicy, unusual food, you have got
to try this yummy appetizer. It
may take a bit of time to find the
ingredients, but I promise you it will
be worth it. The taste is spicy,
sweet with just a hint of the sea!
Try it. You'll like it!!!
Otak-Otak
Ingredients
1)
1 lb of boneless fish meat (chopped)
2)
2 small onions
3)
1 tsp belacan (shimp paste—find at any Asian market)
4)
2 stalks lemon grass (find at any Asian market)
5)
½ inch galangal root (find at any Asian market or
substitute regular ginger root)
6)
3-4 red chilies
7)
1 tsp turmeric powder
8)
1 egg
9)
Sugar to taste
10)
1 Tbs cornstarch
11)
¾ cup thick coconut milk
12)
Salt to taste
13)
Oil
14)
Banana leaf
15) Toothpicks or bamboo skewers
Directions
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees or if
you want the traditional way of cooking, put the completed
leaves out on the BBQ.
1.
Grind the onions, belacan, lemon grass, galanggal and red
chillies with coconut milk to a fine paste.
2.
Add the turmeric. Mix well.
3.
Mix in the fish paste, egg, sugar, salt and cornstarch.
Beat the mixture until smooth.
4.
Cut the banana leaf into strips 10 inches long and 5
inches wide. Scald the leaf and rub some oil over it.
5.
Place 4 or 5 Tbs of the fish paste into the banana leaf
and fold the leaf over lengthwise. Secure it with toothpicks or
skewer.
6. Bake
fish in either an oven-proof dish or on the BBQ until firm to
touch. (Approx 15-20 minutes.) Cool before cutting. Serve with
your favorite hot sauce.
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