Deep Fried Sambal Fish

This dish is a bit spicy. It can be fried and eaten with rice or other dishes or put on top of fried fish, chicken, vegetables, squid, etc...

Ingredients:

• 1 kg fish


• 3 cloves garlic


• 6 small shallots
  
• 3 tbsp ground chillies
  
• 1 tbsp tamarind juice
  
• 1/2 teasp salt
  
• a dash of pepper
  
• 2 tsp cornflour
  
• 1/2 tsp Maggi ikan bilis seasoning
  
• oil for deep frying

Method:

1. Clean fish. Rub fish with salt, pepper and cornflour.


2. Heat oil. Fry fish till cook.


3. Put on a plate.


4. Prepare ingredients for the sambal.


a. Pound chillies, shallots and garlic together.


5. Heat up 2 tbsp oil. Fry the pounded ingredients.


6. Add tamarind juice and 1/2 teasp Maggi ikan bilis granules.


7. Fry for a few minutes. Dish out and put on top of the fried fish.

serving: 4 person

cooking time: 25 minutes

Tips: Make sure the oil is hot before frying the fish. Coat the fish with cornflour or any type of flour so that it will not stick to the frying pan.