Grilled Fish

Grilled Fish

Ingredients:
2 slices fish
 6 red chillies
3 dried chillies
4 shallots
1 lemon grass
1 tsp tamarind juice
1/2 cup water
1 tbsp oil
a pinch of salt
1 tsp sugar

Method:
1. Grind together all the chillies and shallots.

2. Heat up a wok with some oil. When it is hot, fry the blended ingredients with lemon grass .

3. Add in tamarind juice, water, salt and sugar. Stir-fry for a few minutes.

4. Season the fish with some pepper. Place some banana leaves  on the aluminium foil. Put the fish on the aluminium foil. Pour the fried chillies on top. Cover the aluminium foil and grill on top of a stove.

5. The fish is cooked when the foil expand. It will take about 10 - 15 minutes.

Chicken Satay

Chicken Satay

Ingredients:
2 pcs chicken breast
1 tbsp coriander powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
1tbsp sugar
some salt and pepper

Method:
1.Cut chicken breast meat into 1 cm thick by 2 cm in length. Season with coriander powder, turmeric powder, salt, pepper and sugar. Refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight.

2. Take a few pieces of the seasoned meat and thread it into a satay stick.

3. Grill the satay  until golden brown.

4. Serve with satay peanut sauce.

Grilled Fish

Grilled Fish

I used ikan cencaru (torpedo scad) for this grilled fish. Other types of fish suitable for grilling are ikan pari(stingray), tilapia (St. Peter's fish), jenahak (threadfin) and many others.

Ingredients:

 

1 fresh cencaru

2 small limes
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper powder
oil for frying

Sambal ingredients:

5 fresh chillies
3 dried chillies
3 shallots
3 garlic
1 teasp shrimp paste (belacan)

Method:
1. Clean the fish and rub with salt and pepper powder.
2. Grill over a fire till both sides are cooked.
3. Prepare the sambal by grinding all the ingredients.
4. Heat up a wok with 2 tbsp of oil.
5. Fry the sambal till fragrant.
6. Dish out and put the sambal on top of the fish.
7. Serve with cut limes or can use lime juice.

Note: You can grill over a charcoal, electric grille or over a gas stove. Make sure the fire is small or the fish will get burn.