Otak-Otak -Fish cake in peanut sauce dressing-

My fav dish! So yummy! It's called Otak-Otak. Grilled fish cake wrapped in banana leaves and served with peanut sauce dressing.

I mixed fish and shrimps let's say 80-20. Since I don't know special fish that we used in Indonesia. Yup this is another traditional snack I love. Indeed expensive for this small dish tho in food vendor. Here's the link of recipe I used Otak-Otak Bangka

I take order for this delicious dish. Only for Jax area. It contains coconut milk that is delicate so I don't dare send it via post mail.

Nugget Tempe

Woohoo my other experiments in the kitchen!

Nugget Tempe  with tillapia,yummy!

It's recommended for those who wanna make variety of cooking Tempe

Original recipe is using chicken but I used tillapia instead, we love it.

Ingredients n method

Seasonings 

 1 tsp pepper

1 tsp parsley

1 tsp garlic

1 tsp salt

1tsp chicken bouillon 

plus 1 tsp nutmeg powder
Put it in a bowl 

 2 packs of Tempe, 5.0z each

1 fillet, tilapia

diced and steamed

mashed in a bowl that has already seasonings in it, cool it off

 mixed with 1 egg

You can taste it and add more seasonings as you desire.

  shaped it like nugget.Prepare 2 bowls for whisked egg, and Bread crumbs.

Roll the nugget in whisked egg and bread crumbs till all finish.

Fried just couple of min till it's light brown. Watch out for burning it like I did lol

served with warm jasmine rice and sri racha sauce. 

Pepes Tilapia n Tahu "Steamed tilapia n tofu"

Pepes Tilapia n Tahu "Steamed tilapia n tofu", a photo by Fitri Harrell on Flickr.

Tilapia Fillet seasoned in paste of turmeric, lemongrass, garlic, shallot, salt, sambal oelek *chilies* tomato, candle nut *macadamia nut* tamarind paste, galangal roots, palm sugar. Wrapped in banana leaves, add bayleaves, basil,green onion. Steamed for about 45min.
Served it hot with Jasmine rice!

Salmon Chili

Just the same recipe as beef chili i guess but i put some sri racha hot sauce and sambel oelek to make it tastier and spicier!

Ingredients :
2 cans of baked beans
*i used goya brand but throw away the liquid and Bushes'Baked Beans, i used the liquid from it*
1 can of tomato sauce hunt
half of fillet sockeye salmon, chopped/diced
4 red serrano chili, minced
1 bell pepper, minced
1tomato, minced
1 tbsp sambal oelek *fresh ground chili*
2 tbsp tomato ketchup
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 big onion, diced
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp salt
1 tbsp pepper
1 tbsp chili powder
2 tbsp sri racha hot sauce *optional*

How to cook :
Prepare big pot. Saute garlic and onion for about 3-5min.
Add bell pepper, chili, tomato. Cook till they are tender.
Add tomato sauce, baked-beans
bring to taste by adding salt, pepper, sri racha, sambal oelek, chili powder
if you think it's spicy enough for you then add salmon
Bring to boil
Serve with rice or Naan bread

Tumis Salmon

I like this style better than the other recipes that i have tried. Its very simple but the taste is fantastic :D
No need much works for this. Sprinkle salmon with salt n pepper. Meanwhile prepare the veggies ; bell pepper, broccoli, tomatoes, chili pepper, serano, jalapeno, sliced and you can add tofu as well.
Seasoning only with garlic and shallots *chopped,sliced*, plus chicken bouillon powder *optional.

How to cook it :
Prepare the pan with 1 tbsp olive oil, saute garlic and shallots, for about 3-5min. Add the veggies, cook till bit tender. Add salmon, bring to taste, (add more salt, pepper if you like) add 1egg stir well *optional* add 100 ml water *just to make it not too dry* flip the fish and cooked them well.
Serve with rice. Yumm

Red Snapper's head in spicy sour soup

Head of the fish?? Euww yummy LOL
I guess not many people will eat head of the fish, but for asian people hmm they will look for it and enjoy it more than other parts.

Preparation :

2 Head of red snapper, cleaned, marinated with lemon juice
some veggies *beans, zuccini,carrots, etc*
3 fresh green n red chilies for garnish
Basil leaves
Tofu, sliced *optional*
700ml water
1 tbsp of Sour paste

Seasoning :
2-3 tbsp of sambal Oeloek *red chilies paste since i don't have many fresh to be grounded*
1 tbsp of olive oil
5 cloves of garlic
1-3 shallots
Fresh ginger, sliced
Galangal, sliced
Used magic bullet to make into paste
1 tbsp of salt

How to cook
Prepare large skillet *atleast that' fits 2 heads of the fish* saute the seasoning paste till you smell fragrant, perhaps 5min in medium heat. Add the head of the fish. Add water. Add the veggies, salt, sour paste, once its boiling,bring to taste, *if it's too sour, add 1tsp of palm sugar* Add basil leaves n fresh chilies just before you turn the stove off. Served with rice.

Salmon Curry

Salmon is not my fav fish but since my husband loves it so i need to modify cooking it *mostly we grilled it*. I modified from this recipe http://www.food.com/recipe/thai-salmon-curry-87877 looks yummy.

Ingredients :

1 salmon fillet, cut into 4 pieces

seasoning :

1 cup of coconut milk ( 1 can )

1 tsp of ginger powder

1 tsp of turmeric

2 tsp of fish curry powder

1 tsp of salt 

1 tsp of palm sugar

1 tsp of sour paste

Mixed all.

Additional ingredients *optional*

Fresh asian basil

Some veggies if you like 

1 tbsp olive oil

2 big jalapeno chilies

2 red hot chili 

3/4 onion, chopped * i sauted the onion to make it tastier LOL*

How to cook :

Prepare the skillet. Saute the onion. Add the mixing seasoning. Bring to boil. Add the veggies, chilies. Till the veggies are tender. Add fish. Asian Basil leaves. Cook for about 10-15min. Served with rice and fried tofu.

Ikan Acar Kuning-Yellow Pickled Fish

I used Cod fillet Fish for this. The recipe is from this link :

http://www.foodbuzz.com/recipes/3064036-ikan-acar-kuning-yellow-pickled-fish

I added 2 tbsp of white vinegar 

Bon Apetite! :-)

Red Snapper Soup

I still have one more snapper and I wanna make something different from the last recipe. I told my hubby that this is the last one we bought the whole fish snapper as well since I don't like cleaning the scale LOL but well he said"Na-ah, I love it and you should cook like this." Oh boy! :-)

The seasoning I used for this is quite the same as the calamari soup. Just open this http://foodyfitri.blogspot.com/2011/06/calamari-soup.html
The preparation for the fish is the same, marinate it with lemon juice for about 15 minutes after you clean the fish.
For the veggies, besides adding the carrots,  I used chocho since I didn't have any other veggies. *google it if you wanna know the photo*
The chocho you can get it at asian market. Well if you can not find, just use another veggie that you have like beans, cauliflower etc. I added also 5 red chili peppers, slice into small pieces. If you can't find red chili, green would be okay, such as Jalapeno. It's to add the spicy flavor if you like it spicy just like my hubby LOL. Here's the photo taken by my hubby's BB. :-)

Gulai Ikan Kakap-Red Snapper in Spicy coconut milk Soup

Using the recipe from here http://dapur-cantik.blogspot.com/2007/11/gulai-ikan-kakap.html but I only used things I could find in Florida. Asam kandis i just replaced using asam jawa (tamarind paste) well i don't know if it might make different but i find myself just fine. My hubby loves this dish! that's the important thing LOL.

What do you need to prepare :

1 whole red snapper, clean the scale, wash and cut into smaller pieces and marinate it in lemon juice.

1 onion, 1 shallot, 4 cloves of garlic, 4-5 red chilies pepper, 2 slices of ginger, 1 tbsp of turmeric, 1 tsp of cumin, 1tsp of coriander, 1 tsp of nutmeg. Blend them all using food processor till they are turned into paste.

Prepare the skillet. Pour the vegetable oil to saute the paste. Once it's simmer, pour the water *1 cup of water or 1 1/2, wait till it's boiled. Put the fish. 1Lemongrass, 2 bay leaves. Pinch of tamarind paste. Half cup of coconut milk. Sliced Beans. Cook till they are tender. Add slices of cherry tomatoes. Pinch of salt, little sugar. Serve with Jasmine rice.