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Ingredients
Nyonya sauce
- 5 fresh red chillies, deseeded
- 150 g tomatoes, cut in wedges
- 100 g shallots (approx 8 shallots)
- 5 garlic cloves
- 3 stalks fresh lemongrass, white part only
- 2 stalks torch ginger flowers (bunga kantan), buds only
- 12 bird's eye chillies (chilli padi)
- 50 g cooking oil
- 20 kesum leaves
- 3 - 5 tbsp tamarind paste
- 6 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp shrimp paste (belacan), toasted
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 tbsp lime juice
Steamed fish
- 800 g water
- 800 g pomfret fish (1 whole fish), gutted and descaled, scored (see tips)
- 50 g ladies' fingers (okra) (approx 5 ladies‘ fingers), cut in pieces (2 cm)
- 100 g brown onions, cut in wedges
- 100 g tomatoes, cut in wedges
- 1 sprig fresh coriander, leaves only, to garnish
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 1807.5 kJ / 432 kcal
- Protein
- 41.5 g
- Carbohydrates
- 15.9 g
- Fat
- 21.7 g
- Fibre
- 2 g
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