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Terutup Ikan Cencaru
Malay Heritage

Terutup Ikan Cencaru

My late father used to love having Terutup......The perfect balance of sourness, sweetness & spiciness is what makes this dish so wonderful to eat.

Prep20m
Cook30m
Total50m
Difficultyeasy
Marina’s Story

My late father used to love having Terutup......The perfect balance of sourness, sweetness & spiciness is what makes this dish so wonderful to eat. The tinge of lemongrass & galangal makes this simple dish even more exotic! I love simple pleasures like this! Yummmmm......

Ingredients

6 servings
  • Ingredients:2 Cencaru Fish, cleaned, rubbed with 1 tsp salt & 1 tsp turmeric powder and deep fried 1 cup chilli paste
  • onion, sliced1 large
  • tamarind paste mixed with 1/2 cup water 1 tbsp shrimp paste, roasted ¼ cup vegetable oil1 tbsp
  • palm sugar2 lemongrass, bruised3 tbsp
  • galangal, bruised2 inches
  • saltIngredients to blend:8 shallots2 tsp
  • of garlic4 cloves

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Heat oil in a pot.

  2. 2.

    Sautee' the blended ingredients till fragrant.Put in the shrimp paste & cili paste.

  3. 3.

    Sautee' further till the oil separates.Pour in the tamarind juice, sugar & salt.

  4. 4.

    Stir till it boils.Put in the slice onions & cook till limp.Pour the gravy over the fish & serve.