Grilled Whole Fish with Tamarind, Sweet Soy Sauce and Bento Rice

Leli Nad
Leli Nad @cook_7721780
East Java, Indonesia

I made this with mom when i was at home yesterday. Ya before eid come we usually give boxes of food for our neighbours (it's a common tradition here). I actually made 37 portions but here im gonna write for only 2 portions.

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Ingredients

2 servings
  1. 2 fresh fishes (i used gourami fish)
  2. 3 Coriander (approx)
  3. 6 Garlic
  4. 1 Lime
  5. 1 tsp tamarind
  6. 1 tsp salt
  7. 1 tsp black pepper
  8. 4 tbsp sweet soy sauce
  9. 2 cm Ginger
  10. 4 red chili
  11. 4 green chili
  12. 4 tsp Oil (approximately)
  13. 2 Tomato
  14. 1 cucumbar (for garnish n its optional)
  15. 1 Banana leaf (for plate n its optional)

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Wash fish then slice its part then out all the fillings (organs). Make sure the inner part is clean. Then wash it again

  2. 2

    Slice its body into 3 small slice

  3. 3

    Put fish into mixed water, Black pepper, lime and salt

  4. 4

    Crush coriender until fine crush (you can use blender) then set aside.

  5. 5

    Crush ginger then set aside

  6. 6

    Blend onion and garlic with blender or you can use food processor or stone

  7. 7

    Mix step 4,5,6 then fry (without oil) until light brown or until its mixture little bit dry.

  8. 8

    Pour then mix step 7 with soy sauce

  9. 9

    Put tamarin in a glass of water then mix 1 tsp tamarind in a sauce (step 8) then stir.

  10. 10

    Fry your fishes in deep friyj

  11. 11

    Brush your fried fishes with sauce

  12. 12

    Grill it in a pan

  13. 13

    Chop-chop red chili, green chili and tomatoes

  14. 14

    Add sliced red chili, green chili and tomatoes in sauce

  15. 15

    Then put olive oil or vegetable oil inside. Fry it for about 5 minutes

  16. 16

    Place your fish on a sliced banana leaf

  17. 17

    Apply sauce (step 14) all over fish

  18. 18

    Put garnish (sliced fresh tomato and cucumbar). Then Grilled whole fish is readyy..

  19. 19

    You can made rice in a manual steamer or electric rice cooker. I used manual steamer in this recipe

  20. 20

    Wash 400ml (2 cup) rice with water

  21. 21

    Put approximately, 5 glass of water inside steamer (1 liter) then put steamer tray on the top of water. Then put 400 ml (2 cup) of rice on the top of it.

  22. 22

    Wait for some minutes (for about 20 minutes)

  23. 23

    Brush your bowl with oil/butter. Fill the bowl with rice and flatten it with the back of your spoon. Really push it down into the bowl then flip your bowl in a plate or flatten shape (i used plastic peper wrap for food).

  24. 24

    Bento rice is ready.

  25. 25

    A box of fish and bento rice is readyyyy

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Leli Nad
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Tropical island girl who love eating, cooking, experiment with new recipes
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