Actually I haven't had this dish for quite a while. It's a simple dish to make and this is my recipe. You can get fresh tilapias from most wet markets in Malaysia. It is a hardy fish and can usually survive without water for at least 1 hour...in a gasping state, though.
Ingredient:
1 Tilapia fish (about 500 gms, cleaned and gutted).
1 tablespoon of cooking oil
Marinade / Sauce:
Ingredient:
1 Tilapia fish (about 500 gms, cleaned and gutted).
1 tablespoon of cooking oil
Marinade / Sauce:
- 5 cloves garlic (chopped finely)
- 3 slices of old ginger (pound finely)
- 3 tablespoons of tau cheo (preserved soy beans in can / bottles which you can buy from supermarkets) (pound finely)
- 1 to 2 red chillis (chopped finely)
- 2 tsp sugar
- salt and pepper to taste
Garnish:
Chopped spring onions
Method
Heat oil in frying pan and saute garlic, ginger and chillis till light brown and fragrant. Add tau cheo and continue stirring for 1 minute whilst adding sugar, salt and pepper to taste. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
Steam fish at high heat for approximately 8 minutes (ensure that fish is only placed into steamer when water is boiling rapidly).
Pour prepared marinade over fish and continue steaming for 2 minutes or until fish eyes pop.
Remove, sprinkle spring onions and serve hot with rice.
Chopped spring onions
Method
Heat oil in frying pan and saute garlic, ginger and chillis till light brown and fragrant. Add tau cheo and continue stirring for 1 minute whilst adding sugar, salt and pepper to taste. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
Steam fish at high heat for approximately 8 minutes (ensure that fish is only placed into steamer when water is boiling rapidly).
Pour prepared marinade over fish and continue steaming for 2 minutes or until fish eyes pop.
Remove, sprinkle spring onions and serve hot with rice.
