Ikan Goreng Taucu ( Fried Fish in Salted Soya Bean Gravy)

This is a simple recipe but you have to be careful as the taucu can be very salty. The fish chosen can be a freshwater fish or a marine fish. You can use chinchards, tenggiri ( Spanish Mackerel), kembong ( Mackerel) or any fleshy fish.

The fish is usually seasoned with salt and turmeric powder and left to stand for 30 minutes before bring deep fried and put aside. You can slice the fish into smaller pieces if you like. For kembong or bawal (pomfret), you can fry it whole.

Ingredients for The Gravy:

2 onions
3 cloves garlic
2.5 cm ginger
1 stalk lemon grass
4 tabsp taucu
2 fresh green chillies
1 fresh red chilli
1 tomato
1 tabsp tamarind juice
sugar, if preferred
cooking oil

Method:

Slice the onions, ginger, garlic, chillies and squash the lemon grass stalk. Heat up the cooking oil and lightly fry the above ingredients till aromatic. Add in a cup of tamarind juice made from 1 tabsp tamarind. Add in the taucu that has been washed to lessen its salt content. Add sugar if you like, and quartered tomatoes. When the gravy has boiled, turn off the heat and pour it over the fried fish. This dish is eaten with boiled white rice.