Serves
5 people
Ingredients A
1 kg (5 small-sized) haruan fish
2 limes (limau nipis) + 1 tbsp salt for cleaning fish
Ingredients B (All pounded finely)
1 tsp black pepper
10g (2.5cm) ginger
4 cloves garlic
1 tsp salt
Ingredients C
1 onion (sliced)
1 red chilli (sliced)
2 turmeric leaves (sliced finely)
5 stalks kesom leaves (leaves only, sliced finely)
Method
- Clean fish with lime juice and salt. Rinse. Make a slit at the back of the fish. Place the fish on a plate for steaming.
- Spread Ingredients B onto the fish, both inside and out.
- Add in sliced Ingredients C.
- Steam until cooked.
- Serve the steamed haruan fish immediately.
Top tip: If you poke the fish with something sharp and it pokes right through, that’s the sign that it’s ready. If it’s hard to prick through the skin of the fish, then it’s still uncooked and needs more time in the steamer.
Nutritional content per serving (200g):
- Calories: 97 kcal
- Fat: 1.5g
- Protein: 17g
- Calcium: 51mg
- Cholesterol: 22mg
- Iron: 1.6mg
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