Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, nyonya fish head curry. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Fish head curry is immensely popular in Malaysia and Singapore. With South Indian origins, it uses a combination of various spices and Due to its popularity, there is now a variety of fish head curries depending on the ethnic flavour profiles such as Nyonya fish head curry or Thai fish head curry. 🌶 In this NYONYA FISH HEAD CURRY recipe, I included STEP-BY-STEP instructions - from preparing ingredients to cooking it - so that beginner can MAKE IT. Whereas Nyonya Fish Head Curry is from the Malaysian Chinese community who had adopted the Malay culture.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have nyonya fish head curry using 24 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Nyonya Fish Head Curry:
- Make ready 1 Snapper Fish Head (be sure to remove the gills)
- Prepare Blended Paste (processed in a blender);
- Make ready 40 g Shallots
- Prepare 20 g Ginger
- Take 20 g Garlic
- Take 3 pc Red Chillies
- Get 6 pc Dried Chillies
- Make ready 20 g (2 cm) Turmeric Root
- Get Spices (mix well in a bowl);
- Take 3 tsp Coriander Powder
- Make ready 1 tsp Cumin Powder
- Take 1 Tbsp Shrimp Paste (Belacan)
- Make ready Vegetables;
- Get 3 pc Okra (cut into pieces)
- Prepare 1 Eggplant (cut into pieces)
- Make ready Other Ingredients;
- Take 1-2 cups Coconut Milk
- Get 3 Tbsp Cooking Oil
- Prepare 2 stick Lemongrass (bruised)
- Make ready 2 pc Tamarind Slices
- Take 1 sprig Curry Leaves
- Take 1 Ginger Flower (sliced middle)
- Take as needed Salt to taste
- Make ready 1 Tbsp Palm Sugar
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Step by Step to make Nyonya Fish Head Curry:
- In a pot, heat the oil until hot on high heat and fry the spices until fragrant (10 seconds). Then add the blended paste and mix well. Fry until the oil separates.
- Next add in 1 or 2 cups of coconut milk (depends on the size of the pot and fish), ginger flower, lemongrass, palm sugar, curry leaves, tamarind slices and mix well. Then add in the fish head and vegetables and cover with a lid.
- Let it cook for 5 to 10 minutes until vegetables are tender. Turn the fish head on the other side if needed. If there is not enough liquid, an additional 1/2 cup of coconut milk or just water will do.
- Cook until the sauce has thicken to a desired consistency. Season to taste.
- NOTE; if you can't find Shrimp Paste, just use 1 Tbsp Dried Shrimp and pound it to a paste.Traditionally you want Red Snapper fish head, but that's too big for 1 person. Rather, Snapper or Sea Bass head fits better. If you are cooking Red Snapper, double the recipe.
- Commentary - HOW TO EAT FISH HEAD CURRY; If you've had fish head, then you'll know that the head doesn't really have a lot of meat; poor man's food after all. The focus is not really on the meat though, what is great is the curry itself, as it contains all the flavors and nutrients from the fish head.
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