Recipe: Perfect Assam Pedas / Sour & Spicy fish

Assam Pedas / Sour & Spicy fish.

You can cook Assam Pedas / Sour & Spicy fish using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Assam Pedas / Sour & Spicy fish

1. You need 1 lb of pomfret.
2. You need 1 of tomato (wedges cut).
3. It's 1 tsp of fish curry powder.
4. It's 5 tbsp of cooking oil.
5. You need 1 tbsp of sugar/palm sugar.
6. You need 10 small of okras/lady's finger.
7. You need 1/2 tsp of salt to taste.
8. You need 5 grams of vietnamese mint/vietnamese coriander.
9. You need of Spice paste.
10. It's 1 clove of garlic.
11. It's 1 stick of lemon grass (white parts only).
12. You need 4 of shallots.
13. You need 10 of dried chillies.
14. It's 1/2 tsp of shrimp/prawn paste.
15. Prepare of Tamarind juice.
16. Prepare 1 1/4 cup of water.
17. Prepare 20 grams of tamarind pulp.

Assam Pedas / Sour & Spicy fish instructions

1. Pound the spice paste with mortar and pestle or grind them in a food processor. Set aside..
2. Soak the tamarind pulp in warm water for 15 minutes. Squeeze the tamarind pulp constantly to extract the flavor into the water. Drain the pulp and save the tamarind juice..
3. Heat oil and fry the spice paste for 2 minutes or until fragrant..
4. Add the tamarind juice, fish curry powder and bring to boil..
5. Add the tomato wedges and okras and bring to boil..
6. Add the fish, salt, and palm sugar/sugar..
7. Simmer on low heat for 5 minutes or until the fish is cooked..
8. Serve while hot..