FRIED GURAME FISH IN TURMERIC GRAVY - PESMOL GURAME ~ sundanese food & recipes
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In the west of java Indonesia where I grew up, amazingly I found so many interesting cultures and cuisines. For always having a fresh vegies with chili sauce in almost every dishes, I found that habit made me become a food lover.
After I got married, I started asking mom, aunties, grandma etc to share some recipes so I can pass on to my daughter later on to keep the tradition. Here are some of them and hope you will enjoy them as much as I do.

Sunday, March 9, 2008

FRIED GURAME FISH IN TURMERIC GRAVY - PESMOL GURAME


INGREDIENTS:
1 gurame fish (about 500 g)
2 tbsp kaffir lime juice
1/2 tsp salt
1 carrots, peeled, cut into matchsticks
1 cucumber, cut in half, discard the seeds, and cut into matchsticks
8 whole bird's eye chilies
200 ml water
oil to fry
3 cm galangal, peeled and crushed
3 salam bay leaves
1 lemongrass, cut the stem,crushed
2 tbsp sugar

INGREDIENTS TO GRIND:
5 shallots
4 cloves garlics
2 cm turmeric, peeled and sliced
3 cm ginger, peeled, sliced
4 candlenuts, roasted
1/2 tsp salt

HOW TO MAKE:
1. Rub the gurame fish with kaffir lime juice and salt, let it for 30 minutes, set aside.
2. Heat the oil in a wok, place the gurame fish and fry it until golden brown, drain, set aside.
3. Put 2 tbsp oil in a wok, fry all the ground ingredients with salam bay leaves, lemongrass, and galangal until fragrant.
4. Pour some water in a wok, and let it boiled. Add carrots, bird's eye chilies, salt and sugar, continue cooking until half done.
5. Add cucumber, and keep cooking until the sauce reduced and thickened. Remove from the heat. 6. Place the fried gurame fish in a plate, and pour the sauce on top of it. Ready to serve.



PESMOL GURAME

BAHAN:
1 ekor ikan gurame (500 g)
2 sdm air jeruk nipis
1/2 sdt garam
1 buah wortel, kupas dan potong korek api
1 buah mentimun, buang bijinya, potong korek api
8 buah cabai rawit,dibiarkan utuh
200 ml air
3 cm lengkuas, kupas, memarkan
3 lembar daun salam
1 batang serai, memarkan
2 sdm gula pasir

BAHAN YANG DIHALUSKAN:
5 siung bawang merah
4 siung bawang putih
2 cm kunyit, kupas, iris
3 cm jahe, kupas, iris
3 buah kemiri, sangrai
1/2 sdt garam

CARA MEMBUAT:
1. Lumuri ikan gurame dengan air jeruk nipis dan garam, biarkan selama 30 menit.
2. Goreng ikan gurame hingga kuning kecoklatan, angkat, tiriskan.
3. Tumis bumbu yang sudah dihaluskan dengan 2 sdm minyak goreng bersama daun salam, serai, dan lengkuas hingga harum.
4. Tambahkan air, biarkan mendidih. Masukkan wortel, cabai rawit,gula dan garam, masak hingga setengah matang. Masukkan mentimun, biarkan hingga kuah agak mengental, angkat.5. Tata ikan gurame di atas piring saji, lalu siram secara merata dengan kuah bumbu kuning. Sajikan.

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