Malaysian
Ikan Bakar (Malaysian Grilled Fish)
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Ikan Bakar (Malaysian Grilled Fish) is Malaysian home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Soak the dried chilies in hot water 10 minutes, then drain.
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Blend the chilies, shallots, garlic, and turmeric into a smooth paste.
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Heat 2 tbsp oil in a small pan and fry the paste over medium heat, stirring often, until fragrant and darkened, about 6 minutes.
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Stir in the tamarind paste, palm sugar, and salt and cook 1 minute more, then let cool slightly.
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Score the fish a few times on each side and rub the spice paste all over, working it into the cuts.
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Let the fish marinate at least 15 minutes.
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Heat a grill or grill pan to medium-high and brush with the remaining oil.
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Grill the fish, turning once, until charred at the edges and cooked through, about 6 minutes per side depending on thickness.
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Finish with a squeeze of lime and serve hot over the jasmine rice.
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Serve it with
A Malaysian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Ikan Bakar (Malaysian Grilled Fish), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Ikan Bakar (Malaysian Grilled Fish) carries fish. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Ayam Goreng Berempah (Malaysian Spiced Fried Chicken) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 420 kcal
- Protein
- 28 g
- Carbs
- 46 g
- Fat
- 14 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 430 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Ikan Bakar (Malaysian Grilled Fish) takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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