Malaysian

Ikan Goreng Kunyit (Turmeric Fried Fish)

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Ikan Goreng Kunyit (Turmeric Fried Fish) is Malaysian home cooking, eaten at lunch and 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.

20 min Easy Halal Gluten free Dairy free Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves
4

The quantities follow this count.

How to cook it

  1. Score the mackerel a few times on each side and pat dry.

  2. Rub the turmeric and salt all over the fish, including inside the cuts, and let sit 10 minutes.

  3. Heat the oil in a wide skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering.

  4. Fry the fish, turning once, until deeply golden and crisp at the edges and cooked through, about 5 minutes per side.

  5. Drain briefly on a paper towel-lined plate.

  6. Serve hot alongside 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 Goreng Kunyit (Turmeric Fried Fish), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

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 Goreng Kunyit (Turmeric Fried Fish) carries fish. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Ikan Goreng Kunyit (Turmeric Fried Fish)
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
350 kcal
Protein
32 g
Carbs
2 g
Fat
24 g
Fiber
0 g
Sugar
0 g
Sodium
480 mg
Saturated fat
5 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Ikan Goreng Kunyit (Turmeric Fried Fish) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.

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