Asam Pedas (Gulai) - Sweet and Sour Fish | Pantoh

Ingredients

• 1 pound pomfret or any type of white fleshed fish, red snapper, grey
• 10 small okras
• 1 tomato (cut into wedges)
• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 2 sprig daun kesum (Vietnamese mint/Vietnames coriander)
• 4 tbsp cooking oil
• 1 tbsp Brown Sugar
• 1 tbsp fish sauce
• 0 Salt to taste
• 0 Spice Paste (blended):
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 inch ginger
• 1 stalk of lemon grass (white part only)
• 4 shallots or 1 large onion
• 1 torch ginger
• 2 candlenuts
• 10 dried chillies (vary depending how spicy you want it to be)
• 0 Tamarind Juice:
• 1.25 cup water
• 0 small Tamarind pulp (size of a ping pong ball)