Ikan Santen

Ikan Santen

Fish in a hot coconut sauce...a traditional Indonesian food recipe to try !
Ingredients:

• 500 gr Mackerel
• Salt
• 2 Onions
• 1 tablespoon Sambal Ulek
• 1 stalk lemongrass
• 1 teaspoon trassi
• 1 slice galangal
• 400 ml (one tin) Coconut milk
• 1-2 laurel leaves
• 1 Daun jeruk purut
• Oil

INSTRUCTIONS

Season the fish and fry on both sides in the oil to a golden colour.
Don't overcook, the fish must remain firm. set aside.
Using a mortar & pestle or food processor, make a paste from the onions, sambal, lemongrass, trassi and galangal. Add the coconut milk and, on a low flame, reduced the sauce to about halve its volume . place the fish in the sauce and add the laurel and jeruk purut leaves and simmer for a few more minutes. Serve with boiled rice. The Indonesian food recipe of ikan santen is ready to serve....enjoy !
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