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Another recipie for my friend to wean her off potatoes..
I miss the traditional steamed grouper teochew style that my family used to order everytime we go out for dinner. It is usually served on a fish-shaped platter, with a small candle underneath to keep it warm. Filled with tofu,salted veg,ginger,mushroom and coriander,I love the gravy so much that the fish is literally secondary to me.
Until I have no more access to my beloved grouper.
For all the three years that I spent in Fresno, all the fish I had was finger-shaped or Mcfillet-shaped.I couldn’t afford to buy fish – but more importantly, I did not know how to cook fish!One of my ambitions at the start of my masak-masak was to learn how to cook fish. Bacon poach his fish in milk (!!!!!) – apparently it’s and English thing like Fish & Chips. And speaking of that, I usually order deep fried spam instead of Fish. MmmMMm….SPAM.
Anyway.I digress. Like most of my recipies, I would have a lingering taste in my mouth for a few days, and then decide to create a similar but simpler dish. I did not have a steaming dish nor a wok big enough to fit!
Ingg:
2 fillet of fish – I use cod.
2 inch of ginger, sliced or julienned
4 dried mushroom, soaked and julienned
2 chinese plums
2 tomatoes sliced
1 juice of lime (if you like)
1 pack of soft tofu -cubed
bunch of coriander for garnishing
First, make the ‘stock’ by adding all the ingg above (except tofu and coriander) into a shallow wok with 600ml water .Let it simmer for 10 minutes to get all the flavours into the stock
Add your fish – and coat all the inggredients on top. The stock is insufficient to cover all of the fish, so rememeber to keep turning it. I leave the cover on to sort of give it a ‘steaming’ effect. Add tofu at this stage.
Serve up after fish is cooked – should not be more than 10 minutes.
TADA!
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Mmmmm.. looks very good. Somemore use cod.. must be lagi shiok.
Comment by dreymer 05.31.07 @ 6:59 amhaha… dun say until like i eat potats 24 x 7.. benny is here remember?
anyway, i will try all these expensive fish dishes when joel is here. fish here is damn ex.. and those black mushrooms.. lagi ex….:)
hahahha yah, actually you are eating pork not potatotes..
anyway, I didn’t think cod was that nice, it wasn’t ‘fishy’ enough and e gravy really excels in neutralizing the fishy taste. So choose more fishy fish – grouper, plaice, trout ect.
btw magges;compared to the rest of the world,the fish in AU is CHEAP.CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP! I get mine from the market, it is usually cheaper in the market.
Oh, black mushrooms, a little goes a long way.Its worth buying a pack.
Comment by sourrain 05.31.07 @ 7:05 amOr you can put all that stuff on a plate, add a little oyster sauce or soy-sauce; put the plate above a wok of water, and steam away. But your method is good for those who don’t know how long to steam a particular kind of fish for – some take longer to get it just right.
Comment by mooiness 05.31.07 @ 8:09 amthats the problem..I don’t have a wok big enough to do that! Damn screwy right.I can only steam on a steamer – my kitchen like play kitchen only.
yes i like the one with soy sauce.with deepfried ginger on top…yumm
Comment by sourrain 05.31.07 @ 8:35 amNormally must put some wedges of tomatoes also. I don’t see tomatoes in your ingredients but in the picture.
Comment by dreymer 05.31.07 @ 8:59 ameh
its there la..u salivate until din read properly ar
dua tomato…
i used cherry tomatoes,so I just halved them
Comment by sourrain 05.31.07 @ 9:44 amMmmmm yummylicious! Your makan makan posts really make me drool.
BTW, try to refrain from eating grouper. One, it’s expensive. Two, world populatioins are diminishing as it is an over-fished species caught in ecologically sensitive areas (e.g. coral reefs). Three, many other sustainably-fished species are available for consumption.
Today, i was sooooo star-struck! Was leaving my house to go to one utama and when i drove down the road, two doors down from my house, there was a car parked in front of the gate. Saw someone walking behind it so I slowed down in case she was gonna cross the road without looking. Then our eyes met. I smiled at her. She smiled back. (I thought it was my neighbour. After about a second after driving past, i realised who it was. None other than our national pride and joy – ASHA GILL!! I stone there for a while and was so filled with excitement i almost wet myself. I think i may have ‘dreams’ tonight. Hahaha. She SMILED at ME! I was beaming throughout the drive to one U. sigh….. 
sh: Shit..now I kena scolding liao.Cannot reveal my fav fish! I already stopped eating tuna liao mar.And shark too,even though I actually like eating shark :/
Actually, I would only probably be able to eat one or two grouper each year – have not eaten one this year ler.
Do you remember our salted parrot fish!!!I still find it siao….colorful ham yue
I thought you gonna tell me you met your wife to be….
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