Fish in Yellow Gravy (Ikan Pesmol)

Fish in Yellow Gravy / Ikan Pesmol a la Rudy Choiruddin

If you are Indonesian, you must know who is Rudy Choiruddin. The famous cook in Indonesia.

This recipe is real Yummmoooooowwww!!

Ingredients:

700 gr of gurami fish (I use 1 Yellow Leather Jacket fish)

1 lemongrass, bruised

1 tbsp vinegar

2 tbsp sugar

150 ml water

50 ml oil for sautee

400 ml oil for frying

Blended Ingredients:

3 cloves of garlic

5 cloves of red onion

4 cm of turmeric

2 knobs of galangal

3 cm of ginger

5 pcs of walnut (I did not use this)

1/2 tsp of salt

Pickles:

2 carrots, in 3 cm julienne cut

2 cucumbers, in 3 cm julienne cut

10 red chilli paddy (I did not use this)

10 red onion (I only use 1)

1 tbsp of sugar

1 tbsp of vinegar

1/2 tsp of salt

Method for fish:

Cover fish with salt, marinade it in the fridge for 20 minutes. After that, deep fried in hot oil.

Method for Pickle:

Combine all pickle ingredients together, put them in a container or plastic, seal it and let it marinade in the fridge for 1 night. I only marinade it for about 5-6 hours, it turns out good too.

Method for Fish in Yellow Gravy:

Heat oil, sautee blended ingredients and lemongrass until fragrant.

Add sugar and water, stir well. Once it's thickens, add pickles, mix well.

Then add vinegar. Once boiled, pour it on the fish.

Ready to serve with white rice.