Ikan masak kluwek - catfish simmered in a spicy kluwek sauce

catfish simmered in a spicy kluwek sauce 

ingredients:

5 pieces ikan lele (small catfish)

1 tsp lemon juice

1 tsp salt

oil

 

ingredients sauce:

750 ml of water 

2 salam leaves

3 cm laos

6 jeruk purut / kaffir lime

2 stalks lemongrass

10 red rawits

2 tsp szout

1/2 tsp palm sugar

1 leek

2 tablespoons oil

 

bumbu:

11 shallots

6 cloves garlic

4 kemiri/candle nuts

4 kluwek

2 cm kunyit

5 red rawits

 

garnish:

2 tbsp Bawang Goreng

 

preparation:

Marinate the fish with lemon juice and salt and let it rest 30 minutes. Heat oil in a pan and fry the fish until cooked and set it aside.

Pound or grind the ingredients for the bumbu fine into a paste. Cut the leek into thin rings / strips. Heat in a pan the oil and fry the paste with the salam, laos, jeruk purut, lemongrass and rawits for 5 minutes. Add the water, salt and palm sugar and cook it well. Add the fish and leeks and stir until everything is well covered. Sprinkle with bawang goreng and serve.