Fish Curry

Ingredients:
500g fish (i used red snapper)
1 stick cinnamon
3 cloves
3 cardamom pods
1 star anise
2 stalks lemongrass
50ml tamarind concentrate
25g pack Baba's fish curry powder (mix with a little bit of water to form a paste)
some tomatoes
some okras
cooking oil for frying
250ml water
salt to taste

Spice paste ingredients (pounded/blended - I pounded mine using a mortar & pestle because I personally think it makes the curry taste better):
3 fresh red chilies
6 bulbs shallots
4 cloves garlic

1. Season fish with some salt and set aside.
2. Heat up some cooking oil and fry the spice paste until fragrant and oil starts to separate. Add in the lemongrass, cinnamon stick, cloves, cardamoms, and star anise. Fry for a couple of minutes.
3. Add in the curry paste and tamarind concentrate and stir for another 2 minutes.
4. Pour in the water and let it boil. Add salt according to taste.
5. Add fish, tomatoes, okras and simmer for about 10 - 15 minutes until fish is cooked.

Best served with warm rice.

Steamed Rice Cake

Rice Cake batter ingredients:
200g rice flour
40g corn flour
800ml water
½ tsp salt
1 tbsp cooking oil

1. Mix the two flours into a bowl and pour about 300 ml water. Mix well until they form into a smooth batter.
2. Bring the remaining 500ml water, salt and oil to boil. Reduce heat to low and pour in the batter. Stir until it thickens. It will become a bit lumpy but it is ok.
3. Pour the batter into a greased heat proof tray. Place on a steamer and steam for about 30 minutes.
4. Cut into desired shape and serve with radish topping and fried shallots.

I serve mine with a sprinkle of sweet soy sauce.

Radish Toping ingredients:
5 cloves garlic (chopped)
50g preserved radish/chai poh (chopped)
50g dried shrimps (pounded)
2 red chilies (chopped)
5 bulbs shallots (thinly sliced)
2 tbsp cooking oil
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tsp sugar
½ tsp salt

1. Fry shallots until slightly brown and set aside.
2. Fry garlic until fragrant. Add in the radish and fry for about 5 minutes.
3. Add in the dried shrimps and chilies. Fry for another 5 - 7 minutes..
4. Finally add in the oyster sauce, sugar, salt.