Singgang Serani Fish or Ikan masak singgang is a traditional dish that is less known to the younger generation and is often associated with food for new mothers. This singgang serani or pindang serani recipe is a little different from the usual singgang or pindang dishes as the ingredients are ground and also sautéed instead of just being boiled.
Singgang serani is more popular in the southern part of the country in the state of Johor and also neighboring Singapore. This dish is suitable for cooking with any type of fish large and small. This recipe I got from my mother -in -law and has indeed become a favorite of our family.
Hope you enjoy it!
Ingredients for Singgang Serani Fish
500g Fish
Ingredients to grind/blend
30g (6 cloves) garlic
60g (6 ) shallots
15g or 1.5cm of fresh turmeric
10g belacan / shrimp paste
10g or 3 ginger slices
2 lemongrass stalks ( bruised )
2 Turmeric leaves
10g or 0.5cm of galangal
1 red chili
1 green chili
1 tomatoes
2 pieces of tamarind slice
1 teaspoon of tamarind paste
1 spoons of seasoning powder ( If you want )
Method
- Grind the garlic, shallots, live turmeric, belacan and ginger in a blender until smooth.
- Heat a little oil in a saucepan.
- When the oil is hot, add the ground ingredients. Saute until the ingredients are crisp and fragrant.
- Add the lemongrass that has been dotted ( smashed ). If not bruised, the fragrant smell of lemongrass will not be able to be completely released.
- When the ingredients for the stir fry are slightly dark, add 500ml or 2 cup of water. Stir to combine.
- Add the sour cream when the water is boiling. Followed by galangal, turmeric leaves, halved green and red chilies.
- Add 1 teaspoon of salt or to taste and 1 teaspoon of sugar or to taste. The function of sugar is not to sweeten the gravy but only to balance the sour taste in the gravy..
- Add 1 teaspoon of tamarind paste. Make sure the paste dissolves completely in the gravy.
- Increase the heat and add the fish. Cover and simmer for 5-10 minutes depending on the type and size of the fish cut.
- Add the chopped tomatoes.
- Taste a little gravy to check that it the balance of flavours for sour, salty and spicy is balanced according to your taste.
- If you like, can add 1 teaspoon of seasoning powder.
- Sardines are ready to be served with rice.