Homemade Otah/Singapore Style Otak Otak
Homemade Otah/Singapore Style Otak Otak

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Otak-otak (otah-otah) is a South East Asian delight, popular in Singapore, Malaysia & Indonesia, and consist of fish paste with spices wrapped & grilled in fragrant banana leaves. See Also: Assam Fish Curry My family loves my home-made otak-otak because of the fresh fish used in the fish paste mixture. Pin It Otak Otak (or otah) is a blend of fish paste and spice paste, traditionally wrapped in banana leaves, and grilled over a charcoal fire until a smoky aroma emanates. While there are different renditions of otak otak, it is considered to be of Malay and Peranakan origins.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have homemade otah/singapore style otak otak using 21 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Homemade Otah/Singapore Style Otak Otak:
  1. Prepare Spice Paste
  2. Get 3 stalks lemongrass (white part only)
  3. Get 60 gr galangal/blue ginger
  4. Get 2 pcs big red chillies, remove the seeds
  5. Make ready 10 pcs dried chillies, pre-soaked in hot water for 30 minutes, remove the seeds
  6. Prepare 150 gr shallots
  7. Get 5 cloves garlic
  8. Get Other ingredients
  9. Get 150 gr fresh coconut milk
  10. Get 500 gr batang/ikan tenggiri, only the meat (remove bones and skin)
  11. Take 200 gr fish paste
  12. Take 1 tbsp coriander powder
  13. Prepare 1 tbsp curry powder
  14. Take 1 tsp sugar
  15. Get 1-1.5 tsp salt
  16. Prepare 3 eggs
  17. Take 4 tbsp rice flour
  18. Prepare 1 tbsp corn flour
  19. Get 3 tbsp cooking oil
  20. Prepare 4 kaffir lime leaves, remove the centre part and chopped finely
  21. Make ready Banana leaves for wrapping

This dish is commonly served in Southeast Asia, such as in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore. The grilled fish cake makes a delicious snack and a side dish that is often served with steamed white rice. Tips for Making Otak-Otak Singapore Prawn Otak Otak is a popular side dish in Singapore and is made of mackerel fish meat blended with rempah and spices. It is usually wrapped in banana leaf and grilled over charcoal fire.

Steps to make Homemade Otah/Singapore Style Otak Otak:
  1. Soaked the dried chillies in hot water for 30 minutes, remove the seeds. Prepare all ingredients. Finely chop the spice ingredients and put it in your food processor to make a paste.
  2. This is the fish paste I use. Ready to use from supermarket.
  3. Remove the meat from the bones/skin. Original recipe calls for 300 gr fish meat. But in the end I use 500 gr nett. Roughly chop. Set aside.
  4. Mix the spice paste from step one with 1 tbsp of coriander seeds powder and 1 tbsp of curry powder. Add salt and sugar
  5. Add fish paste and 3 eggs. Stir well until combined. After that add in rice flour and corn flour. Mix well, add coconut milk and 3 tbsp of oil.
  6. Add in the chopped fish meat and lastly, add the finely chopped kaffir lime leaves
  7. Wrapping time: use the clean banana leaves (wash and soaked in hot water to soften the leaves). Add 3-4 tbsp of the mixture to banana leaves, secure both sides with toothpicks
  8. You also can use an oven-safe pan layered with banana leaves at the bottom. Cover with another banana leaves on top.
  9. Baked in preheated oven at 200 degree celcius for about 20 minutes (top and bottom heat)
  10. Ready to serve. Yummy!

Tips for Making Otak-Otak Singapore Prawn Otak Otak is a popular side dish in Singapore and is made of mackerel fish meat blended with rempah and spices. It is usually wrapped in banana leaf and grilled over charcoal fire. It is a typical complement to a Nasi Lemak dish. The otah is then wrapped in banana leaves and steamed or grilled. Otah-Otah makes an exotic appetizer, for bbq gatherings or cocktail party bite.

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