Pakis curry: fern in coconut milk and fish

Fish curry: fern in coconut milk

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A Minangkabau-style dish featuring young fern shoots simmered in a spicy coconut milk broth with grilled fish and asam kandis (a type of Indonesian tamari…

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Gulai pakis is a specialty dish from the Minangkabau region of West Sumatra: young fern shoots are simmered in a spicy coconut milk broth, with fish.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time40 min
  • Total1 hr 10 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • Cooking methodMijotage

Ingredients

4 people

Directions

  1. Shred the coconut, then squeeze it to extract the coconut milk. ≈ 8 min
  2. Grill the sole until it is cooked through and fragrant, then cut it into small pieces.
  3. Grind all the spices, then sauté them with the coconut milk until the aroma is released and the sauce begins to thicken.
  4. Once the water boils, add the fresh fern shoots, asam kandis, and the fish.
  5. Stir gently and monitor the cooking process until the sauce has thickened to the desired consistency. ≈ 4 min
  6. Serve. ≈ 2 min

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 2 bunches of fern seedlings
  • 1 coconut
  • 100 g of monkfish
  • Ground spices (bumbu), to taste
  • Asam kandis, with a flavour

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