Slow-cooked Sabah fish with spices
A mild freshwater fish, slowly simmered with a tangy takob-akob sauce, turmeric, ginger, and onion: a simple, traditional dish from Sabah.
Pinasakan takob-akob is a slow-cooked fish dish with takob-akob, a tart fruit. Turmeric, ginger, and onion add a spicy kick to the broth.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time20 min
- Cook time30 min
- Resting20 min
- Total1 hr 10 min
- DifficultyEasy
- Cooking methodnibbling
- Gluten-free
Ingredients
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- $0.19
- $0.15
Directions
- Place the fish and the takob-akob in a clay pot or a regular pot. ≈ 3 min
- Add the asam keping, salt, and turmeric. ≈ 3 min
- Add the finely chopped onion and ginger. ≈ 3 min
- Pour: Add water until the ingredients are covered. ≈ 3 min
- Cook over low heat until boiling, allowing the flavors to meld together.
- Add the turmeric leaves. ≈ 3 min
- As soon as the broth starts to simmer, let it cool down before serving.
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