Otak-Otak

Now this one is AI's favourite..

Ingredients:

500 g mackerel (tenggiri)/ red snapper (merah)/ garoupa (kerapu)

Mixture 1:
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ikan bilis granules
1/4 tsp pepper

Mixture 2, blend together:
4 fresh red chillies, seeded
3 cm galagale/lengkuas, sliced
2 cm fresh turmeric root/kunyit or 1/2 tsp turmeric powder/sebuk kunyit
5 candlenuts/buah keras
2 stalks lemon grass/serai, sliced
10 shallots
4 cloves garlic

Mixture 3:
1 tsp shrimp paste/belacan powder
1/2 tbsp rice flour
1/2 tbsp cornflour

Seasoning:
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp pepper

Mixture 4:
3 eggs, lightly beaten
5 kaffir lime leaves/daun limau purut, finely sliced
1/2 cup thick coconut milk (from 1/2 coconut, grated)

2 Daun kunyit, sliced very very fine.
*Daun kadok
*Banana leaves


Fillet the fish and cut into thin slices.
Season fish fillet with mixture 1 for 15 mins.
Mix together mixture 2 & 3 well.
Blend in seasoning & mixture 4.
Then add the fish slices.

(this is where i start deviating from the recipe. instead of packeting the otak-otak mixture using kadok and banana leaves, i choose the easy way out and treat it as you would a quiche so.. )

Take out a suitable pie dish and spread out the otak-otak mixture evenly.
Sprinkle the very finely sliced daun kunyit all over the top.
Bake in oven about 210 c for 30-40 minutes (check often in case hangit lol).
Cut and serve with rice.