Thursday 29 November 2012

DALCA IKAN MASIN

It's been some time since I posted any recipes. Sorry for being lazy. Anyway, this next recipe is also a family recipe. It's called Dalca Ikan Masin ( Mixed vegetable curry with dhal and salted fish) Usually I prefer to use the bones of the ikan kurau but I guess any salted fish will do.


Ingredients

200 g of the bones of the ikan kurau
5 stalks of the long beans
1 carrot
2 medium size potatoes
2 tomatoes
1 round brinjal
1 green mango ( optional)
a fistful of tamarind- get a cup of the juice
some curry leaves
1 tblsp of mixed fenugreek
1/2 cup dhal or lentils
3 tblsp fish curry

 to be pounded
6 shallots
2 garlic
1/2 a thumb-size ginger
 2 cups of coconut milk from 1 coconut

Method
1. Soak the lentils or dhal for 1/2 hour then boil it then it's tender.
2. Soak the bones of the kurau fish for 15 mins until all the salt comes out.
3. Cut the vegetables chunk size
4. Heat the oil and saute the mixed fenugreek and curry leaves until fragrant
5. Add in the pounded ingredients which has been mixed with the curry powder until fragrant
6. Put in the tamarind juice and let it simmer. Add in the soaked salted fish and the potatoes and carrots
7. When the curry is boiling, add in the other vegetables and the boiled lentils. Let it simmer.
8. Add salt to taste. It's supposed to be sourish.
9. Serve it with rice. Enjoy!