Asian Gourmet Recipes - Savour cuisines from the east

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Delicate soups and stir-fries, well-seasoned grilled foods served with rice or noodles are packed with fresh herbs and spices. Finger foods such as spring rolls, grilled meat balls in lettuce leaf and chicken wings in caramel sauce make ideal snacks and party food while dishes of lemon grass fish and delicious beef stew are sure to be a hit at any Asian lunch or dinner party.

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Baked Fish (Otak)

300 g mackerel (tenggiri)

80 g grated coconut
(white part)

180 ml thick coconut milk

several coconut leaves
(cut into 20 cm lengths)

stapler or a few cocktail sticks

60 ml water

sugar & salt to taste

GROUND INGREDIENTS

8-10 dried chillies

5 candlenuts (buah keras)

1 cm turmeric (kunyit)

3 cloves garlic

10 shallots

2 cm galangal (lengkuas)

1 cm dried shrimp paste (belacan)

1) Discard the skin and bones of fish. Pound or process fish meat with salt and water. Mix with the ground ingredients.

2) Add in the grated coconut; mix well and season with sugar and salt to taste.

3) Pour thick coconut milk into the mixture.

4) Spoon a portion of the mixture onto a coconut leave (open it up slightly).

5) Place another coconut leaf on top to enclose the filling.

6) Secure one end of the leaf with a cocktail stick or a stapler. Secure the other end of the leaf to form a neat parcel.

7) Continue filling the coconut leaves till all the mixture is used up. Grill or cook the fish parcels over charcoal fire till cooked through.

Yen has learnt her lor bak culinary skills from a master chef who conducts cooking lessons round the world. Order Yen's secret recipe home-cooked lor bak (minimum of 10) and have them delivered right to your door steps. Taste and see that they are not only delicious but you will keep ordering for more. Allow 2 days advance order for 500 pieces or more lor baks.

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