Traditional food from Palembang (Sumatra Indonesia), and How to make Pindang Catfish (Ikan Patin)

Pindang Catfish (Ikan Patin) from Padang Indonesia

Pindang catfish is very famous in Sumatra Island. It was different from Fish Pindang like in Java Island which has been made by tuna steam.

This food uses catfish to make it and there were much water as it soup. Here they are the recipes:

Ingredients:

800 grams of catfish (Ikan Patin)

1000 ml of water

Seasoning that should be mashed:

10 red onions

5 cloves of garlics

6 big red chilies

You need to steam these ingredients as well:

6 cm galangal (thinly sliced)

3 cm turmeric (sliced)

4 cm ginger (sliced)

4 stalks lemongrass (crushed)

15 pieces of cayenne pepper

5 green tomatoes (cut)

4 tamarinds

4 bay leaves

3 tablespoons soy sauce

3½ salt or to taste

2 teaspoons of brown sugar

How to make Pindang Catfish (Ikan Patin)

Wash the catfish, the cut into 4-6 parts or as you want.

Boil water with all of the ingredients of that you have steamed (wait until boiled). Enter catfish and other seasoning, using low heat to cook it (wait until all of the flavors absorbed in the fish just need a few minutes). Lift it.
Serve it.  Give basil to make it more fragrant. ;)