Ikan Masam Manis
Friday 2141
What happened to becoming Julia?
If you are on Instagram, you should know that I have been cooking. No complicated dishes though. Just simple ones that can be prepared in just an hour (or less). And since melbie said, she would love to see more cooking posts on easy-to-prepare/cook dishes, I reckon that it is a great idea to sprout this topic of me wanting to expand my cooking skills beyond the ‘OK lah‘ level (as my husband put it).
This is not the first time I tried on cooking Sweet & Sour Fish. In fact, back when I wasn’t married yet… I thought I was a good cook cos I had single-handedly ran my mom’s food stall when she was away on vacation for two weeks. But being married to a guy who trains other people to cook, I kind of lost my cooking confidence. Seriously.
Enough yada-yada.
This is one easy ALTERNATIVE to cook Sweet & Sour Fish. I say easy because you don’t really have that much of ingredients to prepare compared to the authentic sweet and sour recipe.
INGREDIENTS
- Fish (whole or you can opt for fish slice)
- Hong Kong Mixed Ginger (it has Halal stamp on it by the way)
- Maggie tomato sauce
- Garlic
- Salt to taste
HOW-TO?
*reminder : i do not have exact measurement of the ingredients as I pour everything based on instinct (konon).
1. Tossed the juice from the mixed ginger.
2. Heat pan with oil and saute garlic till golden brown. (in my case, until keluar wangi)
3. Pour the mixed ginger and saute for 1-2 minutes.
4. Pour in tomato sauce. Stir on low fire for a few minutes. Taste accordingly. If you feel the sauce is too thick to your liking, you can use the tossed juice from the mixed ginger to make the sauce more watery.
5. Pour the sweet & sour sauce onto the fried fish (I fried the fish earlier).
Voila!
Done in just 20 minutes!
The color may not look as salivating cos, you know, preserved ingredients. But if you prefer fresh ingredients such as cucumber and red capsicum. By all means, do. The only downside is, you might be cooking/preparing more than 20 minutes. 
The Hubs verdict:
- OK lah. In other words, boleh pakai juga lah untuk masak di rumah.
- Sauce too thick. Hence, fish was not entirely covered with sauce.
That’s the Julia in me sharing with you.
Til next post!
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Borneo Geek said,
February 23, 2013 @ 6:58 am
Not quite Laura or Nigela, good enough. Hehehe
Uii dorang celebrity chef/foodie…mana buli tanding
Wyne Mouren said,
February 23, 2013 @ 8:24 am
Ya, the sauce too thick. Kalu banyak, puas hati makan sama tu fish.
..still the dish looks awesome…
Thanks. Comment noted as well
Dyanared said,
February 23, 2013 @ 8:29 am
comel jg ur hubs’ comment.
Haha, well itu kira comment bagus lagi tu. Ko tau lah ni kalo terikut-ikut Gordon Ramsey mo mengomen orang masak. Yang critical sekali…
kay masingan said,
February 23, 2013 @ 9:08 am
cantik jg kenampakan pun n yg paling penting boleh mengenyangkan..:)
Thank you Kay…iya, kenyang juga
edith said,
February 23, 2013 @ 9:20 am
Sia plg suka tu mixed ginger
At least ko pernah sdh msk sweet sour fish. Seumur hidup sia, blm pernah lagi hehe…
Mentua sy bah tu suka stock up di rumah so why not try la kan. Kalo mom sy yang bikin, dia suka buat from scratch. Tapi banyak kerja mo bikin sebab mau potong2 timun la, lada merah la, onion la, nenas la
cathj said,
February 23, 2013 @ 10:52 am
Oh tapunnnnn….
Ashley Easther said,
February 23, 2013 @ 12:43 pm
will try it sumday..mcm snang..ngee
Gunaqz said,
February 23, 2013 @ 12:48 pm
Sa mo try bikin ni next week. Looks easy to prepare
Stella said,
February 23, 2013 @ 1:24 pm
Wah, thanks for sharing this. Boleh jg sya try ko punya recipe ni nnti
Jj said,
February 23, 2013 @ 3:56 pm
i like anything with sweet n sour taste
nti sa mo try pakai ur recipe chegu..hehee..
Wen said,
February 25, 2013 @ 8:34 am
sa pun rajin msak skg since hubby sa komen psl sa punya prangai malas masak..dia blg kalu sda anak bljar lah msak, nti malu anak kt ada anak xpndi msk..jd skg ni slu lah sa msk konon..yg simple2 sjalah..
Just said,
February 25, 2013 @ 9:13 am
tu ikan goreng sodap dimakan begitu sahaja! hahahahahha
lumis said,
February 26, 2013 @ 9:28 am
wow!!! i think i can apply this! mcm sinang ni cegu hehe…i think all this while i made myself complicated sendiri haha…thanks !! ngeeh
beaty said,
February 28, 2013 @ 9:24 am
sedapnya… tp ala sa takut mau makan ikan ni skg,,
sa pn selalu pour ingredients ikut instinct konon..lol
Aemy said,
March 2, 2013 @ 6:03 pm
sy pernah masak sweet sour guna ikan tuna (yg fresh, not yg dlm tin)..sdap jg la..aisemen puji masakan sndiri pula. hahaha..masakan chegu msti lg sedap kan ^^
lydia1212 said,
March 9, 2013 @ 5:13 pm
Wah.. Yummy! Itu Hong Kong Mixed Ginger lama sya inda beli oh.. dulu mummy sya pernah masak campur ayam.. Mau try la ni