Ingredients
a fish, weighs about 300g at least (I usually use kerapu, red snapper , siakap or bawal)
5 shallots
7 garlic
2inches ginger - julienned
a table spoon of oyster sauce
a stick of lemon grass - bruised
juice from a lime
salt to taste
2 tomatos - halved
2 chillies - sliced
a table spoon of fried shallots (if available)
some white pepper to taste
Directions : -
put on the steamer - mean while, in a pestle mortar, pound all the shallots, and half of the garlic together with the salt. - mix the pounded ingredients with the oyster sauce ,pepper and lime juice. - rub the mixture evenly on the fish and then place the fish on a steam proof dish. - crush the remaining garlic, and just put it on the fish together with the ginger , tomatos, chillies all over and around the fish. - topped the fish with the bruised lemon grass and fried shallots. - steam the fish for about 15- 20 minutes ..depends on the size of the fish. The bigger the fish, the longer it will take. - serve with hot steam rice or just eat it as it is...
