Today, we are going to visit the cage culture at Sungai Pahang
There are cat riverfish and tilapia in these cages
These kind of cages can be widely found at Sungai Pahang
Adult fishes are placed in aquarium to be sold
Customers can choose the fish
I have bought a cat riverfish to cook pais tempoyak
Let's go to my backyard to get some ingredients
I also plucked some chilies from my backyard
Oyen can finally rest :P
These are the ingredients needed
As usual, I will use some lime to clean the fish
I will keep the egg and fry it next time.
Ground the chilies
I don't blend them as i don't want the paste to be too wet
Season the fish with some salt
Add in the gounded chilies and turmeric
I usually keep grounded turmeric in the freezer
I use homemade tempoyak (fermented durian)
As this tempoyak is still fresh, is still taste sweet and salty (not too sour)
We don't need to add more salt
If you use tempoyak that taste sour,
you can add some salt and sugar
layer the container with aluminium foil and banana leaves
I prefer thick layers of bana leaves to prevent the fish from burning
I also prefer to cook pais in the oven so that it will be evenly cooked
The turmeric leaves are a bit small, hence i use 4 leaves
Add some kaduk leaves and laksa leaves
Now add the tempoyak paste
I use 4 cups of tempoyak but if you don't have much tempoyak, three cups are enough
Now, we can put the fish on top
Add more tempoyak paste on top of the fish and inside it
You can watch how I make tempoyak in my previous video
Lastly, add some more laksa, turmeric and kadok leaves
Now, we can cover it with the banana leaves and aluminium foil
Place it in the oven
The temperature is 200 degree celsius
Let it cook for two hours
While waiting for the fish to cook, let's eat some cookies!
These cookies are made by my ex-student :)
These cookies are super delicious and crunchy
If you are interested to buy (you should!:P), refer to my comment below
It's ready~~~
This dish is best eaten with green curry bamboo shoot dish, click the link above ^^
It will taste so gooood
Jammy doesn't like fish cooked with tempoyak, he loves tunaaa
I'll eat first!
