Easiest Way to Prepare Perfect Malaysian Fish Pekasam (Fermented Salted fish)

Hello everybody, I hope you're having an incredible day today. Today, we're going to prepare a distinctive dish, Recipe of Perfect Malaysian Fish Pekasam (Fermented Salted fish). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I'm gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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Many things affect the quality of taste from Malaysian Fish Pekasam (Fermented Salted fish), starting from the type of ingredients, then the selection of fresh ingredients, the ability to cut dishes to how to make and serve them. Don't worry if you want to prepare Malaysian Fish Pekasam (Fermented Salted fish) delicious at home, because if you already know the trick then this dish can be used as an extraordinary special treat.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook Malaysian Fish Pekasam (Fermented Salted fish) using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Hubby at the Airport (he landed midnight):

Custom officer asked hubby about packets of 'pekasam'.

Hubby: (pausing, searching for the best words to describe this so called.....)....salted fish.

Custom Officer: (Quietly inspecting each packet). This one is different from that (pointing at another packet of dried salted fish 😅).

Hubby: (pausing again...) This one is flavoured....errr FLAVOURED salted fish (referring to packets of fish Pekasam) 🤦🏻‍♀️😅

Long story short, hubby explained to the best of his ability and was very grateful all went well. When at home, he said, "mama, you crave for the strangest kind of food", Understandably so, as im the only one here love Pekasam. Kids & hubby don't share the same palate. They don't even like Durian! And I LOVE DURIAN!! Me & kids dont get to visit Malaysia and it's been few years. I miss lots of things. When hubby flew there on his bussiness trip, i kinda forced him to bring back food he is not even familiar with.

So, Pekasam is now 'Flavoured Salted Fish' 😅

Happy Independence Day to all #Malaysians 🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾 31st August 2022!

!👉🏻 Note that, Western Australia is very strict when it comes to bringing food into the country ❤🇦🇺🇦🇺🇭🇲🇭🇲

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Ingredients and spices that need to be Take to make Malaysian Fish Pekasam (Fermented Salted fish):

1. 2 packets Fish Pekasam
2. Young turmeric leaves - FINELY/THINLY SLICED
3. Big chillies - both red & green - chopped
4. Bird eyed chillies - chopped
5. Red onion or shallots - sliced
6. Brown onion - sliced
7. MSG - optional
8. Enough oil

Instructions to make Malaysian Fish Pekasam (Fermented Salted fish)

1. Despite growing up eating fish Pekasam, i never get to learn to make one. Below is my treasured stash, all the way from Malaysia 🇲🇾 Pekasam made with many types of fish, and then again, i am not familiar with kinds of fish listed on the packet 😪 (the truth is, the only fish i can 110% confident identifying is Salmon 😅😅😅). When i have my Pekasam, hubby and kids have their usual, Creamy Cheesy Mushroom sauce accompanying mussels, Bbq-ed meat, garlic breads, potatoes, brocolini & asparagus.
2. Prep all ingredients 👉🏻 finely/thinly slice turmeric leaves (see pic). Chop chillies & slice onions.
3. Cut fish into small bite; see pic below. Heat oil in a pan or a wok. Fry the fish until golden brown. Remove from the wok and keep aside.
   
   Note: we sometimes chop our fermented fish into tiny pieces so it blends well with the rest of the ingredients.
4. Add some oil to the same pan or wok. Sauté chillies, onions & turmeric leaves until fragrant. Add cooked/fried fermented fish & season with a pinch of MSG.
5. Stir to combine everything. Cook for another 2 - 3 minutes. Transfer out and serve with hot rice.
6. Me - fish pekasam
   
   Hubby & Kids - mussels in creamy & cheesy mushroom sauce (recipe linked below)

While this is in no way the end all be all guide to cooking fast and simple lunches it is very good food for thought. The expectation is that will get your own creative juices flowing so that you could prepare wonderful lunches for your own family without needing to accomplish too horribly much heavy cooking from the process.

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