Ikan Kerisi Masak Lemak Cili Padi

This entry is for PuanLyn who i know for sure knows how to make Ikan Kerisi Masak Lemak Cili Padi (kerana berasal dari nogoghi) and also to anyone out there who can correct my recipe. Last weekend, some people came over at my house and i decided to cook them lunch. Since i am a sucker for Malay food, i concocted several few dishes namely Sambal Goreng Ala Jawa with tempe, Ikan Kerisi Masak Lemak Cili Padi, Peria goreng and omelette.


I found my Ikan Kerisi Masak Lemak Cili Padi to be exceptionally tawar and a lil bit lack of taste. I've done this dish before and it went well the last time i remember but not last Sunday. 


I cooked this dish with a different recipe than the last time where i used the so-called authentic Nogoghi recipe (as far as i know) which was not to include onion or garlic. Just use cili padi as the base. But then i think i prefer the other recipe that i've tried last time that included cili padi as well as garlic but no onion.


So here was what i used:
4 fat ikan kerisi
20 cili padi
1 serai
coconut milk from 1 fruit
1 small asam keping
1 tomato
kunyit to turn the color yellow
salt to taste
a lil water

These babies are fat and fresh aint it?

What i did was: blend the cili padi with a bit of salt. Add it into a pot with serai, fish, coconut milk, asam keping and cook without oil. Add some kunyit, tomato and salt. Add water a bit sbb i rasa nak tambah kuah. I believe i lack at the tasting part. I seriously dont know how to make it taste good which is a crucial attribute of a cook. Air tangan tu penting.

Blahhh

*sigh*


So help me PuanLyn or any one who knows how to cook this.


The other day, i stumbled across an article in the paper, telling how weary he was looking for a shop that sells Masak Lemak Cili Padi in Nogoghi and he couldnt find one! It is ironic isnt it? To look for that state's specialty dish and failed miserably.

Imagine Penang without shops selling Nasi Kandar.
Imagine Kelantan without shops selling Nasi Dagang.
Imagine Terengganu without shops selling keropok lekor.
...the list goes on.
Just imagine - tak gelap ke dunia tanpa makanan sedap sebegini?