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Ikan masak asam (fish & green bean curry)

Yield: 1 Servings

Ingredients:

• 2 c Chopped onion
• 1 ea Minced garlic clove
• 2 ts Grated FRESH ginger root
• 1/2 ts Dried ground chili peppers
• 1 ts Tumeric
• 2 ts Salt
• 1/2 c Cooked shrimp diced
• 4 tb Peanut oil
• 1/2 lb Green beans fresh cut -into 1 inch pieces
• 2 c Water
• 4 tb OR 3 tbsp. lemon juice + 2 -tbsp. plum jam
• 4 ea Filets of mackerel or shad

Instructions:

Pound into a paste the onions garlic ginger chili peppers tumeric salt and shrimp. Heat the oil in the wok. Saute the mixture for 5 minutes and then stir in the beans. Saute 2 minutes. Blend in the water and tamarind (or lemon juice+plum jam). Cook over low heat for 5 minutes. Carefully place the fish filets in the sauce. Cover and cook on Low until fish flakes with a fork. Remove immediately and serve on a bed of rice. A good compliment to any of these curry dishes and pretty to boot..is fresh pineapple and blueberries mixed with some melon balls and served on a bed of ice.. Thai Ikan Masak Asam

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