Steam Promfret (Bawal Steam)

Finally last week I managed to cook on my own the Steam Promfret. Luckily my mom dropped by our home the day before and I wrote me these recipe. It really is a piece of cake! I can't believe I was able to do it! (even baking a cake is harder) :P

This piece of paper is like a masterpiece. Never loose it! :P

It's kinda hard to find this particular fish here in Seberang Jaya. I don't know Pulau Pinang. So this fish was brought by my mom all the way from Alor Setar okeh :P

Anyway.. this is how to prepare this steam prom-fret my way (well, my mom's way) :P

Ingredients :

• 1 medium size steam prom-fret (preferably bawal emas/white prom-fret)
• carrots, tomato, lemongrass (serai), celery, spring onion (daun bawang/sup) - for decorations
• 7 cloves of garlic (bawang putih)
• 1 inch of ginger (halia lebih kurang besar ibu jari )
• 1 tsb of black pepper (if you like it spicy, add more)
• pinch of salt & sugar 
• tamarind (asam jawa) to remove the smell  
• 1 tsbp of oyster sauce

Preparation :

• Clean fish of all innards and cut slits onto the body of the fish. spread asam jawa all over the fish.put aside
• crushed all items highlighted all together (i used the traditional lesung batu for this :P) .
• spread the crushed items all over and leave some inside the fish.
• put lemongrass, carrots,  spring onion & tomato on the fish
• pour a bit of water into the container. Just a bit okay?. Say enough to cover half of the fish.
• leave it for approx.10 minutes (marinate)

To cook :

• I used microwave to steam the fish. It's so much easier and so does my mom! :P
• for the steamer, I used one of this corningware to steam the fish. If you don't have this, do not fret. You can used any container that is microwavable ;)

• Set the microwave with medium-high. In my case, there's an setting button for steam fish. Says there medium-high for steaming and approx 10 minutes. (sekejap je kan?

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  make sure the container must be closed!

and voila!! I give you the steam prom-fret!!!

Okay, I'm not much of a recipe writing person :P

So if you find this a bit confusing, let me know :D

Good luck!