Spicy Fried Fish-Ikan Rica-rica






To me, a local market such an overwhelming amazing place, a place where all about cooking are started from and most people would treated as the boss, choosing the stuff in their need, their best and their freshest, its really great!

I live almost near by the local market and its very big advantage to me as my foremost preferences cooking ingredients are available in there and of course I wouldn’t deny that I need doing grocery at either supermarket or cold storage too as the crucial part in my life 







One of nearest local market near where I live called jimbaran local market (pasar Jimbaran) it offer such variety of spices, primary home needed, vegetables, fruits, traditional cooking tools and other interesting stuff. The other one is Kedonganan local fish market also located at jimbaran and situated at the edge of the jimbaran beach. Visiting Kedonganan fish market in some way always making me mad as all stuff are so fresh and also offered daily catch seafood and fish, how could I missed the wonderland … 



To complete this post, i have simple recipe to share and the best part is that it doesn’t required an electric chopper or even mortar and pestle to process the sauce, all you need only a knife and chopping board.
It called Ikan Rica-rica recipe, home-cook and simply-modified by me (ikan refers to Fish and Rica means spicy)





Ikan Rica-rica / Fried Grouper coated with spicy sauce 





   Ingredients


   2 medium size grouper, clean, scales and head off / divide into to 2 every fish
   20 shallots (bawang merah) , slice
   7 cloves garlic, slice
   2 red chillies, deseed ans slice
   10 bird aye chilli, slice
   1 tomato, cut
   a bunch of lemon basil (kemangi) / steam off
   Salt to taste
   oil for frying




what you need to do

Rubbed evenly the fish with salt, heat the oil in the skillet and then fry the fish, meanwhile prepare the kitchen towel placed on the plate. 

Once the fish are fried, transfer into a plate line with kitchen towel. set aside

Heat about 2 tbs cooking oil, add slice shallots fry until wilted, 
in goes garlic, fry until aromatic.

Add chilli and tomato and season with salt.
Add fried fish into the wok, give it a good stir until all the fish coated with the spices.

Add the lemon basil (daun kemangi, stir until the lemon basil just slightly wilted 
* in this stage you will smell the beautiful scent comes from lemon basil and it creates delicious aroma for the Ikan Rica, i bet you’ll fall in love with this dish !

Transfers into serving plate and serve a side dish with steam rice


      Note: 
    You may adjust the spiciness according to you liking and This recipe engross a lots of onions 



    have a look my other Rica-rica recipe, using cob fish (ikan tongkol)




    Comments

    PFx said…
    The best part is where I cry and sweat, eating the fish with my bare hands! Hahaha.
    Duh mantap nya, this is one of my favourite way to cook seafood. Crispy gurame and hot tangy salsa! Ouw! Asikkk....!!
    24 July, 2011 18:00
    Dwiana said…
    waduh Ra, ini gk salah gw di cucukin ikan2. mantep Ra bikin peyut kruyuk2 mau bakar ikan.
    24 July, 2011 21:22
    Ira Rodrigues said…
    then i know that both of youe devoted to fish, yaaaayyy...lets bbq then ;))
    25 July, 2011 10:00
    Ira Rodrigues said…
    then i know that both of youe devoted to fish, yaaaayyy...lets bbq then ;))
    25 July, 2011 10:00
    mycookinghut said…
    Ira,
    Looks absolutely delicious!
    I love the photos at the market, the one with the squid and also the flying fish! Beautiful!
    Are you living in Jimbaran, Bali? I love Bali and visited there a few years ago, hoping to go there again!
    01 August, 2011 02:21
    Ira Rodrigues said…
    leemei, yes i do live in jimbaran, its about 15minutes away driving from both local market. the photos were my 2010 shots.
    btw, hoping to c u when your plan still on for BALI :))
    01 August, 2011 10:34
    mycookinghut said…
    I would love to go to Bali again. I will let you know if I go one day! :) And I want to check out the local markets ;)
    05 August, 2011 04:05
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