340. Steamed Ikan Bawal Hitam

I was out all the time the other day, so when come morning the next day, my mind was blurred and I couldn't think much what to cook for the day. I was lazy too due to not having my rest in the afternoon.

Luckily hubby came home from work as Night Supervisor at 730am and brought home these 'Ikan Bawal Hitam'. So apa lagi... I go and steamed them :)

My son Farouk will come home for lunch at 1230pm and he likes anything with 'Ketchup'. Hubby too of course. But the rest of us girls like it cooked with 'Asamboi'.

To be fair... I cooked both!

Our favorite - Steamed 'Ikan Bawal Hitam' with 'Asamboi'



The Men's favorite - Steamed 'Ikan Bawal Hitam' with Ketchup


Easy...then I just placed these two fishes into my 2 tiered steamer and wait for them to cook for 25 minutes.

To prepare, sliced all these ingredients - 2 inches ginger, 4 small shallots, 1 big red chilli and 6 garlic.

Divide these ingredients into two - one for each fish.



Steamed Ikan Bawal Hitam with Asamboi :-
1. Clean the fish, spread some salt, aji and pepper over the fish

2. Place the fish on a plate

3. In a bowl, add 1 cup of water, salt and aji to taste (not too much)

4. Sprinkle the half of the ingredients over the fish. PUT 2 pieces of Asamboi beside the fish.

5. Pour the water from the bowl onto the fish

6. Put into the steamer.


Steamed Ikan Bawal Hitam with Ketchup :-

1. Do no.1 & no.2 as above

2. In a bowl, add half a cup of Dark Soy Sauce (ketchup). Add half a cup of water to it. Stir.

3. Add 1 tablespoon of sugar, salt & ajinomoto to taste

4. Sprinkle the remaining half of ingredients onto the fish

5. Pour the ketchup over the fish

6. Put into the steamer.


That was it. Easy!

Next I would just have to cook one vegetable dish and white rice :)


I am sure you have your own way of steaming this fish.

But it was heaven to hear my son says during lunch, ' Nyaman nya ma...Sedap!' :))


Cheerio.