Homemade Otah/Singapore Style Otak Otak

Source : Soaked The Dried Chillies In Hot Water For 30 Minutes Remove The Seeds Prepare All Ingredients Finely Chop The Spice Ingredients And Put It In Your F...

PreTime
more Minutes
CookTime
a few Minutes
Yield
Some Servings

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at : August 25, 2026

Step:

  1. Soaked the dried chillies in hot water for 30 minutes, remove the seeds. Prepare all ingredients. Finely chop the spice ingredients and put it in your food processor to make a paste.

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  2. This is the fish paste I use. Ready to use from supermarket.

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  3. Remove the meat from the bones/skin. Original recipe calls for 300 gr fish meat. But in the end I use 500 gr nett. Roughly chop. Set aside.

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  4. Mix the spice paste from step one with 1 tbsp of coriander seeds powder and 1 tbsp of curry powder. Add salt and sugar

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  5. Add fish paste and 3 eggs. Stir well until combined. After that add in rice flour and corn flour. Mix well, add coconut milk and 3 tbsp of oil.

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  6. Add in the chopped fish meat and lastly, add the finely chopped kaffir lime leaves

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  7. Wrapping time: use the clean banana leaves (wash and soaked in hot water to soften the leaves). Add 3-4 tbsp of the mixture to banana leaves, secure both sides with toothpicks

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  8. You also can use an oven-safe pan layered with banana leaves at the bottom. Cover with another banana leaves on top.

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  9. Baked in preheated oven at 200 degree celcius for about 20 minutes (top and bottom heat)

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  10. Ready to serve. Yummy!

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Ingredients

  1. Spice Paste
  2. 3 stalks lemongrass (white part only)
  3. 60 gr galangal/blue ginger
  4. 2 pcs big red chillies, remove the seeds
  5. 10 pcs dried chillies, pre-soaked in hot water for 30 minutes, remove the seeds
  6. 150 gr shallots
  7. 5 cloves garlic
  8. Other ingredients
  9. 150 gr fresh coconut milk
  10. 500 gr batang/ikan tenggiri, only the meat (remove bones and skin)
  11. 200 gr fish paste
  12. 1 tbsp coriander powder
  13. 1 tbsp curry powder
  14. 1 tsp sugar
  15. 1-1.5 tsp salt
  16. 3 eggs
  17. 4 tbsp rice flour
  18. 1 tbsp corn flour
  19. 3 tbsp cooking oil
  20. 4 kaffir lime leaves, remove the centre part and chopped finely
  21. Banana leaves for wrapping

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