Ikan Terubuk (Hilsa Fish)

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

I just wanna write about this kind of fish, i never know before that it has so many names
as i never checked it haha
This fish was one of my family's favourite fish
we used to buy this regularly for at least once a month
but one day, it was no longer sold at the supermarket that we always got it from

Then few months ago (this year 2019), while my mom checking on the frozen fish corner,
she found this fish even though it was no longer written as 'Terubuk' like it used to be,
it is stated as 'Hilsa Fish'
So my mom bought 2pcs and asked me to cook for lunch

Ok honestly, this is my very first time cleaning this fish as we haven't had it for about 10 years maybe
Yahh let me share with you how to i prepared this fish
Who knows there might be beginner like me too hehe

STEP 1

1) Remove scales if needed (I didn't as i just wanna cook a simple one using the oven)

2) Cut the dorsal fin and the tail if it's sharp (sorry i didn't take photos of it)

3) Make a shallow cut along the fish belly

4) Take out the fish's innards (as shown in the photo, it wasn't done yet though, there was alot more)

Buang all of these innards so that ikan tidak berbau hanyir

5) Rinse the fish with cool water until no more blood

If there's still blood, maybe masih ada innards di dalam fish's belly

STEP 2

After cleaning fish is done, i cut the fish into two as it didn't fit on the oven tray

If you want to cook it on a frying pan or steamer, just leave it like that without cutting pun boleh

Then i put lemon juice on the fish to avoid the fishy smell

Sprinkle a bit of salt and turmeric powder

and it's readyyyyy to get it in the oven!

STEP 3

So this is how it looked like after 30 minutes in the oven

Heat the oven to 120F (different oven has different heat)

Bake the fish uncovered for about 30 minutes

Set the oven heat for upper and lower

DONE!

FOR THE SAUCE

1) Limau Kasturi

2) Lada Merah

3) Cili Padi

4) Bawang Merah 

5) Bawang Putih

6) Kicap Masin

 7) Kicap Manis

8) Sos Cili

Sukatan ikut suka hati hehehe

Selamat Mencuba!

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BYNH10