Squid In Tamarind Soup aka Singgang Sotong + Ikan Bawal Masam Manis For Lunch

Since they are still lots of raw seafood stocks in our freezer, I decided to cook again today for lunch. It has been a record for me to just staying at home the whole weekends and cooked. It's two lauk for today...a simple sotong singgang and ikan bawal masam manis. Trying the recipes I got from the Internet again but I do add and alter some other things according to my taste....just campak2 that is...


Ingredients:
Squid - Cleaned and cut into rings
Garlic pounded
Ginger pounded
Lemon grass pounded
Tamarind
Red chillies - sliced
Cili api pounded if choose for it to be more spicy
Water
Salt and sugar to taste

1) clean the squid and set aside.
2) in a pot, put everything inside except for the squid.
3) let it simmer till it starts to boil.
4) add in the squid and let it boil once again.
5) take the pot off the heat and it's ready to serve.


As for the Ikan Bawal Masam Manis recipe as from resepisedap-nennie.blogspot.com :


BAHAN-BAHAN:

1 ekor ikan Bawal - dibersihkan
2 biji bawang merah
2 ulas bawang putih
1/2 biji bawang besar
1 cm halia
1/2 biji tomato

For the sauce:

1 glass of water
2.5 tbs of chilli sauce
2.5 tbs tomato sauce
2.5 tbs oyster sauce
1 tbs lime juice
1 tbs soy sauce
1 tbs sugar
Salt

Cara2 :

* Ikan bawal dibersihkan dan dikelar-kelar kemudian ltakkan garam dan kunyit.Goreng ikan sehingga garing , gunakan api sederhana supaya ikan tidak hangit.
* Panaskan 2 sudu besar minyak dan tumis bawang merah/putih dan halia kacau sehingga naik bau kemudian masukkan bawang besar kacau lagi sampai bawang menjadi layu.
* Seterusnya masukkan sos cili , tomato , sos tiram , kicap , jus limau nipis dan kacau lagi
* Masukkan air , garam , gula dan kacau lagi.
* Susun ikan bawal yang digoreng tadi ke dalam mangkuk atau piring yang sesuai dan terus tuangkan sos masam manis yang sudah masak ke atas ikan bawal.