Recipe for Otak-Otak Ikan 
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Yield:
1
Ingredients:
Amount Ingredient
400 gm ikan merah (red snapper)
----------------- Part (A): ----------------
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp Maggi Ikan Bilis granules
1 dsh pepper
Part (B): -- Spice Ingredients pound together
3 x fresh red chillies, seeded
3 x cm lengkuas
2 x cm fresh turmeric root
or replace with 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
5 x buah keras (candlenuts)
2 stalk serai (lemon grass) sliced thinly
10 x shallots
4 clv garlic
----------------- Part (C): ----------------
1 tbl chilli boh
1 tsp Maggi belacan powder
1/2 tbl rice f1our
1 tbl cornflour
Seasoning
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
1 x pepper to taste
----------------- Part (D): ----------------
1/2 cup pati santan
3 x eggs, well beaten
5 x limau purut leaves, finely sliced
Instructions:
Instructions: Banana leaves - cut into 20 x 18 cm pieces, soften by steaming or scald in hot water

Method:
CUT fish fillets into thin slices and season with (A) for 15 minutes.

Grind ingredients (B) into a paste. Mix well the ground ingredients with (C). Blend in (D) and seasoning. Add fish slices into the mixture.

Take 1 piece of banana leaf, place 3-4 daun kadok in the centre. Put 3 slices of fish and 2 tbsp gravy over it. Form a bundle by folding up both the sides to meet in the centre. Fold up both the ends and staple the middle portion to secure. Make as many bundles of otak-otak as possible.

Steam the bundles for 10 minutes over rapid boiling water. Serve hot with rice or white bread.

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