My Island Penang
Facebook

  • Features
left-logo1
left-logo4
left-logo5

Fish Tumis



Torch ginger in this Fish curry adds creaminess



Fish Tumis or Gulai Hu is cooked with tamarind to create a hot and sourish flavor. It leaves you a lovely sweet, sourish tangy flavour after having this dish. Sometimes, we served fish tumis with Nasi Lemak.


Whenever we cooked this dish, we have to cook with more gravy as we love to drink the gravy. Serious, we really love this gravy, the fresh herbs must the reason why we enjoy this dish so much.


We love the use of '4 friends of the herbs'. They are equally important contributions to prepare a lovely delicious fish Tumis. I guess the balance of this 4 fresh friends makes the dish very refreshing.


Tangy sourish Fish curry, part of Nyonya Food. A really lovely dish which can be achieved cooking in Penang Food. Grandma favorite dish is loved by many locals.




NEW: Inspired Cooking

Nyonya, Indian and Chinese or Vegetarian cooking class is available. Clean, hygiene, 1 student 1 work station cooking class in Penang. Read more here. See some dishes and photos.


Curry Fish Tumis

Ingredients

  • 3 black pomfrets. Total weight about 3.5 to 4 kats.
  • Washed and cut to 5 slices.
  • 2 -3 Laksa leave or polygonum (Chean Hong).
  • 1 Torch ginger or Bunga Kantan (cook till soft and eat like antichoke).
  • 2 ozs tamarind, add to 40 ozs water, sieve with fingers. Do not metal seive or cloth. You can adjust the gravy consistency to you own preference by adding more or less water.
  • 1.5 tablespoon salt or to taste.
  • 1 tablespoon sugar or to taste.

Spice Paste

  • 2 ozs fresh chillies
  • 1 oz dried chillies
  • 1/2 oz fresh tumeric
  • 2 ozs lemon grass
  • 1/4 oz galangal or lengkuas
  • 8 ozs shallots
  • 6 garlic
  • 1 oz belachan
  • 1 tablespoon coriander powder

Method

  • Heat 8 ozs oil and fry rumpah, high heat.
  • When begin to stick to pan, lower to medium heat.
  • Add tamarind juices and simmer for 5 mins, adding fish and bunga kantan or chean hong.
  • Cook until fish is tender.
  • Add sugar, it matures the sourish taste.

Tips:

  • You may add Ladies finger, Tomatoes or Kiam Chye.
  • Kian Chye (Salted veg). Desalt before use. Soak in salt water for 15 mins.
  • Suitable with Ikan pari (stingray), cat fish (ikan geli). The colour of the curry upon is dependent upon the color of turmeric and chillies.

Go to Top of Fish Tumis Page

Back to Nyonya Flavours Page

Back to Penang Food Page

Back to My Island Penang Home Page




Hard Rock Hotel

booking-img
For happy travellers wanting a great holiday in Penang, Hard Rock Hotel is certainly a great choice. With 249 room with great balconies and sea views, one can have vacation with a sweet smile.
click

Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa

heritage-img
The grand dame of Batu Ferringhi is Shangri-La's Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa which has catapulted Penang to fame as the first beach resort in the region with a five star hotel status. Top notch with a spacious living room, dressing area, large marble bathroom, separate bath-shower and soaking bathtub on balcony, feel like a king and queen during your stay!
click

Golden Sands Resorts

heritage-img
Shangri-La's Golden Sands Resort, Penang brings together the magic of the east and the comforts of the west, with its rooms and suites offering all the amenities you would expect from a deluxe resort. Recreational activities include exciting water-sports, jungle trekking, or simply lounging at one of its many pools.
click

Hydro Majestic Hotel

heritage-img
Hydro Majestic Hotel is situated along the famed Batu Ferringhi beach, a perfect hideaway for holiday makers and the businessperson. It is 25 minutes by car to Georgetown and 45 minutes to Bayan Lepas.
click

Bayview Beach Resort

heritage-img
The Bayview Beach Resort is the perfect retreat for holiday-makers, conference and business travelers. Lay back and enjoy the sun-drenched beaches and swaying palm trees from the hotel's award-winning landscaped gardens.
click

Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion

heritage-img
The wonders of Blue Mansion. Don't get me wrong, the exterior may be crummy, the interior of Cheong Fatt Tze mansion is an architectural marvel. God only knows how many times my breath was taken away when I gawked at the ceramic relief paintings, the old-encrusted wooden frames and the majesty of the spiral staircase.
click

Tg Bungah Hotel

heritage-img
Tanjung Bungah Beach Hotel is the ideal venue for your banquet or corporate event. Whether its a wedding, group convention, theme party or a business meeting, the team of special event specialists will ensure that everything is arranged without a hitch.
click

The Copthorne

heritage-img
Everything you made need or want to spend your tourist dollar on is within 20 minutes of The Copthorne. Now, what about the hotel. The most important part, the management and staff that initially started the improvements are still there and worked hard on making our Copthorne Orchid in Penang stay a fantastic one."
click

Paradise Sandy Bay

heritage-img
Staying at Paradise Sandy Bay for the fact that it is situated near the beach and the room rates are really value for money, considered the 5-star looked a liked room.
click

Flamingo by the Beach

heritage-img
Formerly known as Penang Crown Jewel Penang hotel, it is now the Flamingo by the Beach hotel. It is one of Penang's hotel with good reputation for facilitating very well trained employees. Being situated in this vibrant area has many advantages such as good access to nearby points of interest.
click

Northam All Suite

heritage-img
The Northam All Suite is the first all suite Business Hotel in a resort setting in Gurney Drive Beach Hotels, Penang.
click

G Hotel

heritage-img
A bold, beautiful creation in homage to modern, contemporary design, G Hotel fuses cool modernity with stylish comfort. The stunning atrium lobby, washed in sumptuous lighting is accented with an imaginative and carefully selected collection of designer furniture.
click

Gurney Resort Hotel and Residences

heritage-img
The newest Hotel in Penang is The Gurney Resort Hotel and Residences. The Gurney Drive Beach Hotels is a sea-front resort cum business and entertainment hotel, highly regarded as one of the most prominent deluxe hotels in the city of Penang or Pulau Penang.
click

Evergreen Laurel Hotel

heritage-img
Evergreen Laurel Hotel, has a magnificent oceanfront location overlooking Georgetown city, and featured recreational facilities. Enter a World of Elegance and discover a new level of unrivaled hospitality; one that is extravagantly luxurious yet meeting all travelers needs with a finesse.
click

Berjaya Georgetown Hotel

heritage-img
Berjaya Georgetown Hotel Penang is part of the 1-Stop Midlands Park, a complex comprising condominiums, offices, shopping arcades, supermarkets, bowling alley, water theme park, food and entertainment outlets.
click