Steam Black Promphet

Most of you will disagree with me : Steam black promphet? Are you sure you know how to cook a black promphet? Honestly, I even ask myself these questions before I try to steam the black promphet as recommended by my friend. The answer is your black promphet must be extremely fresh (direct from fisherman) for this purpose. Or you can do this with a live black promphet from restaurant that is selling the fish ( still swimming). Otherwise, you are not able to create this wonderful dishes.

Black promphet is very common in the wet market Malaysia. But, it is not common to buy fresh fish directly from the fisherman. Black promphet is a cheaper version of the white/silver promphet. It is very unusual to steam a black promphet, normally people will fry it in salt or ginger because it tends to have fishy smell. Then, loaded it with heavy hot & spicy sauces like asam pedas, sambal belacan, tomato & tau chu (soya bean) sauce.

Clean the black promphet thoroughly. Marinate with a little salt. Make a few cut on the fish body so that it would cook quickly. Can you see how fresh & firm is the fish?

Normally, I don't like to fry fish on a week day because we do not have time for the cleaning up. We would prefer to eat steam chicken, steam fish or some light cooking that required minimum cleaning up.

Just lay the fish on the plate & load with the hot & spicy sauce on top of it. I bought a packet of pre-prepared sauce from the store. Just get a good brand will do. Steam the fish for about 15-20mins depend on the size of your fish. Very easy.

If you have more time, you can make your own spicy sauce, refer below link:
http://kuali.com/recipes/viewrecipe.asp?r=3173


I think the fish look handsome & great.
To make the fish looks perfect, I also add additional chili, onion, scallion & coriander.