What is Siomay? Siomay, is an Indonesian steamed fish dumpling with vegetables served in peanut sauce derived from Chinese Shumai. This dish is a complete portion comes with a steamed potato, cabbage, egg, and bitter gourd, and is served with a boiled peanut sauce similar to gado-gado. It is considered a light meal that is similar to the Chinese Dim Sum, but is cone shaped.
Serves 8
Cook time: 2 hrs, prep time: 1 hr
Siomay Ingredients:
- Fish Paste
- 300 gram Spanish mackerel fillet
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 egg
- 1 scallion, thinly sliced
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- pinch of pepper
- 50 gram tapioca powder
- 100 ml water
Siomay
- 2 bitter gourd, cut into 2 inches rounds and scoop out the fibrous center
- 1 firm tofu, cut into 4 triangles
Accompaniments
- 4 potatoes, each cut into quarters and steamed
- 1 cabbage, cored, chopped and steamed
- 8 hard boiled eggs
- 8 kaffir limes
- sweet soy sauce
Peanut Sauce
- 300 gram dry roasted peanut
- 4 garlic cloves
- 5 red chilies
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp salt
Siomay Preparation:
Fish Paste
- Pulse mackerel in a food processor, then transfer to a bowl and mix well with the rest of the ingredients. Set aside.
Siomay
- Stuff each round of bitter gourd with the fish paste.
- Scoop out the middle part of tofu and mix this with equal amount of fish paste and re-stuff the mixture back into the hollowed tofu.
- Steam stuffed bitter gourd and stuffed tofu until a toothpick comes out clean, about 10 minutes.
- Optional: if you have leftover fish paste, prepare a boiling water in a pot, then drop tablespoonful of fish paste into the boiling water. The fish paste is fully cooked when it floats to the surface.
Peanut Sauce
- Grind the peanut in a food processor. Transfer to a mixing bowl.
- Heat a skillet and dry frying the garlic and chilies,
- Then grind these in a food processor. Add this to the bowl of peanut.
- Add sugar and salt into the ground peanut, garlic, and chilies. Mix well. Add just enough water to make a thick paste.
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