Seafood otak otak

Seafood otak otak

Otak Otak is a well loved Nyonya dish infused with a creamy and spicy coconut based custard and aromatic herbs.

Clock Image 10 minutes
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients

8

Wrapping

8 pcs Banana leaves (boil for 3 minutes to soften it)
8 Toothpick, cut into half

Filling

4 Fresh red chilli (cut into an inch)
2 Red chilli padi
70 g Shallot
3 cloves Garlic
20 g Galanggal
4 cm Fresh turmeric
2 Lemongrass
3 Candle nuts
100 g Coconut milk
200 g Mackerel fish paste
30 g Egg
1 tbsp Rice flour
1 tsp Corn flour
1 tsp Belacan
1.5 tsp Salt
1 tsp Brown sugar
6 Kaffir lime leave (thinly slice)
1 Daun kunyit (thinly slice)
8 Prawns (remove shell)
3 Small squid (head is cut into 4 and body is cut into small pieces)
5 tbsp Coconut milk

Method

STEP 1

1) In a Panasonic food processor add in red chillies, chilli padi, shallot, garlic, galangal, fresh turmeric, lemon grass, candle nuts and coconut milk. Blend till smooth.

STEP 2

2) Next add in fish paste, egg, rice flour, corn flour, belacan, salt and brown sugar. Blend till smooth and well mixed. Transfer mixture to a bowl and stir in lime and turmeric leaves. Let it marinate in the fridge for 1 hour.

STEP 3

3) Cut banana leaves into 18x15 cm and form it into rectangular. Seal the edges with toothpick.

STEP 4

4) Spoon 70 g of otak otak mixture into banana boat. Top it with prawns, squid head and squid pieces. 

STEP 5

5) Place onto Panasonic big cubie tray and steam for 10 minutes.

STEP 6

6) Garnish with daun selaseh and a tea spoon of coconut milk.

STEP 7

7) Ready to be served.

Join our FB Community Group

Eating a wide variety of healthy food helps keep you in excellent health. Keeping a healthy diet requires consistency and the common bump that people get into is preparing a variety of healthy meals. Our group, Healthy Everyday Recipes by Panasonic Cooking is here to help you with a wide variety of home cooked recipes shared among the community. Join us today!

Food Storage & Cooking Technologies

Inspired by the precise method of traditional cooking and its emphasis on fresh ingredients, Panasonic's innovative technologies allow ingredients to be stored fresh whilst still retaining their natural nutrients and umami during cooking; all to make preparing healthy meals a pleasure.

Keeps ingredients fresh & clean

Panasonic's unique freezing and storage technologies ensure food retains its nutrition during storage; allowing you to enjoy fresh, nutritious meals whenever you want to.

Cooks healthy & delicious food easily

Panasonic's kitchen appliances feature technologies that simplify cooking without compromising the food's natural flavours or nutrition.