AIR ASAM

AIR ASAM?

What is it? Goodness why their tastebud has to be this difficult, Sarah murmured to herself. How to prepare it? Why Eddie and his family eat this way with their advent- garde life? When her 'to be in law' asked her to prepare it one weekend, she got so scared. Yes, Sarah is Malay with no trace of Irish blood at all...

The easiest solution was, asking from Abang Mat that effeminate Makandam. "Hang ni pompuan apa Sarah? Bulan depan nak menikah pun tak reti lagi!" Sacarsticly he explained thoroughly what is it all about. How essentials air asam in Asia. It's a homemade prepared with tamarind juice. Laden with onion, tomatoes, chili (of your choice) sugar, shrimp paste and salt. According to Abang Mat, this sauce can be altered in thousand ways... depending on which country you are from. No limit, garlic can be added...fish sauce can be a substitute of belacan (shrimp paste). Asam means sour, it can be achieverd by using lime, lemon or any kind of sour fruits depending on what you have in the kitchen. You can even blend those ingredients if you want to..the sourness with tinges of salt, sugar and chilli will be your personal touch soon...Basically to be eaten with plain stim fish, fried fleshy fish, grilled meat or chicken. It's very Asian this AIR ASAM.