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SINGGANG IKAN TENGGIRI



Did you know that Singgang Ikan, a Malay traditional sweet and sour soup went viral a couple of months ago as a potential preventive measure against Covid-19?

According to Dr Azizah Mahmood, a lecturer from the Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science at Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), “Ingredients such as galangal, turmeric, ginger and garlic which can be found in the dish can destroy microbes and it has been proven by previous research. Read about it HERE.

The keyword here is "potential" and the theory has not been clinically tested against COVID-19. Anyway, I decided to cook this dish myself because I try to limit eating out since the said coronavirus is still lurking out there. 

The dish is rather simple to make. Just chop everything up and bring it to a boil. I used ikan tenggiri because it needs zero prep, unlike other fishes. I omitted the tumeric because I prefer to put more galangal into my soup.


IKAN SINGGANG TENGGIRI 
(2 Servings)

Ingredients
1 piece of ikan tenggiri (You can replace it with any seafood of your choice actually. It works quite well with lala clams too.)

6 okra / kacang bendi 
1 tomato
1 red chilli
1 green chilli
2 cili padi 
1 inch galangal/ lengkuas 
1 inch ginger/ halia
1 lemongrass / serai
3 cloves garlic/ bawang putih
2 shallots / bawang kecil
Coriander/ Daun Sup - separate the stems and the leaves. Cut the stems into 2 inches long for the soup while keeping the leaves for garnishing. 

1 litre of water
30 g of tamarind paste (or you can use 3-4 pieces of asam gelugur)
1/4 piece gula nisan / coconut sugar
1/2 tsp of Maggi CukupRasa
1 tsp salt 

Method
  • Very simple - just cut everything to your fancy
  • Put everything into a pot of water and bring to boil
  • Season to taste



A warm and comforting soupy dish for the tummy. Not a single drop of oil used in this dish and it is loaded with microbe-destroying ingredients. Not a bad dish to prepare during the time of a pandemic, eh?
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