Spicy fish otah morsels

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4 to 6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      35 min

Appears in
Asian Tapas: Small Bites, Big Flavors

By Christophe Megel and Anton Kilayko

Published 2010

  • About

Otah-otah is a fragrant seafood delicacy from the culinary repertoire of the Straits or Nonya Chinese of Malaysia and Singapore. Long coconut palm leaves are filled with a fragrant spice paste and chunks of fish or shrimp, then roasted over an open flame. Palm leaves are the traditional wrapping but paper bark makes an interesting alternative; if neither is available, simply bake the mixture in lightly greased muffin pans and slice into serving portions.