Tilapia is an affordable fish, but rich in nutritional content. This fish contains a very high percentage of protein and is rich in omega-3, which works to prevent the risk of stroke and heart disease. Are you still confused about finding tilapia recipes with different culinary creations?
Tilapia can be prepared in different ways, such as grilling, frying, or cooking in soup. For spice lovers, this fish is also suitable for preparing delicious spicy dishes. It can be a daily menu for the family.
The meat has a soft texture, which makes this fish suitable for combining with various spices and sauces. Let’s try to get creative with some of the following recipes for processing tilapia.
Different recipes of delicious tilapia fish
Tilapia is a freshwater fish that is very popular in Indonesia. The ease of cultivation makes it easy to find this fish everywhere. This fish is suitable for preparing delicious and varied dishes.
You don’t have to worry about introducing processed tilapia to your beloved family because this fish has good nutrition for the body. Tilapia can be used as a mainstay in the family menu. This fish is easy to cook, and anyone can turn it into a delicious dish.
Below is a collection of tilapia cooking recipes that you can copy.
1. Sweet and Sour Spicy Tilapia Recipe
Main ingredients used:
- 2 tilapia fish
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 lemon
- 1 tablespoon tamarind water
Seasoning ingredient:
- 3 leeks
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 Bombay onion
- 1 green onion
- 1 carrot
- Tomato sauce as desired
- Hot pepper sauce to taste
- 5 cayenne pepper
- 1 red hot pepper
- Sufficient amount of granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground pepper
- Garam
- Sufficient amount of cooking oil
- 100 ml of water
Cooking method:
- We clean the fish, add salt evenly over the entire surface, and add lemon juice to remove the fishy smell. Leave it for a while.
- Fry the fish until it turns brown. Then drain.
- Fry the shallots, garlic and onions. Add water and let it boil.
- Add chili sauce and tomato sauce as desired, and stir well.
- Add sliced red hot pepper.
- Add sugar, spices, salt and ground pepper. Stir briefly and wait for the sauce to thicken.
- After the sauce is cooked, we pour it over the fish that was served on a plate.
- Sweet and sour tilapia is ready to serve.
2. Grilled Padang Tilapia Recipe
Main ingredients used:
- 2 tilapia fish
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 cm ginger
- 1 teaspoon salt
Ground spices ingredients:
- 1 slice of turmeric
- 6 garlic cloves
- 10 leeks
- 1 piece galangal, broken
- 5 red hot peppers
- 1 piece of ginger
- 2 candles
Supplementary ingredients:
- 3 greeting cards
- 2 pieces of candied tamarind
- 2 turmeric leaves
- ½ teaspoon of lemon juice
- Salt to taste
- 2 lemongrass stalks, broken
Cooking method:
- Clean the scales of the tilapia fish first, then fill the fish’s stomach, especially the inner part of the stomach. Also clean the gills on the fish’s head.
- Divide it into two parts, but do not split it until it breaks.
- Coat evenly with lemon juice and salt. Let the spices soak.
- Prepare roasted spices by grinding all the spices used in making ground spices. Then put it in the container.
- Add lemongrass, turmeric leaves, bay leaves, tamarind, and salt. Then stir evenly.
- Take a third of the ground spices and rub it evenly over the fish.
- Grill the fish until it is cooked, then flip it to the other side so it does not burn. Remove it when finished.
- For the remaining ground spices, cook until fragrant and evenly dried.
- Then we pour it over the grilled fish.
- Grilled tilapia fish is ready to serve.
3. Dabu Dabu tilapia recipe
Main ingredients used:
- 1 tilapia fish
- Lime to taste
Ground salt water:
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- Salt to taste
- Pepper powder as per taste
- 1 piece galangal
- 1 slice of turmeric
Sambal Dabo Dabo:
- 5 large red peppers
- 3 large green peppers
- Cayenne pepper to taste
- 2 red tomatoes
- 5 pieces of lemon leaves
- Sweet sugar
- Salt to taste
Cooking method:
- We clean the fish and sprinkle lemon juice on it. Leave it for about 15 minutes, then wash it again.
- Cover the tilapia with ground spices and leave for an hour. It can also be stored in the refrigerator.
- After that, fry the tilapia.
- Continue preparing the dabu dabu hot sauce by chopping the garlic, red pepper and assorted chili peppers. Add lemon leaves and tomato pieces. Then fry it half cooked. Continue adding salt and sugar to taste.
- Arrange the fish on a serving plate, and pour Dabbu Dabbu hot sauce over it. Serve immediately
4. Recipe for tilapia with basil leaves
Main ingredients used:
- Half a kilo of fresh tilapia fish
- 1 cup of coconut milk
- 200 ml of water
- 2 bay leaves
- 3 lemon leaves
- 1 lemongrass stalk, broken
- 1 piece of ginger, chopped
- 1 piece galangal, broken
- 1 tomato, cut into 6
- 1 bunch of basil leaves
- Cayenne pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon ground pepper
- ½ teaspoon coriander powder
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Enough oil
Ground spices:
- 5 curly hot peppers
- 7 leeks
- 3 garlic cloves
- 2 toasted walnuts
- 1 slice of roasted turmeric
Cooking method:
- Fry ground spices mixed with lemon leaves, lemongrass, bay leaves, ginger and galangal. Fried until fragrant.
- Add water, chili pepper and coconut milk.
- Add coriander powder, ground pepper, salt and sugar.
- Cook until it boils, stirring constantly so that the coconut milk does not break down.
- Add the fried tilapia, then cook until the fish absorbs the sauce.
- Add tomatoes and basil leaves. Cook for a while
- Tilapia fish with basil leaves is ready to be served.
6. Tilapia recipe with rojak spices
Main ingredients used:
Marinade ingredients:
- 1 ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground pepper
- ½ teaspoon mushroom stock
Diluted spices:
- 6 leeks
- 4 garlic cloves
- 3 toasted walnuts
- 10 pieces of red hot pepper
- Cayenne pepper to taste
other ingredients:
- 5 bay leaves
- 1 piece galangal
- 2 lemongrass stalks, broken
- 1 piece of ginger
- 400 ml of water
- ½ teaspoon ground pepper
- 1 tablespoon finely ground brown sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon mushroom stock
- 1 can of instant coconut milk
Cooking method:
- Wash the tilapia well, then drain it.
- Add salt, pepper and mushroom broth to the cleaned fish. Stir well and leave for half an hour to absorb the flavours.
- Fry the marinated fish until cooked, then drain.
- Mix the ingredients used to make ground spices.
- Fry the ground spices with the addition of ginger, bay leaves, galangal and lemongrass.
- If the fried spices have a fragrant smell, add water and bring to a boil.
- After boiling, add the brown sugar, mushroom stock and salt.
- Add the tilapia to the spices. Stir well.
- Add the coconut milk and cook until reduced.
- Nila fish with rojak spices is ready to be served.
These are some tilapia recipes that you can replicate at home. Don’t miss the spices or ingredients mentioned above!
- Preparing the recipe for bismol fish, milkfish, tilapia, puffer fish (simple)
- Recipes for grilled mackerel, palado, peps, sweet and sour, etc
- This grilled fish recipe is Jimbaran style, and the spices run deep
- Tuna recipe with green peppers, chopped, palado, etc. (anti-fish)