Maldive Fish Chips - Food Essential Ingredient From Sri Lanka

Description: Maldive fish is the Sri Lankan equivalent of South East Asia’s dried shrimp, dried anchovies and shrimp paste, and the Japanese katsuobushi. It has a concentrated aroma and flavor of the sea, much like dried shrimp but leaning more towards that of fish. Like dried shrimp, Maldive fish chips are jam-packed with umami flavor, a little goes a long way.Maldive fish is essentially dried and cured fish, usually tuna, the jar above says Katsuwonus Pelamis, which is skipjack tuna. It is used in very small amounts in Sri Lankan and Maldivian cooking and also in certain cuisines of the very south of India. It’s not only used as a flavor enhancer but also as a thickening agent and in poorer parts, even as the protein in the family meal. Many of Sri Lanka’s famous dishes have Maldive fish in them, like the Sri Lankan Coconut Sambal, Pol Sambal.Maldive fish has a strong flavor and aromatic similarities to dried shrimp and anchovies. However, I personally think that dried shrimp and most certainly, shrimp paste, are the wrong ingredient to substitute it with. You are better off using katsuobushi or dried anchovies if you can get them but an easier and very effective substitute is simply canned anchovies in oil. Drain and wipe dry the anchovies, pound them, and use them right at the end of cooking to preserve as much of the flavor as possible.

Price: 7.3 USD

Location: Malwana

End Time: 2023-09-17T08:48:56.000Z

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