Otak-otak Muar

Malaysia · Southeast Asia

Short description: This leaf-wrapped fish paste is soft, smoky, aromatic, and usually eaten as a snack or side.
Ingredients: Fish paste, coconut milk, red chiles, shallots, garlic, lemongrass, galangal, turmeric, candlenut, kaffir lime leaves, and leaf wrappers.
Cultural note: It is associated with roadside grills and market stalls where slim leaf packets are cooked quickly over heat.
Common misconception: It is not a plain fish cake; the spice paste and leaf wrapper are central to the flavor.

image credit

creator:: Hasyya
source:: Wikimedia Commons
license:: CC BY-SA 4.0
modified:: Copied from Wikimedia Commons and center-cropped/resized/re-encoded for Gochizu; no other edits.