Spicy Sambal Fried Fish

After the steamed red flower which which i had few days back, couldn't resist temptations to had the 2nd red flower fish which we bought from pengarang on sunday.
Decided to cook a spicy sauce to serve together with the crispy fried fish, make it some sort like those where we can buy from the malay hawkers.

Ingredients;
1 red flower fish
1-2 tbsp potato starch
3 tbsp rojak flower sambal chili paste
10g assam paste
30ml water
½ tbsp sugar
Dash of salt
Oil for frying

Method;
-Soak assam paste in water, rub & squeeze. Drained & discard residue.
-Wash & clean red flower fish, dry with kitchen towel.
-Coat with a thin layer of potato starch.
-Shallow fry in hot oil till crispy & golden brown.
-Drained on kitchen towel to remove excess oil, place on serving dish.
-Prepare gravy by frying chili paste with 1 tsp oil, add assam water.
-Bring to boil, season with salt & sugar.
-Drizzle gravy over fried fish, serve with plain rice.
-Enjoy!