Eo mook jo lim (Hard-boiled fish cake in sweet soy sauce)
2 sheets of plain, square eo mook (fish cake)* |
1/8 cup soy sauce |
1/8 cup sugar |
2 tbsp water |
1 tsp pepper |
1 tsp sesame seeds |
* you can substitute to any type of eo mook.
Cut eo mook into a bite size.
In a sauce pan, add soy sauce,
sugar, water and pepper. Bring to a boil.
It the bubbles come up vigorously, add eo mook.
Reduce down until eo mook absorbs all the liquid.
Finish with sesame seeds. Serve with rice.
cool tip !
"Eo mook" is a fried
fish paste.
It does not smell fishy at all, so kids like it even they don't eat fish.
It is a bit chewy, mild taste and sweet sometimes.
There are several kinds of
eo mook.
They come in a different shapes like balls, ovals, tubes and squares...etc.
You can sometimes find vegetables like peas, carrots, green onions inside of
them.