Here is another Simple Nyonya Dish that my children love. This dish is call Tempra. Besides fish, you can use chicken too but with a slight twist to the recipe.
The Ingredients for the Ikan Tempra:
Onion - Sliced
Lime Juice or Vinegar
Sliced Chili (optional)
Dark Soy Sauce
Oyster Sauce (Optional)
Salt
Water
Oil
and of course the Fish.
How to cook Ikan Tempra:
1. Deep fried the fish until cooked then remove it from the wok.
2. Fry the Sliced Onion till aroma.
3. Squeeze in some lime juice
4. Add in the Soy Sauce & Oyster Sauce
5. Add in the chili.
6. Pour in the water and bring it to boil.
7. Put the fish back in and let it soak in the gravy for a lil while.
8. Add salt then taste the gravy. If not sour enough, add in more lime juice.
In my recipe, there is no measurement coz I cook to eat, not to write recipe. 
If you like more Onion, you can add in more. If you want more gravy, add more water. Just make sure you add enough the Soy Sauce, Salt and Lime Juice so that the gravy will have some sweet, sourish and saltish taste. That is the Tempra taste. 
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chinnee said
September 30 2009 @ 3:49 pm
thanx a ot 4 recipe. wi try tonite )
Raman said
December 4 2009 @ 4:06 pm
it look nice my mother cooked the same way but the gravy must not be watery will be more delicious if add green chili.
Good luck and thank you for sharing the recipe.
Anonymous said
December 4 2009 @ 4:19 pm
Yup, the original recipe comes with thicker gravy and sliced red chili and sometimes i use bird eyes chili for more umph.
since i am cooking for my children who does not like chili and love lots of gravy, i improvised. 
Raman said
December 4 2009 @ 7:17 pm
thank you madam for your reply, i’m a freelance cook. i cook various food from different countries too, i love to check on cooking and recipies.
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Raman
yumyum said
March 19 2010 @ 6:12 pm
you must be a Malacca nyonya…..the penang mari ones don’t do chili garam