foto: TikTok/@ummu_balqis_haura
Cleaning fish scales tends to be difficult because it has the potential to scratch and injure the skin on your hands.
6 Februari 2024 23:00
Brilio.net - For some people, processing fish is a job that is easy and difficult. Apart from its fishy smell, fish also has scales which must be cleaned first when processing it. So, these scales must be thrown away because they cannot be consumed and digested properly by the body.
Well, some types of fish have hard scales. Cleaning fish scales like this tends to be difficult because they have the potential to scratch and injure the skin on your hands. On the other hand, not everyone can position the knife correctly when cleaning fish scales.
As a result, to overcome this, a number of people will use special tools. There is a tool specifically designed to clean fish scales without injuring them. But of course not everyone has this special tool.
Instead, you can use practical tricks to clean fish scales. This trick was shared by a woman named Umu Balqis Haura via the TikTok account @ummu_balqis_haura. Even without a knife or any tools, he can quickly clean fish scales in just 5 minutes, you know.
Reported by BrilioFood on Tuesday (6/2), he admitted that he used hot water to clean the scales of this fish. Well, this hot water will make the scales soft and easy to clean. This method can be practiced on fish with soft or hard scales.
Well, applying hot water is quite easy. First of all, prepare a wide container such as a tray. After that, place the fish whose scales you want to clean. In the video, Umu uses tilapia fish which have layered scales, making it quite difficult to clean manually.
photo: TikTok/@ummu_balqis_haura
At this stage, it's best to arrange the fish in rows so that all the scales can be exposed to the hot water later. After that, then pour hot water evenly over the entire surface of the fish. For maximum results, make sure the fish is completely submerged.
After that, soak the fish in this hot water for 3-5 minutes. If the fish used has very hard scales, you can soak it longer. Now, at this stage, the hot water used will soften the fish scales quickly.
photo: TikTok/@ummu_balqis_haura
If the water temperature starts to drop, immediately take the fish one by one. Then press and rub the fish scales in the opposite direction using your fingers. To be safer, you should still wear gloves so that the fish scales don't injure your skin. When rubbed, the soft scales will immediately lift. Do this process for all parts of the fish until the scales are clean.
photo: TikTok/@ummu_balqis_haura
So, fish with clean scales can be rinsed straight away. Then cook the fish as usual. With this method, you can prepare fish according to your taste without worrying about being scratched by the sharp scales.
Having been watched more than 20 thousand times, this video immediately caught the attention of netizens. Who would have thought, many other TikTok users provided responses in the comments column. Most of these netizens admitted that this trick was very useful to imitate.
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Disclaimer: This translation from Bahasa Indonesia to English has been generated by Artificial Intelligence.
