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Steamed Sultan Fish

Comments (0) | Thursday, December 1, 2011

Ingredients 

2 medium-sized sultan fish
2 onions, peeled and cut thinly
2 garlic cloves, chopped
3 cm ginger, peeled and finely julienned
2 tablespoons of salted soy beans/salted plums
1 tablespoon of oyster sauce

Methods:

1)      Wash and gut the fish.
2)      Place it on a tray.
3)      Pour oyster sauce over fish.
4)      Sprinkle onions, chopped garlic and julienned ginger over fish.
5)      Put on the steamer (or wok), cover and steam at high heat for 10-15 minutes.
6)      Be sure to check your steamer/wok, from time to time and add more water as needed, to ensure that it doesn’t boil dry.
7)      Once done, remove from steamer/wok and serve.

*It’s delicious and goes well with plain hot rice but careful with those small fine bones.




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Minced Pork with Salted Mustard

Comments (2) | Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Ingredients:

400gm of minced pork belly
5-6 stalks of salted mustard
2 garlic cloves, chopped
2 shallots, chopped
2 tablespoons of cooking oil
½ cup of water
1 medium-sized chilli, sliced thinly

Method:-
1)      Heat wok and pour in the cooking oil.
2)      Saute garlic and shallot until fragrant and lightly browned.
3)      Add in the minced pork belly and mix well.

 

4)      Add in salted vegetables

5)   Add in chillies, pour in water and let it simmer for 10-15 minutes. 

 

5)      Remove from wok and serve.


 Best eaten with hot piping steamed rice!


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Jelly

Comments (0) | Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Ingredients:

Agar-agar strips
1 litre of water
2 spoons of sugar
one small cup of Sun Valley Orange syrup
one packet of assorted fruit jelly

Method:
1) Put 1 litre of water to boil in a pot and while waiting for it to boil, soak agar-agar strip in water for 10 mins
2) When the water has boiled, add the agar-agar strips in the pot
3) Add in sugar and keep stirring until it dissolved
4) Turn off the heat and pour in the orange syrup and let cool
5) In a mould, arrange the assorted fruit jelly
6) Pour in the orange-flavored agar-agar into the mould
7) Let it cool for another 10 mins
8) Put in the fridge to set for 2 hours

and voila! It set just fine.


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Durian Flower

Comments (0) | Thursday, October 20, 2011

Durian flower is a seasonal food. When the durian trees have produced flowers, it is a sign that the season is about to due in a few months time. It's heaven to eat but it's a hassle to prepare and it's best eaten on the same day they are collected from the orchard. Leave it for another day and it will get dull and doesn't taste as nice. There are many ways of cooking it. It can be stir fry with belacan, cook with curry powder or coconut milk. Drool!


Durian flowers before it was cleaned. We have to remove the anthers from the stamen one by one and do not throw the filaments. It is edible. After everything is done, wash it. Do not wash it before taking out the anthers as it will become sticky.

Taddaaa...finally it was clean. No more anthers. Only the stamens and filaments

Blanch it to get rid of the nectar

and cook it according to your own preferences!

Sorry, no picture of my stir-fried durian flower with belacan as we were all too hungry and dig in immediately after it was served on the table! LOL! Next time, perhaps.


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Terung Dayak

Comments (0) | Saturday, October 1, 2011


photo taken from wikipedia


Ingredients:

A)
2-3 large terung dayak (also known as terung asam)

B)
2 cloves garlic
2 cloves shallots
2cm ginger
some dried achovies/shrimps
2 cm belacan (shrimp paste)
few chillies

Methods:

Peels off the skin of the terung dayak.
Sliced according to preference and removed the seeds.
Blend all the Ingredients (B) to a smooth paste.
Heat the cooking oil in the pan and fry the blended ingredients till fragrant.
Add in the terung dayak and stir-fry.
Add some water and simmer until the terung dayak is soft and well done.
Add salt to taste.
Serve and enjoy.

Best eaten with piping hot rice.


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