鲜虾云吞面

偶滴鲜虾云吞面终于有一点点进步啦！

上次忘记把虾壳炒过才熬汤~ 超失败的~
这次终于像样一点了~ 但还有很多地方要改进的

希望下次会更好！

Seafood Pasta

prawn + mussel with angel hair cooked in light cream sauce

Kembung Asam Tak Pedas

was wandering in the super market's fish section for very long
because i saw a lot of very fresh fishes!

Snakie once mentioned he like Kembung fish
i was very undecided because no one there
to help clean the fish ~>,<~
okay lar... for Dec sake~

for he had a bad week sake~
brought the fishes home
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1st time cleaning up fish in my whole life again
shivering hands... was holding my breath all the time...
closed my eyes while taking out all the bloody organs
kept mumbling sorry n RIP to the fishies... >,<"

poor fishies...

i've been asking around on how to cook them too
seems like everyone dun usually cook fish at home
haaaaa...!
special thanks for Kittymiao for the inspiration
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went online to check on recipe too
but sadly~ my kitchen lacking of a lot of ingredients
so i simply hantam my way again

i used:
shallot, garlic, ginger, lemongrass, lime leaves, chili,
tamarind (assam) paste, brown sugar, soy sauce

fry all the dried ingredients till fragrant

pour in the tamarind juice n a bit of water
then slowly put in the fishes
cook for 5 minutes on each side
season with brown sugar n soy sauce

not enough time n not in the mood of decorating it
look ordinary but taste superb
snakie finished his big big plate of rice ^^

i wish i could have fresh fish sauce n some lime
it would be perfect ^^
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for those whom wish to hav extra uuumph
u may add some chili padi in too~

A Little Special...

Grilled Salmon with a lil' garlic n soy sauce
since it's so fresh~ why not enjoy its original taste~

Burdock Soup 牛蒡汤

noticed my Snakie like to order this
whenever it appears on the menu
especially in Purple Cane Tea House
.
picked up 2 batang from the supermarket
n did some reasearch on the soup
the ingredients are a lil' extraordinary than my norm
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it uses Burdock (lightly scrub out the skin),
carrot, chinese dried mushroom (soak to soften),
red date, honey date (蜜枣), spare ribs
*boil everything for ard 2 hours*season with salt

一份幸福的奢侈…… ♥

今天晚餐只煮了一道菜
因为没心情~ 因为材料不足~ 就这么一道菜~ 有人就已经感动得说他舍不得吃了
因为里头全都是他的最爱
包括那蒜片和那稠绸的蚝油酱汁

爱~不需要时常挂在嘴边~
偶尔给他的肠胃一个惊喜吧！
就像我们的妈妈一样^^

Pan-Fried Salmon

went walk walk in JJ alone today
after having lunch with my monkey cousin
he likes to drop by for lunch nowdays...
=)
saw this big piece of nice salmon
for only half of its ori price
after second~ triple thought...
putar-balik to pick it up
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with only a drizzle of salt, pepper & olive oil
this can be done in just 10 minutes

tried to make the criss-cross effect
but not obvious enough T_T
next round need to on big fire liao~
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this is how i made it =P
lay a piece of foil
n put a heavy pot on top

learnt the trick from this guy named MASA
a Japanese guy whom stayed in Taiwan for 6 years
my new bed side "lover" before sleep for more than a month liao
he is as playful as Jamie Oliver
but in complete Asian (+fusion) style~

Ah Yan in de La-La Land

i never like lala...
i did this all for ART aka WORK sake
~><~
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the ingredients to goreng my lala
at first wanted to pluck curry leaves
but my basil is growing like a bush liao~
better get rid of them first

*clean up the lalaSssss
*fry some chopped ginger, garlic
*dump in the lala
*season with some sugar, maggi seasoning
*cover for a while until the shell turn pinkish
*add in some Shao Shin Wine & Basil
*serve all for myself for my lonely dinner my simply hamtam punya recipe
also can be finger licking good~~~ NAH!
now u see wat i mean by eating these for ART
coz i need these shells for my recycle craft project mar! dunno can claim or not leh...???
=___="
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for kinoko ^^
it's not fully done yet, temporary until here first lar

Fast Fixed Dinner

this article is specially dedicated to the DARLING
whom complained i did not update my blog for ages
n has no story in my recent updated cuisine blog:

everytime when i go home
no matter for work or for play
ah ma will surely play cheat
pack pack pack a lot of food n 'force' me to bring back
as if i got nothing to eat here
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it would be very adventurous
to slowly discover wat's in the bag
tat she secretly packed
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seems like nowdays she likes to 'sumbat'
a pair of 'ikan sumbat' in the bag
> <"

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this time with additional bunch of asparagus

which i would usually make the green in western way
as in to stir-fry with minced garlic n butter
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mom will always provide ingredients
with recipe attached :)
she taught me to cook it the Asian way this time
or make it the Jamie Oliver way - boil it!
(FYI: she's also Jamie's fans now!!!)
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Stir-Fried Asparagus &
Canned Button Mushroom in Oyster Sauce
*thinly slice garlic n saute in cooking oil until fragrant
*add in roughly chopped canned button mushroom
*leave it to cook for a while
*add in asparagus n stir-fry till colour turn darker
*coat everything with oyster sauce before serve
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i dun hav the iKan Sumbat recipe
because my job is only to heat them up n eat :)
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i like to prepare different flavoured rice
depending on the dishes i have for that meal
so this time i made express Nasi Lemak :)
add in some instant coconut milk
go outside to pluck some Pandan Leaves
steam rice for 20 minutes
Nasi Lemak Kukus~ done!
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topped with Old Cucumber Pork Rib Soup
boiled in slow cooker since morning
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dinner done in less than an hour
with all the short cuts :P

Nasi Briyani Ayam part 2

自家种 punya Curry & Pandan Leaves
there's a small grasshopper staying there
to help me eat the leaves
everyday seeing him grow bigger n bigger wan

yeah~~~ this is wat i call Asian Cooking!
by looking at it also can feel happy liao cooking in progress
this time i used chicken fillet
tah dah~~~~
the improved version of my Nasi Briyani~~ part 1 here
stir in raisin n cashew nut before serve
Stir-Fried Kang Kung to go with the rice
Butter Prawn
with Lemongrass & Curry Leaves & Ginger

i wanted to make butter prawn
but i dun feel like putting chili padi & milk
so i hantam my own version
*marinate cleaned prawn with salt & sugar
*heat up a tiny winy bit of cooking oil
*fry curry leaves until fragrant
*add in a big tablespoon of butter
*add in lemongrass & ginger fry until even more fragrant
*put in the prawns
*toss them a little
*cover the lid for a while
*open lid to toss the prawn a little
*cover lid for another while
*sprinkle some salt
*go clean ur hand n start eating!!!

the BAIT-ing Dinner

this dinner is a BAIT!
to entice someone to come back here fast fast

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Old Cucumber Soup
i wanted to make since last week
no chance to get Old Cucumber
then later no chance to cook
coz nobody help me to drink
finally can cook liao looo...
yeepppieeee!
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the ingredients:

before:
after:
bearly bearly nice soupie
Stir Fried Chicken with lotsa GINGER & spring onion
can see the emphasis of GINGER in this pic o not?
Sotong in Sate Sauce
麻辣沙茶炒花枝
the sauce i brought all the way from Taiwan
ha!!!!
here comes the Small White Vegetable
can see how juicy or not?
it's so nice until there's a big fat worm living in there
n in my fridge for 2 days!
end up it drown in the water liao *sowwie*

2molo's Lunchie:

*nyiak nyiak nyiak*

Calamari Salad

was planning to fry calimari ring
but jz too lazy to play frying

coz i hate frying~!!!

so i simply simply boil it lo~
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clean sotong n cook them in boiling water
add few slices of ginger in the water
to remove fishy smell
dun boil too long if u dun wan it to become rubber
throw them in icy water
so tat u'll get very nice chewy textual
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sprinkle some lemon juice on them
n serve with vege + thai chili sauce

simple n nice~*
look like appertiser hor?
it was my lunch ah :P

Dinner Inflame

nowdays get grocery in Pasar Malam
^^~*
things there r super fresh & cheap
although those uncles aunties
get on my nerve most of the time
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we got some medium White Pomfret 白鲳
from a very generous fish seller
so i decided to make them into
Sweet & Sour Fish

i have phobia with seafood
(cannot tahan the fishy smell)
n very very afraid of THE WHOLE dead body
the process of cleaning them was horrifying
my hands jz can't stop shivering
>.< .

it was suppose to be a very beautiful dish de...
but the process of frying them
is damn #$*%$&@*+^$&@$&$*#&$*#@
ended up the fishes became 体无完肤~
poor fish fish... sowwie lo...
look at them lar~ so 死不瞑目 --_--"

"NO MORE FRYING THIS TYPE OF FISH!"

was wat i screamed
when i served it on the dining table
^&%*$^%&*$%

the vege platter

seldom cook until i fatt mang zhang wan
aaaargh~ geram!
i hate playing with seafood~
i hate frying things!!!!

Garlic Butter Prawn

saw this recipe from the forum

very easy to make
so i modified it to be a better version
^^
ingredients:
prawn, minced garlic + ginger, butter

first~
clean the prawn
leave only the head and tail
then
marinated with salt, sugar n a bit of pepper
lay garlic, ginger n butter on the prawn
then send it into oven n bake for 7-8 minutes
nice & easy ^^

Dory with a Style

fried Dory Fillet
with minced garlic, ginger & mixed herbs

Pre CNY Seafood Dinner

i had these 3 big head prawns
wanted to take 2 but afraid the makcik says
"dik... tak cukup timbang lar..."
so i made it threesome lo~

clean them, pat them dry
then use satay stick to keep them staying straight
so tat can look bigger mar
hiak hiak hiak~
deep fry them n put aside
watch out for the OIL SPLASHING WAR!!!
heat up some butter
saute curry leaves, chopped garlic, n instant cereal
add in prawn n stir fry
sprinkle some salt n sugar before serve
here comes the CNY Special:
Crispy Butter Prawn in Cereal

next
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this fish came a long way
my first CNY project idea was to make 老鼠斑
since it's year of Rat
because i saw this fish name in some restaurant menu
i went to search high n low for it's English/ Malay Name
so that i can trace this fish in the market
sadly to say...
only Karupa (Malay) or Garoupa/ Grouper = 石斑鱼
available in the market
n the sizes r tiny winy small!!!
big restaurant sabo all big fish edi kua...
cin cai lar~ watever lar~
Just Do It!
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ask the fish stall to clean the fish for u
remember to pat the fish VERY DRY
i hold it in towel n walk all over the house
just to make sure it's really dry!
dap the fish with some starch
n again...
go into the Frying War
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let the fried fish go lie down comfortably
fry some sliced red onion, chopped garlic, tomato,
pineapple, chili, pepper corn ++ watever u fancy
i have chopped Arrow Heads 芽菇 inside oh!
n add in some ketchup (add in water + sugar + salt)
pour on the fish n serve!

Deep Fry Garoupa in Sweet & Sour Sauce
this meal very NOT ME hor?
hahahaa... for CNY sake
Ah Yan Boleh!!!
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big big compliment from snakie
he enjoyed this meal so much
hehehee...
n tell u a secret
the above meal cost less than RM5 u believe or not?!
hiak hiak~