Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Preserved young ginger

Ingredients:
Vinegar
Young ginger
Sugar

1. Slice ginger into very thin slices. Add salt to soften ginger.
2. Boil half a bottle of vinegar with 3 tbsps of sugar.
3. Let it cool.
4. Soak ginger clean.
5. Add into cooled solution.

Thursday, March 09, 2006

Oyster mushroom soup

Add chicken first, wait awhile then add mushroom. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Green vege with oyster mushroom

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Steamed Fish Fillet (simple)

Ingredients:
Fish fillet
Ginger
Garlic

1. Steam fish with ginger and 2 tbsps of soy sauce.
2. Fry garlic till crispy.
3. Pour over fish.

P/s: For variety, fry fish instead. For steamed, ginger can be fried with garlic.

Beehun (Homemade)

Ingredients:
Garlic
Shallots
Bihun
Egg
Dried shrimps
Black mushroom
Soy sauce

1. Soak bihun in cold water. (or hot then cold to soften faster)
2. Fry garlic and shallots.
3. Fry egg, put aside.
4. Fry mushrooms. Add bihun.
5. Add light soy sauce to taste.

P/s: For variety, use fresh prawns instead of dried shrimps, use chilli sauce (1/2 tbsp starting for serving) or tomato sauce.

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Steamed Fish

INGREDIENTS:
1 1/2 pounds halibut, cut into 4 pieces
3 green onions, cut into 3 inch lengths
2 fresh mushrooms, sliced
6 leaves napa cabbage, sliced into 4 inch pieces
2 slices fresh ginger root, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce
1/8 cup water
crushed red pepper flakes to taste
fresh cilantro sprigs, for garnish
DIRECTIONS:
Arrange 1/2 of the green onions on the bottom of the steaming bowl (it is important to steam in a container in order to retain the steam and juices around the fish). Place 1/2 of the mushrooms and Napa cabbage sections on top of the onions. Place fish on top of the vegetables. Sprinkle ginger, garlic, and red pepper flakes over fish. Top with the remaining green onions, mushrooms, and napa cabbage. Drizzle soy sauce and water over everything.
Place steam bowl in a steamer over 1 inch of boiling water, and cover. Steam for 15 to 20 minutes, or until fish flakes easily. Garnish with cilantro, if desired.

Friday, March 03, 2006

Umai

Ingredients:
Fish
Shallots
Chilli
Small chilli
Lime
Salt

1. Cut fish into small pieces. Discard skin and bones.
2. Cut shallots and chillis.
3. Juice lime. Keep some 'lime meat' and cut into little pieces.
4. Mix all together. Make sure not too much lime is added. Make sure fish is fresh.

P/s: Can add unripe mango, bunga something or big onions for variety.

Sambal Belacan

Ingredients:
Shallots
Chilli
Belacan
Dried shrimps

1. Fry shallots and chilli until fragrant using very little oil.
2. Add in dried shrimps.
3. Add belacan. (Ratio of dried shrimps : belacan = 3:1)

Tofu with Kunyit

Ingredients:
Hard tofu/traditional tofu
Kunyit powder
Salt

1. Cut tofu into small rectangular pieces.
2. Coat with a little bit of salt and kunyit (just yellow enough).
3. Fry as normal.

p/s: For variety, use potato instead.

Durian Soup

Ingredients:
Tempoyak
Serai
Chilli
Chicken bone
Salt

1. Boil chicken bone with serai (about 3 - 5) and chilli in a normal sized pot.
2. Add 2 tablespoons of tempoyak and add if not concentrated enough.
3. Add salt to taste.

Garlic prawns

Ingredients:
Prawns (do not remove shell)
Garlic
Salt

1. Fry garlic until fragrant.
2. Fry prawns until cooked.
3. Add salt to taste.

Tomato prawns

Ingredients:
Prawns
Tomatoes
Chilli powder/chilli
shallots
garlic
Salt

1. Fry shallots and garlic until fragrant.
2. Fry prawns until reddish.
3. Add in tomatoes. Fry until soft.
4. Add in chilli and salt to taste.