Kari Ketam Bunga

'Macam Ketam mengajar anaknya berjalan'...ingat lagi peribahasa Melayu ni..?

Haa..ni pun macam tu jugak..

Kari ketam favourite my hubby..pantang nampak kat Pasar Tani, mesti beli at least 2 atau 4 ekor..resipi yg dia suka...mestilah kari ...tak habih-habih nak kari..

So on Saturday..we had lunch with Crab Curry..

Resipi ni senang je, ramai yang dah tahu pun..


Bersihkan ketam bunga tersebut, buang lumpur dna pasir...nanti susah usus dan buah pinggang kita nak tapis.


Potong dua dan buang kulit dan bahagian yg tidak boleh dimakan..potong bahagian penyepit ketam ...guna gunting sennag keja...


Ketam tengah dimasak...

Bahan-bahannya:

-Ketam la kan...ketam bunga ke ..ketam apa2 je la(ketam yg type ni bukan laut dalam, yg laut dalam warna kulitnya merah)
-Serbuk kari -any brand will do..kari untuk udang dan ketam...bukan kari ayam tau
-Santan
-Bawang besar, bawang putih dan sedikit halia - tumbuk
-Sebatang serai -ketuk-ketuk je..
-Air asam jawa - sedikit
-Air
-Garam secukup rasa
-Minyak masak

Cara-caranya senang je:

Panaskan minyak dan masukkan bawang yg ditumbuk bersama serai
Masukkan serbuk kari...kacau sampai pecah minyak
Masukkan sedikit air- tak nak kasi melekat..
Campurkan sedikit santan
Masukkan air asam jawa dan sedikit air
Masukkan ketam-ketam anda
Biar mendidih...tambah garam
Biar hingga masak...thickness of the gravy boleh dipelbagaikan..





Kari Ketam yang sudah dimasak.....

Asam Pedas Nyonya Style

My hubby really really loves asam pedas..be it chicken, ikan pari, ikan merah or even beef..he's mad about asam pedas. I got a this recipe from a friend last week and tried it out and it turn out to be like this..

Habis nasi seperiuk kalau ada asam pedas..hahha

I used ikan merah for this one asam pedas recipe..




Here is the recipe:

Ingredient:

Ikan merah/ pari..or any fish that u like
Dried chili, ginger, onion (i seldom use shallot- malas nak kupas), garlic ,buah keras- blend together,
lemon grass,
turmeric powder,
daun kesum or i used to call it daun asam pedas ;-P
tamarind juice
oil
salt to taste
water

Cara-caranya:....different from Kedah style which we just boil everything

Heat oil in a pot (depends on the size of ur serving)
put the chillie paste and turmeric powder plus lemongrass and stir until it cook well..pecah minyak
pour in some tamarind juice..kacau lagi sikit
Mix some water, put the fish in together with daun kesum
Let it boil and add some salt
Serve with ikan kering or ikan masin goreng...



Asam pedas ikan merah..

Tapai and Kepah Rebus

Today is Friday and that means I don't have to cook coz hubby will be adventurous at Pasar Tani infront of MOF looking at kuihs,sea creature and human being..ooppss.. ;-P

I knew that he always stop by at the same stall looking at those cockles and whatever sealife living in a shells..he just loves it..being a Penangite and lives by the sea, he have this bonding and admire and loves the taste of seafood..so today he bought a kilo of kepah...its not that much actually..it was just the shells weight..







We just boiled the water first..and after about 15 minutes, we put some sliced ginger,lemon grass, crushed garlic plus a pinch of salt..let it boiled and ready...we eat it on its own..no ketchup or chillie sauce...

Before we put them in a boiling water, we mix the kepah in a container togerther with dried chillie to clean the shells..tips from my SIL..

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He always in a mission looking for traditional kuih like these tapai..the one that he always bought was wrapped in different type of leaves..


They look interesting in these leaves..attached together..tapai is a fermented food..it is sweet and juicy. It the olden days, tapai normally were wrapped in daun keladi.

Jeruk Buah and Cheese Cake

What a good start on the first working day in the year 2009...a friend who came back from long holiday in Penang brought us a colourful combination of jeruk (pickled fruit)bought at Chowrasta market..


Ohhh...just look at this red, green and yellow sour thingy....we could not resist it and did not wait until lunch time..by 9am everybody has started conggreggate around this tupperware and trying every piece that tantalized their taste bud..there are jicama (sengkuang), manggo, kuinin, cermai (Phyllanthus acidus) , papaya, nutmeg (buah pala)and kedondong (great hog plum / amra /umra)

Chowrasta is a place to visit when we are in Penang, this is a place to taste various type of pickled fruit, you could bought it pre-packed or timbang kati..depends on how much you want to eat..we always go to the same shop which is next to the staircase..simply because they are more friendly and let everybody to try out some before we decide to buy..awesome...

Fpr those who don't know about this place..if you are at Komtar, just walk along Penang Road and this Chowrasta market is opposite a police station.

There are also few stalls selling other interesting stuff like roasted buah berangan..and also cendol...yummy..

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And here is my lunch bought at RotiBoy Alamanda Putrajaya...cheesecake with hot tea..


Its creamy and cheesy and heavenly...fullstop

Udang Bakar Butter

Hubby got a new hobby..and he just launched his long lost passion for fishing, but since last week he has been scouting at Equin Park shoplot looking for fresh prawn..it was not a wet market but a place for kaki pancing to lepak and mengail udang..the rate for one hour is RM15, they surely know how to make money yeah..?


Sufiya admiring his father's catch of the day


One brave girl with udang hidup yang still terkodek-kodek


1..2..3..4..and 10 fresh prawn ready for a hot pan


10 black prawn posing vertically


Our simple menu ..not to spoilt the freshness of these prawn, we opted to just cut off the tail and part of its head and hot the pan, put some butter and let the prawn turn red..and served hot..and all of them gone during lunch ;-)


Ikan Selar Kuning Masak Asam this is the most simple recipe when i'm in hurry.

Ingredients:
Ikan Selar Kuning - from his fishing trip in PD- cut and clean the fish
Garlic, Ginger, Onion - sliced
Green / red chillies- sliced
Tomato - cut into half
Tamarind juice
Salt to taste
Cooking oil

Methodology:
Fry the fish until yellowish / cook and toss
Put some cooking oil, about two tbs on a hot pan.
Pour the sliced garlic,onion and ginger into the pan and fry until half yellow
Pour in some tamarind juice and tomato
When it boils, placed the fish and sprinkle some green chillie and salt.
Ready to be served


Our set lunch : Ikan Selar goreng, sayur sawi, and masak asam plus udang yang tak sempat nak ambil gambar sebab dah kena ngap dulu..heheh

Korma Ayam

Korma Ayam..

This is one of my favourite recipe..it is so easy and we don't have to follow the original recipe thoroughly but could still taste the korma like it should be..thats the beauty of it..

This is my MIL's style..Korma Ayam;

Ingredients;

Chicken - cut and clean
Korma paste
Curry powder
Almond and cashewut - blend
Susu Ideal / coconut milk
Pandan leaves for the aroma
4 Onion(for one whole chicken) - sliced
Garlic - crushed /sliced
Half inch of ginger -crush/sliced
Cloves, anise seed and corriander
Corriander leaves
Cooking oil
Ghee/minyak sapi
Water
Salt to taste

Method:

-Heat the oil in a pot and fry the onion,ginger,garlic and pandan leaves,plus corriander,anise seed,cloves and ghee.
-When they turn yellow, pour the korma paste and stir..mix some curry powder but not overpower the korma paste.
-Pour some water and let it cook for about 10 minutes.
-Mix some almond and cashewnut paste and stir well and pour in some water if the gravy is too thick and mix some coconut milk in.
-Placed the chicken into the pot and cover the pot with lid.
-Total hour of cooking this is less than one hour..when the chicken are tender adn well cook, mix some sliced corriander leaves and served

Noodle Station Alamanda Putrajaya

Hubby was the one who really loves noodle..be it wantan, mee soup, curry or mee patimuthu in penang..he's crazy about noodle and last week we had lunch at Noodle Station in Alamanda, it is located infront of Parkson and next to escalator.


the menu front cover


me order: springy noodle with dumpling and crab stick..it comes with soup, but i need to add some chillie pickle to make it taste more spicy fr my taste bud


i really really loves this one..smoothies..with strawberry syrup


hubby ordered this one with tomyam flavour


my drinks..'i miss you'..thats the name of this drink, a combination of passion fruit..nice


there are many types of noodle to choose from wet to dry noodle, they also serves western food..just look at their menu...vatious type of noodle..













and various type of drinks too..which are rare..

the ambience was just normal since it is a corner shop but suitable for family because the playground is right infront of this Noodle Station, we could enjoy the noodle while watching our kids play..