Ayam Goreng Halia

This is one of my favourite menu during confinement, Ayam Masak Halia becoz its kinda hot and spicy and good for your body. Halia or ginger has been used traditioinally as an ingredient for many remedies.


This is 10 minutes menu:

Just heat 2 tbs of oil, fried chicken with garlic, onion, ginger, lemongrass, tumeric powder, sliced chillies and tomato, put some water, Cover the pan/pot
Let it cook until the meat is tender, add a pinch of salt.
Done

Lunch Set: comprises of: Ayam Masak Kunyit, Ikan Pekasan goreng, Kangkung goreng


My ikan pekasam has been brought all the way from Aloq Staq to Putrajaya and wrapped in multi layered newspaper so that the aroma won't distrub other passenger of bas ekspress..hahah...and bila goreng, the smell will filled your entire house...

Ikan pekasam need to be accompanied with sambal belacan...never alone..baru kick..and of coz some ulam-ulaman, since I don't have ulam raja or pucuk pegaga..timun pun jadilah

On the right side is my daughters fav- buah naga / dragon fruit..we loves this type with bright colour compared to the white flesh...

Rassam

Rassam is similar to Thai's staple : tomyam...but less spicy and no lemon grass or chicken and beef..its purely a soup to go with beef menu.


Ingredient for rassam : chillie, rassam mixture, garlic, tamarind juice, tomato, curry leaves, water and salt to taste...and some sliced onion and a pinch of tumeric powder for the colour


Crushed garlic


End product

Just fried the mixture together with garlic for one minute, add some tamarind juice, add some water and let it boil, then put some cut tomato and sliced onion, pinch of salt





Lunch set: comprises of: Fish curry (ikan merah), rassam, ommelette and sardin (?)

Sambal terung

Onion and garlic - sliced


Eggplant /terung panjang - fried first


Final product

Nasi Goreng Timur Tengah

Bahan-bahan;

Nasi semalam atau nasi yang baru dimasak
Kebab ayam/daging (Chicken Tikka, Shish kebab will do)

Bahan menumis:

Bawang besar dan putih yang ditumbuk
Serbuk cili atau cili boh
Sedikit kicap masin/manis
Sedikit garam
Minyak untuk menumis

Caranya:
Panaskan minyak dan tumis semua bahan
Bila masak, masukkan nasi dan kacau rata
Masukkan ayam dan daging
Masukkan garam secukup rasa
Sedia untuk dihidang.





Nasi goreng timur tengah sedap dihidangkan bersama dengan Teh Arab:

One tea bag
A cup of hot water
Sugar
Mint leaves

Mixed everything together and served hot

Cucur Ikan Bilis

When we were small, there were always goreng pisang, cucur kodok, cucur bawang, tepung talam, pulut sekaya..and my fav cucur ikan bilis..served with hot tea..kena pulak time hujan..heaven...

I still like the idea of having tea with any hot stuff in the afternoon, so mostly every weekend we'll have something on the table either from the food stall or from my own kitchen.

Yesterday, with Hadif on his baby chair and Sufiya running around in the kitchen, I managed to prepare my cucuq ikan bilis.


Bahan-bahan:

Ikan bilis yang sudah dibelah dua (better invest on the best quality)
Tepung gandum
Sedikit sebuk kunyit
Sedikit tepung soda (baca label pd botol)
Bawang besar - dihiris
Daun sup - dihiris (kalau ada taugeh pun ok)
Cili merah - finely chopped
Sedikit garam
Air
Minyak masak
.........

Gaul sebati semua bahan.
Panaskan minyak
Masukkan bancuhan kedalam kuali, guna sudu atau tangan untuk mendapatkan bentuk yg dikehendaki..mine was always not a desirable look :-P
Angkat bila dah kuning2
Hidang dengan air teh atau kopi panas...

p/s cucur ikan bilis sedap dicicah dengan sos chili thai atau kuah sambal yang dicampur dengan kacang tanah

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..