Sambal prawns and calamari

Sambal prawns and calamari

This dish is my favourite. Both my kids love it too. It is very easy to prepare and cook.

I make my own sambal but if you find that it is time consuming to make, it is easily available in any grocery stores or wet markets in Malaysia. You can purchase sambal from the Asian grocery stores in Sydney too.

Ingredients

300 gm calamari/squid (cleaned, scored and cut into pieces)

300 gm prawns (de shelled and deveined)

1 brown onion (finely chopped)

1 tbsp sambal (Recipe : http://5foodway.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/recipe-for-making-sambal.html )

1 tsp tamarind juice

½ anchovy cube

1 to 1½ tsp sugar

1 tbsp shallot oil (Recipe : http://5foodway.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/jennifers-secret-ingredient-in-her.html )

 

Procedure

Heat a wok or pan.

Drizzle with 1 tbsp of shallot oil.

Add in sambal. Give a quick stir. Add squid/calamari. When squids are cooked, 

add prawns. Mix and stir fry all until prawns are cooked.

Add cube and sugar. Cook and combine both the cube and sugar until dissolve. Lastly add tamarind juice.

Mix all. Remove and dish on serving plate. Serve hot with white rice or nasi lemak.

Enjoy!

Recipe : "Savoury Glutinous Rice"

Savoury Glutinous Rice

Most of my family members love Savoury Rice. My mum visited me recently and she made this dish for us. Mum’s simple recipe as follows:-

Ingredients

500 gm white glutinous rice

100 gm meat (cut in pieces)

20 gm dried anchovies (cleaned)

30 gm dried prawns (de shelled and de skinned)

4 dried shiitake mushrooms

Crispy Fried shallots (4 tbsp)

Recipe :- (http://5foodway.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/jennifers-secret-ingredient-in-her.html)

Shallots oil (1 tbsp)                  

Water

Sauces and spice

 

2 tbsp Light soy sauce

1 tsp Dark caramel sauce

Dash of Pepper

1 tbsp Oyster sauce

Procedure

 

Rinse and soak the rice for half an hour. Remove and sift the rice with a colander.

Set aside.

Marinade the meat with salt, pepper and some corn starch.  Set aside.

Rinse, soak the dried anchovies and prawns. Sift the two items. Blend or pound it respectively. Set aside.

Wash and soak shiitake mushrooms in hot water. Once soften, cut into strips. Lightly fry the mushrooms and drizzle with few drops of light soy sauce. Set aside.

Heat a pan or wok. Add shallot oil. Fry the dried anchovies and dried prawns till aromatic and fragrant. Add the marinated meat and fry till the meat cooks. Add rice. Fry and combine. Add the sauces and spice. Stir fry all for 2 to 3 minutes.

Turn off heat. Transfer the aromatic rice (mix 2 tbsp of the fried shallots into the rice) into a line baking tray. Use the back of the spoon to even/flatten the rice. Add hot water to the level just cover the rice. Steam the rice for 40 minutes in a rapid boiling steaming wok or pan.

Remove into a serving plate. Garnish with fried shallots, chopped spring onions and shiitake mushroom strips. Serve hot.

Recipe : Sweet and sour Chicken

Sweet and sour chicken

Sweet and sour Chicken

 

Sweet and sour Chicken/Pork is also known as ‘Ku Lo Yoke’.  This is a Cantonese dish. My son loves it.

 

Ingredients:-

500 gm chicken thigh fillet (cut into pieces)

1 brown or spanish onion (cut into 8)

Fresh pineapple (cut into bite sizes)

Chilli (julienned)

1 tsp minced garlic

Oil for deep frying

 

Marinade (A)

1 tbsp soy sauce

1 tbsp Shao Xing cooking wine

¼ tsp salt

¼ tsp pepper

1 tsp cornstarch

 

Sauce

2 tbsp tomato sauce

2 tbsp chilli sauce

1 tsp white/rice vinegar

1 tsp sugar

1 tsp oyster sauce

300 to 500 ml chicken stock

½ tsp salt

1 tsp tapioca flour (dilute with 2 tbsp cold tap water)

 

Batter

2 tbsp cornflour

1 tbsp plain flour

1 tbsp rice flour

1 egg

1 tbsp unsalted butter

1/8 tsp of salt

water

 

Procedure

 

Marinade chicken with (A) for an hour.

In a bowl, mix all the sauces except for tapioca starch and set it aside.

Mix the batter ingredients. Combine and incorporate till no lumps. Place pieces of chicken into the batter.

Heat a wok or pot with sufficient amount of cooking oil.

Deep fry the chicken meat till golden brown. Remove and drain on kitchen paper towel.

Heat a clean wok. Add 1 tbsp vegetable oil.

Saute the brown/spanish onion. Add minced garlic and fry both till golden brown.

Pour the sauce into the wok. Stir and let it boil. Add pineapple and chilli. Simmer the sauce for 2 minutes. Keep on stirring while you pour the tapioca starch mixture.

Lastly add the fried chicken. Turn of heat. Give a quick stir to combine chicken with the sauce.

Serve hot with rice.

 

Chicken in batter

 

Deep frying

 

Deep fried chicken

 

Recipe :- Appam Made Easy



Appam

Appam Made Easy Recipe

Who likes eating Appam? I do because it is tasty, healthy and light. It is an all time favourite breakfast.

Appam is a type of pancake made with fermented rice batter and coconut milk. It is popular in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka.

I would like to thank my Sri Lankan friend, Pauline for giving me a seasoned Appam pan and sharing with me the following easy recipe making Appam.

Ingredients

 

(A)

½ box rice flour

½ cup self raising flour

1 tsp sugar

½  tsp instant yeast

¾ cup room temperature water

(B)

250 gm coconut cream (Kara brand)

¼ tsp salt

 

Gula Melaka

Fresh grated coconut

 

Procedure

Sift both the flour. Combine ingredients A until it forms a thick batter.

thick batter

Cover and keep aside overnight for fermentation.


The batter will rise and increase in volume the next day.

Overnight fermentation

Add coconut cream and salt into the batter. Stir and mix well.

Batter after mixing coconut cream and salt

Heat an Appam pan and grease it lightly with oil.

Pour a ladle full of batter into the pan and slowly rotate the pan in circular motion so that a thin layer forms on the side while the middle remains thick.

Cover with lid and let it cook.

Appam cooking in the pan

Serve hot.

I love to devour my hot Appam with gula Melaka and grated coconut.



Yummylicious

 

Recipe : - Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies

My friend makes the best Chocolate Chip Cookies and recently shared her recipe with me. My kids love the cookies.

Ingredients

227 gm of unsalted butter at room temperature

2 ½ cups self raising flour

2 eggs

¾ cup white sugar

¾ cup brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

½ tsp water

Pinch of salt

1 packet chocolate chips

 

Procedure

Preheat oven at 160 degrees Celsius (fan baked). Lightly grease cookie sheets.

Combine butter, sugar, vanilla extract and water until creamy.

Add eggs.

Gradually add flour and salt.

Add chocolate chips and mix.

Drop a large teaspoon of mixture onto greased trays and bake for 12 to 15 minutes.

Recipe :- Oatmeal raisins cranberries cookies

Oatmeal raisins cranberries Cookies

Oatmeal cookies are healthy snacks for both adults and kids. This crisp and chewy cookie is loaded with oats, raisins and dried cranberries.

 

Ingredients

227 gm of unsalted butter at room temperature

1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

2 eggs

¾ cup granulated sugar

¾ cup brown sugar

½ tsp baking soda

½ baking powder

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp vanilla extract

Pinch of salt

3 cups rolled oats

½ cup raisins

½ cup dried cranberries

Chopped nuts (optional)

 

Procedure

Preheat oven at 160 degrees Celsius (fan baked). Lightly grease cookie sheets.      

 

In a large bowl, combine butter, both sugar, vanilla extract until creamy.

Add eggs and beat until smooth.

Gradually add flour, baking powder, baking soda, ground cinnamon and salt.

Add the rolled oats, raisins, dried cranberries and chopped nuts. Mix all.

Drop a tablespoon of mixture on baking trays and bake for 10 to 15 minutes.

Recipe :- Banana peanut butter ice cream

 

 

Banana peanut butter ice cream

I would like to share a simple way of making your own ice cream without using ice cream machine.

 

Ingredients

1 kg sweet ripe bananas

3 tbsp creamy peanut butter

 
Procedure

Cut banana into equal bite size.

Arrange pieces of banana in an air tight container.

Freeze the bananas.

Remove from freezer.

Place the cut bananas in the food processor and blend till smooth.

Add creamy peanut butter.

Serve immediately or refreeze.

Enjoy! 






cut bananas

 

Frozen bananas

banana puree

Frozen banana peanut butter ice cream