SAMBAL TOMATOES

Love this sambal tomatoes,nice to eat with rice and other deep fry seafood to dip into.the sauce.

SAMBAL TOMATOES
Ingredients;
2 red chilli
7 red chilli padi
3 clove garlic
2 big red tomatoes
2 cm shrimp paste ( belacan)

Method.
cut all ingredients to smaller pieces or slice thinly.heat a saucepan with 2 tbsp oil,add in garlic,shallot,fry for a min,add shrimp paste ( belacan),red chilli,chilli padi fry for a minutes and lastly add in tomatoes fry till soft.off heat .put in blender to blend coarsely,ass salt and sugar for taste.adjust to your taste.

BAK KWA / PORK JERKY

pork jerky or bak kwa in chineses,is so welcome during the chinese new year.Almost every family will buy a pack or more.it quite expensive as well,I do tried making in the past recipes from internet,but the taste not right.gave up ,until I saw this blog,Miki 's food archives,decided to try again and i was happy with the result similarlity from outside stall sold.I use the chinese rose wine.

BAK KWA / PORK JERKY

Ingredients;
250g fresh minced pork with some fat
Seasoning;
50g sugar
7g light soy sauce
10g oyster sauce
1/3 tsp salt
23g honey
1 tsp fish sauce
1 tsp cooking wine /shaoxing ( i use rose wine)
a dash of white pepper powder.
Method.
1.in a bowl, mix together all seasoning.
2.add in minced meat,stir the mixture with a pair of chopstick in one direction(circular movement,clock wise ./anti clock wise) until mixture becomes sticky and gluey about 5 min.
3.cover with cling wrap,keep in fridgre and let marinade for 2 hour.
4.remove from the fridgre,preheat oven 160 degree( upper and lower heat ).use spoon ,spread the minced meat evenly over bakinf sheet (32x22 cm ).
5.bake in a preheated oven 160 degree for 20 minutes middle rack.
6.remove baking sheet from oven.reset temperature to max.240 degree grill mode.meanwhile slice the pork jerky or bak kwa with a pizza cutter,( I use knife).
7.when oven preheated,return the pork jerky to the oven,rack 4 above the middle rack grill for 3 minutes.
8.pull out the baking sheet from the oven.use a tong to flip over the porky jerky and continue to grill for 2 minutes.
9.reset the temperature to 200 degree,flip over the pork jerky one again and grill for 1 minutes.
For step 7-9,time maybe vary beacuse every oven are different.make sure watch closely on the baking progress,not to burn the pork jerky

COLD SOFT TOFU

Tofu my family favourite.Saw the recipe on the food blog,knew that is nice.My mom use to cook cold soft tofu for the family using chilli ,garlic and dark soy sauce only.I twist the recipes,soaked in hot water for 2 min,drain off the water. I used fresh soft tofu sold in the market.

COLD SOFT TOFU
source; china sichuan food.

Ingredients;
1 big pcs soft tofu
1 stalk spring onion,chop
some corriander leaves for garnish
some toasted sesame seed

Seasoning;
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 tsp black vinegar
3 chilli padi,chop
2 garlic,minced
1 tsp ginger minced
1 stalk spring onion finely chop
2-3 corriander stem finely chop.
Method;
First cut tofu to smaller pcs,soaked in hot water for 2 min,drain off the water,put on a plate.mix all the seasoning in a small bowl,use spoon to stir well mix .pour on to the tofu and sprinkle corriander leves,chop spring onion and toasted sesame seed.serve.

THAI PANDAN WRAPPED CHICKEN

Popular thai dish.chicken wrapped with pandan leaves or screw pines leaves.just some wide pandan leaves,marinated chicken meat for the warpping.blanch the pandan leaves in hot boiling till soft,wipe dry easy ,soft for the wraping.there are many version on this recipes.after deep frying,the chicken is moist,tender infused slight pandan aroma.

THAI PANDAN WRAPPED CHICKEN

Ingredients;
4 chicken drumsticks,deboned ,cut into small pcs.
1 heap tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1/2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp garlic paste
2 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp salt
3 tbsp rice wine
1 tbsp pepper
some pandan leaves 30 pcs,blanced in hot water till soft,drain

Method;
put all ingredients in a bowl,add the cube chicken mix throughly,cover and marinate in the fridgre for 6-7 hour..Some pandan leaves blanch in hot boiling water till soft,wipe dry ( choose the wide pandan leaves ).
wrap with pandan leaf and deep fry until cook.take a pandan leaves fold into pocket add tsp  and use your way to wrap ,secure it so when deep fried it won't came out.

WAFFLES

I borrowed from my sister this waffles iron and happen she makes some durian jam.she gave me a bottle.
I got this recipes from internet,don't remember the blog.it never cross my mind that this waffles is so easy to make and there lot of variety jam to eat with.

WAFFLES

Ingredients;
2 cup all purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
3 1/2 tsp baking powder
2 large egg.separated
11/2 cup fresh milk
1 cup buter,melted
1 tsp vanilla

Method;
In a large bowl,combine flour,sugar,b.powder.
in another bowl,lightly beaten egg yolk add milk,butter,vanilla mix well.stir into dry ingredients just until combined.beat egg white until stiff peak form,fold into batter.Preheat the waffles and pour batter onto the waffles iron not too full ,lightly close for a min or till lighten brown,apply with any jam you perfer.

SWEET POTATOES STEM MUCHIM

Love this sweet potatoes stem.,simple and tasty dishes.I use our malaysia soybean paste.but today I used the whole salted bean paste ( yeo brand) minced it.we have the salted or sweet bean paste both in the market.
home grown sweet potatoes.the stem use in this recipes.the leaves I stir fry.I twist the recipes by add oil in the water to maintain the green color of the stem.

SWEET POTATOES STEM MUCHIM
sosurce; Aeri  kitchen

Ingredients;
4 cup sweet potatoes stem boiled
1/4 cup soybean paste
2 tbsp garlic minced
2 tbsp red chilled minced
1/2 tsp sesame oil

Method;
use the sweet potatoes stem only,peel out the outer layer soft skin,cut into section.heat a pot of water,add 1 tbsp oil,pinch of salt add in the sweet potatoes stem bring to a boil,reduce to medium heat and cook till the stem is soft,drain off the water.in a bowl add the soybean paste,minced garlic,minced chilli,sesame oil,stir well mix,add in the boiled stem and use a chopstick toss well combined. serve right away.
Note; adjust the salted soy bean to your perfer.

GOLDEN SAND PRAWN BALLS RICE

 Being a wholetime housewife is not easy ,everyday we have to  think what to cook for lunch or dinner.
I love this simple cook book  classic single dishes .

GOLDEN SAND PRAWN BALLS RICE

Ingredients A
6 medium sized prawn
1 egg white
1 bowl cooked rice
Ingredients B
2 tbsp oil
some fresh curry leaves
1 red bird eye chilli chop
Seasoning;
1/2 bowl evaporated milk
some salt
2 tsp sugar
some chicken stock granules
Method;
1.marinate shelled prawn with egg white,then put into hot oil to deep fried until turn pink and cook.
2.heat oil in wok,put ingredientsb,saute until fragrant.
3.lastly add in deep fried prawns and seasoning,stir fry with medium heat for about 2 minutes off heat and pour on top of white rice.
Note;when stir frying golden sand sauce,controlling of heat is important,you have to start stir frying with medium heat slowly,when sauce starts to thicken and sticky,then switch off heat.