Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Bolognaise Sauce


5-6 servings

Ingredients:

500g minced beef (or 250g minced pork and 250g minced beef)
2 stalk celery (finely chopped)
1 carrot (finely chopped)
1 big yellow onion (finely chopped)
5 tomatoes
1 can tomatoes puree (I use mutti or hunts)
2 tbs red wine
1tbs thymes
1tbs oregano
1tbs basil
1tsp black pepper
1-1.5 pcs beef stock
2 cups water
4 tbs olive oil

salt
sugar

Preparation for tomaotoes:

  • slit a cross at the back of tomatoes
  • boil for 5 minutes, the skin will peel out
  • removed all skins and chopped
Method:
  1. Heat up olive oil, add in onions and fried till golden.
  2. Add in minced beef, celery, carrots.
  3. Add in thymes, oregano, basil, pepper, stirred evenly.
  4. Add in tomatoes, tomatoes paste, water, beef stock and simmer on slow fire for 1h30mins
  5. Add in red wine, stirred evenly, salt and sugar to taste.
  6. Simmer on slow fire another 10 mins.
  7. Done
Unfinished sauce can be kept in freezer.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Stean chicken w/ salted fish


Ingredients

1pc chicken leg sliced
Salted fish (Mei ka)

Marinate:
1tbs oyster sauce
dash pepper
1tsp corn flour
1tsp light soy sauce


Method:
  1. Place salted fish on chicken, place in steamer after water boil.
  2. Steam in high fire 7-8mins

Tau You Bak



Shoulder pork 250g sliced
12 pcs ginger sliced
2 tbs dark soy sauce

Marinate:
1 tbs oyster sauce
1tsp sugar
dash pepper
1tsp corn flour

  1. Fried ginger till fragrance, add in pork
  2. Add in dark soy sauce
  3. Fry another 2 mins, dish up.

Nai bai


Nai bai (1pkt)
3-4 shallots sliced

Sauce
1tbs oyster sauce
2tbs hot water

  1. Place sliced shallots in a ceramic cup, pour over oil just enough to cover it. (not too much oil)
  2. Heat it in microwave high for 2-2.5mins (shallots should be golden brown)
  3. Boil water, soak in nai bai after boiling, drain up after 2mins
  4. Pour sauce over and top with shallots

Fried Rice



Ingredients:

Cold overnight Rice
Fried silver fish
1egg
2-3 garlic

  1. Fried garlic till golden color, add in rice.
  2. Pour in egg, fish sauce and pepper to taste.
  3. Top with fried silver fish

Friday, February 13, 2009

Potato chicken


Ingredients:
4 chicken wings
1 carrot chopped
2 pottoes chopped
1 yellow onion chopped
1tbs oyster sauce
1tsp sugar
1cup water

Marinate (at least 3hrs):
2tbs oyster sauce
1tbs sugar
1tbs light soy sauce
dash pepper
  1. fried onion till golden, add in chicken and carrot.
  2. add in water, slow fire and simmer for 10 mins
  3. add in potatoes, simmer for another 10-15mins (till potatoes soften)
  4. add in oyster sauce and sugar to taste. Dish up.


Tuesday, February 10, 2009

ABC soup


Ingredients:

4 bowls water
Broccoli
1 small carrot chopped
1 corn stripped
1/2 onion chopped
1 pcs celery sliced thinly
1 chicken leg sliced

Marinate chicken leg:
light soy sauce
pepper
1/2 tbs corn flour
1 tsp sugar


  1. After boiling water, add in corn, celery and carrots to boil for 15 mins.

  2. Add in broccoli and boil for 10mins

  3. Lastly, add in chicken leg for 5 mins.

  4. Salt, pepper to taste.

Assam fish


Ingredients:

4 slice snappers
1 tbs tamarind paste + 1.5 cups water, strain out the juice

Marinate snappers(15mins):
1 tsp salt
dash pepper

To grind:
10 shallots
10 buah keras
3 garlic
3 chillies
3 chilli padi
1 slice belachan (1.5cm)


  1. Heat cooking oil, fry blended ingredients till fragrant.

  2. Add tamarind juice and bring it to boil.

  3. Add fish and simmer for another 5mins but do not overcook the fish.

Sambal sotong


400g squids sliced

To grind:
Chilli paste 1tbs
10 shallots
3 garlic
1 slice lengkuas

Seasoning:
2 tbs tomato sauce
1.5 tbs sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tbs assam + 2 tbs water


  1. Heat oil and saute grind ingredients

  2. Add in seasonings, till boil add in sotong

  3. Lastly add in tamarind juice and stir well, remember not to overcook squids.