Fried Pomfret with Sambal

Yey! Let's cook! With http://eating-crabs.com prep was a brief (cleaning and cutting was done by the vendor all you need to do is just cook) ohsum-posum

Ingredients:

2 black pomfrets (marinated with turmeric and salt and fry)

1 cup blended dried chili

5 red onion

5 cloves garlic

1 sliced big onion

3 tbsp chili sauce

2 tbsp oyster sauce

Salt and Sugar

Method:

1. Blend onion and garlic and mix with blended chili

2. Heat oil and fry the blended ingredients for 10-15mins. Add abit of water

3. Add chili sauce, oyster sauce and season salt and sugar (mix well stir for 5-10mins

4. Add sliced big onion mix well

5. Pour over the fried pomfret

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WSAHW: Weekend Stay At Home Wife ... Heeh

Weekend Stay At Home Wife ... Why? ... We did spring cleaning ... heeh ... Not much to tell ... my weekend was pretty boring lah ...

Click Ayam Balado for recipe.

This is my MIL's recipe and Esa's fav dish. So I try my best to cook as awesome as his mom ... I'm getting there.... hahhah ... slowly but surely =D

Click Macaroons for recipe.

Macaroons ... Macaroons ... Macaroons ... why you so hard to master.  This link was shared by a fwen, Yuke Kwai.  She loves to bake too ... so she shared me this link. It looks simple. Not too sure what when wrong lah ... could be my eggs ... oven temperature ... etc... it looks ok rite?! but the bottom stuck to the sheet lah ... haiz.  Anyway I'm gonna try the Italian method soon ... (soon ... can be tomorrow and it can also mean next year)

Steamed Fish

Ah the story of the steamed fish ... last fri I went to daiso after my medical appointment at CGH.  I saw this cute plate ... so cute that I decided to buy ... (excuses lah) 

So how buy plate oleidie ... I decided to go NTUC to look around what I can buy.

I went to the fish section ... I stand there for almost 5 mins ... and I saw this lady  and ...

Me: Hi ... erm check with you ... what fish is good for steaming 

Aunty: that fish ... this fish ... this is good too ... I normally buy this

Me: ah ... what if I want to use fillet?

Aunty: Steam fish must have bones ... nice ... You go there got whole fish

Me: Thank you. (I walked to the whole fish section)

???!!! What the ... toooot! I dunno how to clean fish. 

Me: Uncle, which fish good to steam...

Uncle: ???!!! (blur) nie tan ah nie tan ah wo pu tong chiang hua yi

Lady: Yes ...

Me: which fish good to steam ... (irritated)

Lady: ah ... this is nice silver pomfret, sea bass ... get the white meat not oily.

Me: :) question.  I want this can you clean for me?

Lady: Can ... Can ... No problem

Me: Ok I take this (point at the $2.38 ... I did not read the fine print)

5mins later

Lady: Ok Ah-girl ... $8.90

Me: I stare at her blankly and take MY fish ... Thanks 

My eyes almost popped out ... $8.90???!!! did I bought a jaws? ... and I look at the pricing again ... 100gm is $2.38 ... haiz ... Lesson learn. 

Anyway here is the recipe ... I made it up lah cos when I google for steamed fish they normally uses wine.

Here is my version

1 fish (uncle can clean for you and chop off the head)

ginger (I used sliced and shredded)

chili padi)

garlic

spring onion

lemon

coriander

tom yam paste

Method: I mixed everything together and just steamed. 

There's another story ... So I happy put everything in the plate ... bring out my new red tuperware steamer only to realised that it doesn't fit -_-''

Thank goodness I have my new diamond set happycall ... hah! problem solve. So I use my diamond set wok. Awesome Possum ... The not so awesome part was I steamed too early and Esa was late ... haiz ... so the fish was served cold cos the wife lazy to reheat.  The End.

Lunch

Monday 11th Apr 2011 was my rest day cos I was on duty over the weekend.  Toa Payoh Roadshow leave me lots of memories (go into flash back ...... ) shall not elaborate ... hhahahah ... anyway I woke up early so I decide to do some spring cleaning... washed 1 week worth of laundry (cos my partner, he had to work too) and cooking.

So woke up put the first batch of laundry in the machine and left it to do marketing. I bought fish (i'm not too sure what fish i bought, damn it's one expensive fish) and veggie and some other stuff ... 

Had my breakfast at kopitiam ... prata was ok the curry gravy was a lil bit watery but the taste was oklar.  Reached home, hang out my laundry and put the 2nd batch to watch and start on my cooking.

Ayam masak Merah

*chicken (I used fillets cos Esa dont like bones)

*marinate chicken with abit of blended chili, tumeric, salt and cornflour ... fry till golden brown)

garlic

ginger

2 onions (1 blend/1 sliced)

lemongrass

lime leave

dried chili

tomato sauce

tomato

salt

Sugar

Oil for frying

Methods:

Blend 1 onion, dried chili, garlic, ginger.

Heat up oil, add lime leave, bashed lemongrass and slice onions (sautee it)

Add the blended chili mixture (cook well)

Season it with salt, sugar, tomato sauce

Add the fried chicken and tomato and mix well ... 

Fried Fish

fish of any kind (as long as its good for frying)

tumeric

blended chili

salt

curry leaves

Methods:

Marinate the fish

Fry in hot oil. 

Fry till golden brown

Stir-fried Veggie

Veggie 

garlic

onion

chili

fish cake

prawn

oyster sauce

salt/ pepper

Methods:

Saute chili, garlic and onion

Add fish cakes and prawn

Season with salt, pepper and oyster sauce

Add in veggie

Lunch is serve .... =D

6 Ramadan 1431

Sahur terurus hee hee ... We had chili and biscuit from Mrs Farik. Yum-O!!!

Iftar - I'm abit ambitious since i took urgent leave today cos I was not feeling well ... Its the time of the year again lar my back has been giving be problem lately nothing I do can make myself feel better. Heat pack lar ... Yoko-Yoko lar ... Koyok lar ... Dah macam makcik siput ...

Roasted Baby Potatoes

Roasted Black Pepper Chicken with Mayonnaise

and Tuna Pasta Salad

accompany by condiments...

ta-da ... Ilah took this recipe from Kak Rima's Blog

Ingredients
1/2 chicken
1 tsp blackpaper (crushed)
2 cm ginger
2 garlics
1 small onion
1 tbsp honey
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp sweet soy sauce
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp mayonnaise
a pinch of pepper
Method
Blend onion, garlic and ginger.. add the rest of ingredients except mayonnaise to form paste.
Marinate chicken with paste and add in mayonnaise
Let it sit for abt 3 to 5hrs
Bake chicken at 190C for abt 45mins
(I added rosemary bef baking)
Roasted Potatoes
Simply cut potatoes into 4.. add salt, black pepper, thyme, garlic and olive oil.. toss it and bake it together with chicken

For Tuna Pasta Salad Ilah get the recipe from here.

Ingredients -

7 Ounces Box Shell Pasta 6 1/2 Ounces Can Tuna in Water 15 Ounces Peas (I omit cos I dun like peas hee hee) 1/3 Cup White Onion, chopped 1 1/2 Cups Mayonnaise Salt & Pepper, to taste

Preparation:

1. Drain tuna. 2. Drain and rinse peas. 3. Cook pasta and drain. 4. Place in a warm bowl. 5. Mix in onions, salt, pepper and mayonnaise. 6. Stir well. 7. Stir in peas and tuna and mix well. 8. Refrigerate immediately