Mixed Vegetables with Enoki Mushrooms

A very simple mixed vegetables dish for our recent Mid-autumn family gathering.

Ingredients : (no exact measurement as it depends on individual preferences)

- Shrimps (shelled and washed)
- Cauliflower (washed and cut)
- Carrot (washed and cut)
- Baby corns (wash and cut)
- Snow peas (washed and cut)
- Red capsicum (washed and cut)
- Enoki mushrooms
- Garlic (washed and finely chopped)

Seasonings : (to taste)
- Salt
- Chinese cooking wine

Method :
1) Heat oil in a pan or wok. Saute garlic until aromatic. Then, add shrimps and stir.

2) Add all the ingredients except mushrooms and capsicum. Stir fry until the vegetables are cooked. If too dry, add some water.

3) Add salt, capsicum and mushrooms. Stir and mix well.

4) Add cooking wine and give it a quick stir.

5) Dish out.

Turmeric Grilled Fish with Banana Leaf

I cooked this for Mid-autumn Festival Family Gathering. Thanks to Wendy for giving me an idea to use wok for grilling.

The colour didn't turn up as 'delicious' as Wendy's but the taste was yummy! Probably the way I wrapped the banana leaf was incorrect - too loosely wrapped? Look at the picture how I wrapped it!!! hahahaha....

Ingredients :-
- 3 ikan selar or Scad (washed and marinated with salt and turmeric powder)
- some banana leaves for wrapping (washed)
- turmeric powder
- salt

Method :
1) Wrap the fish with banana leaf.

2) Grease the pan with cooking oil and put in the wrapped fish.

3) Cook at medium high heat until aromatic. Then, flip the fish over to the other side until you can smell the sweet aroma of banana leaf.

4) Dish out and serve immediately with Sambal Kicap.

Sambal Kicap : 

Mix minced garlic, chopped cili padi (bird's eye chili), kicap manis pekat ( sweet caramel sauce) and calamansi juice.

I like this sambal kicap. :)

Buttered Prawns

Buttered Prawns for the Mid-autumn Festival family gathering

Ingredients :-

- 1 kg medium sized prawns (removed veins, leave the heads and shells on but cut off the eyes part and pat dry)
- Oil (enough for deep frying)
- butter (enough to cook the prawns)
- 3 sprigs of curry leaves (washed)
- 4 tablespoons of evaporated milk
- garlic (finely chopped)

Seasonings : (to taste)

- salt
- sugar
- soy sauce

Method :

1) Heat oil and deep fry the prawns. Drain and set aside.

2) Melt the butter. Fry garlic and curry leaves until fragrant. Add prawns, salt, sugar, soy sauce. Stir and mix well over high heat, stirring frequently. 

3) Add evaporated milk and give it a quick stir.

4) Serve immediately.