Wednesday 27 February 2013

Canned Sardine Curry

Yesterday, I was thinking of curry fish but too bad I didn't have any suitable fish in the freezer that could be used for curry.  Then, I remembered a friend gave me sardine curry sandwiches sometimes back and it struck on me to cook fish curry with canned sardines.  So, if you don't mind something weird, do give this a try.  It is yummy...

Ingredients :
- 1 canned sardine
- 1 small packet of fish curry powder (25gm)
- 1 sprig of curry leaves
- 2 tomatoes (washed and cut)
- 1 big bombay onion (washed and sliced)
- 1 big red onion (washed and sliced)
- 1 whole garlic (washed and finely chopped)
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar (or tamarind juice - asam jawa)

Seasonings : ( no exact measurement as I only added a little of each spices)
- jintan putih (fennel seed)
- jintan manis (cumin seeds)
- halba (fenugreek) 
- soy sauce
-salt

- water
- cooking oil

Method :
1)  Heat oil in a wok or pot and fry jintan putih, jintan manis, halba, onions, garlic and curry leaves until aromatic.
2)  Then, add  canned sardines, tomatoes and enough water and stir.
3)  Add fish curry powder, soy sauce and salt.  Stir.
4)  Cover and lower the heat.  Allow to simmer for 5 minutes.
5)  Add vinegar or tamarind juice and mix well.
6)  Serve with rice or bread.
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Sunday 24 February 2013

Steamed Chinese Pomfret (Tau Tai) with Shiitake Mushroom

 
This is one of the dishes I cooked on the 6th day of Chinese New Year for my friends.  It is simple and delicious.

Ingredients :
-1 pomfret (cleaned and marinated with salt and pepper)
- shredded shiitake mushroom
- shredded carrot
- some Chinese Wolfberries (Kei Qi)

Seasonings : (mix all together)
- a dash of salt
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tbsp of rice wine
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp chopped garlic
- shredded ginger

Garnishing :
- stalk spring onion (cut)
- 1 red chili (thinly sliced)

Method :
1)  Boil water in a steaming pot/wok for steaming.
1)  Place few shredded of ginger and spring onions on a steaming plate.  Then, place fish on top.
2)  Add shredded mushroom, carrot and Chinese wolfberries on top of the fish.
3)  Pour mixed seasoning on it.
4)  Once the water is boiled, steam at high heat for about 12 - 15 minutes until cooked.
5)  Garnish with the remaining spring onion and red chili and serve hot.

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Friday 22 February 2013

Simple Steamed Chicken with Chinese Sausage (lap cheong)


This is a simple and delicious dish.  



Ingredients :
- 2 whole chicken thighs (washed and cut into bite sized and marinated)
-  2 Chinese sausages (removed the casing/peel and sliced)

Marinate : (to taste) There is no exact measurement in my recipe as I cooked according to our taste
- ginger juice
- garlic (finely chopped)
- soy sauce
- salt
- homemade red glutinous wine/rice wine
Method :
1)  Marinate the chicken for 30 minutes or more.
2)  Add Chinese sausage on top of the chicken.
3)  Steam at high heat until chicken is cooked.  As I used free ranged chicken, it took longer to cook,  about 25 minutes.
4)  Serve hot with steamed rice.  The gravy itself is so yummy with rice.

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