Braised Pork Belly with Taucu (Bean Paste)

This dish is my family's favourite, especially my eldest daughter!  I like to cook this dish too as it is very easy.  Just mix everything together and braise it!  No strict rules or procedures.  Cook it whichever way you like it. It's that simple... :)

Ingredients : 
- 300gm pork belly (washed and sliced)

- 1 /12 tbsp taucu

- 1/2 tbsp five spice powder

- 2 whole garlic (washed but do not peel)

- 3 big thumbsized ginger (cleaned and smashed)

- 1/2 tbsp dark soy sauce

- 1 tbsp sweet caramel sauce 

- 2 tbsp soy sauce

- salt (to taste)

- water

Method :

1)  Place cut pork belly into a wok or pan together with all the spices and seasonings.

2)  Marinate for about 1/2 hour or more.

3)  Cook on high heat until you can see oil (fats from the pork) in the wok or pan.

4)  Add enough water and cover. Boil at high heat.

5)  Then lower the heat and simmer until the pork is  soft.

6)  Serve with rice.

 Yummylicious........

The gravy is great to go with rice or plain steam buns!!

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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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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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