Ayam Vindeloo

 

I tried a new recipe today – Ayam Vindeloo. It’s an easy-to-prepare Indian cuisine. At first I thought its taste would be like Ayam Sambal or Ayam Masak Merah. But surprisingly, it’s something different. It’s spicy and the adding of coriander leaves makes the dish aromatic.

Bahan-bahannya :

• 1 ekor ayam
• 4 biji bawang besar (dikisar halus)
• 4 biji bawang putih (dikisar halus)
• 1 cm halia (dikisar halus)
• 10 biji cili kering (dikisar halus)
• 1 sudu besar serbuk kunyit
• 1 sudu besar jintan manis
• garam secukup rasa
• daun ketumbar

Cara-caranya :

1. Perap ayam dengan garam dan goreng hingga kekuningan.
2. Panaskan sedikit minyak dan tumis bahan-bahan yang dikisar halur hingga naik bau.
3. Masukkan serbuk kunyit dan serbuk jintan manis.
4. Masukkan ayam goreng tadi dan gaul hingga sebati.
5. Campurkan daun ketumbar yang dicincang halus.

Easy right?

Sambal Tumis Udang

I am a chilli lover and I love my dish to be hot and spicy.

Though I have been cooking seriously at own little kitchen for almost 12 years now, I feel that my Sambal Tumis is still lack of that umpphhhh taste. I’ve tried lots of different Sambal Tumis recipes, from the books, internet, radio, friends, my mother-in-law, even my late mom, still lack of something. Kind of it’s there, but not fully there yet.

Yesterday, I flipped one of my dozens of recipe books, and I found this Sambal Tumis recipe by Chef Wan. The photo in the book looks so tantalizing and fascinating, but I learnt that how good the recipe is, it all depends on the technique and the hands that prepare it. So I wanted to give it a shot. I wanted it to have that umpphhhh taste so badly cause I wanted to bring this dish to my in-laws’ place, as my mother-in-law is leaving to perform her Hajj this year.

Guess what?? I did it!! The Sambal Tumis just like I dreamed that the taste would be. Spicy-little sweet kind of sambal. And my Sambal Tumis looks almmmoooosttt the same just like in the book. I believe that by making a perrrrfecctt Sambal Tumis, I feel like a perrrrrfeccctt housewife.  Heh heh….

Here’s the recipe :

• 80 ml minyak
• 50 ml asam jawa
• 500 gm udang besar
• 5 sudu besar gula
• garam secukup rasa
• 10 ulas bawang merah } dikisar halus
• 30 tangkai cili kering } dikisar halus
• 1 sudu besar belacan } dikisar halus

Cara-caranya :

1. Panaskan minyak. Tumis bahan kisar hingga wangi. Masak perlahan-lahan hingga pecah minyak.
2. Masukkan air asam dan udang. Goreng seketika dan tambahkan gula dan garam.

Tadaaa……

My ummpphhh Sambal Tumis Udang

And the lethal combination of Sambal Tumis Udang is….

Bening Bayam....

Perrrrrffecccccttt…..

Ikan Goreng Belado

I decided on this for today – Ikan Goreng Belado.

 

Ikan Goreng Belado

 

Bahan-bahan :

• 4 keping ikan selar – digoreng garing
• 2 biji bawang besar
• 6 batang cili merah
• 1 ulas bawang putih
• garam secukup rasa
• air perahan dari 3 biji limau kasturi

Cara-cara :

1. Kisar kasar bawang besar, bawang putih dan cili merah.
2. Panaskan minyak dan tumis bahan kisar hingga wangi.
3. Perasakan dengan garam dan air perahan limau.
4. Tuang belado ke ikan goreng tadi.

Gorengan Udang

I’ve always wanted to have my own recipes blog, but I don’t think I’ll have the time to maintain it. So I guess having it here will do.

One of my favourite pastimes is to try new recipes.  Under the “Recipes” categories, I will post on those recipes that I have tried. Frankly, I do not create my own recipes, unless it’s a kind of “campak-campak” cooking style.

Let me start with this one.

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GORENGAN UDANG

Source : Setulusnya Zarina Cooking Book

Bahan-bahannya :

300 gm ~ udang (dibuang kulit dan kotoran dan dipotong kecil)

300 gm ~ tepung

300 ml ~ air

100 gm ~ kobis (dihiris halus)

60 gm ~ lobak merah (dihiris halus)

10 ulas ~ bawang kecil (dikisar atau ditumbuk)

4 ulas ~ bawang putih (dikisar atau ditumbuk)

2 biji ~ lada merah (dihiris halus)

2 biji ~ lada hijau (dihiris halus)

2 batang ~ daun sup (dicincang halus)

1 batang ~ daun bawang (dicincang halus)

1/2 sudu teh ~ lada putih serbuk

garam secukup rasa

minyak  untuk menggoreng

sedikit bicarbonate  soda

Cara :

1. Campurkan tepung, air, garam, lada putih dan bicarbonate soda dan gaul rata.
2. Masukkan semua bahan-bahan yang lain dan gaul lagi.
3. Akhir sekali masukkan udang.
4. Panaskan minyak. Goreng hingga kekuningan.
5. Hidangkan dengan cili sos.

I omitted the bicarbonate soda as I believe it will absorbs more oil.