Monday, June 30, 2008

Lemak Minang Chicken

Ingredients
A (blended)
  • 10 shallots
  • 5 garlic
  • 2 cm ginger
  • 2.5 cm fresh turmeric
  • 15 bird's eye chilies
  • 10 dried chilies (soak in hot water or blanched)
  • 1/2 chicken (clean, discard skin and fats and cut into 5 portions)
  • 1 tomato (cut into 5)
  • 6 lime's leaves (sliced thinly)
  • 2 turmeric leaves (sliced thinly)
  • 1 stalk lemon grass(crushed)
  • 1 cup skim milk (1 cup water + 30 grams skim milk powder)
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • red chilies and tomatoes for garnishing
Preparations
  1. Heat oil and stir fry A's ingredients until fragrant. Add lemon grass.
  2. Add chicken, sliced lime and turmeric leaves. Add salt.
  3. Pour in skim milk. Cover and cook until chicken is soft. Stir occasionally.
  4. Add in tomatoes and leave awhile.
  5. Remove. Garnish with red chilies and tomatoes. Serve.
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Ayam Lemak Minang

Bahan
A (dikisar)
  • 10 ulas bawang merah
  • 5 ulas bawang putih
  • 2 cm halia
  • 2.5 cm kunyit hidup
  • 15 biji cili padi
  • 10 biji cili kering (direndam dalam air panas atau dicelur)
  • 1/2 ekor ayam (dibersih, buang kulit dan lemak dan dipotong 5)
  • 1 tomato (dipotong 5)
  • 6 helai daun limau purut (diracik halus)
  • 2 daun kunyit (diracik halus)
  • 1 batang serai (dititik)
  • 1 cawan susu skim (1 cawan air + 30 gram susu tepung skim)
  • 2 sudu minyak sayur
  • 1 sudu teh garam
  • cili merah dan tomato untuk hiasan
Cara
  1. Panaskan minyak dan tumis bahan A sehingga garing. Masukkan serai.
  2. Masukkan ayam, daun limau purut dan daun kunyit. Masukkan garam.
  3. Masukkan susu skim. Tutup kuali dan biarkan ayam masak. Kacau skali sekala.
  4. Masukkan tomato. Biarkan sebentar.
  5. Angkat. Hiaskan dengan cili merah dan tomato dan hidangkan.

Monday, June 16, 2008

Pearl Island Noodle In Gravy

Ingredients
A (boil and cubed, blend with 1 1/2 cups of water)
  • 2 potatoes
  • 1 sweet potato
  • 1 carrot
B (blanched)
  • 500 grams yellow noodles
  • 50 grams mustard leaves
  • 1 cups beansprout
C (sliced)
  • 2 red chilies
  • 2 stalks coriander leaves
  • 2 stalks spring onion
  • 500 grams lean beef (sliced thinly)
  • 250 grams prawns (remove head)
  • 3 pieces bean curd (grilled and sliced thinly)
  • 2 tomatoes (cut round and thin)
  • 1/2 small can tomato soup
  • 1/2 small can tomato puree
  • 5 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 4 tablespoons oyster sauce
  • 2 tablespoons vinegar
  • 5 dried chilies (blended)
  • 5 shallots (pounded)
  • 4 garlic (pounded)
  • 2 boiled eggs (quartered)
  • 3 limes (halved)
  • 5 tablespoons fried onion
  • 2 tablespoons vegetables oil
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1.8 litre water (1.5 litre to boil beef and 0.3 litre boil prawns)
Preparations
  1. Boil the beef until tender, drain and set aside the stock.
  2. Boil the prawns together with shell intact. Separate prawn and shell. Grind the shell with the prawn stock, when done, sieve stock and set aside.
  3. Heat oil in the wok. Stir fry shallots and garlic until fragrant, add in blended chilies. Fry until crispy.
  4. Add the stir fry ingredients into the beef stock.
  5. Add in prawn stock, ingredients A, tomato puree, tomato soup, soy sauce,vinegar, oyster sauce, sugar and salt. Bring to boil.
  6. Serve the noodles with gravy, ingredients B and C, fried onions, bean curd, lime and eggs.
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Mee Kuah Pulau Mutiara

Bahan
A (direbus dan potong kiub, dikisar dengan 1 1/2 cawan air)
  • 2 biji kentang
  • 1 biji keledek
  • 1 batang lobak
B (dicelur)
  • 500 gram mee kuning
  • 50 gram sawi
  • 1 cawan taugeh
C (dimayang)
  • 2 tangkai cili merah
  • 2 batang daun sup
  • 2 batang daun bawang
  • 500 gram daging lembu batang pinang (dihiris nipis)
  • 250 gram udang (dibuang kepala)
  • 3 keping tauhu (dibakar dan dipotong nipis)
  • 2 biji tomato (dipotong bulat dan nipis)
  • 1/2 tin kecil sup tomato
  • 1/2 tin kecil tomato puri
  • 5 sudu kicap cair
  • 4 sudu sos tiram
  • 2 sudu cuka
  • 5 tangkai cili kering (dikisar)
  • 5 ulas bawang merah (ditumbuk)
  • 4 ulas bawang putih (ditumbuk)
  • 2 biji telur rebus (dipotong 4)
  • 3 biji limau kasturi (dipotong 2)
  • 5 sudu bawang goreng
  • 2 sudu minyak sayuran
  • 1 sudu teh garam
  • 1.8 liter air (1.5 liter untuk rebus daging dan 0.3 liter rebus udang)
Cara
  1. Rebus daging hingga empuk, toskan dan ketepikan air rebusan.
  2. Rebus udang bersama kulit. Asingkan udang dan kulit. Kisar kulit udang bersama air rebusan udang, sesudah itu, tapis dan ketepikan.
  3. Panaskan minyak dalam kuali. Tumis bawang merah dan putih hingga kekuningan, masukkan cili kering. Tumis hingga garing.
  4. Masukan bahan tumisan dalam air rebusan daging.
  5. Masukkan air rebusan udang, bahan A, puri tomato, sup tomato, kicap, cuka, sos tiram, gula dan garam. Masak hingga mendidih.
  6. Hidangkan mee bersama kuah serta bahan B, bahan C, bawang goreng, tauhu, limau kasturi dan telur.