Fried Radish Cake

This is my second favourite hawker food in Malaysia....available for breakfast and dinner..I still remember the Chinese uncle with a big wok frying this deliciously smelling dish at the entrance of the morning market near my parents; house.....the only thing about this dish is that I find it a little too oily for my taste and so I decided to actually try making this at home and it resulted in my kitchen smelling gloriously delicious ;) and it tasted just like the one that you can get at the hawker stalls (maybe a little better , hehe)..so here goes, my fried radish cake :

 

 

 

Serves 3-4 persons.

1.Making radish cake :

1 medium sized white radish - grated thinly
200 gm rice flour
200 ml water
water for steaming
a bit of salt

Place grated radish in a heatpoof plate. Heat water in a pot and steam the radish till it turns translucent. You can also use a steamer. (whatever method convenient for you).

Remove  and let it cool. Add radish into a metal cake pan. In another bowl, mix together rice flour and 200 ml water. Add the solution to the steamed radish. Mix well.

Steam again on high for about 30 - 40 mins. It will be a bit firm to touch. Remove pan from heat. Let it cool and then place in the refrigerator for 7-8 hrs or overnight so it firms up.

2. Frying the radish cake:

1/2 tbsp. non spicy chilli paste (chilli boh)
2 eggs, beaten
3-4 cloves garlic , minced
a small bowl of beansprouts, rinsed
2 tsp fish sauce
dark soy sauce, accordingly
salt and white pepper to taste
spring onion, chopped
canola oil for frying

prawns (optional)

Remove radish cake from refrigerator about 10-15 mins prior to frying. Cut it into small pieces.
heat some oil in a non-stick pan. Stir-Fry the radish cake pieces till slightly browned. Add in the garlic and chilli paste. Add some salt. Fry till aromatic.
Add in the beansprouts, stir.
Add fish sauce, soy sauce and pepper, mix well. Now, pour in the beaten eggs, all around the radish cake. Let it set a bit and then flip over from side to side till it is all well mixed. Add more pepper and salt if needed.
Serve hot with spring onions...;)

Chicken in Soy Sauce

This is an easy dish to make....does not require a whole lot of ingredients yet it's tasty and goes well with white rice or tomato rice.

Ingredients :

1/2 chicken (cut into small pieces, skinless)

3 green chillies, slit

star anise, clove and cinnamon stick

2 big onions, sliced thinly

3-4 cloves garlic, sliced thinly

1 inch ginger, sliced thinly

salt to taste

1 tbsp light soy sauce

1 tbsp or more thick soy sauce

1/2 tsp sesame oil

water

Method :

Heat oil in a non-stick pan. Fry onions, cinnamon, clove and star anise. Once onion becomes soft, add in garlic and ginger. Stir till it's fragrant and add in chicken pieces. Pour thick soy sauce (desired amount depending on the thickness and colour of your soy sauce) and light soy sauce. Coat well. Add in some water and close pan. Let the chicken cook. Open lid and stir on and off to coat chicken with the sauce. Add water in between if needed. Add in salt and coat well.  Once chicken is well cooked, add in sesame oil. Mix well. Serve with rice.

Kung Pao Chicken

One of my husband's fav dish..made upon request ;)

 

U need :

2 chicken breast meat (cubed)
8-10 dried chillies
1 big onion, sliced
1 green capsicum, sliced
1/2 tsp corn flour mixed with 1 tbsp water and kept aside
cashewnuts, fried and kept aside

To marinate chicken:
1/2 beaten egg white
1/2 tbsp light soy sauce
some salt
1/2 tsp sugar

Mix marinate to chicken and leave it aside for 30 mins

For sauce :
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1tbsp light soy sauce
1/2 tbsp worchesteshire sauce
1/2 tsp dark soy sauce
1/2 tsp sesame oil
salt and sugar to taste

Mix sauces and keep aside

Method :

Shallow fry chicken pieces till golden and keep aside.
Heat oil in a non-stick pan. Fry dry chillies and onion till fragrant. Add capsicum..fry a little and add in chicken and sauces. Mix well till chicken well cooked. Add cornflour mixture and mix well to coat. Add  cashew nuts  and serve hot

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Crispy Golden Fish Cutlets

These cutlets are crispy, delicious..eaten as a snack or with rice n curry ;)

You need :

2-3 slices of spanish mackerel (steamed, bones removed and mashed with a fork)
1 large onion (minced)
few cloves garlic (minced)
handful of coriander leaves (minced)
few sprigs curry leaves (sliced finely)
1/2 inch ginger (minced)
juice of 1 lime
salt to taste

Mix all above ingredients together and leave in refrigerator. When you are ready to serve, beat an egg with a pinch of salt in a bowl. In another plate, place breadcrumbs...Remove fish mixture from the refrigerator, make into desired shape, dip into egg and roll with breadcrumbs...heat oil in a frying pan...Place patties on hot oil and pan fry till golden and crispy...

Bubur Kacang Hijau (Green Bean Porridge)

This is a Malaysian delicacy.....delicious as dessert or for tea..served warm or cold....

U need :
200 gm green beans
1 litre water
150 gm brown castor sugar
150 ml coconut milk
a pinch of salt
2 screwpine leaves (knotted)

Wash green beans and soak for about an hour.
Boil water and then add  screwpine leaves and green beans to boiling water.
Simmer till beans are 3/4 cooked. Add sugar and mix well.
Continue to simmer till beans are soft. Add in the coconut milk and pinch of salt. Bring to a boil and turn off heat.
Serve warm or can be refrigerated once it's cool and served cold...;)

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Vege Noodles

This is one easy dish I make for dinner and it's healthy too ;)

I used :
air dried noodles (enough for 2) - boil some water and put in the noodles...drain it once it's soft (depends on the noodles you use)..you may even use wet noodles or egg noodles
1 onion, sliced
5 cloves garlic, minced
6 shittake mushrooms, sliced
1 carrots, sliced thinly
a bunch of mustard leaves, sliced abt 2 inch in length
1/2 tbsp thick soy sauce
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
salt and white pepper powder to taste
boiled egg to serve 

Mix the sauces with pepper powder and salt. Keep aside
Heat olive oil in a non-stick pan and saute the onion. Add in the garlic and saute. Then add in the carrot and once carrot is 3/4 cooked, add in the mushroom and mustard leaves and cook for a few minutes.
Next add in the mixed sauces and noodles.Mix it till well combined.
Serve hot with sliced boiled egg.

Fried Kuay Teow

This is one delicious Malaysian dish...and its been my fav since I was small... This time I tried making it at home for dinner...a healthier, less oily one that is...

U need:
about 300gms of fresh kuay teow (i got it from the wet market)
about 7-8 prawns (peeled and deveined)
a handful of fresh beansprouts
a handful of mustard leaves (cut into 2 inch pieces)
1-2 eggs
1 onion (sliced)
1-2 tbsp chilli paste
 3-4 cloves garlic (minced)
1/2 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tbsp light soy sauce
salt to taste

Heat oil in a wok and saute the onions..add the chilli paste and when its fragrant, add the garlic..
Later add in the beansprouts and prawns..Mix till combined and add in the kuay teow and mustard leaves. Add the soy sauces and salt..Mix well...Move the kuay teow to the side of the pan and heat some oil..Pour the beaten egg.Let it cook a little and mix it with the kuay teow till cooked well....serve hot...

Pasta with Mackerel

When I asked my husband what he wanted for dinner, first he decided on pasta and later said make something with sardines, maybe a curry....so then I decided to try something new and made this spaghetti with mackerels...and he was truly surprised and enjoyed it very much ;)

Do give this a try if ur a mackerel fan....

You need :

1 medium can of mackerel in tomato sauce (drain and bones removed)

1 small red onion, sliced

four cloves garlic, minced

your fav pasta sauce - enough for two ( I used a sauce with mushroom and olives)

1 tsp of paprika (if u like it spicy)

salt to taste

dried oregano

cooked spaghetti (enough for 2)

Heat olive oil in a non stick pan...Saute the onion and minced garlic..Add the mackerels and cook a little..Add in pasta sauce, paprika and salt. You may add in a little water if sauce is too thick...Mix well to coat mackerels and cook till sauce boils and thickens.. Add oregano...Turn off heat and add in cooked spaghetti.. Coat well.. Serve hot with parmigiana and chopped coriander or parsley...;)

Roti Jala

This is a Malaysian lacy pancake recipe...an awesome treat for breakfast, tea or dinner...it's easy to make..tastes awesome with curries....














Ingredients :

1 cup wheat flour + 1 tbsp rice flour
1 cup milk
1/2 cup water (adjust to the pouring consistency)
1 egg
1/3 tsp salt
yellow colouring (if needed)
butter or ghee to grease pan

mix all the above ingredients to a consistency that's not too watery or too thick as you need to pour it through the mould,....using a whisk helps..

Heat a tava till hot..grease with ghee or butter...Take some batter using roti jala mould and pour in circles on the heated tava...turn once the bottom part is not sticking..cook for few minutes and transfer it to a plate and fold into a triangle...continue with the remaining mixture...

Serve with kurma or curry....;)



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Asam Pedas Fish

This is a famous Malaysian dish....a very flavourful one...I got the original version from Rasa Malaysia blog and made some changes according to my taste....turned out well ;)

Ingredients:

1 black pomfret (cleaned and cut to 3 pieces)
handful of small okras
1 tomato (cut into slices)
1 1/2 teaspoon of fish curry powder
3 sprigs of daun kesum
1 tablespoon of palm sugar/sugar
Salt to taste

oil

Spice Paste:

3 clove garlic
2 stalk of lemon grass (white part only) - sliced
4 shallots
5-7 dried chillies (depends on how spicy you like)
1/2 tablespoon of belacan (prawn paste)

Tamarind Juice:

1 1/4 cup of water
Tamarind pulp (size of a small ping pong ball)

Method:

1.     Grind the spice paste and set aside.

2.     Soak the tamarind pulp in warm water for 15 minutes. Squeeze the tamarind pulp  to extract the flavor into the water. Drain the pulp and save the tamarind juice.

3.     Heat oil and fry the spice paste for 2 minutes or until fragrant.

4.     Add the tamarind juice, fish curry powder and bring to boil.

5.     Add the tomato wedges and okras and bring to boil.

6.     Add the fish, salt, daun kesum and palm sugar/sugar.

7.     Simmer on low heat for 5 minutes or until the fish is cooked.

8.     Serve with white rice

Bergedil Ikan (Indonesian Fish Cutlets)

This is one of my favourite side dish whenever I eat at a Nasi Padang restaurant in Yogyakarta where I was studying.....I knew I have to try this out....so I made em and wow...yummylicious bergedil (thats what they call it in Indonesia)..;)

 

Ingredients :

2 slices of tenggiri fish (mackerel)

3 potatoes (sliced)

some Chinese parsley (chopped)

3-4 shallots (chopped thinly)

some coriander leaves, chopped thinly

ground black pepper

1 red chilli, seeds removed (chopped thinly)

1 egg (beaten)

Method :

Deep fry mackerel slices for a few minutes and let it cool....then remove all bones, mash and keep aside.

 Fry / boil potato slices (I fried them)...let it cool..then mash...keep aside.

Add chopped shallots, chilli, coriander leaves, chinese parsley, salt to taste and ground black pepper...mix well....then make into balls (see picture below)

Close with cling wrap and keep in fridge till ready to fry....

10 mins before frying, take it out from the fridge....

Heat oil in a deep frying pan...dip the 'bergedil' in the beaten egg just to coat then fry till golden brown....serve hot as a side dish for rice or as a snack ;)

Fried Egg Sambal

Yet another sambal recipe from me...easy to prepare yet flavourful.....this is a spicy dish and goes well with white rice and dall....

 

All you need :

2 eggs

1 large onion

3 shallots

3 cloves garlic

a handful of cleaned anchovies (soaked for about 10 mins)

1-2 tbsp chilli powder (according to your preference for spiciness)

oil

salt to taste

water

The few easy steps :

1. Heat oil in a pan.Beat egg one by one with a pinch of salt and fry. Keep aside.

2. Grind together soaked anchovies, shallots and garlic...

2. In the same pan, heat oil...fry onions till soft..Add ground anchovies paste and chilli powder..Fry for about 2-3 minutes..Add some water and let it boil (do not pour too much water)...till chilli smell goes and it's like a thick gravy...Add some salt...

Pour sambal gravy over fried eggs and serve hot ;)

Easy Mee Goreng

Mee Goreng is a Malaysian favourite.....it's actually fried noodles..usually we use wet yellow noodles that we can easily get at the local markets and hypermarkets....this is a spicy dish, flavourful and there's actually many varieties....what I made for dinner yesterday was a simple one that took me only 30 minutes with ingredients I found in my fridge....
U may also add prawns, cooked chicken, squid, fish balls, bean sprouts, boiled potatoes, cabbage or diced tofu.....

I just used :
 300 gm yellow mee (washed and drained)
2 tbsp chiili boh ( dry chilli paste) - or lesser if u want a milder version
1 big onion (sliced)
2 green chillies (sliced)
5 cloved garlic (crushed)
1 bunch of sawi (mustard leaves) - cut into 2 inch pieces
2 fish cakes (sliced)
1 egg (beaten)
dark soy sauce
light soy sauce
2 tbsp tomato ketchup
oil
salt

Heat oil in a pan...add onion, green chilies and saute for about 2 mins.. Add in chilli paste and garlic...Let it cook in oil for a bit till chilli smell goes off....add in the fish cakes and cook a little
Add in the mee, mustard leaves, about 1/2 tbsp dark soy sause (add more or less depending on the darkness of your soy sauce), 2 dashes of light soy sauce, tomato ketchup, a bit of salt and mix well to coat everything....Later pour the beaten egg in and mix everything together till egg and mee cooked..taste and adjust the salt.....
Once everything's well coated and slightly dry, turn off heat and ready to serve..

Stir Fried Four Angled Beans with Egg

Hi...yet another weeknight easy recipe..;)

Ingredients :
10-12 four angled beans (sliced)
1 big onion (sliced)
2 red chillies (sliced)
4-5 cloves garlic (minced)
1 egg (beaten with a pinch of salt)
oil
salt to taste

Heat oil and saute onion..add garlic and red chillies....later add in the beans and stir fry till 3/4 cooked...Then pour in the beaten egg..Let it cook a little then scramble it with the beans....Add salt to taste...Serve with rice :)

Nasi Tomato with Sambal Ayam

We had this for lunch today...its Tomato Rice with Spicy Chicken....done upon request from my husband :)....

A very busy weekend...recipe will be posted soon ;)

Stir Fry Asparagus and Shitake Mushroom

This is an easy, colourful dish...for a quick dinner side dish....using baby asparagus....yummy

All you need :
A bunch of baby asparagus
a carrot
3 shittake mushroom (sliced)
1 onion (sliced)
3 cloves garlic (sliced thinly)
2 red chillies
a bit of glass noodles (soak in water)
salt to taste
oyster sauce

Heat a little canola oil in a non-stick pan and saute the onion, red chillies and garlic...Add the carrot..cook for a few minutes and add asparagus and mushrooms....once veggies are 3/4 cooked, add glass noodles, oyster sauce and salt...stir fry and serve with rice...

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Mee Rebus

Yet another Malaysian dish....this uses yellow noddles...it's a gravy with noodles...slightly sweet and the lime gives such a woderful taste...i squeezed two in my dish and brought a burst of flavours...and u can get the original recipe from Anncoo Journal...
tips : use can also use sweet potatoes ...and blend the taucu paste before adding in....an easy version of malaysian mee rebus at this site...;)

Fried Beehoon

This is a Malaysian style fried beehoon I made for dinner....by far, this is the best tasting beehoon I've ever made and my husband truly enjoyed it ;)....Well, I'll be posting more Malaysian style dishes...so you can see a diversity of culture....For your info, Malaysians love spicy food.....especially curries and sambal.....Malaysia is a food heaven and a great place for food lovers as you can find anything and everything here.....that is one of the things I love about my country....;)

Fried Beehoon

Beehoon (enough for two persons - soaked till soft)
1 tofu (diced and fried lightly)
Mustard leaves (cut)
Beansprouts (a handful)
1 tbsp chilli paste ( I used store bought- u can make your own by grinding dry chillies)
1 big onion (sliced)
salt
1/2 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tbsp light soy sauce

To grind :
4 shallots
1 tbsp taucu (fermented soybeans)
1 tbsp dried prawns
1 tsp anchovies granules- optional
4 cloves garlic

For garnishing;
2 fried eggs
some fried onions
onion leaves (diced)

Heat oil in a pan and fry chilli paste till oil separates slightly...Add sliced onions, and ground paste and fry till fragrant..make sure it does not stick to the pan...add a little more oil if needed....
Then add in the tofu, greens, beansprouts,some salt and all the sauces...mix well and add in the beehoon....mix till well combined...taste and add salt if needed...and serve hot, garnished with fried eggs, fried shallots and onion leaves...


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Sweet and Sour Fish

This is one easy fish recipe and my husband's favorite....easy as I can make it for a weekday dinner....after work ;)

 

For the fish :

3 slices of spanish mackerel (u can use any other fish slices)

1 egg (beaten)

salt

oil

Dip fish slices in egg and fry till slightly golden and cooked but make sure nor to over fry it. Keep aside in a serving bowl.

For the sauce:

1 yellow onion (sliced thinly)

1 1/2 inch ginger (sliced thinly)

4 cloves garlic (sliced thinly)

4 tbsp tomato sauce

2 tbsp chilli sauce

3/4 tsp dark soy sauce (depends on the colour you want)

2 tbsp oyster sauce

2 tomatoes (sliced thinly)

water

salt

Heat oil and fry onions, ginger and garlic till aromatic. Add all the sauces, tomatoes and enough water, let it boil...add salt.....cook till sauce becomes a little thick and to your liking....amount of sauces and water can be modified according to taste and serving.....taste along the way and make adjustments till you hit the right notes ;).....pour over fish slices and let it sit for a while before serving (so that the fish absorbs a little of the flavours)

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Egg Sambal

Yummy, spicy egg dish...

Ingredients :

3 eggs
8 dried chillies
5 cloves garlic
4 shallots
2 cm tamarind (dissolved in a little water)
a handful of anchovies
1 onion (cut into rings)
salt to taste
2 tsp sugar

Method :
1.  Boil eggs and peel.
2. Soak dried chillies on hot water for about 20 minutes. Then grind together chillies, shallots and garlic.
3. Heat oil in a pan. Once oil is hot, fry the boiled eggs till golden brown and keep aside.

4. Fry the anchovies and keep aside.
5. Reduce oil and add in the ground ingredients. Fry till fragrant and add the onions and 1/2 cup water....Fry till oil separates and sauce thickens.
6. Add anchovies, tamarind juice, salt and sugar. Cook till a little dry. Dish it out onto the eggs. Ready to serve.

 

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