PAN FRIED POTATO

When my son is asking about chips, this recipe came into my mind, not only it is healthy but very delicious. To speed up cooking, boil the potato until half cooked with little salt, drain then sprinkle with the required spices. Try to cut the potato almost same size for even cooking. Used minimum oil just to coat them and to obtain lovely brown color.

INGREDIENTS

5 medium size potatoes cut into wedges
salt to taste
3 tablespoons oil
1 - 2 teaspoons chili powder
1/2 teaspoon garam masala
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder

DIRECTIONS

1. Place the cut potato, water and salt into a pot. Water level should be above the potato. Boil until half cooked. Drain.

2. In a bowl combine together potato, chili powder, garam masala, salt and turmeric powder. Mix well. Caution not to break the potato.

3. Heat the oil, add in the potato and fry until light brown.

4. Remove from heat. The potato is ready to be served.

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PRUNE CAKE

Do you want a healthy and easy recipe that only takes about 10 minutes to prepare? This cake uses prune as one of the ingredients and not overly sweet. One great thing about prunes however they are good for you. Prunes are dehydrated plum come from sweetest and flavorful plums.

Having long holiday due to Chinese New Year so bake this eggless cake to be enjoyed by my family. It is so moist and received compliments from my sons definitely would bake it again. Due to shortage of prunes have added some raisin to the batter.

INGREDIENTS

2 cups plain flour
1/2 cup pitted prunes chopped
1 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup melted butter
1 cup milk
3 tablespoons orange juice
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
extra prune to sprinkle on top

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven @ 180 C. Grease 7 inches round cake pan.

2. Sift flour and baking powder, add sugar and prune. Mix well.

3. Combine together butter, milk, orange juice and vanilla essence until well blended.

4. Pour butter mixture onto flour, mix until well incoporated.

5. Transfer this mixture into a greased pan, sprinkle the prune on top and bake for 25-30 minutes or a skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.

6. Cool on rack.

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SPAGHETTI IN TANGY SOUP

Trying to avoid rice so whipped up a dish made of spaghetti, it's soupy type added with seafood and mushroom. Other leafy vegetables could be added. Adjust the taste to your liking.

INGREDIENTS

400g spaghetti boiled until aldente
200g prawn peel and devein
200g squid cut into ring
15 button mushroom sliced
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 tomato chopped
6 shallots sliced
3 cloves garlic sliced
2 thick slices ginger
5 bird's eye chili (optional)
1 stalk lemon grass bruised
1 tablespoon tamarind mix with 1/2 cup wated to obtain juice
5 small limes squeezed to get the juice
4 stalk coriander leaves including the roots reserved some for garnish
3 tablespoons oil
2 tablespoons sweet soya sauce
3 red chillies for garnish
4-5 cups water
salt to taste

DIRECTIONS

1. Heat the oil, add onion and fry until light brown. Add garlic, ginger, lemon grass and tomato, cook until tomato turns soft. Add chili powder and some water, fry until fragrant.

2. Pour in the prawn and squid, cook until color changes.

3. Add 4-5 cups water, mushroom and tamarind juice, bring to boil.

4. Now add salt, sugar, soya sauce, coriander leaves including the roots and bird's eye chili, simmer for a few minutes.

5. Remove from heat and add lime juice. Check for salt.

6. Place spaghetti into a bowl, pour the soup and garnish with coriander leaves and red chillies.



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OAT AND BANANA CAKE

In order to clear my over riped banana, I have baked this oat and banana cake. It is very simple and hardly take a few minutes to prepare. The best part is no major clean up involved, just use a whisk to incorporate all the ingredient.

Oat & Banana Cake turned out moist and flavorful. Already planning to bake them again next week. It can easily turn into muffin by adjusting the baking time and  using muffin pan.. Here is the recipe, hope you will enjoy it as much as we do.

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DATES AND OAT COOKIES

Another great cookies I love to bake, simply aromatic and delicious. The dough is quite sticky to handle but managed to shape it using cookie cutter if not just drop a tablespoonful onto a baking tray or shape into small ball then flatten and bake them.

INGREDIENTS

125g butter
3/4 cup chopped dates
1/2 cup water
3/4 cup sugar
1 and 1/4 cups flour
1 and 1/2 cups rolled oat
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 teaspoon baking powder

METHOD

1. Place dates, butter, water and sugar in a pot, cook until boiling, let it cool.

2. In a mixing bowl, mix together flour, oat and baking powder.

3. Pour butter mixture into dry ingredient together with vanilla essence, form into pliable dough.

4. Roll into small ball then flatten or use cookie cutter to shape.

5. Bake @ 160C for 20 minutes.

6. Cool completely before storing into airtight container.

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WATER CHESTNUT JELLY

Love by young and old alike, jelly is such an easy dessert to make. Fill them with fresh fruits to encourage your kids to eat healthy and at the same time enjoy this healthy dessert. Using diced fresh water chestnut or else you could use other available fruit for making this dessert which is not very sweet yet so easy to prepare.

INGREDIENTS

1 pack (12g) agar2 powder
3 cups water
1 cup evaporated milk
250g sugar
3/4 cup water chestnut peel and dice
raisin and cherry for decoration

METHOD

1. Dissolve agar2 with 3 cups of water, add sugar and bring to boil over low heat.

2. Add diced water chestnut and evaporated milk, stir until boiling. Remove from fire.

3. Wet the mould with water then place raisin and cherry.

4. Pour the pudding on top of the dried fruit, allow to cool.

5. Refrigerate before serving.

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SPAGHETTI IN CURRY SAUCE

Unlike all spaghetti dishes use tomato based sauce but this one is different. The vegetable used is carrot but bean sprout could be added if you like. Instead of seafood you can substitute with chicken or meat, omit them for vegetarian version,the choice is yours.

INGREDIENTS

400g spaghetti boil until aldente
400g prawn peel and devein
200g carrot cubed
400g sweet potato mashed
1-2 tablespoons chili powder
3 tablespoons curry powder
4 cloves garlic chopped
6 shallots sliced
1/2 teaspoon ginger paste
2 lemon grass bruised
3 hard tofu cubed and fried
4 red chili sliced
4-6 cups water
coriander leaves
small limes
oil

METHOD

1. Heat the oil, fry onion until light brown. Add in ginger, garlic and lemon grass, fry until fragrant.

2. Now add chili powder, curry powder and little water, fry for a few minutes then add the prawn, stir until the color changes.

3. Pour 4 cups water, carrot and mashed sweet potato and cook until boiling.

4. Check the salt, add more water if it is very thick, remove from heat.

5. Place the spaghetti in an individual bowl, pour the sauce, garnish with fried tofu, red chili and coriander leaves. Squeeze the lime if you prefer sour taste.

CHICKEN SALNA

Tried to cook a new dish so settled for this  Chicken Salna  using chicken which is famous in Tamil Nadu normally served with parata, idli, dosa or even briyani. The amount of spices used have been modified to suit my taste so adjust accordingly.

KEERAI SAMBAR

Spinach is a favourite vegetable of my family, need to prepare this it in many ways so that they don't feel bored eating it. Combination of the green and dal produce an excellent side dish and this recipe is one of them.

INGREDIENTS

250g spinach chopped and washed
1/2 cup toor dal
1 cup tamarind juice
2 tomatoes chopped
6 dry chilli
1 teaspoon mustard seed
5 shallots sliced
a pinch of asafoetida
2 teaspoons coriander seeds
2 teaspoons chana dal
2 teaspoons urad dal
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
oil
salt

METHOD

1. Boil dal with turmeric until soft.

2. Heat the oil, fry dry chilli, coriander seeds and chana dal then blend them.

3. Add the spinach, onion, water and tomato to the dal, cook until soft.

4. Now add salt and tamarind juice let it boils. Add ground ingredient, cook for 5 minutes.

5. In a separate pan, fry mustard seed, urad dal and asafoetida until it splutters then pour this onto spinach pot, cook for a few minutes then remove from heat.

6. Serve hot.

APAM (STEAMED CAKE)

This apam is very challenging to make since it used yeast and must be kept for one hour or more, sometime it doesn't rise at all so it becomes just like unleavened bread which is hard and sticky. So do check the yeast whether it is still active if not just discard it. Another guide is that the water in the steamer should be boiling before steaming, recommended the lid to be covered with clean cloth to avoid water dripping onto the steamed cake.

INGREDIENTS

3 cups all purpose flour
5 tablespoons rice flour
2 and 3/4 cups water
1 cup sugar
1 and 1/2 tablespoons instant yeast
1/2 cup warm water
1 teaspoon sugar
food colouring
cake pan 10 inches diameter oiled

TOPPING
1 cup grated coconut (white part only)
a pinch of salt

METHOD

1. Boil 2 and 3/4 cups of water and sugar until dissolved. Cool.

2. In a bowl, combine yeast, warm water and a teaspoon sugar until frothy about 10 minutes.

3. Put flour and rice flour into a mixing bowl. Make a well in the center, pour the yeast mixture.

4. Gradually add the syrup and food colouring, mix until well incorporated. Rest for one hour or until double the size.

5. Fill water in the steamer, cook until boiling and wrap the lid with clean cloth.

5. Pour the batter onto oiled cake pan and steam for 40 minutes or until a tester inserted comes out clean.

6. Steam the coconut of which salt is added for few minutes.

7. Remove the cake pan and place it into a pan filled with water to hasten the cooling process.

9. When completely cool, slice with sharp knife and top with grated coconut.

SESAME COOKIES

One of my favorite cookies, if you are like me prefer not so sweet biscuit this  Sesame Cookies are for you to try out, very crunchy and eggless too. You can shape it into the ball then flatten or use desired cookies cutter of your choice. Do take note, the dough must be placed in between the plastic sheet to avoid sticking to the board. If the dough is a bit sticky to work with, add a tablespoon or two flour.

CUTTLEFISH SAMBAL

This dish made of dried cuttlefish which is soaked for 1-2 hours to soften then cooked with blended dry chillies and tamarind juice. Best eaten with white rice or coconut milk rice. It is optional to add the shrimp paste (belacan) but mine done without it.

INGREDIENTS

2 large pieces dried cuttlefish, cut and soak for 1-2 hours
1 tablespoon tamarind add 1/2 cup water to extract juice
5 tablespoons oil
salt and sugar to taste

GRIND

20 dried chillies cut and soak
2 big onions
2 teaspoons shrimp paste (optional)

METHOD

1. Heat the oil, add the ground ingredients together with salt and sugar, fry until fragrant.

2. Add cuttlefish, fry for few minutes then add the tamarind juice.

3. Cook until semi dry and stir occasionally to avoid sticking to the bottom of the pan.

4. Check salt and sugar then remove from heat.

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CHICKEN PORRIDGE

My children are craving for this Chicken Porridge since we had it quite sometime ago. It's simple comfort food and healthy too. Boil your own chicken stock to get best taste or you could use ready made chicken cube. Instead of chicken, thinly sliced meat or fish would be the best alternative. The following recipe serves 4-5 persons.

BANANA BREAD MUFFIN

There are various ways to bake your banana muffin but this one by far the best I've baked.  Banana Bread Muffin was easy to whip up, hardly takes a few minutes and you can serve them for breakfast or as afternoon snack fresh  from the oven.

Banana Bread Muffin was so moist and delicious, not overly sweet.  Instead of nuts you can replace with chocolate chip or dried fruit and the combinations are endless.

CHINESE FRIED RICE

One of the simplest fried rice you could have cooked, using less spices and minimum ingredients but great taste. Occasionally love to cook this dish for my children.

INGREDIENTS

3 cups cooked rice
1/2 cup shelled prawn
1/2 cup chicken cubed
1/2 cup green peas
2 cloves garlic chopped
2 eggs beaten with pinch of salt
3 tablespoons oil
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon soya sauce
salt to taste

METHOD

1. Heat oil, pour beaten egg and scramble it.

2. Push the egg to the side of the pan, add garlic,prawn, salt and chicken cook until the colour changes.

3. Add rice, peas, soya sauce and black pepper, stir well.

4. Transfer onto a plate, serve hot.

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SIMPLE MEAL

Just cooked very simple meal consisting of spicy sardine, bok choy fry and an omelette. My family enjoyed them very much since it's totally different from the normal menu we used to have.

CURRY PUFF

All time favourite for the young and old, simply irresistible. This snack is stuffed with potato, cooked in spices, deep fried until golden brown. The outer wrap is rather crispy but filling is quite spicy. Addition of meat or chicken is optional. It is so famous and easily obtainable from hawker stalls as well as upmarket eateries.

INGREDIENTS

3 cups plain flour
3 tablespoons hot oil
3 tablespoons butter/margarine melted
water
salt

FILLING

5 potatoes cubed
3 tablespoons curry powder
1/2 tablespoon chili powder
2 onions chopped
1 teaspoon ginger paste
1 teaspoon garlic paste
1 carrot cut into small pieces
coriander leaves
water
salt
oil


THE FILLING


METHOD

1. Heat the oil, saute the onion till light brown, add ginger, garlic, curry powder, chili powder and little water, fry until fragrant.

2. Add in potato, carrot, salt and enough water, cover pot. Water level should be slightly above the potato. Stir occasionally.

3. After the potato turns soft, sprinkle coriander leaves and remove from heat. Cool.

4. Combine together flour, salt, oil and butter, mix until resembles bread crumb.

5. Add water little by little until soft dough is formed.

6. Shape the the dough into small disc about 3 inches diameter, stuff with a tablespoonful of filling. Seal the edges in a pleated manner.

7. Repeat the process until dough is completed.

8. Deep fry in heated oil until golden brown.

9. Best eaten hot.


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KWAY TEOW W/MEAT BALLS

This dish is made from flat rice noodles and this is soupy type not the typical one sold at hawker stalls which is fried, laden with fat. If you prefer spicy one add more pepper.

INGREDIENTS

500g kway teow fresh or dry
300g minced meat/chicken
200g chye sim (mustard green) cut
200g medium prawn keep the tail intact
100g bean sprout tail removed
4 tablespoons tomato soup
2 tablespoons corn flour
3 shallots chopped
3 cloves garlic chopped
1 teaspoon pepper powder
salt to taste
oil

METHOD

1. Combine minced meat, shallot, salt, pepper and corn flour together, mix well.

2. Shape into balls and fry in hot oil. Remove and strain.

3. In the same pan, remove excess oil then fry the garlic until fragrant.

4. Add in prawn and tomato soup, cook until the prawn turns orange in color.

5. Pour in the meat balls, chye sim, kway teow, some water and salt, stir for a few minutes.

6. Just before removing from heat, add the bean sprout, a dash of white pepper, stir again.

7. Serve hot.

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SPICY CAULIFLOWER SABZI

Cooked this Spicy Cauliflower Sabzi  vegetable dish which is simple but tasty. You can increase or decrease the spice level to suit your taste. It is best accompaniment for capati/roti or even plain rice.

OAT MUFFIN

This is very healthy and delicious muffin. It contains oat that has wonderful flavor when added for baking. Oat contains fiber, thiamine and iron along with antioxidants that is beneficial to the heart and circulatory system. Any dried fruit like raisin, cranberry or cherries could be added to enhance its taste.

INGREDIENTS

1 cup rolled oat
1 cup milk
1 egg
1/2 cup butter melted
1 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1/2 cup dried fruit

METHOD

1. Preheat oven at 190C, combine oat and milk, let stand for 10 minutes.

2. Grease muffin pan or use cake cases.

3. Add sugar, egg and butter to oat mixture, stir until just combined.

4. Sift together flour and baking powder, add oat mixture, essence and dried fruit. Mix well..

5. Fill muffin cup about 3/4 full, bake for 20-25 minutes until a tester comes out clean.

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INSTANT AND HEALTHY OAT DOSA

There are vast varieties of dosa available. They used few type of flour and I've tried this recipe  taken from Preety's Kitchen.  Made slight modification to the original recipe by adding  mashed tofu and chilli powder since my family loves spicy food. Do adjust the spice level according to your taste. We really love the addition, it was a huge hit with my children. This is now becomes our regular meal during weekend..

INGREDIENTS

1 cup oat soak in hot water for 15 minutes
1/2 cup rice flour
1/4 cup semolina
1 in ginger chopped
1 piece hard tofu mashed
1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
2 green chillies sliced
pinch of asafoetida/hing
1 big onion chopped
salt to taste
coriander leaves chopped
water

METHOD

1. Combine rice flour, semolina, chilli powder, hing and salt in a mixing bowl.

2. Add oat, tofu, ginger, green chillies, onion and coriander leaves to the flour mixture.

3. Slowly add enough water to form a thick batter same as you make dosa. Mix well.

4. Heat a non stick pan, drizzle the oil and pour a ladleful of batter, cook both side until golden brown.

5. Remove onto a plate, continue the process until the batter is used up.

6. Serve hot.

MUTTON TAMARIND CURRY

Tried this recipe taken from Akal's Saappadu but made slight changes to suit my taste. Vegetables like eggplant and drumstick could be added but at the moment using potato. Serve with naan, my family love this dish, would definitely make again.

INGREDIENTS

500g mutton/beef cut into small pieces
3 big onions chopped
2 cloves garlic
1/2 in ginger
2 sprigs curry leaves
2 tablespoons tamarind add 1/2 cup water to obtain juice
3 tablespoons oil
2 potatoes cut
1 cup coconut milk
3 tablespoons meat curry powder
1 tablespoon chilli powder
1 stick cinnamon
3 cardamoms
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
salt to taste

METHOD

1. Heat oil, fry cardamom and cinnamon then add onion fry until golden brown.

2. Add ginger, garlic. curry leaf, curry powder, chilli powder, turmeric powder and little water
cook until oil seperates.

3. Pour in mutton, stir until well coated with spices.

4. Add coconut milk, tamarind juice, water and salt, cook until tender.

5. Now add the potato, simmer until soft.

6. Adjust the salt, remove from heat.

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SIMPLE MEAL

Since my children are unwell so dish up something light and simple. Our menu today are Rava Payasam and Savoury Pancake.

For both recipes kindly refer my earlier post. Look out under "dessert" for rava payasam and for savoury pancake fall under "breakfast" category.


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MOCHAI (DRY FIELD BEAN) CURRY

Mochai kottai is a tasty bean originating from villages of Tamil Nadu, South India. I have tasted it cooked with dry fish in my former workplace. Dry roasted the dry field bean until light brown, rinse then soak overnight. Boil until soft before preparing this dish. Other vegetables like eggplant or drumstick could be added to the gravy.

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup dry field bean (soak and boil)
2 tablespoons tamarind add 1/2 cup water to obtain juice
5 shallots sliced
2 cloves garlic slice
2 teaspoon chili powder
2 teaspoons coriander powder
1 tomato chopped
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
2 green bananas cut into bite size
1/2 teaspoon fenugreek seed
1 teaspoon mustard seed
1 teaspoon cumin
2 tablespoons oil
salt to taste
curry leaves

METHOD

1. Dry roasted the bean, rinse then soak overnight. Boil until soft, keep the stock.

2. Heat the oil, fry fenugreek, mustard, cumin and curry leaves until fragrant.

3. Pour in the shallot, garlic and tomato, cook until soft.

4. Add chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, tamarind juice and salt, bring to a boil.

5. Now add the green banana, bean, the stock from boiling the bean and water, cook until tender.

6. Add more salt if required. The gravy should not be very thick or too runny. Add more water if needed. Remove from heat.

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MENU OF THE DAY

We had something special today consisting of tomato rice, chicken masala and tomato paceri. Recipes for tomato rice and chicken masala have been posted earlier. Enjoy the pictures.....

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AYAM MASAK MERAH BEREMPAH

This chicken dish was a popular  choice to pair with  biryani , ghee rice, pulao or even bread.

Made with blended dry chili, tomato puree and spices,  hence it got its name from the color of this dish Merah (Red).

For this recipe, the chicken pieces are coated with turmeric and salt then deep fried until half cooked prior to cooking of this dish. It was quite spicy but you can always reduce the chili used according to your tolerance.  If you want to try out, here is the recipe:

FRIED RICE W/TUNA

Fried Rice w/Tuna  is very versatile dish, you can add whatever  ingredients available in your pantry either meat or seafood together with vegetables making them a complete meal.

 Now I'm using canned tuna together with carrot for a quick meal. Despite of easy method,  Fried Rice w/Tuna turns great and becomes my family favorite dish. Squeeze the limes to get rid of fish smell. Cabbage or long bean could be added when preparing this dish.

CAULIFLOWER AND CARROT PORIYAL

This is South Indian style of stir fry vegetable. It's so easy to prepare and perfect side dish for capati/roti or rice. Other vegetables such as potato, peas, leafy vegetable, beetroot, cabbage, bitter gourd and okra can be used for stir fry method.

Cauliflower & Carrot Poriyal  is an easy and quick to prepare.

IKAN BELADO

The dish is originally from Padang, Indonesia. It is widely served in most nasi padang restaurant in this region. Very simple yet tasty way to cook with fish. Fried fish is coated with a sauce made of fresh chili which is coarsely pounded using pestle and mortar if not food processor could be used.

INGREDIENTS

500g spanish mackerel or any fish
3 lime leaves
1 tomato chopped
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
salt and sugar to taste
lime juice
oil

POUND COARSELY
15 fresh red chili
10 shallots
4 cloves garlic

METHOD

1. Wash fish then coat with salt, turmeric and lime juice. Keep for 15 minutes.

2. Heat oil, fry the fish until golden brown, drain on absorbent paper.

3. Using the same pan, remove the excess oil but leaving about 3 tablespoons, add in the pounded ingredients, tomato, sugar, lime leaves and salt. Cook until fragrant.

4. Add the fried fish, lime juice and salt if needed. Stir for few minutes until well coated.

5. Serve hot.

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RENDANG REMPAH

This South East Asian dish has loads of fragrant, spicy flavors and the coconut milk  gives it a creamy richness.  Rendang Rempah  takes  time to prepare it but is well worth the effort.

The meat is cooked together with the spices using slow heat until tender. This Rendang Rempah recipe requires your attention and constant stirring from liquid form to semi thick gravy.  Best to use non stick pot to avoid sticking to the bottom. Let have a look at the recipe:

MENU OF THE DAY

Our menu today are Naan with Mutton Dalcha since my children love this dish very much so cooked them again today. For the recipes, please check the archive since already posted them in the past.



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SPICY FISH IN SOYA SAUCE

This is very simple dish using sweet soya sauce, vinegar and chili paste thus you have 3 in one of hot, sweet and sour taste. The fish to be fried first before adding the soya sauce. Lime juice could be added instead of vinegar.

INGREDIENTS

500g spanish mackerel or any meaty fish
1 teaspoon turmeric powder
1-2 tablespoons chili paste
2 medium onions sliced into ring
2 cloves garlic sliced
1 inch ginger sliced
1/2 cup sweet soya sauce
1 cup water
2 green chili sliced
2 red chili sliced
2 tablespoons vinegar or lime juice
salt and sugar to taste
oil

METHOD

1. Rub fish slices with turmeric, salt and little water then deep fry until light brown. Drain.

2. Heat 3 tablespoons oil, fry onion, ginger, garlic and chili paste until fragrant, add little water if it is too dry.

3. Add soya sauce, water, sugar and salt, let it boil.

4. Put in fried fish, red chili, green chili and vinegar. Cover and simmer for about 5 minutes.

5. Serve hot.

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PRAWN AND TOFU CURRY

Tofu is one of the healthiest food on earth. It has no cholesterol and low in saturated fat. It contains rich source of protein. Women with diets high in soy protein appear to have low rates of breast cancer, reduce the risk of heart diseases and colon cancer.

It is so beneficial by consuming the tofu and we should include them in our diet. For vegetarian version do omit the prawn. The amount of red chili is variable to your preference. Here is the recipe for Prawn and Tofu Curry:

ONION BREAD

Inspired to bake this bread by  Yani  for our breakfast. Using sliced onion which is heated in a microwave oven for five minutes uncovered in order to reduce its water content. Totally sweet taste comes from the onion. Have slightly modified the recipe to suit my taste.

FRIED SPAGHETTI

Actually my son requested fried yellow mee but not in hand so decided to cook the fried spaghetti. The recipe is quite similar to fried noodle but this time using minced meat and diced potato for the ingredients. Let have a look what you need for this dish:


INGREDIENTS

400g spaghetti (boil until aldente)
350g minced meat
2 tablespoons chilli paste
1 big onion sliced
3 cloves garlic minced
1 teaspoon ginger paste
4 tomatoes chopped
2 tablespoons tomato sauce
1 tablespoon sweet soya sauce
3 potatoes boil and dice
300g bean sprout remove tail
2 eggs beat lightly
4 tablespoons oil
salt to taste
2 green chillies sliced
2 red chillies sliced


METHOD


1. Heat the oil, fry onion till light brown, add ginger, garlic and tomato, cook until tomato turns soft.

2. Add chilli paste and little water, cook until fragrant.

3. Now add mince meat, salt, tomato sauce, soya sauce and water, stir until slightly dry.

4. Push ingredients to the side of the pan, pour the eggs in the middle and let eggs cook.

5. Mix in the potato, green/red chillies, bean sprout and salt, stirring after each addition.

6. Remove from heat.

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MUTTON DALCHA

Mutton Dalcha is a  meat stew made with lentil and tamarind.. Used mutton ribs if possible since it is much tastier than using the meat. The lentil and mutton are boiled then added to the curry after the meat turns soft. In addition vegetables like brinjal, carrot, potato or green banana are used in cooking this dish.

I would say the dalcha is almost a complete meal by itself. Green mango could be included if available to enhance the flavor thus giving slight tangy taste.  Adjust the chili powder to suit your taste. You could also use chicken, lamb or beef for dalcha.

Mutton Dalcha tends to become thick when cool so dilute with hot water. Let's see what you need for preparing this healthy food.

MENU OF THE DAY

MENU OF THE DAY - Once a week have to prepare this menu consisting of naan, beef curry and kadai chana (garbanzo bean), a typical North Indian cuisine. Since need to cook regularly, I boiled the dry garbanzo bean until soft after soaking overnight and kept it frozen.

As and when needed just thaw for several hours in a refrigerator. A bit of work but get best taste free  from artificial colouring and preservative. This has became regular menu in our household.

For Naan recipe click here. For kadai chana please follow this link.


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NUTTY COOKIES

I had a big bag of hazel nut sitting in my pantry. Since my sons have requested to bake a cookies so decided to use up my nut for this recipe.

These cookies are crunchy and nutty. For healthier option, I'm using corn oil and butter but you may use a cup of butter for a richer and buttery taste. Instead of hazel nut and almond you can substitute with walnut, peanut or sunflower seed. The choice is entirely up to you.