Recipe: Asam Pedas Ikan Pari Melaka

Assalamualaikum.

Today I want to share my asam pedas recipe. Since I am Malaccan, back at my hometown, we eat this dish once or twice every single week without fail! I actually find cooking asam pedas is easy as it does not really require so many ingredients. 

Ingredients: ( For 2-3)

To blend: (A)

1. Onions (1 if big, 2 if smaller).

2. Garlics ( 2)

3. Ginger (half an inch)

4. Belacan (if you want, about 1cm)

5. Tumeric (1cm)

B)

1. Ikan pari ( you can use chicken, beef etc.)

2. Halba ( 1 tbsp)

3. Lemongrass (1)

4. Kaffir lime leaves ( daun limau purut)

5. Dried chilli paste (4 tbsp)

6. Tamarind paste ( 1-2 tbsp)

7. Water

8. Okra 

Methods:

1. Put cooking oils onto pan. Then put in halba, lemongrass & kaffir lime leaves. Ahh the smell.

2. Next put in A and stir cook until they turn brownish and pecah minyak like how Malays like to call it.

3. Put in dried chilli paste and wait until pecah minyak again. 

4. Put in ikan pari and let it absorb all the aroma and flavour, once the fish looks slightly cooked, put in tamarind paste + water. Stir well.

5. Put in water, and adjust to your liking. Like me personally I like my asam pedas not too cair/cayak. Also put in vegetables of your choice. I use okras.

6. Season your dish with salts. 

There you go! Enjoy.

Recipe: General Tso Chicken (Ayam General Tso)

Assalamualaikum.

It is one simple recipe which tastes gooood and with nasi panas, it surely feels heaven on this rainy day. Anyways, here goes.

Disclaimer: I was brought up with campak- campak cooking style since I was young, of course groomed by one great cook aka my mother. Please season your dish according to your tastebuds! Happy trying!

Ingredients: (For 2)

1. Chicken (I used boneless chicken breast - 1 part) - diced into cubes
2. Kentucky Chicken Flour
3. Chili sauce (2 tbsp)
4. Soy sauce (2tbsp)
5. Dried chili paste (2 tbsp)
6. Vinegar (1 tbsp)
8. Corn starch
9. Water
10. Finely chopped garlics (I used 4)
11. Bird's eyes chilies (I used 2)

Methods:

1. Prepare 2 bowls - 1 for wet Kentucky flour + water mix, another 1 is for dry kentucky flour to coat the chickens right before deep frying.

2. Mix chickens well with the flour. And coat them with dry flour.

3. Put cooking oil onto pan and put on medium heat. Once hot enough, put the chickens in for deep frying*szzhwey8wshsl I love the noise when frying :P

4. Once they turn golden brown and yummy, cash 'em outside I mean put them aside.

5. Next, use about 2 tbsp of the leftover cooking oil onto a pan. Put in garlics, bird's eyes chilies. Stir fry them until you get this nice smell. Then, I put in dried chili paste, chili sauce, soy sauce, vinegar. Stir well and let them mingle together.

6. Put in cornstarch pre mixed with a little bit water.

7. Season your dish.  Sprinkle some sesame seeds.  There you go! So easy breezy. Enjoy.