Nyonya Salad Chicken - Kerabu Chicken

We all love this signature dish of my grandma, it is a typical Nyonya dish and a healthy dish. No fuss of cooking is required here, it is just exactly how we make a salad. The main ingredients are shredded chicken, black fungus and mix in a unique dressing of pounded chilly, roasted shrimp paste and lime juice plus kerisik (fried pounded grated coconut). It is a typical Nyonya salad, taken as an appetizer or act as a dish to be taken with rice.



This is a simple process of making the "kerisik" or roasted grated coconut **






All you need :

• 1 pc chicken breast meat
• 3 black fungus (bok nee) - soak and cut into fine strips
• 10 shallots - cut into fine slices
• 5 red chillies - pounded with 1 thumbsize roasted shrimp paste
• 6 lime - extract juice
• 1/4 grated coconut - roast it and pound **
• salt to taste

Simple Process :

1. Steam the chicken and when it is cool, hand shred it


2. Put all the ingredients for dressing - pounded chilly with shrimp paste, lime juice, slices of shallots and salt - in a big bowl


3. Mix well the dressing and add in the shredded chicken


4. Finally, add in the kerisik (pounded roasted grated coconut)


5. Ready to Serve....
   
   

Simple Nyonya Delicacies....enjoy!

Chilly-Plum Sauce Prawns

This is one of my favourite recipe taught by mum for prawns that has been lying for quite a while in the freezer.... :/ this is a good idea to ensure the prawns are still good to taste. It is a simple recipe using grounded chilly and plum sauce to boost up the flavour of the prawns. It is kind of sweet, sour and spicy flavour and it goes well with hot rice.





All you need :

• 600 gms medium size prawns - with shell
• 6 red chillies - grounded
• 1 onion - grounded
• 4 pips of garlic - chopped
• 2 Tbs Plum Sauce
• salt to taste

Simple Process :

1. Heat the pan with a little oil, saute the chopped garlic and add in the prawns


2. Lightly stir fry the prawns till it changes color - dish out and set aside


3. Add a little oil, stir fry the grounded chillies and onions till fragrant, add in 1/4 cup of water, add in the Plum Sauce, bring to a light boil


4. Add in the prawns and let it simmer for 5 minutes, add salt to taste


5. Dish out when the gravy has thicken slightly, Serve with hot rice

Enjoy a Happy Meal...

Apple Chicken

TatTaaraaa! See this beautiful chicken dish....it taste Voila! Well, something different and it is a Kiwi Recipe. Thanks to my buddy who is currently working in NZ for sharing this beautiful recipe with me. When I read the recipe, I feel it "sounds" tasty especially with the addition of apple in the dish, so I decided to give it a go and wow..it taste good. The name of this dish is "Kia Ora Chicken Curry", and since I have done a slight modification to my preference in term of handling the curry powder and also no bay leave was added, I guess I shall "re-label" it. It is not spicy at all, just a good aroma of curry powder, so "no-no curry chicken". Guess, it should named as Ahau-Dee's Chicken dish.. hahaha..^ *


As promised, once I have it cooked, I shall post it in my blog...here it goes....


All you need :

1. 1/2 chicken - chopped into pieces


2. 1 green apple - chopped


3. handful of raisins


4. 2 onions - chopped


5. 4 pips of garlic - chopped


6. 2 Tbs curry powder - mixed into paste


7. 1/2 litre chicken stock or water


8. 1/2 lemon juice


9. 1 Tbs cornflour - mix with 1Tbs water

Simple Process :

1. Heat the pan with some oil and brown the chicken - when ready set aside


2. Heat a little oil, add in all the ingredients together that is *marked orange* and stir fry till aromatic


3. Put in the browned chicken, add the chopped apples, add the lemon juice, some salt


4. Add the 1/2 litre water or chicken stock, stir well and allow to simmer over medium heat for 30 minutes, stir occasionally.


5. Add in the cornflour to thickens the gravy, dish it out and serve, add the raisins as toppings

^ * Enjoy a Happy Meal * ^

Simple Set Meal - Tasty Combinations

I was running out of idea what to cook for the day and decided just to grab whatever I can find in the refrigerator and that would be the meal for the day...haha... I came with this simple idea of serving everything in a plate - A Simple Set Meal. Hmmm...looks good and taste good too.

Early preparation is required :
* steam the rice and let it cool before frying it.
* marinate the cut into cubes chicken breast meat for 1 hour before cooking.

A Simple Set Meal with 3 combinations - Garlic Fried Rice with Cashew Nut Chicken, Fried Egg and Butter Saute Asparagus.

Simple Recipes with Simple Ingredients:

Garlic Fried Rice

1. 1.5 cups steam rice - let it cool before frying
2. Chopped 1 big clove of garlic
3. Heat the wok with some butter or margarine, add in the garlic and stir fry till aromatic
4. Add in the rice, a few drops of fish sauce, it gives a very nice aroma to the rice (optional) or pinch of salt - to taste, stir well to mix for the next 8-10 minutes
5. Rice is Ready

Fried Egg

1. Heat the pan with a little oil
2. Break the egg into the pan and allow the sides be crispy, stir the yoke a little before folding the eggs into half
3. Fried Egg is Ready

Saute Asparagus

1. Heat the pan with a little butter
2. Put the cut asparagus in and saute it over low heat
3. Sprinkle some salt and pepper over it
4. Saute till Asparagus till soften

Cashew Nut Chicken

1. Roast the cashew nut in oven at 150 degreesC till golden brown - side aside
2. Marinate the cut into cubes chicken breast meat for 1 hour prior to cooking with dark soy sauce, a little sugar, 1 Tbs of cooking wine, 1 Tbs cornflour
3. Diced 2 onions and chopped 5 pips of garlic


4. Next, Cooking the Cashew Nut Chicken


5. Heat the wok with a little oil, stir fry the garlic till aromatic, add in the marinated chicken and stir well for 2-3 mins
6. Add a little water and let the chicken simmer at low heat till chicken is cook or till gravy has thickens
7. Lastly add in the diced onions, 1 Tbs of dark soya sauce and mix well for 1 minute
8. Serve with the roasted cashew nut

Have a Happy SET Meal !

Brinjal in Dark Soy Sauce

I have found a new approach in preparing this brinjal dish, of course modifying a bit from my mum's original recipe. As I dont like my dish to be oily and also partly wanting to eat healthy, I have decided not to fry the brinjal instead I put it in the steamer. I classified this recipe under fast and simple to cook - no fuss at all! It is looks yummy and sure it taste great too. My family loves it, the brinjal is soft, well coated with the thick soy sauce and the aromatic dried shrimps...hmm taste great with hot rice.

All you need : Serve 4 -5

1. 3 brinjals - cut into lengthwise, half it


2. some dried shrimps (hae bee)


3. 6 shallots - slice thinly


4. a sprig of spring onions, 1 red chilly - for garnishing


5. 3 Tbs dark soy sauce


6. sugar - to taste (optional)

Simple Process :

1. Soak the brinjal in salt water once you have cut it - to reduce brinjal turning dark


2. Prepare Steamer and steam cut brinjal for 10 minutes - set aside


3. Heat a little oil, stir fry the slices of shallots, dried shrimps till aromatic


4. Add a little water, 3 Tbs dark soy sauce, a little sugar and the steamed brinjal


5. Lower heat, stir well the brinjal in the sauce and let the brinjal simmer in the sauce


6. When sauce has well coated the brinjal and almost dry, dish it out


7. Garnish with chopped spring onion, cut chilly and ready to be Served..

Yep....Taste Yummy n have a Happy Meal!

Pork Ribs with Pineapple

Non-Halal


This is yummy, the gravy is rich and tangy and goes well with hot rice. I have used the tin pineapples as I could not get a fresh one. I gave the pineapple a good rinse to lighten the syrup as much as possible. This is a simple recipe, easy to cook and great in taste. I have modified mum's original recipe by excluding chinese celery as my kids says "no no" to the pungent smell.




All you need :

• 800gms spare ribs or 1/2 chickensome
• pineapples - cut small pieces


• To Marinate the Meet
• some light soy sauce
• few drops of cooking wine
• 1 beaten egg
• 1 Tbs cornflour


• For the Sauce
• 1 Tbs worcestershire sauce (LP sauce)
• 3 Tbs tomato sauce
• 2 Tbs plum sauce
• 1 Tsp rice vinegar
• 1 cup water

Simple Process :

1. Marinate the meat for minimum 2 hours


2. Deep fry the meat till golden brown, dish out


3. Cook the sauce and add in the meat, simmer over low heat for about 20 minutes or till sauce thickens


4. Add in the pineapple and mix well...


5. Ready to Serve
   

A Tasty Sour flavour Meat dish.....

Aromatic Spicy Chicken

Look at this beautiful rich coloured chicken. Daddy says its super delicious and it goes very well with hot rice. I called it aromatic spicy chicken. The beautiful aroma comes from the curry leaves which is very important for this dish. The recipe is simple and so is the cooking. I love cooking at home because we can control the usage of oil thus healthy eating promotes healthy living. Care to try?


The curry leaves are obtainable from wet market or hypermarket - Tesco / Giant / Jusco.

All you Need :

1/2 chicken or 2 pieces of chicken breast meat

2 Tbs curry powder for fish

some dried shrimps (hae bee)

2 big onions - chopped

2 Tbs grounded chilly

2 sprig of curry leaves

Simple Process :

1. Chopped the chicken into pieces and drain it dry


2. Heat a little oil and stir fry chicken till slightly brown, dish out


3. Next, add in 2 Tbs of oil in the same wok, stir fry all together the mixture of chopped onions, curry powder, grounded chilly, dried shrimps and curry leaves till aromatic


4. Put in the browned chicken, add a little water and stir mix the chicken well over low heat, let it simmer till chicken is cook or till gravy has thicken.


5. Add a drop of dark soy sauce, salt to taste

** Dried Shrimps will add saltiness to the dish, if you prefer the dish to be slightly salty, add salt to taste..

Voila...a simple and easy to cook recipe is ready to serve!