AFF Indonesia - Martabak Telur

Influenced by Indian dish, martabak telur (egg murtabak) is so famous in Indonesia
It's commonly eaten as snack, but many likes to eat it with rice as a meal too :)

Recipe is from HERE

What you need:

For the skin:
250g plain flour
1 tbsp cooking oil
200ml boiled water, room temperature
1/4 tsp salt
extra oil for soaking the dough

Note:
For lazy bum like me, the use of frozen spring roll skin is really favourable - I did just that LOL

For the filling:
300g minced chicken (commonly used beef/mutton)
6 shallots, sliced thinly
3 cloves of garlic, grinded
1 tsp curry powder
salt, sugar, pepper
enough water to simmer
10 eggs (I only used 7) - lightly beaten
onion, finely chopped
spring onion, finely chopped

Garnish:
cucumber pickled
dipping sauce

For the dipping sauce:
25g red chilli (I used 50g)
25g red bird's eye chilli (I skipped)
25g garlic
75g palm sugar
25g sugar
2 tbsp vinegar
250ml water
enough salt as preferred

For the pickled cucumber:
1 cucumber, remove the seeds inside, cut small
sugar, vinegar

Method:

Skin:

1. In a large bowl, pour in plain flour. Make a well at the centre and pour oil in. Mix
2. Gradually add in water, knead til it forms smooth dough. Divide dough into 10 and dip them into oil (totally submerged), soak for an hour
3. Take 1 piece of the skin dough and on a flat surface, keep pressing til thin and wide
4. Keep pulling and stretching from all sides to make it as thin as possible
5. Do the same with the rest of the dough

Filling:

1. Heat 3 tbsp of oil in a wok, and sautee shallots til fragrant
2. Add in garlic, salt, pepper and curry powder, continue sautéing til well cooked
3. Add in minced chicken, cook til color changed. Add in some water (just a little bit, I added about 50ml)
4. Cover wok and let simmer til almost dry. Adjust the taste if necessary. Off heat
5. Mix in chopped onion, spring onion, beaten egg and stir well

Sauce:

1. Mix all ingredients except vinegar and bring to boil over medium low fire til slightly thickened
2. Add in vinegar, stir and off heat

Pickled cucumber:
Mix all ingredients and stir well. Keep refrigerated. Advisable to prepare this in advance

To prepare martabak:

1. Heat 3 tbsp oil on a flat surface non stick cooking pan
2. Over low fire, put 1 piece of the skin on the hot pan, spoon about 2-3 tbsp of the filling at the centre, and fold like an envelope til the filling is completely wrapped inside
3. Cook til golden brown and flip, cook the other side til golden brown too
4. Transfer onto a serving plate

Serve martabak while it's hot together with the dipping sauce and pickled cucumber
The crispy skin is so delicious eaten with the tasty filling. The sweet sour spicy sauce makes it just perfect. Munch it together with the pickled cucumber. Yumz!

I am submitting this post to Asian Food Fest: Indonesia, hosted by me, Alice from I Love. I Cook. I Bake       

Pan Fried Chicken Chop With Lemon Sauce & ABC Soup

I almost forgot about Little Thumbs Up (LTU) this month
I looked through those wonderful bloggers' submissions, and my eyes caught this dish by Violet's Kitchen
I can't read Chinese so my translation was done by Mr Google LOL
Simple to make and really delicious! My kids love the chicken without the lemon sauce
I love the sauce so much, the chicken is so yummy dipped in it

 

 

What you need:

 

3 boneless chicken legs

Marinade:

1 1/2 tbsp oyster sauce

1 tbsp sesame oil

pepper

1 tbsp corn flour

1 egg, beaten

 

Lemon sauce:

juice of a lemon

1 tbsp maltose (I used honey)

4 tbsp sugar

1 tbsp custard powder

 

Method:

1. Mix marinade ingredients and marinate the chicken for at least an hour
2. Heat pan, grease slightly and pan fry chicken til golden brown both sides
3. Serve immediately with lemon sauce
4. Lemon sauce: Mix all sauce ingredients in a small saucepan and cook over low fire til slightly thickened

 

I marinated some of the chicken only with oyster sauce and sesame oil. Before cooking, I dipped in egg and then dust with corn flour - it yielded crispy skin while still maintained the juicy meat inside

 

I cooked a simple ABC soup to go with the chicken dish. Healthy hearty soup we all love :)

Recipe is from Food For Tots

What you need:
(I modified a little)

1 chicken carcass
2 sweetcorns, cut into four
2 bay leaves
1 onion, halved
2 large potatoes, cut into four
2 carrots, cut into chunks
3 stalks of celery, cut into chunks
2 tomatoes, quartered
salt and pepper
a pot of water

Method:

1. Bring water to a boil. Add in chicken carcass, sweetcorns, bay leaves and onion. Bring back to boil and discard all residue
2. Turn heat to low, simmer for 30mins. Then add in potatoes, carrots and celery. Simmer for another 1 1/2 hours. Add in tomatoes, simmer for further 15mins. Season with salt and pepper

The kids prefer the crispy chicken, while I and DH chose the pan fried type :)

 

 

The kids prefer the crispy chicken, while I and DH chose the pan fried type :)
Which one do you prefer? :)

This post is for Little Thumbs Up, an event organized by Zoe of Bake for Happy Kids and Doreen of my little favourite DIY. Every month we bake / cook with one chosen ingredient in it, and this month the theme is lemon and the host is Grace from Life can be simple at this post