To share what I cooked using belimbing fruits from Alan
The first dish is garang asam - Indonesian style
We cook garang asam using chicken, instead of fish - it's spicy, sour, fragrant and so addictive that can make one eat bowls of rice :)
Having said that, I can't deny that peranakan fish garang asam is really delicious, too
After eating Alan's at the gathering, I feel like cooking that, too - soon :)
Speaking about gathering, I just had my very first bloggers gathering last Sunday
I prepared pandan steamed brownies and chocolate pudding to share with them
Such a fun time we had, what a feast we had, too! :)
I wonder why I didn't take a single snap while I was there, but luckily Wendy took many pictures and did a nice collage for each sweet and savoury goodies we enjoyed
Thanks Wendy :)
The savoury
The sweet
Big thank you for Edith for being a great wonderful host :)
Oh and thanks to Alan too, shared some belimbing with me and gave out cute adorable containers :)
So glad I could meet face to face with many bloggers whom most of the blogs I visit frequently, and learn so much, too
Really looking forward to the next one :)
The recipe is from my mum
What you need:
1 free range chicken, cut
7 chicken liver / gizard, boil til soft (I used only chicken liver, I don't really fancy gizard)
5 bay leaves (daun salam)
1 tsp fried belachan (shrimp paste)
8 candlenuts, chopped
10 belimbing fruits, cut
1 large tomato, cut
300ml coconut milk (100ml coconut cream + 200ml water)
2 large red chillis - cut thick
3 large green chillis - cut thick
salt, sugar
banana leaves for the base
- Preheat steamer
- Blend together fried belachan and candlenuts til smooth
- Lay cleaned banana leaf in a heatproof bowl and arrange all ingredients on it : chicken, liver, bay leaves, blended belachan and candlenuts, belimbing fruits, tomato, red and green chillis, coconut milk, salt, sugar
- Mix all ingredients til well incorporated
- Steam over medium heat for 30 minutes
Note: Don't forget to cook more rice! :)
I still have some belimbing fruits, will cook my second dish soon before it turns soft :)
Looks delicious! Indeed I would have 2 bowls of rice with this.
ReplyDeletethks Mich :)
Deleteyou're right, this makes u eat lots of rice :)
Looks delicious, Alice! This is similar to our masak lemak putih! I think that it would go well with sambal belacan, extra pedas! I love belimbing fruits, not easy to find them, luckily I have the tree at my backyard! :)
ReplyDeletehi Joyce, thks :)
Deleteyes yes, extra pedas and sour too, yum!
oh so lucky u have belimbing tree!
Mum's recipe is always good and your Indonesian style chicken looks delicious! Your first bloggers meeting sounds interesting...talking about this, I've sent you an email a while ago. Have you receive it?
ReplyDeletehi Zoe, i never receive ur email! gosh, i hope its not in spam, let me check and reply u once i find it okie...
Deletethks :)
It was really nice meeting you at the gathering Alice! Your chicken garang asam looks yummy! Btw, I missed your chocolate pudding. It was really nice!
ReplyDeletethks Jane :) nice meeting u too :) haha.. chocolate pudding so easy to love, isnt it? its my family fave too :)
DeleteThis looks really good. I think I will love this. I have a weakness for anything with santan especially if they look white, yes, instead of red or orange, kekekeke.
ReplyDeleteLooks good.
ReplyDeletejust saw joyce making a belimbing dish few days ago and now seeing yours, really interested to get some belimbings to cook. i believe your belimbing dish must be so appetising! looking at the big spread of food there, i'm sure all of you bloggers have gained an extra kilo or two!!
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