Fried Prawn With Tamarind

This is the best companion for Clear Spinach Soup

What you need:

Approx 25pcs grey prawn - remove head and tail
Tamarind - mix with a little water, discard the seeds
A little oil, salt, a little sugar

Fry prawn til color changed (approx 2minutes)
Add tamarind water, salt and sugar
Mix well

Fried Black Pomfret

Tuesday is usually a fish day for my family
I always like deep fried fish which is crisp on the outside - more tasty :)
But still soft and juicy inside...

What you need:

2 medium black pomfret - season with salt, pepper and light soya sauce
I like to keep them in the fridge in the airtight container for approx. 3hours or more
Deep fry close to meal time
Eat while it's still hot with rice

The best companion for the fish - kicap manis chilli

What you need:

shallot, cut thinly
bird's eye chilli (green) - crushed
dark sweet soya sauce (kicap manis)
Mix altogether

Clear Spinach Soup (Sayur Bening)

This is one typical Indonesia food recipe from my mum, sweet and very refreshing

What you need:

1 pot of water
5 shallots
3 candlenuts
a little belachan
3 sweet corns, cut into 4
1 bundle of round spinach
1 green squash - cut into cubes
salt, sugar

Blend shallots, candlenuts and belachan til smooth
Boil water and corn
After boiled, add in the blended mixture - stir well
Add squash, salt and sugar
When close to boiling, add spinach
After boiled, off heat

Chocolate Cheese Cupcakes

Having a sudden urge to bake on a Monday evening is something very unusual happened to me
So I decided to bake this...

Adapted recipe (with some adjustment) from Aunty Yochana - one of my fave blog :)

My first bite :P

What you need:

A
butter 200g (I use SCS)
sugar 230g

B
1 tsp coffee emulco
4 medium eggs
200g fresh milk

C
270g plain flour
25g cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
100g grated cheddar cheese

Cream A til creamy
Add B
Cream til light and smooth
Add C slowly
Beat til creamy and thoroughly mixed
Pour into mufin pan lined with paper cups
Bake 190degC for around 20mins

I topped the cupcakes with dark chocolate icing and M&M chocolate
This yummy cupcakes have soft texture, not so chocolatey or cheesy - just nice! :)

Makes 24

Revitalising Chicken Herbal Tonic Soup

Using the easy pack from Eu Yan Sang

The content:

What a convenience for a lazy bump like me who still want to consume something nutritious :P

What you need:

1 chicken, cut into pieces (I remove skin since the whole family dislike chicken skin)

1 pack revitalising tonic soup ingredients from Eu Yan Sang

a little salt, approx. 2l water

Boil water together with chicken - remove all excess oil

After boiling, add in all ingredients in the water

Simmer for 2hours

Add salt to taste

Eat with rice

Yummy and nutritious! :)

Indonesian Style Chicken Ball ABC Soup & Fried Tempeh

Another hit for the kids especially

What you need:

chicken bone (I use breast part)
approx 150g chicken breast - diced
1 can luncheon meat - diced
fried onion - crushed
5 shallots - thinly sliced
1/2 onion (small size) - julienned
3 medium potatoes - diced
3 medium carrots - cut approx 3cm
a bunch of spring onion - cut approx 3cm
oil, water approx 3l, salt, pepper, nutmeg, fried onion
macaroni - boil til the desired consistency (optional)

Boil water with chicken bone to make the stock
Add in shallots and nutmeg
In a pan, heat oil and stir fry onion til soft, add in the soup
Add in half of luncheon meat in the soup

To make the balls:
Mix the balance of the luncheon meat and chicken - blend well to paste form
Add salt, pepper and crushed fried onion - mix well
Make balls and add in the soup - balls floating shows that they're cooked

Add in carrot, followed by potatoes
Add in salt and pepper to the soup
Bring the soup to boil - check the potatoes and carrots, when cooked, off heat
Sprinkle spring onion and fried onion

Best eat with rice
For the kids, I usually alternate between rice and macaroni, and sometimes both :)

Added this dish to eat together

What you need:

approx 300g tempeh, cut
5 cloves of garlic - crushed
2 pinch of coriander seeds - mix with a little water and crush with mortar
salt, a little water, plain flour, baking powder, oil for frying

Mix garlic, coriander, salt, flour and baking powder til paste form
Dip tempeh and fry til golden brown

Ian's fave - he knows tempeh and once he sees me frying this, he said, 'Mommy, I want tempeh!' :p

Pan Fried Fish With Carrot & Asparagus

Having been absent from cooking for a few days and feeling so guilty for feeding my family with hawker food, today I cooked a healthy meal that tastes yum!
Positive response from DH and the kids - so glad! :)

Adapted from My Kitchen, one of food blogs I silently follow - and adjusted to my family taste preference

What you need:

5 cloves of garlic - thinly sliced
2 packs (approx. 600g) toman fillet - deboned (original recipe is using cod fillet - not sure why but I couldn't find it in nearby supermarket today (grrr...) - never mind, perhaps next time *sigh*)
1 big carrot - thinly cut
1 pack asparagus - cut into 2parts
olive oil, garlic oil, oyster sauce, light soya sauce, sugar, a pinch of salt and sugar

Heat olive oil and stir fry garlic til light brown - set aside
Using the same pan, pan fry fish til golden brown
In a bowl, mix oyster sauce and light soya sauce (2:1) and sugar (original recipe doesn't use sugar but I find it too salty)
When the pan is still hot, pour over the sauce over the fish, off the heat
In a pot, boil water, sprinkle a pinch of salt and sugar, put carrot and asparagus in the boiled water for approx 2mins, drain
In a large plate, spread the veggies and put the fish on top
Sprinkle with the garlic and oil
Add some garlic oil if desired

Eat with rice