Thursday, June 19, 2008

Nasi Lemak

Darling loves this and rated it 4.5 out of 5 and commented it by far the much better dish that i whipped up.

Unfolding of the recipe

Ingredients

Rice
2 cups rice (rinse dry)
675ml coconut milk, instead 300ml coconut milk and 375ml water
4 pandan leaves (knotted)
1 stalk lemongrass (bruised)
since coconute milk is reduced, add some sugar to spice it up the reduce sweetness from coconut

Method
Put all ingredients; rice, coconut milk, water, pandan leaves, lemongrass into rice cooker. After 10 minutes, open rice cooker add salt and colouring (if desire) and stir for 1min. Close the rice cooker and allow the cooker to finish cooking the rice, approximately another 5 minutes.


Microwave fried ikan billis
Recipe from Ang's culinary adventures, its super super fast and easy. You have to try it to believe!

Ingredients
A handful or 15g of ikan billis
2 tbsp of oil
1 tsp of chilli powder or curry powder (optional)
salt and pepper to taste

Method
1. Wash Ikan Billis and air dry
2. Add oil and chilli powder
3. Place in microwave for 2 mins, remove and stir, repeat until desired degree of crisp


Fried Turmeric Chicken

Ingredients
chicken wings or chicken drumsticks (desire amount)
Marinate with coriander powder, cumin powder, pepper powder, cinnamon powder, turmeric powder, curry powder, fish sauce, milk, oil, salt and pepper.

Method
1. Marinate chicken for an hour or more
2. Remove from marinate and air dry
3. Deep fry chicken and turn occasionally to cook evenly until crisp and golden brown.
4. Drain on paper towels.

Accompaniments
- groundnuts (fried in 1/2 tps oil)
- cucumber (sliced)
- egg omelet
- egg sambal (see recipe below)
- 1/2 hard boiled egg
- tou kwa (cut each tou kwa into 8 slices, deep fry in vege oil)
- vegetarian ikan bilis (anchovies) (shredded potato slices or yam slices, deep fry until crispy. Add salt to taste)

Play around with any of the above accompaniments, served with coconut rice and sambal chilli for additional spiciness.

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