Saturday, April 6, 2013

GRILLED SPICY CORN




Sweet corns


To make spicy butter:


2 dried chilies ( pre-soaked )
3 shallots
Salt & sugar to taste
1-2 tbsp butter


Method:


Pound chilies, shallots, salt & sugar.

Mix chilly paste with butter.


To grill:


Grill the corn on charcoal fire or grilling pan.

Brush with spicy butter & cook until done.

Serve hot.





MACKEREL STEAK PAN FRIED WITH SPICY GRAVY




Recipe by: Johnny Goh


Oil for cooking
2 pieces mackerel ( pan fried )


For Gravy:

Garlic chopped
Chilly chopped
Lemon grass sliced
Green onion sliced
Chicken stock
Fish sauce
Sugar
Lime juice
Cornstarch


METHOD:


Fry garlic, chilly, lemongrass, green onion in oil.

Add chicken stock, fish sauce, sugar & lime juice to taste.

Once the gravy start to boil add in cornstarch, remove from
fire.

Pour over the fried fish & serve hot.

Monday, April 1, 2013

SIMPLE LOBSTER TERMIDOR





Recipe from my friend:
Hock Chai

Serve 4
Equipment needed: a stock pot , a sauce pan , an oven .

Ingredients:

lobster 2 no ( above 1.2 kg)
water to boil ( able to cover whole lobster)

A)
butter - 1/2 tbs
canned button mushroom - 1/2 can ( sliced)
yellow onions - 1 no ( diced)
capsicum - 1/2 no ( diced)
red chili - 1/2 no ( diced)
chicken ham - 100g ( diced)

B)
canned Cream of Mushroom Soup - 1 can
water - 150 ml
yellow mustard - 1 tsp
Cheddar cheese slices - 6 slices
salt & pepper to taste
+++ roux +++ 
butter - 1 tbs
wheat flour - 1 1/2 tbs

Melt butter on pan n stir in flour and heat until thicken and slightly golden.

C)
grated Parmesan cheese - 150g or more on your liking.

Methods:
1) Preheat the Oven .Clean the lobsters and get ready
 all (A) , (B) , (C).

2) Boil lobsters in a stock pot at medium high flame for approximately 12 minutes. ( according to size), insert the
 lobsters when water is boiled, cover with lid.

3) Take out the boiled lobsters and set aside to cool it down.
After cooled use a chef knife's tip to cut from top , from head
to tail. Take out all meat and roe, set aside .
Bake the shells in preheated oven for 10 minutes.

To cook sauce :

4) Heat up a sauce pan at medium flame , put 1 tbs butter,
 saute mushrooms , onions capsicum and chilies for a while
to keep the crunchiness, set aside.

5) Pour the canned cream of mushroom soup and water,
bring it to boil , stir constantly.

6) Add in sauteed vegetables ,yellow mustards , cheese slices
and keep on stiring to prevent burn , adjust taste and thicken with roux then lastly add in the lobster roe and meat into it , bring it to boil the set aside.

7) Fill the cooked lobster fillings on the baked shells , top with grated Parmesan cheese on the lobster fillings and bake in a preheated oven at top heat 150 'c for 15 minutes. 

Serve hot ~

Saturday, March 30, 2013

EGGS CHOPPED BIRYANI




2 cups rice cooked
4-5 hardboiled eggs chopped

1 tbsp mixed spice (cinnamon, star anise,
cardamom & cloves)
2 onion chopped
1 bay leaf
1 tbsp ginger & garlic paste
1 tomato chopped
2 green chilly cut
2-3 tbsp curd
1 tbsp biryani powder
1 tsp chicken seasoning powder
1 tsp garam masala powder
Salt to taste
Ghee for cooking


For Garnishing:

1 tbsp cashew nuts fried
Shallots fried
Mint leaves chopped
Coriander leaves chopped
Sliced eggs
Sliced tomatoes


Method:


Fry mixed spices in ghee, add onion &
fry till brown.

Add bay leaf, ginger & garlic paste stir for
1-2 minutes, add green chilies, tomato cook
until soft.

Add biryani powder, chicken seasoning powder
garam masala, salt  & curd.

Once the sauce stars to boil add in cooked rice,
chopped hard boiled eggs & mix well.

Garnish & serve with any side dish.



Wednesday, March 27, 2013

SPICY FRIED MACARONI




1 bowl macaroni cooked

Oil for cooking
2 cloves garlic chopped
2 shallots chopped
Chili paste to taste
1 tbsp dark soya sauce
1 tbsp light soya sauce
Chicken meat sliced
Prawns cleaned
Bean curd cut
Mustard green leaves cut
Bean sprout
Cabbage cut
Carrot sliced
1 tbsp cheese grated
Salt to taste

For Garnishing:

1 egg + salt & pepper ( lightly
 beaten, fried & keep aside)
Spring onion cut

METHOD:


Fry garlic & shallots in oil till brown colour.

Add chilly paste stir for 1 minute, add in chicken
meat & stir.

 Add prawns, vegetables, bean curd, both soya
 sauces & salt, stir for few more minutes until
vegetables  are cooked.

 Now add macaroni mix well & cook for
 few more minutes.

Last add cheese mix well.

Garnish with egg, spring onion & serve.


Sunday, March 24, 2013

TURKEY WITH YOGURT DRY CURRY



To Marinate:

300 gm turkey pieces
1-2 tbsp chilly powder
1tbsp meat curry powder
1 tbsp kurmah powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
2-3 tbsp yogurt
2 tbsp ginger & garlic paste
1 tsp garam masala
Salt to taste

Marinate all above ingredients together &
keep for 30 minutes.

A:

Oil for cooking
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 cinnamon stick
2 star anise
3 cardamom
3 cloves

B:

3 large onion chopped
1 bay leaf
1 stalk curry leaf
1 tbsp ginger & garlic paste
1 tomato cut

C:

1 green chilly cut
1 red chilly cut
1 hand full of coriander leaves chopped
1 tsp ghee


METHOD:


Fry “A” in oil, add onion, bay leaf, curry leafs
fry until light brown colour.

Add ginger & garlic paste stir for 1-2 minutes,
add tomato & stir until it’s cooked.

Add in marinated turkey stir-fry till
it’s almost dry, add some water,
cover & cook until done.

Last add “C” mix well.

Serve with rice or any types of breads.






Saturday, March 23, 2013

CHICKEN, MACARONI & VEG SOUP



1 cup macaroni cooked

A:

Chicken pieces
Ginger sliced
Garlic slices
Onion slices
Carrot cut
Winter melon cut
Water to cook

B:

Cabbage cut
Mustard leaves cut
Salt & pepper to taste
Ajinomoto ( optional )

FOR GARNISHING:

Parsley leaves
Shallots fried


METHOD:

Cook “A” for 20- 25 minutes in low fire.

Add in “B” & cooked macaroni cook for 2-3 minutes.

Garnish & serve hot.