Beef Rendang Recipes and Cooking Tips

Ingredients :

• 600g of beef
• 6 cloves of garlic
• 10 of dried chillies
• 1 small ginger
• 1 piece turmeric(thumb size)
• 16 cloves of shallots
• 1 tablespoon of corriander seeds
• 2 stalks of lemon grass
• 4 kaffir lime leaves
• 5 slices of galangal
• 300ml of coconut milk
• 2 tablespoon of palm sugar (Gula Melaka)
• Salt to taste

Method :

• Cut beef into small desired sizes
• Chop garlic and ginger into smaller desired sizes
• Remove seed from dried chillies, rinse and soak into warm water till softened
• Cut turmeric and shallots into small pieces and grind corriander seeds finely
• Cut lemon grass sideway, cut kaffir lime leaves into small pieces
• Grind garlic, ginger, galangal, dried chillies, turmeric, shallots and kaffir lime leaves with half a cup of water into a paste
• Heat up 3 tablespoon of cooking oil
• Fry paste till fragrant
• Add in corriander seed powder and lemon grass. Then add in half of the coconut milk
• Bring to boil before added on beef and acup of water
• Boil over low flame for about 30 minutes
• Pour in all remaining coconutmilk to cook for another 20 minutes or the meat is soft and gravy is dry
• Season with palm sugar and salt
• Ready to be serve

Oriental Fried Rice Recipes and Cooking Tips

Ingredients :

• 100g of shrimps
• 100g of chicken
• 2 mushrooms
• Some celery cut into desired cube sizes
• Carrot cut into desired cube sizes
• 3 cloves of shallots
• 2 tablespoon dried shrimps
• 2 bowls of cooked rice
• 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
• 1 tablespoon of minced garlic
• sugar to taste
• salt to taste
• Two eggs

Method :

• Remove veins from shrimps, rinse and pat dry
• Soak mushrooms till softened, pinch dry and remove the stems and cut into dices
• Soak dried shrimps till softened and drain well
• Slice shallots and chillies, cut chicken into small desired sizes
• Heat 3 tablespoon of cooking oil
• Fry shallots and garlic over low heat till fragrant
• Add in dried shrimps, chicken meat and mushrooms fry for 2 minutes
• Stir in shrimps and fry till the colour change then add in carrot and celery. Continue fry for 1 minute
• Stir in the rice with oyster sauce and mix well for about 8 minutes over medium flame
• In the bowl, beat well the eggs and spread even over the rice
• Continue fry for another 5 minutes or until the egg cooked
• Sugar and salt add to taste

Note : It is advisable to use rice (about 85% cooked) to fry rice which will be more tasty.

Green Curry Chicken Recipes and Cooking Tips

Ingredients :

• 300g of chicken breast meat or drumstick meat
• 8 green chillies
• 4 cloves of shallots
• 2 stalks of lemon grass
• 3 stalks of pandan leaves
• 3 kaffir lime leaves
• 3 slices of galangal
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 2 red chillies
• 1/2 lemon peel
• 2 teaspoon shrimp paste
• 350ml coconut milk
• 25 straw mushrooms
• 2 tablespoon palm sugar
• Salt to taste
• 3 stalks of basil

Method :

• Cut chicken into small desired sizes
• Scald with hot water and drain well
• Small chillies cut inot small pieces and sliced shallots
• Lightly smash lemon grass and cut into small pieces
• Pandan leaves cut into 1/2 inches sizes
• Shredded lime leaves and red chillies, peel garlic
• With half cup of water, blend well green chillies, shallots, lemon grass, garlic, galangal, lemon peel, lime leaves and shrimp paste.
• Bring to boil a coconut milk with 2 cups of water
• Add in the pandan leaves and ground ingredient then continue for a second boiling
• Add in chicken and cook over low flame for about 12 minutes
• Add in straw mushrooms and season with palm sugar and salt to taste
• Pour into a bowl
• Add on basil leaves and shredded chillies and ready to be serve

Crispy Chicken Chop Recipes and Cooking Tips

Ingredients :

• One chicken drumstick, deboned and beat with tenderizer
• 2 teaspoons corn flour
• 1 potato sliced
• 1 tablespoon water

Seasoning :

• Salt to taste
• 2 tablespoon ketchup
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce

Method :

• Spread and rub salt all over the chicken drumstick evenly and marinade for 15 minutes
• Spread and rub with corn flour over the marinaded chicken drumstick
• Deep fry till become golden brown
• Dredge out and drain off the oil and put onto plate
• Use hot oil to deep fry sliced potato till golden brown
• Remove and drain off the oil and put onto the same plate
• Heat a little bit of cooking oil, pour in tomato ketchup and oyster sauce, then add in water moderately to thicker the sauce
• Pour all over the chicken chop
• Ready to be serve

Multiple Beans Recipes and Cooking Tips

Ingredients:

• 180g of string beans cut to desired sizes
• 80g of carrot cut into small cubes
• 120g of sweet perserved turnips, cut inot small cubes
• 120g chicken meat, diced
• 100g shrimp, shelled
• 1 grived bean curd cut into small cubes
• Garlic grated and add to taste

Seasoning :

• Salt add to taste
• 1/2 tablespoon oyster sauce

Method :

• Heat up 2 tablespoon of cooking oil and deep fry grilled bean curd till golden brown
• Dredge out and drain off oil, set aside for later usage
• Use a bit of cooking oil to stir fry grated garlic till fragrant
• Add in shelled shrimp and diced chicken meat
• Continue to stir fry till 50% cooked
• Add in string beans, carrots and deep fried grilled bean curd
• Stir fry for 2 minutes then add in seasoning and water
• Continue to stir fry for another 5 minutes and ready to be served

Stir Fried Spicy Clams Recipes and Cooking Tips

Ingredients :

• 600g of clams rinse and drain
• 6 Chillies remove off stems and seed and chopped into desired sizes
• 2 stalks of spring onion chopped into desired sizes
• 5 cloves of garlic peeled and mince
• 1 teaspoon of minced ginger
• 2 1/2 tablespoon of spicy bean paste
• 3/4 teaspoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce or wine (optional)
• 3/4 tablespoon thick soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon of sesame oil

Methods :

• Heat up 4 tablespoon of cooking oil
• Stir fry chillies, spring onion, garlic and ginger till fragrant
• Add in spicy bean paste, sugar and stir fry evenly
• Add clams, oyster sauce or wine and tick soy sauce
• Cover and continue cook for 4 minutes or until all clams are open up
• Stir in sesame oil and ready to be serve.

Vietnamese Lemon Grass Chicken Recipes and Cooking Tips

Ingredients :

• 350g chicken
• 1 small piece of ginger
• 2 chillies
• 5 cloves of garlic
• 3 stalks of spring onion
• 3 stalks of lemon grass
• 4 tablespoon of peanuts
• Salt to taste
• 1/2 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon shredded lemon rind
• 3 cups of stock
• 2 tablespoon fish sauce
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• Few mint leaves

Cooking Methods:

• Cut chicken into small desired sizes
• Slice ginger, chop chillies and peel garlic
• Cut one stalk of lemon grass into slices and remaining cut sideway sections
• Cut spring onion into sideway sections and pound peanuts
• Pound ginger, chillies, garlic, lemon rinds and lemon grass slices into a paste and marinate the chicken for 20 minutes
• Heat up 4 tablespoon of cooking oil, fry chicken about 5 minutes with medium flame
• Add remaining lemon grass and spring onion till fragrant
• Add stock and 3 cups of water
• Bring to boil and simmer for 15 minutes with low flame
• Add in salt, fish sauce and sugar
• Serve with lemon juice and garnish with peanuts and mint leaves

Spicy Hot Pot Recipes and Cooking Tips

Ingredients :

• 20 dried chillies
• 2 chillies
• 3 stalks of spring onion
• 1 small piece of ginger
• 5 cloves of garlic
• 400g poultry intestines
• Few enoki mushrooms
• 1 stalk of leek
• 2 tablespoon of chilli powder
• 2 tablespoon of Sichuan pepper
• 2 tablespoon of spicy bean sauce
• 3 cups of stock
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• Salt to taste
• 2 tablespoon chilli oil
• 450g beef slices (can be replace any poultry meat)

Method :

• Rinse dried chillies and soak into water for about 15 minutes
• Drain off the water and cut chillies into halves
• Spring onion cut sideway as well as ginger into slices but mince garlic
• Rub intestines with some flour and white vinegar or lime juice then rinse well
• Cut off the root of enoki mushroom
• Cut leek sideway into section
• Heat up 5 tablespoons cooking oil
• Fry chillies, spring onion, ginger and garlic over low flame til the spring onion section are browned
• Add in spicy dried chillies, chilli powder and Sichuan pepper and fry till fragrant (chilli powder should be cooked over low flame, otherwise may become bitter if burnt)
• Add in spicy bean paste to mix well
• Pour in 8cups of water and stock
• Bring to boil and continue cook for 1 hour over low flame
• Strain the soup and season with sugar, salt and chilli oil
• Trnafer into hot pot
• Add in the rest of the ingredients and cook through
• Ready to be serve

Muar or Ma Po Tofu Recipes and Cooking Tips

Ingredients :

• 2 pieces of tofu
• 2 stalks of spring onion
• 2 chilli
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 1 tablespoon soybean paste
• 1 tablespoon thick soy sauce
• 1/6 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 teaspoon sugar
• 50g minced chicken meat
• 2 teaspoons minced ginger
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch mixed well with 2 tablespoon of water
• Pepper to taste
• 1/4 teaspoon Sichuan pepper

Method :

• Cut tofu into small desired cubes
• Chopped spring onion, garlic and chilli
• Combine soypaste with 2 tablespoon of water, thick sauce, salt and sugar
• Heat up 3 tablespoon of cooking oil
• Fry minced chicken meat till separated and browned
• Add spring onion, ginger and chilli and fry till fragrant
• Stir in soybean paste then add tofu and 1/4 cup of water to cook for about 5 minutes over low flame
• Stir in cornstarch mixture for thickening
• Add in pepper and Sichuan pepper
• Switch off the flame and ready to be serve

Southern Asian Spices and Herbs Cuisines

Hi all, I wish to share some of the Southern Asian spices and herbs cuisines. Spices and herbs playing a weighted role in many Southern Asian cuisines. The method of cooking included pound or grind ingredients such as lemon grass, galangal and kaffir lime leaves in norder to release its nutrients prior to cook with other ingredients. The results of the cooks is amazingly flavoursome and healthy.

Generally, the people who lived in the tropical countries like spicy cuisines especially. The hot weather often causes the loss of appetites but a dilemma that spicy food can resolve. Chillies contain a lot of Vitamin C and they serve to stimulate our parasympathetic nerves and appetites and garlic promotes blood circulation, sweating and digestion where onions encourage sweating therefore, relieve heat; ingredients like lemon grass and kaffir lime leaves contain essential oils that have anti cancer agents.

For the benefit and health of your family's member, let start to pick up some spicy dishes now!

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