Ikan Terubuk Masin hancur

Date : 7 March 2015

My parents sent us parcel full off malaysian food. Amongst the food is ikan terubuk masin i.e salted 'Terubuk' fish which is widely available in Bintulu, Sarawak. I am lucky because my parents are currently living in Sarawak so I get to taste the fish.

Salted 'Terubuk' Fish

Tried to cook the simplest salted fish dish whereby I saute onion + red bird chili + the fish. 

BUT 

it turned out to be a cooking disaster. I cut the fish too small. The terubuk masin fish is not the type of dried salted fish so when I cut the fish into small sizes plus the fish got a lot of small sized bones. Cutting the fish had amplified the amount of small bones in the dish. And my hubby nearly choked of the fish bones several time. ( Sorry cayang... )


So, I've learnt now that to cook terubuk masin dish, we have to cook the fish as a whole. It's a crucial tips to everyone out there. If not you will run the risk of DYING opss... choking hehe. 

Most expensive Bubur Kacang Hijau Durian I have made

Date: 18 March 2015

We bought durian at Lulu Hypermarket which costs us nearly 70 Riyal for 1 Durian. Bought that durian because Faiq wanted to eat durian so badly. Opened it up and to our disappointment, the durian is too young and unriped. Faiq tasted 1 small part of the durian and do not want to eat anymore. So, I decided to turn the durian into a bubur kacang hijau durian. 


The recipe:
Kacang Hijau (Green Bean) - soaked for 1 night - I used 1 small pack
Brown sugar - according to taste - I used half cup
White Sugar - half cup
Gula Melaka - 1 full gula melaka (I got this from my neighbour)
Coconut Milk - 1 whole tin of 400ml
Water
Durian
3 slices of ginger


Method used:
1. Cook the green bean with water and 3 slices of ginger for 1 hour or until cooked
2. Pour in brown sugar, white sugar, gula melaka, coconut milk and cook for another 10 minutes.
3. Add durian



This is how the bubur looks like.  

Keropok Lekor in Jubail, Saudi

Date : 19 February 2015

Heard that one of our fellow Malaysian here take orders for Keropok lekor here in Jubail. We ordered 25 pieces of Keropok lekor which cost us 50 Riyal - 2 Riyal each. After 1 day of ordering, the keropok lekor finally arrived. 

But no keropok lekor sauce provided. After google-ing, I found a few recipes for the sauce and I combined them together. This is my version of the sauce - Terengganu style

Ingredients:

Half Gula Melaka (Nissang in Terengganu dialect)

3 Tablespoons Blended Dried Chili

2 Tablespoons Tamarind juice (add water to tamarind paste to get juice)

2 Tablespoons Vinegar

1 Tablespoons Corn flour (diluted in water)

1 teaspoon of salt to taste

2 Cups Water

**Note - Gula melaka is not available in Saudi. You will have to bring from Malaysia. I got mine from my neighbour kak Maya who has quite plenty of the Gula Melaka. Alternatively, you may substitute with brown sugar for the caramalised taste.

** Tamarind paste could be found at asian stores in Jubail.

Cooking Instructions:

1. Place the Gula Melaka in a saucepan with water. Allow the Gula Melaka to dilute.

2. Add on blended chili, tamarind juice, vinegar, salt and cook at medium heat for 3 minutes.

3. Add cornflour and stir until the sauce thinkens.

4. Wait until the sauce has cooled down if you want to keep in a container for future dippings.

I deep-fried the Keropok Lekor. Sliced them into bite-sized pieces for my children to eat. Ok let's eat. Yummsss.

My family loves the keropok lekor and enjoy every bits of it. Might have to consider ccoking the keropok lekor as it might be cheeper cooking at home. Bye for now. 



Note : Lekor or Keropok lekor is a traditional fish cracker snack for the Malay people in the county of Terengganu, Malaysia.^[1][2] It is also called fish sausage, fish stick, or fish fritters. It is made from fish and sago flour and seasoned with salt and sugar. It is slightly greyish in colour and tastes fishy  [ Information sourced from Wikipedia]

Asam Pedas for Dinner

18 February 2015


I cooked Asam Pedas i.e Hot Asam Fish today. Was cleaning through the kitchen wardrobe and found the Adabi Asam Pedas paste which I sent to hubby last year which is still unused. Was thinking that might as well that I cook simple Malaysian delicacies for today by using this ready made paste. 


The recipe to cook Asam Pedas from scratch is pretty simple actually. We inherited the recipe from my late grandmother (Nenek Uteh) and also my grandmother (Nenek Endon ) as my family originated from Melaka. Asam pedas is my parent's favourite dish. I really missed the Asam Pedas that my mom, my neneks, my auntie cook already. Sigh..

The kitchen wardrobe full  with lots and lots of ready made paste which I posted to my hubby before this. Well it's time to cook and finish up all these. There are many Adabi pastes, Brahim's pastes. Waaaaa so many treasures for lazy people like me. 

Adabi ready made Asam Pedas paste that I've found.

Frozen "daun kesom". This fragrant leaves is an essential ingredient to cook Asam Pedas. It 
has to be frozen since it is not available in Jubail and was brought from Malaysia. Courtesy by my neighbour kak Hasni who gave this packet to me. ( The benefit that I get when the compound neighbours are all Malaysian - just a shout for help or WhatsApp away and the ingredients is delivered- yeay!) Thank you kak Hasni and Suzy for the help. 

You can also bring the dried version of daun kesom as well. 


Tips : You should bring loads of Daun Kesom from Malaysia as a stock if you like to eat Asam Pedas ok!

To cook the dish using readymade paste is super duper simple. Heat up the cooker, then saute the onions until browning. Add fish, asam keping and vegetables. I used eggplant, but the original recipe uses ladies finger. Pour in water and wait until boiled. Include tomato if you like. Season with a pinch of salt and sugar for taste. Tadaaaa... it is that easy and now ready to eat.

The look of my cooked Hot Asam Fish dish.

I will update the inherited Asam Pedas menu when i had the chance to cook it. For now, will have to finish up all those paste treasures in the wardrobe first. 

"Ready Made Paste- Life made easy". haha