Archive for the ‘Menu for Traditional Cooks’ Category

SAMBAL CINCALOK RECIPE

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Ingredients
6 red chillies
6 shallots
6 limes (limau kesturi)
1 ripe tomato
4 tbsp cincalok
6 tbsp thick coconut cream (optional) (more…)

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Crabs and Pineapple Recipe

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

Ingredients
1 kg Ocean crabs (bluish in colour) —remove top shell, clean and cut into half. If necessary, crack front claws
and cut away tips of the others
1 half-ripe pineapple — skin, cut into 1/2 cm. rounds and again into quarters

1 stalk lemon grass (serai) — crushed
1 stalk Bungah Siantan (this is the bud of the pink ginger plant) – use only the tip and petal portion and slice into
thin rounds

40-50 pcs Chili Padi (small type)- remove stem (optional)

750 g (1 1/2 ib) grated coconut

4 cups water
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Law Bak (Ngor Hiang) Recipe

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

Ingredients
1.2 kg (2 kt) Thigh pork (with fat but no skin)
2 eggs
3 tbsp sugar
1 heaped tsp Five-Spice powder Soya sauce – to taste
Tapioca flour
2 big square pcs bean curd sheets

Method
Cut pork into 2-3 cm long strips of 1 cm (or less) thickness. Put pork strips into a mixing bowl. Break eggs into
the bowl and mix well with the pork. Add sugar, soya sauce (to taste) and tapioca flour till mixture is the
consistency of thin cream (it should not be watery).

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Vegetarian Noodles Recipe

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Ingredients

  • 300 g steamed eggless noodles in packets (approx, 1 1/2 packets)

Vegetables

  • 300 g beansprouts with tails removed
  • 1 cup shredded french beans
  • 1 cup shredded carrots
  • 1 cup snow peas
  • 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 3 tbsp preserved salted soy beans (tau cheo) washed and then finely pouded finely punded
  • 4-6 fresh red chilis, seeded and pounded
  • 6 tbsp vegetable oil
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 4 stalks srping onion
  • 3 stalks local celery (cut into 2 1/2 cm )
  • 1 inch lengths coriander leaves
  • a few sprigs for garnish

Method

In a large saucepan heat 2 tbsp of the vegetable oil. Fry till golden brown 1/3 of the amount of chopped garlic. Add all the vegetables except the bean sprouts, add salt and pepper,cover pan and cook on medium heat for 10 minutes. Remove cover and set vegetables aside. (more…)

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Mixed Vegetable Dish

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Ingredients

  • 2 large carrots (skinned halved and cut coarsely and diagonally into slices)
  • 2 cups cauliflower pieces
  • 2 cups french beans (cut into 3cm lengths)
  • 1 cup snow peas
  • 1 cup young sweet corn spears (tinned)
  • 6 or 8 wedges of red and green peppers with seeds and pulp removed
  • 15 dried black mushrooms,washed and soaked in hot water
  • 4 clovers garlic, finely chopped
  • 4 thin slices of ginger
  • 3 tbsp vegetables oil
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 1 dsp corn flour
  • 1 dsp light soy sauce
  • 1 dsp cold water mixed together

Method

First prepare the mushrooms and remove stalks. Heat 1 dsp, vegetable oil in saucepan, add mushrooms, fry a little and then add 1/2 cup water and a little salt. Cover pan and cook on medium heat for about half an hour to soften the mushrooms. Set aside.

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Fried Shrimps in Oyster Sauce Recipe

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Ingredients

  • 600 g large shrimps
  • 4 tbsp pork lard
  • 2 tbsp sesame oil
  • 5 chilies (split in half)
  • 1 clove garlic (chopped)
  • 4 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 tbsp Chinese rice wine
  • 2 tsp corn flour
  • 1 tbsp black soy sauce
  • sugar
  • pepper

Garnish: 2 cm lengths spring onions and Chinese parsley

Method

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Cream Corn Soup Recipe

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Ingredients

  • 1 large tin (450 g) cream style corn
  • 1 1/2 tins warm (water using the corn tin to measure water)
  • 3/4 cup coarsely sliced Australia celery
  • 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 2 dsp vegetable oil
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 1 1/2 dsp corn flour mixed with 2 dsp water
  • sprigs of coriander leaves
  • 1 dsp browned sliced shallots for garnishing if desired

Method

In deep saucepan, heat the vegetable oil. Fry garlic till golden brown. Add the cream style corn, celery and (more…)

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Braised Fish Fillet and Yam Slices

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Ingredients

  • 600 g yam skinned, halved and sliced into 1 cm pieces
  • 2 tbsp Chinese rice wine
  • 2 cakes salted been paste
  • 900 g garoupa, sliced into 4 cm thick pieces
  • 1 litre water
  • 4 tbsp fish sauce
  • salt
  • pepper to taste
  • 1 tbsp black soy sauce
  • oil for deep frying
  • 1 star anise
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • 4 cloves
  • 1 clove garlic chopped

Garnish: Fried sliced shallots, Chinese celery

Method

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Pearl Barley Duck Soup Recipe

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Ingredients

  • 2 kg duckling, quartered
  • 20 small red onions
  • 1/2 nutmeg, shelled
  • 3 tbsp pearl barley
  • 1 chicken stock cube
  • 2 litres water
  • 20 dried red dates (Hong chor)
  • salt
  • pepper

Garnish: 10 shallots (sliced and Fried)

Method

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Braised Pig’s Trotters with Sea Cucumber Recipe

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 kg pigs trotters (cut into serving pieces)
  • 300 g sea cucumber (soaked in water, cut into 4cm lengths)
  • 4 tbsp oil
  • 150 g young root ginger (sliced thinly)
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 30 g piece rock sugar
  • 2 cloves garlic (crushed)
  • 2 tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 6 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 2 litres water

Garlic: Chopped spring onion

Method

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