My First Cookbook - Malaysia Local Flavour

I am pleased to announce that my first cookbook will be available soon. Should you interested of the latest update, please drop email to me at lhheah@gmail.com. I will keep you posted once it is available.

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[Home Cooked Meal] Teochew (Salt Vegetable) Steamed Pomfret

In order to cook a delicious steamed pomfret, it is important to get the fish as fresh as possible.

Ingredients:

Pomfret, Cleaned and Gutted

1 Tomato, Cut into wedges

Salted Vegetable, Cut into strip

1 Teaspoon Garlic

1 Ginger, Cut into fine strip

1/2 Teaspoon Salt

Method:

Defrost the fish from refrigerator and clean it.	Cut 3 to 4 slice on the fish body.	Add salt on the body.
Add the rest of ingredient on the fish.	Add the boiled water in to wok to save time on heat up water.。	Steam it for 10 minutes over low heat. Dish up and serve with rice.

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[Malaysian Cuisine] Curry Fish Head

It is always nice to have the mint leaves when serve the curry fish head. With the instant seafood curry paste, it is easy to prepare the curry in an hour time.

Ingredients:

1 Instant Seafood Curry Paste

1 Grouper Head (The Weight is About 1kg )

200g Lady's Finger, Cut Into Pieced

2 Tomato, Cut Into Pieced

2 Onion, Peeled & Sliced

40g Tamarind Paste

120ml Water

120ml Coconut Milk

400ml Boiled Water

Seasonings:

1/2 Teaspoon Salt

1/2 Teaspoon Sugar

20g Mint Leaves

1 Teaspoon Chopped Torch Ginger Bud

Method:

Rinse the grouper head and drain, keep aside.	Add the tamarind paste in the water and mix well, removed seed and keep aside.	Heat up the frying pan, add the curry paste and onion.
Stir-fry the onion till semi-tranparent.	Pour in boiled water and bring to a boil.	Add the fish head and lady's finger.
Add the tomato and simmer for 15 minutes.	Pour in tamarind water and simmer for 5 minutes.	Add the seasoning to taste. Dish up and garnish with torch ginger bud and mint leaves. Serve hot with rice.

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[Home Cooked Meal] Watercress and Pork Spare Rib Soup

The watercress and pork spare rib soup is one of the best option in case you just wish to prepare a single meal in a day.

Ingredients:

300g Pork Spare Rib, Cut in pieces, rinsed & drained

300g Watercress, Cut into pieced, rinsed and drained

5 Garlic Cloves, Peeled

2 Liter Boiled Water

Seasonings:

1/2 TspSalt

1/8 Tsp White Ground Pepper

Method:

Bring a pot of water to a boiled, boil the spare rib for 3 minutes. Remove and rinse under running water. Drain and keep aside.	Pour in the boiled water into a soup pot, add the spare rib and garlic and bring a boiled, simmer for 60 minutes over low heat.	Add the Watercress and simmer for 15 minutes.	Add the seasoning to taste. Dish up and serve it hot with white rice.

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[Favorite Home Cooked Meal] Pork Braised in Soy Sauce (Tau Yu Bak)

"Tau Yu Bak" is one of the well known home cooked meal. Every mothers always like to cook this meal for their kids. It is not difficult to prepare and you can made it whenever you like to have it.

Ingredients:

400g Pork Belly, Cut into Bite Size

1 White Galic

1 Cinnamon

3 Star Anise

1.5L Water

4 Hard Boiled Egg

Seasonings:

2 Tbsp Dark Soy Sauce

3 Tbsp Light Soy Sauce

1/2 Tbsp White Sugar

1/4 Tsp Ground White Pepper

Method:

Add the water, garlic and both soy sauce into a soup pot and bring to a boiled.	Add in the pork belly, cinnamon ,star anise and bring to a boiled, simmer it for 30 minutes over low heat.	Add in the hard boiled egg and simmer for anohter 10 minutes. Add the seasoning to taste. Dish up and serve it rice.

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