Fried Sambal Stuffed Fish

This is a authentic Chinese Hokkien dish, Fried Sambal Stuffed Fish. One of my favourite dish since small.

Ingredients:
2 mackerel fish

Sambal Paste:
2 fresh red chilies

10 shallots

5 dried chilies

1 tbsp belacan (shrimp paste)

2 cloves garlic

1 tsp sugar

1 tsp salt

1/2 tbsp tamarind juice

Method:
1. Clean and rinse fish with water.

2. Cut a deep slit from the back of the fish along the bone. Repeat the same on the other side.

3. Blend red chillies, shallots, dried chillies, belacan and garlic together

4. Heat up wok with 3 tbsp oil, add in sambal paste and stir-fry with low heat until aromatic.

5. Add tamarind juice and continue to stir-fry. Do not over stir fry, paste should be moist.

6. Season to taste with salt and sugar. Dish out and let cool.

7. Stuff the spice paste into the fish on both sides of the slit and also inside the fish stomach.

8. Heat up oil in a wok, deep fry the fish until cooked.

Serve hot

Ezi Orange Cake

This is a easy orange cake recipe that can be completed within an 1hr.

Ingredients:
125g butter, softened

¼ cup milk
¼ cup orange juice
2 eggs1 cup caster sugar
1½ cups sifted self-raising flour
2 tablespoon finely grated orange rind

Method :
1.Combine all cake ingredients and beat thoroughly for 3minutes
2.Pour mixture into a greased 20 cm x 10cm loaf tin
3.Slightly lift up tin and drop it back on table to remove air bubbles
4.Bake in centre of 160C oven for 20-30 minutes or until inserted skewer comes out clean
5.Turn into wire rack and allow to cool before slicing
6.Serve with a cup of hot tea

Cabbage, Carrot & Pork Balls Soup

How about a bowl of nice warm soup for this coming cold rainy days.









Ingredients:

300 grams of pork spare ribs

1/2 tbps peppercorn - slight press it with spoon

1/2 cabbage - wash & cut small

1 carrot - cut into cubes

20 pork balls

Salt

Method:

Bring to boil 3 bowl of water in a pot
Once boil, put in pork ribs and let it cook.
When cooked strain the soup, remove the fat completely by cooling and straining.
Boil the soup again and add cabbage, carrot & peppercorn
Boil till cabbage and carrot soft
Add in pork balls and boil for another 5mins
Add salt to taste
Serve hot

Note: Some pork balls are salty so don't add too much salt. Make sure you taste the soup first
before adding salt.

Korean Glass Noodles - Jap Chae

Sorry for the long absence, been away for a while to settle some urgent matters. Now I'm back with more recipes.

Here's a recipe using glass noodles, this is not the normal glass noodles, its Korean Glass Noodles.

Korean Glass Noodles are much thicker version and more tangy. Its available in all supermarkets for RM10 per pack. One pack can serve 4-5 people.

Ingredients:

Spring onions - cut into 3cm long

3-4 cloves garlic - chop fine

Carrot - cut into strips

200gms Dry prawns - wash and chop fine

1pkt of Korean glass noodles - soaked till soft

200gms beans sprout

Salt

2tbsp Soy Sauce

Pepper

Method:

Soak glass noodles in cold water till soft.

If you find it difficult to submerge glass noodles into water, use a bowl to weight it down.

Once soft it will turn transparent.

Heat up wok with oil.

Stir fry garlic, dry prawns & carrot strips till fragrant.

Add in glass noodles, and mix thoroughly.

Then add in spring onions, beans sprout, soy sauce & pepper.

Mix all together and finally add salt to taste.

Dish out and serve.