Sotong Kangkong (Cuttlefish Salad with Water Convolvulus)

Recipe adapted from vivianpangkitchen

Ingredients:

(A)

1 processed cuttlefish (bought from wet market)

A bunch of young water convolvulus (kangkung)

(B) Sauce (Mix ttogether)

2 tablespoons Hoi Sin sauce

1 1/2 tablespoons prawn paste

1/2 teaspoons sambal belacan 

1/2 teaspoon sugar or to taste

2 tablespoons water

1 Calamasi (limau kasturi )

(C) topping

Some toasted sesame seeds

Some ground peanuts

Methods :

1. Washed water convolvulus and pluck into bite length size. Set aside. Cut the processed cuttlefish into bite length size too.

2. Heat a pot of water and when water comes to a boil, blanch the water convolvulus till turn dark green (less than a minute) and remove.

3. Then, Blanch cuttlefish for about 2-3 minutes (thick slices take longer time) and remove.

* Do not overcooked cuttlefish as the texture will turn rubbery.

4. Preparing the sauce. Mix all together in a mixing bowl till well combine. Taste and adjust accordingly.

5. Serving by placing cuttlefish on top of water convolvulus. Pour the mixed sauce and sprinkle with sesame seeds and ground peanuts. Serve immediately. 

Butter Cereal Prawn

Clean & prepared 1kg fresh prawn

1 packet of Butter Cereal Prawn - Seasoning Powder

(Label above - can buy from most supermarket's) Sorry did't notice the actul brand name

8 curry leaves

2-3 small chili (chili padi)

2tbs cokking oil

100g butter.

Fried prawn with cooking oil till cook & put a side

Melt butter & fried with few curry leaves & chili till fragrance

Add in the cook prawn & 1 packet of butter cereal prawn & mixed well.

Ready to served ... yummy & easy too. Recomended dish for potluck!

Steam Crabs & Fried Mee Hoon

Dinning out in restaurant is like going into a casino. First you select your restaurant. Quiet similar to placing your bets on the table,' Banker' or 'Player'.Then you select your dishes, 'Big' or 'Small' and finally the outcome, delicious or lousy food.....Winner or loser! Well, I would like to relate a night out to you.A couple of months back, my family and I decided to eat out. We selected a restaurant situated someway along the Old Penampang Road.We ordered a few dishes which include a crab dish, called Milk Butter Crab. That particular dish came out to be a Big.. Big.. loser dish. There's hardly any crab meat between the shells, no butter taste at all and worst of all, they put a lot evaporated milk and sugar. I guessed the chef was out puffing his fags, and the dishwasher took control of the wok. Maybe? Who knows! To compensate for that lousy experience, I decided to get the best 'grade A' crabs and cooked them for the children. To cut down all those fatties - oil, milk and butter, I just put them into the steamer. Walla.. a succulent dish in just 15 - 20 min's.
Btw. just add ginger juice + Chinese cooking wine and salt to taste.

Cheese Crabmeat in Shell

The Christmas mood has subsided. The New Year's cheers are long gone, only the Christmas tree is still standing in the living room. So back to the rat race again!! The children are attending the new term at school, and mother rat is going back to the office. Looking back and asking myself " What have I achieved for the past twelve months?" Well..ll.....I guess not much really, except gaining a few ehh.....( only a few )...extra pounds in the tummy. Eating and Eating was the name of the game. So much red meat was consumed for the past two weeks. For a change , I decided to cook this dish which was featured in a friend's blog recently.

Crabby Day

Today.. my hubby and me went to the market to look for fresh crab for my three angels to make for dinner.

my first time cook crab with vermicelli. It seems that my whole family enjoyed it very much. it tasted fantabulous. commented by yannie. Though it looks quite messy in the picture but at least it's delicious right? :)

since we bought 4kg of crab and it's quite alot, we decided to make two different dishes, which is crab vermicelli and crab porridge. i got this idea from my sister when she told me it was delicious. So yummy it's a must to try. Very simple.

First, you boil the porridge until it is cooked and then, add fresh crab in it. Put alittle bit of salt, and fresh ginger after the dish is done. Thats simple. :) okay.