Nasi Lemak (Rice)

One of my son's favorite local delicacy would be Nasi Lemak. I remember at a point of time, he had Nasi Lemak for lunch almost everyday! Well, that's my son! He can have the same food for a period of time until he likes something new or tire of it...

By the way, my son suggested that I should add more coconut milk the next time. :p

Ingredients:

2 cups of uncooked rice
100ml coconut milk
6 pandan leaves (washed)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pandan paste
Water

Methods:

1. Wash the rice.

2. Add the coconut milk and water into the rice (usual amount to cook the rice).

3. Add the salt and pandan paste. Stir well.

4. Using 3 stalks of pandan leaves together to tie a knot. Make 2 knots and place into the rice mixture.

5. Cook in the electrical rice cooker as per normal.

Serve with chicken wings, eggs, fish cakes, ikan bilis, sambal chilli etc.

Deep Fried Chicken Wings

I always marinate chicken wings with soy sauce, oyster sauce, honey, ginger juice and garlic powder. But today I omitted ginger juice and honey. The wings tasted great even without both. I guess it's because the wings were marinated for few hours. 16 wings gone into our stomach! And it's still not enough!!!

Ingredients:

16 mid joint chicken wings (washed and drained)
3 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp garlic powder
Oil for deep frying

Optional:
1 - 2 tbsp honey
2 tbsp ginger juice


Methods:

1. Marinate the chicken wings with soy sauce, oyster sauce and garlic powder. Leave the wings marinated in the fridge for 2 hours.

2. Heat the oil in the wok. Make sure to use enough oil to cover the wings. I cook into 2 batches.

3. Once the smoke is coming out from the heated oil, turn the heat down before putting in the wings. Deep fry for about 10 - 15 minutes till the wings are nicely brown and crisp.

Onion Omelette

What types of omelette you like best? Prawn omelette, Seafood omelette, Minced pork omelette, etc.. How about Onion Omelette for dinner? Drooling...

Ingredients:

5 eggs (beaten)
1 large brown onion (sliced)
3 chilli padi (deseeded and chopped)
3 tbsp cooking oil
2 tbsp soy sauce

Methods:

1. Heat 1 tbsp of cooking oil in the non stick pan.

2. Sauté the onions and chilli padi until the onions are soften (less than a minute). Remove and set aside.

3. Add the soy sauce into the eggs and mix well. Then add the onions and chilli padi into the egg mixture. Stir well.

4. Heat 1 tbsp cooking oil in the pan. Pour half of the onion egg mixture into the pan. Flip to another side after a while and make sure that the omelette is cooked. Once the omelette is cooked, remove and place it on a plate.

5. Add 1 tbsp cooking oil in the pan and continue to cook with the remaining egg mixture with Step 4.

Stir Fry Lady Fingers

Another Stir Fry Vegetables that goes well with porridge and rice...

Ingredients:

1 packet of Lady Fingers
1/2 carrot (sliced thinly)
2 cloves garlic (lightly crushed)
2 chilli padi (deseeded and chopped)
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp cooking oil
Water

Methods:

1. Wash the lady fingers and slice.

2. Heat the cooking oil in the wok. Sauté the garlic and chilli.

3. Toss in the carrots and lady fingers. Stir fry. If its too dry, add some water into the wok.

4. Drizzle the soy sauce and continue to stir fry. Add the oyster sauce and some water. Stir fry for another minute until the vegetables start to turn slightly limp. Turn off the heat.

Fried Rice

I don't really like fried rice... Fried rice tends to be oily and I hate peas! Hahaha... But I did taste some really good fried rice from Tze Zhar stalls and restaurants. The wok hei which we can't get from our kitchen stove.

Today I decided to cook fried rice as I have the ingredients on hand and I have ran out of idea what to cook...

Ingredients:

Cooked rice for 5 pax
3 tbsp diced carrots
3 tbsp kennel corns
4 dried mushrooms (soaked till soften and diced)
3 eggs beaten
5 cloves garlic (minced)
5 shallots (minced)
5 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp cooking oil

Methods:

1. Heat the oil in a wok. Sauté the garlic and shallots.

2. Add the carrots, corns and dried mushrooms. Stir fry.

3. Add the cooked rice into the wok. Stir and mix.

4. Pour in the eggs mixture and toss with the rice evenly.

5. Add the soy sauce and continue to stir and mix well.

6. Lastly, add 1/2 tsp of salt. Mix evenly.