Coffee Break

Taking a break….too much thing on my mind now that I need to do. Giving priority to the more important task first.

Meanwhile I have some scheduled post on cooking, that’s all about it….

Udang Masak Lemak

I love nyonya food, partly because I’m married to my hubby who loves his mum’s cooking and my MIL a nyonya can cook good nyonya food. I started learning to cook nyonya food to sastify my hubby’s taste bud, but I know I will never be as good as my MIL.

There’s alot of work in preparing a nyonya dish, as there are alot of ingredients to be grind. My MIL always claims that the “rempah” needs to be grind with the mortar and pestle than only can cook the best nyonya food. But I’m really the lazy type… i used the electrical blender to grind my “rempah”

One of my favourite is prawn in coconut gravy… just love it..

Ingredients

Big prawns, 2 large tomatoes, 1 torch ginger (slices), about 400ml 2nd coconut milk, 200ml thick coconut milk, pineapple cubes,  salt to taste, sugar to taste

Grind (rempah)

8 dried chillies (soak till soft), 10 shallots, 5 gloves garlic, 3 candlenuts, some kunyit powder else use fresh turmeric, 1 sliced of nam ginger (lengkuas), 2 stalks of lemongras, 1 tbsp belacan.

Method

1) Heat 1/4 cup oil. Stir fry the “rempah” till fragrant.

2) Pour in 2nd santan, tomatoew and torch ginger, bring to boil

3) Add prawns, thick santan, pineapple cubes. Add salt and sugar to taste, bring to boil and serve.