Spiced Salmon Stir Fry

Lovely salmon with potatoes and green beans

Here's the recipe:
Ingredients:

1. 4 salmon steaks
2. 4 whole star anise
3. 2 lemon grass stalks, sliced
4. 3 limes juice
5. rind of limes, finely grated
6. 30 ml/ 2tbsp clear honey
7. 30ml/ 2tbsp oil
8. salt and ground black pepper

Steps:

1. Remove the middle bone from each salmon steak, to make two strips from each steak.
2. Remove the skin. Slice into pieces, cutting diagonally.
3. Roughly crush the star anise in a mortar with a pestle. Place the salmon in a non-metallic dish and add the star anise, lemon grass, lime juice and rind and honey. Sesaon well with salt and pepper. Turn the salmon strips to coat. Cover and leave in the refrigerator to marinate overnight.
4. Carefully drain the salmon from the marinade, pat dry on kitchen paper and reserve the marinade.
5. Heat a wok, then add the oil. When the oil is hot, add the salmon and stir fry, stirring constantly until cooked. Increase the heat, pour over the marinade and bring to the boil. Garnish with lime wedges and serve.

Seafood Paella

Ingredients

• 1 red pepper, finely diced
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, peeled
• 400g paella rice
• 125ml dry white wine
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• Generous pinch of saffron threads
• 1l hot vegetable stock
• 4 large prawns
• 4 prepared squid, approx 170g in total, sliced into rings
• Handful flat leaf parsley, chopped
• 1 lemon cut into wedges
• Olive oil
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Steps:

1. Heat a couple of tablespoons of olive oil in a large paella pan or frying pan. Add the onion and cook out briefly.

2. Add the chopped pepper and crush in the garlic. Season with a little salt and pepper and cook until softened.

3. Sprinkle the smoked paprika and saffron into the pan. Follow with the rice and stir well so that each grain of rice is well coated in oil.

4. Add the wine and allow to evaporate before pouring in the hot stock.

5. Cover with a lid and leave to simmer gently for 20 minutes. Stir occasionally to prevent the rice from sticking.

6. Five minutes before the end of cooking add the prawns and squid to the pan. Stir, and replace the lid to finish cooking.

7. Just before serving, mix through the chopped parsley and garnish with lemon wedges.

Add other seafood if you prefer

Updates

Life been busy!
Bz bz bz......
So, here are a couple of ph0tos ...

(his favourite pork chop)

Instant!

Will definitely update more!

Wan Tan meal

Wan tan mee...

Wan tan soup...

Chicken Teriyaki & Chicken Noodles

Nicely marinated chicken breast with teriyaki sauce.
and 'ba kee'

Buffalo Chicken Wings

So when we were out at Tesco, I bought this marinate sauce for 'Buffalo Chicken Wing'. Marinated those chicken wings over night and bake it the next day.

Is really juicy! And the tactic is by wrapping the wings with foil and bake for 45 minutes. Then open the foil and bake again for another 10 minutes. This way, not only you will have juicy chicken wings, but also crispy skin. Excellent! But one complain, 'Is not spicy enough'

Sushi time!

Sushi time!! I looooooove sushi time! Why? Because he will be the one doing EVERYTHINg! So, is nice once in a while I say, 'Let's have sushi'. Which means, 'Hey, I dont want to cook today!'


Recently we met up with our friends. She was sort of 'part-time' transferred to Paris to work. So is quite hard to meet up with her and her 'future' husband. So the other day we met at one of her friend's house, is like 10 minutes away from here. Besides catching up , she gave me this lovely chocolate! The packing is so awesome right? Love it so much (hehe, the box more than the chocolate!). Thank you so much!!

And inside the box, lovely chocolate truffle! Is nice, very different, but very very nice. Not too sweet, just nice! Thanks again!

Then, couple of days later, I cant say 'Let's have sushi ' again cause he just made once this week. So we ended up in Tesco for ready made chickens! Look look!Heat it up, and is time to eat.
of course there must be some salad as side.

Night out @ Reading

Had been busy and not cooking 'proper' food for him..~sorry~
But, he still get his favourite mee goreng ~ my style~


then, we had this red bean dessert ~ (just because the beans is expiring soon!)

Then, thanks to 'someone', we got 2 free entrances to preview the film, 'Drillbit Taylor'


And is funny!

Got Another Pair of Pillow Case

Easter break!!
And it was snowing!!
Unbelievable~~ End of March, and yet, it was snowing for the past few days!
So, just stayed at home and played games and cook this cute little pie.

Oh oh! This is another pair of pillow cases. Very cute!? Of course!
And yes, this is a pillow case, not T-Shirt~

Little updates~

Been busy, real busy!!
So nothing much, but simple sausage and mash~

We just got some 'furnitures', and I've bought this when I went back Malaysia~

Nyonya Chicken with Mango Salad

Had our weekend in Birmingham...
Really enjoy the weekend...though was quite tired...
Went for a movie, bought a bookshelf, then to friend's house for dinner...
Was asked to cook a dish and so I chose crispy chicken with mango salad...
is something that he had asked me to make long time ago but ....(cant be bothereD!)
But, I've tried it last weekend, and everyone loves it! ...

These are the dishes that we had..
Seaweed soup....Rendang chicken....spinach + vege.....and of course the chicken with mango salad...
so much variety....so much to eat! and drink...

After the movie, came back and prepare for the chicken ...
Ingredients:
chicken breast
1 tsp chopped garlic
1 tsp minced ginger
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 egg
Tapioca starch for dusting chicken
Oil for deepfrying

Sauce:
2 tbsp oil
½ tsp garlic
1 small onion chopped
1 tbsp chopped lemon grass
1 tbsp lime juice
8 tbsp thai sweet chili sauce

Green mango salad:
1 large green mango, shredded
1 medium red onion, sliced
1 pc chilli padi, cut into small pieces (more if you want)

Method

1. Marinate chicken with garlic, oyster sauce and ginger for at least 2 hours or overnight. Before deepfrying the chicken, add in the egg and mix well. Dust chicken with flour and leave it aside for about 15 mins then deep fry until golden brown. Chopped up chicken into serving size.

2. Heat up some oil in a pan. Saute garlic and onion till fragrant, then add in the lemon grass, lime juice and Thai sweet chilli sauce. Bring to a boil and spoon over the chopped chicken.

3. Toss the salad ingredients together and top over the chicken. Serve immediately.

Nasi Lemak

Ingredients:
Sambal (Blended)
10 shallots
2 cloves of garlic
1 cm of belacan
5 red chilies (more if you want it more spicy)
2 cm of ginger

Rice
2 pandan leaves
a few slices of ginger
coconut milk (depending on how much rice you are cooking)

Steps:
1. Wash your rice (like usual) and use coconut milk instead of water to cook your rice. Tie a knot with 2 pandan leaves and add into the rice cooker. Add along a few slices of ginger.
2. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil and saute blended sambal until fragrant and oil is separated from the sambal. Add 2-3 tablespoons of sambal olek and stir until thoroughly. Taste with salt and sugar.
3. Serve it with roasted peanuts ,deep fried anchovies and slice cucumbers.

Spicy Pork Chops with Mango Salsa 31st December 2007

Our 'last meal' before year 2008

Instead of eating out, we thought of cooking TOGETHER. Yes, he helped! :)

For the salsa:
1 ripe mango, pitted, peeled, and cut into small dice
2 plum tomatoes, seeded and cut into small dice
1/4 cup small-diced red onion
2 scallions (white and light- green parts), thinly sliced
3/4 cup loosely packed, roughly chopped fresh cilantro
1/4 cup fresh orange juice
2 Tbs. fresh lime juice
1/2 tsp. Tabasco
Kosher salt
1 Tbs. peanut or canola oil

For the pork:
1 Tbs. cumin seeds
1 Tbs. freshly cracked coriander seeds
1 Tbs. ground dried chile (chipotle is good, but ancho or New Mexico will work, as will a mild chili powder)
1 Tbs. kosher salt
1 Tbs. freshly cracked black pepper
4 bone-in center-cut pork chops (1 to 1-1/2 inches thick)
2 Tbs. olive oil; more if needed

Steps:
Salsa:

In a small bowl, combine the mango, tomatoes, onion, scallions, cilantro, orange juice, lime juice, and Tabasco. Toss gently to combine. Season with salt to taste. Drizzle with the oil and gently toss again.

Pork Chop:

1. Combine the cumin, coriander, ground dried chile, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Pat the pork chops dry with paper towels and rub each side evenly with the spice mixture.
2. Heat the olive oil in a very large sauté pan over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking. (If you don't have a sauté pan large enough to fit the chops without crowding, use two smaller sauté pans, heat 1-1/2 Tbs. olive oil in each, and cook two chops in each.)
3. Cook the chops until well browned on one side, 3 to 5 minutes. Turn and cook the other side until the meat is done, 2 to 4 min. (If they start to burn, turn down the heat slightly.)
4. To check for doneness, make a small cut near the bone and look inside—the pork should have a hint of pinkness. If it's still red, cook for another minute and check again. Transfer the chops to a plate, tent with foil, and let rest for 3 to 5 min. before serving with the salsa.

Crab dinner

Nice nice nice??
And of course there must be some vege~ -_-

Dinner

Well I think I can consider myself as 'carnivore'. I only eat a few types of vegetables, such as, broccoli, lettuce, okra (lady fingers) and probably belacan kangkung (Water Spinach). So, we went and get this kangkung at one of the chinese grocery shop and had it as our dinner~


and this too~~