Satay Babi

Have promised a fellow blogger that I would post this recipe and this has been ages ago. So sorry but as the saying goes, better late than never. So here goes.

Although the name is Satay Babi, it is unlike the satay that you know, I suppose you could put the pork pieces on a skewer and grill them, but this is how my mum does it and trust me, it is good!

Ingredients: spice paste (rempah)
(A) - grind or blend till fine
3 or 4 stalks lemon grass
4 red chillies
5 dried chillies
4 candlenuts
1 inch belachan
1 large onion or 10 - 15 shallots
500 - 700 gms belly or shoulder pork (cut into  1 cm thick slices)
Coconut milk 200 ml

Seasoning:
salt
pepper
sugar

Method:
1. Marinate the pork with the spice paste (rempah) for 30 mins or longer.
2. Heat saucepan till hot and add oil. Add pork mixture and stir till pork is browned.
3. Add coconut milk and simmer, stirring occasionally, making sure that the pork does not stick to the bottom.
4. If it gets dry add a tad more coconut milk and cook till meat is soft.

Corgette and papaya masak titek

Papaya masak titek revisited - halal



I do make papaya masak titek sometimes as I love the taste of cooked papayas. It is so sweet in the savoury soup. This time I addded courgettes to the the papayas and the almost crunchy texture of the courgettes and the soft feel of the papayas together with the spicyness of the chilli in the soup - what can I say.... it is so nice on a cold winter's day.

Ingredients:
(A)
3 candlenuts
1 tbsp shrimp paste
1 big onion or 10 shallots
1 red chilli or more depending on how much heat you like
1 tbsp ground black pepper

1 Fish Cube
2 green papayas - cubed
1 courgette - skinned and cubed
12 big raw prawns or 2 fish fillets - sliced into pieces (white fish)
700 ml water
50 gm dried prawns - ground
50 gm salted fish

Method:
1. Grind A to a fine paste
2. Skin papaya and cut into pieces, likewise with the courgette.
3. Fill pan with the 700 ml water, add A, ground dried prawns and fish stock. Bring to boil. Put in the courgette pieces and boil for about 8 mins till it is half cooked, then add in the papaya pieces and boil till almost tender. Add fish slices or prawns or both for 5 mins till seafood is cooked. Remove from heat and serve.

Fried Fish in Tamarind Sauce

Fried Fish in Tamarind Sauce



Ingredients:
White firm fish fillets - I used tilapia
1 tbsp tamarind mixed with a little water to get a thick paste or cheat's way is to use ready made tamarind paste which they sell here in UK
2 tbsp sugar
1 onion - chopped
2 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
3 sprigs coriander
2 tbsp fish sauce
2 red chilies - chopped

Method:
1. Coat fish fillet in plain flour or corn flour.
2. Heat oil in pan and fry fillets. Fry till brown on one side and flip over and cook other side.
3. Remove to a plate
4. Remove the oil from the sauce pan and add chopped ingredients.
5. Add tamarind paste or water if using, fish sauce, sugar and a little water. Mix well and let it boil.
6. Add more water if the mixture gets too thick. Cook for about 5 mins and spoon over fried fish and garnish with coriander leaves.