May's Sauteed Prawn

I had a wonderful lunch with my Mum one time at their home in the Philippines and this was one of the dishes served. I wanted to have a prawn or a shrimp one day and thought of this dish. I asked Mum how she cooked the prawn dish and she told me my elder sister made it not her. Thankfully it is easier to get in touch with our family and friends nowadays because of the internet. We both have YM (yahoo messenger) and it is on every day, so I asked her secret prawn recipe. She laughed and said it is so easy to cook. Now remember, the amount of oil, salt and sugar depends on how much prawn you are going to cook.

WHAT YOU NEED:

Prawn/ Shrimp
Olive oil
Garlic
Salt
Sugar

WHAT TO DO:

1. Wash prawn with water.
2. Put the prawn in the heated pan.
3. When water from the prawn had dried up on the pan add the oil.
4. Put the garlic and add salt.
5. Cook for 10 minutes or until the color of the prawn changes to orange.
6. Add a little bit of sugar, preferably brown sugar.
7. Adjust the taste and serve while hot.

Fish with Teriyaki Sauce

I told Mini to cook my daughter her lunch a few days ago. I had an appointment for my hair that day and I told her not to cook anything for me. But then I finished my appointment earlier than I thought. I decided to go home and see what I can have. Trinity (my daughter) had rice and fish with some sort of sauce in it. I wasn’t interested in her food because I was thinking of the ‘chicken macaroni salad’ that I made. As I was about to open the fridge Trinity said she had enough of her lunch. There is something about being a mother that told me I better eat her left over or else it will go to the bin. So there I go, grabbing her plate and started eating half of the fish and the left over rice. I enjoyed eating it and asked Mini what was in the sauce. She said it’s JUST teriyaki sauce. I asked her to cook the same dish today and I still enjoyed it.


YOU NEED:

3 tsp of teriyaki sauce
3 tsp of Maggi seasoning
1 tsp of corn flour (mix with 3 tsp of water)
1 cup of water
1 clove garlic
1 small sized onion
2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 pcs of fish

WHAT YOU NEED:

1. Sprinkle fish with salt
2. Heat enough oil in the pan and fry the fish
3. Heat 2 tbsp of vegetable oil in another pan
4. Sauté garlic and onion till wilted
5. Add water, teriyaki sauce and Maggi seasoning
6. Cover and boil for 3-5 minutes
7. Pour the mixture of corn flour to the sauce
8. Transfer cooked fish to the other pan where you are cooking the teriyaki sauce
9. Cover again and let it boil for another 3 minutes
10. Serve at once while hot.

NOTE:

I believe we all have different taste so always adjust your seasonings and other sauces.

Water Spinach in Oyster Sauce

Mini my helper cooked a green vegetable to go along with the Grilled Pork Belly that I had today. It was easy to make all you need are; water spinach, garlic, onion, oyster sauce and pepper. Add a little bit of water if there was no water coming out from the washed water spinach.

Grilled Pork Belly

A new friend of mine Anne was showing me photos of her cooking. One of those was “Chili crab” but then there was another dish at the back of the chili crab. I asked her what it was and she said its pan-fried pork belly, and it was so easy to cook. She told me how to marinate pork in 3 different ways. That afternoon I went to the mall and was thinking of an easy to cook dinner. According to Anne the dish was easy to cook so I decided to have them for dinner. Trying to remember the ingredients for it I decided to make 3 different choices of sauces. I decided to grill it instead of frying for health reason. The one with fish sauce was very salty, the one with oyster sauce had a taste I can’t describe and the third tasted simple yet tasty. That night I had a chat with her and I asked her again how it was marinated. Sad to say, there was a mismatch of the other ingredients. So here’s the soy based marinate that I like and tasted better than the 2 sauces.

TO DO:

Combine the following:

· pork belly (160 grams) (sliced according to your liking)
· soy sauce (just enough to cover the pork)
· garlic
· lime (half)
· Peppercorn



WHAT TO DO:

1. Marinate for 30 to 2 hours.
2. Heat the grilling pan
3. Put the pork in the pan
4. Remove from pan when it's ready and cooked.

NOTE: This serving is for 2 people.

Sarciadong Isda with Chayote

I had a chat with my high school classmate via yahoo messenger two nights ago. He mentioned that his wife checks my food blog every now and then to get some recipes. Lately though I made my helper do the cooking since my husband is in America anyway, and I don’t have a fussy eater around the house. So last night I decided to do a simple dish “Sarciadong Isda”. This dish doesn’t include chayote but I wanted a vegetable in my dinner last night. You may double the serving size if you are cooking for your family.


YOU NEED:

2 fried fish
1 big tomato
1 onion (medium size)
2 cloves of garlic
Half of Chayote (whatever slice you like as long as it is still crunchy when you eat it)
1 egg (beaten)
1 tbsp olive oil (any cooking oil you have)
1 cup water
1 bay leaf (optional)
Pepper
Fish sauce or salt to taste

WHAT TO DO:

1. Heat olive oil in the pan
2. Sauté garlic and onion ‘till golden brown
3. Add tomato, sauté for a minute or two
4. Add chayote, water, bay leaf, pepper and fish sauce (just a little bit of fish sauce for now)
5. When boiling adjust the taste by adding more fish sauce or salt if necessary
6. Let it boil for another 2 or 3 minutes then add egg little bit at a time stirring
7. Turn off the heat
8. Put half of the sauce you cooked to the serving dish, arrange the fish, then put the rest of the sauce on top of the dish
9. Serve with steam rice.

Christmas Dinner 2007

We had so much food during Christmas lunch. So I decided to cook a simple dinner, minced Beef pie and a carrot muffin. I will post the recipe for the minced beef pie once I get the chance to measure the ingredients. I promise the presentation will be much better as well.

Christmas Lunch 2007

We had our Christmas lunch at the Grand Hyatt hotel, Jakarta. It was the best Christmas ever. The first plate had salmon with spinach stuffing, beef stew, fried rice, broccoli cooked in garlic and salmon ball. Second plate had sliced turkey with cranberry sauce, sliced ham with apple sauce, mashed potato in garlic and salmon. The third plate had a fresh oysters and salmon sushi. The roast beef was well done; it was juicy and just plain perfect. The last photo had tiramisu, black forest, lemon cheesecake and other to die for desserts.