Beef Begedil

Salam and hi everyone,

There had been no update for almost 2 weeks 'cause I was fully occupied with my research proposal write-up which is to be seen by my supervisor when the new semester starts. Since there is only 2 weeks away before my final semester starts, hence, by hook or by crook I really need to do something about it. But still, it's not 100% complete yet!

Let's just stop talking bout academic. Because what I'd like to share today is obviously tastier than it ;) Actually, I prepared this beef begedil last week but only today I got the opportunity to make a post about it. Beef begedil is best served with soto and rice, but of course you can always eat it on its own. Here goes the recipe :

Serving size : 2-3 persons

Ingredients :

2 handfuls of minced meat

3-4 medium-sized potatoes

2 sticks of celery (finely chopped)

4 tbsp of fried onions

1/2 teaspoon of white pepper

Salt (up to taste)

1 egg (stirred)

Cooking oil for frying

Method :

1) Slice the potatoes and fry them in a heated frying pan. (this is to make sure that the begedil you'll make later on will hold it's shape while being fried)

2) Pound the fried potatoes until they become smooth.

3) Add minced meat, fried onions, chopped celeries, white pepper and salt together with the pounded potatoes. Stir them well.

4) Shape the mixture into balls.

5) Heat up a saucepan and pour in the cooking oil. Make sure the oil is well-heated before frying the begedil.

6) Dip the begedil into the stirred egg and fry them well. The egg should help to hold the shape of your begedil.

Happy frying!

Chilli Crab with Eggs

Salam all..and salam maal hijrah 1432H to all muslims.. :) May this new year bring us more success and also bring us closer to Allah..Insya-Allah :)

I haven't updated this blog for quite some time since I was a bit busy with something else lately, which has driven me to just cook simple dishes for the past few days :D However, today I got the chance to cook something quite special (I think :D). It's simple yet deliciously yummy ;) So, here goes the recipe.

Ingredients :

5 medium-sized crabs

3 cloves of garlic *

5 red onions *

1 inch of ginger *

3 tbsp of chilli paste (preferably the one that you blend)

2 tbsp of chilli sauce

2 tbsp of oyster sauce

1 tbsp of tomato sauce

A pinch of salt and sugar (up to taste)

3 eggs (stirred)

1/2 cup of water

3 tbsp of cooking oil

Method :

1) Cut the crabs into halves.

2) Pound the ingredients marked with * using mortar.

3) Heat the cooking oil in a saucepan. Stir fry the pounded ingredients.

4) Add chilli paste and let it be well-cooked first before adding in other ingredients.

5) Add chilli sauce, tomato sauce and oyster sauce. Stir them.

6) Add the stirred eggs and stir them slowly.

7) Add water, salt and sugar (up to taste).

8) Add the crabs and stir them a while. Cover the saucepan for about 4-5 minutes.

9) It's now ready to be served! :)

Sarawak Style Steamed Fish

Salam all,

Today I just cooked a simple-to-be-prepared dish which I got from Edwonder , Sarawak Style Steamed Fish. Basically, steamed fish is very healthy yet delicious, but some people may not be so into it (like me n my hubby!) . Actually I'm not a big fan of steamed fish but sometimes I wanna cook something healthy too. Haha.. :p And after trying out this recipe, the taste was not bad as well.

So here it goes!

Ingredients :

1 fresh fish (my fish is huge, so I just used half of it)

2 red onions *

4 cloves of garlic *

1 inch of ginger *

1 stick of lemon grass *

Some concentrated tamarind juice (like Asam Jawa Xtra by Adabi)

Some white pepper

2 red chillies (sliced)

2 tbsp soy sauce

Anything for garnishing (I used tomato and celery...like always. Clearing them up from the refrigerator :p )

Method :

1) Grind all the ingredients marked with * well using mortar and pestle (lesung batu).

2) Marinate the fish with the concentrated tamarind juice (do not add any water).

3) Put the marinated fish into the container that you'll be using to steam it.

4) Scatter the ground ingredients on top of the fish together with sliced chillies. (if you want it to be extra spicy, just add some paddy chillies). Sprinkle some white pepper and pour in the soy sauce on top of the fish as well.

5) Cover your container before steaming it using aluminium foil. Steam it around 30 minutes.

Mamak Style Prawn

Salam everyone,

I got this recipe from Dek Ma but did some alterations (due to insufficient required ingredients...haha). I simply love its all-in-one taste! *sweet, sour, spicy..blablabla*. Let's just see the recipe!

Ingredients :

20 medium-sized prawns

1 lime (just take the juice, but since I didn't have it at home, I replaced it with tamarind juice)

1 big onion (chopped)

3 cloves of garlic (chopped)

1 inch of ginger (thinly sliced)

2 sticks of lemon grass (bruised - partially crushed)

1/2 cup of water

1 tbsp of chilli sauce

1 tbsp of tomato sauce

2 tbsp of curry powder (I used Baba's Meat Curry Powder)

1 teaspoon of chilli powder

2 tbsp of blended chilli

1 tomato (sliced)

2 sticks of celery

Some salt, sugar and white pepper

Some cooking oil

Method :

1) Marinate prawns with salt, white pepper and lime juice for a while.

2) Fry the marinated prawns. Set them aside.

3) In a saucepan, pour some cooking oil and stir fry the onion, garlics and ginger until the mixture becomes aromatic.

4) Add curry powder, blended chillies, chilli powder and lemon grass. Fry them a while.

5) Add tomato sauce, chilli sauce, water, salt, sugar and mix them thoroughly.

6) Lastly, add the prawns, tomato slices and celery.

6) Pour the dish onto a plate and garnish with anything you like (I used red chilli!)

*This is an awesome recipe. Trust me! ;)