Tuesday, 7 December 2010

Day 157 : Pasta Stew

The Ingredients.

Potatoes, shitake mushrooms and stalks, 
tomatoes, onions and broccoli.


3 Simple Steps :

1. Pile up the Pressure Cooker Pot.

2. Add water & tomato puree.

3. Add broccoli & cheese.



1. Place all the above ingredients 
into the pressure cooker pot.

Add pasta noodles (break in half).

Add dried chillies (pre-soaked in hot water).

2. Add filtered water.

Add seasalt. Add basil herbs.
Add half a small can of tomato puree.

Close lid and allow the Pressure Cooker
to do its magic.

3. Add cheese & broccoli.

The red button will drop in about 20 minutes or so, 
to indicate that the contents are cooked.

Open the lid, toss in broccoli and cheese.

Close lid again for a minute or two.

Ta--dahhh!!!


This really is a lazy dish, where You throw everything into the pot, and leave it to cook.

BoN aPPeTiTe!!!

Slurppp ...

It's an extremely easy pasta dish to prepare. :D


I had my one shake of The Green Drink in the morning, 
nasi lemak for lunch and pasta for dinner.

Monday, 6 December 2010

Day 156 : Sting Ray Curry

STING RAY CURRY
Kari Ikan Pari

This evening, Bryan cooked curry fish for dinner. 

Here's how he does it. Anybody can do this, he says. It's quite straight forward, and the end result is so --- Ooh, satisfying! :D



3 Simple Steps :

1. Blend Ingredients.

2. Fry Ingredients.

3. Add In.


The Ingredients.
Shallots, ginger, chillies, long beans, garlic, 
ladies fingers, tomatoes, lime and bunga kantan.

1. Blend the Ingredients.

Shallots, garlic, ginger, chillies and bunga kantan.

The blended ingredients.

2. Fry the blended ingredients.

Fry Fry Fry ... until the oil surfaces.

3. Add In.
Add fish curry powder. Add lemon grass (stalk).
Fry Fry Fry.

Add the fish. Add water. Add seasalt and shoyu.
Close lid and allow to simmer briefly.

Add ladies fingers, long beans, tomatoes 
and freshly chopped onions.
Close lid and allow to simmer for a minute or two.

Ta--Dahhh!!! :D

Bon Appetite! :D

Ooohhh ... the curry is simply amazing!

Absolutely delicious! :D

Try it - You'd be glad You did! :D 




I had my one shake of The Green Drink in the morning, 
noodles for lunch and curry fish rice for dinner.

Sunday, 5 December 2010

Day 155 : Stir-Fried Noodles with Mushrooms


This evening, I'm stir-frying some noodles for Justine. 

Bryan and myself have a dinner appointment. Justine says she doesn't want vegetables with her noodles. So, I'm just gonna fry the noodles with chicken and mushrooms. This is an easy stir-fry noodle dish to prepare, and takes only about 10 minutes to fry it.



3 Simple Steps :


1. Saute Garlic and Onion.

2. Add In.

3. Add Sauce.
 
 The Ingredients.
Onions, garlic, small portion of carrots, shitaki mushroom,
enoki mushroom and a chicken drumstick.

1. Saute garlic and onions 
in sesame seed oil until fragrant.

2. Add In.
Add chicken. Add carrot strips.
Add mushrooms.

Add 2 portions of noodles.
Add water.

 3. Add Sauce.
Add oyster sauce, shoyu and chilly sauce.
Close lid and allow to simmer for 
a minute or so on medium heat.

 Remove and loosen the noodles.
Add a beaten egg. Stir to mix contents.
Close lid for a minute or two.
The noodles should be ready.

 Bon Appetite! :D

Saturday, 4 December 2010

Day 154 : Cheese Burger

CHEESE BURGER


This evening, our daughter Justine is preparing dinner. 

She's frying burgers. Bryan is attending a company's function in a highland resort. Before he left, he had bought some really nice and fresh burger buns and beef patties. :D


3 Simple Steps :

1. Fry the Pattie.

2. Fry the Onions.

3. Butter the Buns.


1. Fry the beef burger patties in a bit of oil.
The above patties are frozen by the way.
Just sear each sides and flip over.

2. Fry the onions until soft.

3. Butter the buns. 
Place pattie and a slice of cheddar cheese in between. 
Pile up the fried onions and enjoy your burger 
with lots of ketchup!


Oh Yummy! Have a bite! :D

Friday, 3 December 2010

Day 153 : Tamarind Prawns

TAMARIND PRAWNS
ASSAM PRAWNS


This evening, we prepared a simple prawn dish. Assam Prawns. Plus a simple vegetable soup. Here's how we did it.


3 Simple Steps :

1. Season Prawns.

2. Fry Prawns.

3. Boil Soup.


Fresh prawns.


We forgot to de-vein the prawns. :( Just realizing now from the photos.

1. Season Prawns.
Marinate with assam jawa, shoyu and lime juice.

2. Fry Prawns.
Saute shallots and garlic in sesame seed oil until fragrant.

 Add the prawns.

Fry Fry Fry ...

Add water. Add brown sugar.
Toss in chillies.
Close lid and allow to simmer for a bit.

3. Boil Soup.

Meanwhile, prepare the soup.
Fill a small pot with filtered water. Put to boil.
Add small anchovies (pre-soaked in hot water).
Add cabbage. Add seasalt and shoyu. 
Add one sweet plum.
Boil on low heat until cabbage is ready.

The soup is absolutely delicious!

You won't be able to resist this! :D

Thursday, 2 December 2010

Day 152 : Curry Chicken With Potatoes

CURRY CHICKEN WITH POTATOES

This evening, Bryan cooked curry chicken. 

By himself. With the Pressure Cooker. He says, it is awfully easy, and if I were to stay in the kitchen to help, I'd just be in the way. So there. This dish is extremely easy to prepare that You'd want NO help whatsoever from anybody. :D 

Anyone can cook this curry. :D



3 Simple Steps :

1. Blend the Ingredients.

2. Fry the Ingredients.

3. Add the rest.



The Ingredients.

We ran out of garlic.

The Spices.

Curry powder, biji ketumbar (coriander seeds), 
jintan manis (aniseed), jintan putih (cumin seeds), 
cardamons, star anise and cinnamon stick.


The amount of coriander seeds, aniseed and cumin seeds used is about one flat teaspoon.

1. Blend the Ingredients.
Blend the onions, chillies and lemon grass.

 2. Fry the Ingredients.
Fry the blended ingredients. :D 
When the oil starts to emerge, add the spices.
Fry Fry Fry.

3. Add the rest.
Add chicken. Add a small cup of water.
Add half a small can of tomato puree.
Add half a carton of fresh milk.

 Add potatoes. Add seasalt.
Close lid. Wait for the sizzle.
Turn off flame and allow the 
Pressure Cooker to do its magic!


Our family loves potatoes, hence the large amount!

Ta---Dahhh!!!
Perfect every time with the Pressure Cooker.

Close up ...
The curry is just awesome!

Would You take a look at all that 
mouth-watering potatoes?


Hmm, we should call this dish POTATO CURRY with chicken.

BoN aPPeTiTe!!!

Spoon, step aside please ...

The curry is incredible. 
Finger-lickin' super delicious!

Oh, You must join us for dinner ... :D


I had my one shake of The Green Drink in the morning, 
flour noodles for lunch and curry chicken for dinner!