Crispy Ikan Kuning Masin (Yellow Salted Fish)

My good neighbour gave me a packet of salted ikan kuning (yellow fish) that he bought from his trip to Kuala Terengganu. I love salted fish, especially when they are deep fried till crispy. I cut away the head and deep fried the salted ikan kuning in hot oil. I used slow fire to cook so that even the bones would be cripsy so that I can eat the fish whole. Talk about additional Calcium supplement from fish bones....ha ha ha! The fish was very fresh as well. I did not detect any fishy smell. The fish was not too salty and it goes along well with my steamed rice. I guess is should be good if eaten with porridge too.

Caramel Sesame Seed Pork Recipe

Imagine the tiny sesame seeds aroma bursting in your mouth every time you bite them with your teeth! Well, for this recipe I sprinkled some sesame seeds on the dish as garnish and also additional flavours. For best result use pork belly or any part that have a little bit of fat. To make the pork tender, you can boil, steam or cook them in the pressure cooker. If you don’t want to do that or find it a hassle, you just have to cut the pork belly into thin slice.

Ingredient
Pork Belly, 500 gms, cut into cubes
Dark Soya Sauce, 1 teaspoon
Light Soya Sauce, 1 tablespoon
Shao Shing Chiew (Chinese cooking wine), 1 tablespoon (For better result you can use Rose wine)
Pepper, a dash
Garlic, 3 pips, chopped finely
Salt to taste
Caramel, melt 2 tablespoon of sugar in a pan until they turned golden brown
Sesame seeds, 1 tablespoon, lightly toasted

Boil pork belly until they turn soft and drain away excess water or you can keep them to be made into the gravy. Heat up pan and put in a little oil. Saute garlic until fragrant and add in the soften pork belly. Add light soya sauce, dark soya sauce, shao shing chiew, pepper, salt to taste and caramel. Pour the pork into a serving plate. Garnish with sesame seeds before serving.

Homemade Keropok Udang Geragau (Crispy Shrimp Fritters) Recipe

The crunchy texture and savoury homemade keropok udang geragau makes a good snack especially during the World Cup Soccer season. When I was a kid, my mom used to make this using fresh Udang Geragau (shrimps). Fresh udang geragau are hard to find nowadays so I have to make do with dried udang geragau (shrimp) which can be bought off the shelf in many supermarkets.

Ingredients
Udang Geragau (shrimps), ½ cup
Rice Flour (Tepung Beras), 1 cup
Baking Soda or Eno, 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste Sugar, 1 teaspoon
Cumin (jintan putih) powder, ½ teaspoon

Mix all the ingredients and add water to make a batter. Heat up wok and put in vegetable oil for deep frying. Use a ladle to scoop the batter and pour it over the wok. Fry until the keropok turns golden brown. Drain away excess oil and serve while still crispy. The Keropok Geragau is a great condiment for Jawa Mee or just eaten as snacks. Snacks post : http://peteformation.blogspot.com/search/label/Snacks

Kentucky Fried Frog (KFF, Thin Kai, Microhyla achatina) Recipe

Fresh frog all cut and cleaned

If the famous Colonel was a Chinaman, then probably you will see Fried Frog instead of Fried Chicken franchises all over the world. LOL! The Chinese believe that frog has wound healing properties. Research is currently being carried out to find and extract the component of the slime on the frog skin which is suppose to be able to heal wounds. Frogs live in wet environment that are full of microbes but they are able to heal their wounds easily. I bought five locally caught paddy field frogs (scientific name, Microhyla Achatina) from the wet market today for RM20. Normally I would fry them kung po style but this time I took out some frog legs to deep fry them in flour. You can use any premixed fried chicken flour off the shelf or mix them by yourself.

Ingredients
Frog legs, 10 pcs
Flour mixture (equal portion of wheat, corn and rice flour), ½ cup
Pepper, a dash
Cumin powder, ½ teaspoon
Coriander powder, ½ teaspoon
Oregano powder, ½ teaspoon
Garlic powder, 1 teaspoon(optional)
Salt to taste
Paprika powder, ½ teaspoon
Soda bicarbonate, ½ teaspoon

Mix the flour with all the ingredients except the frog legs. Dip frog legs in the flour and deep fry them in hot oil until golden brown. Drain away excess oil and serve while still hot.

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Yin Yong (Braised Flat Noodles with Rice Vermicelli) – Makeshift Chi Chow Stall at Jalan Burung Jentayu, Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong.

I ‘tar pau’ (take away) a packet of Yin Yong (Braised Flat Noodles with Rice Vermicelli) from a small stall not far away from Tuck Kee Dim Sum makeshift restaurant. It cost me RM5 for one serving portion. Although this ‘Chi Chow’ stall is very small, it is very clean and tidy. All the spoons and chop sticks on the table are covered to prevent dust and dirt from settling on them. The meat, prawns and other fresh ingredients are kept in the fridge and only taken out when needed. They serve a variety of noodles like Ee Mee, Kueh Teow, Tai Lok Mee, Hokkien Char, Wat Tan Hor and Yin Yong. Apart from that, they also have dishes like curry fish, vegetables and rice. The thick starchy gravy that covered the flat noodles & rice vermicelli (kueh teow plus bihun) in the yin yong is very tasty. This is one of the good ones that I have come across in KL. Although I still prefer Penang Tuapan but I guess this yin yong can satisfy my cravings for a while! LOL!

Address
Chi Chow Stall (with bread and kueh stall in entrance, Third stall from the other end of Tuck Kee row) Jalan Burung Jentayu, Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong, 52100 Kuala Lumpur
Open at Night only

Soon Beng Longan (Mata Kucing) Trading Orchard, Gadong Estate, Tanjung Sepat, Selangor

After a hearty lunch at Hock Heng Huat, Tg Sepat, we headed towards Banting direction and made a right turn from the main road into Soon Beng Longan orchard at Gadong Estate, Tg Sepat. The owner began planting longan trees many years back and it is now one of the most successful longan orchards in Malaysia. Actually longan doesn’t really grow very well in our climate and soil but this orchard managed to produce good quality longan. I have been visiting this orchard for many years. The medium size longan is very sweet. I would normally buy the fresh longan (RM5) and sometime dried ones as well. Apart from longan, there are also other produce for sales such as fresh vegetables, dragon fruit, coconut, bananas, sweet potatoes, guava, rose apple, melons and many more. There are loads of buses and cars going into this plantation during weekend and school holidays. This is more of an educational trip for my children. Town children seldom get to see how fruits and vegetables are grown. We sat down there, enjoyed some pandan coconut drinks and local fruits.

Address

Soon Beng Longan Trading, Gadong Estate 42800 Tanjung Sepat 25 minutes from Banting town and 5 minute dirt road drive into the orchard

Telephone number : 03-31481018 H/P: 019-2392369

Map of our round trip

Salted Egg Fried Chicken Recipe

I love the savoury, creamy and granules like taste of salted egg yolk. I have eaten salted egg crab but not salted egg chicken. Salted egg crab has butter and cheese as some of the ingredients but the salted chicken recipe I experimented with is without these two. Anyway, my son loves the Salted Egg Fried Chicken, so I guess this recipe must have turned out ok! LOL!

Ingredients

Chicken, ½ bird, cut into small pieces

Flour Mixture, ½ cup of

Wheat Flour, ½ cup of

Rice Flour and ½ cup of corn flour

Curry Powder, 1 teaspoon

Curry leaves, 3 sprigs

Pepper, ½ teaspoon

Salted Egg, 1 pc

Baking soda, ½ teaspoon

Salt to taste (use sparingly, salted eggs are already very salty)

Put curry powder, baking soda, salt and pepper into the flour mixture. Separate the salted egg yolk from the egg white. Break the egg yolk into small pieces and mix with the flour. Dip the chicken in the salted egg white and coat it with flour mixture. Put curry leaves in hot oil. Deep fry the chicken in the hot oil until golden brown. Serve while still crispy and hot.