Thursday, June 18, 2009

Tori Karaage

















Ingredients:
  • 200 g chicken thigh fillet (cut into chunks)
  • 2 tbsp plain flour
  • 2 tbsp tapioca flour
  • oil for deep frying (~1 inch deep)
Marinade:
  • 2 garlic cloves (finely chopped)
  • 1 inch of ginger (finely chopped)
  • 2 tbsp light soy sauce
  • a dash of salt & pepper
  • a few drops of sesame oil
How to:
  • in a big bowl, marinate the chicken for 30 minutes to an hour
  • mix the plain and tapioca flour and dust the chicken
  • heat your oil for 5 minutes and deep fry the chicken till golden brown
  • serve with Japanese mayonnaise for 2

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Indonesian Grilled Fish

















Ingredients:
  • 300 g Dory fish fillet (cut into 2 inch bites)
  • 1 onion
  • 1 tsp chopped red chili-pepper - use whole chili if you like it hot
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 tsp dried shrimp paste
  • 1 tsp chopped galangal
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • 1 stalk of lemongrass (bruised) - use bottom white part only
  • 1 tbsp basil flakes
  • 2 Khaffir lime leaves
  • 1/8 cut of lemon
  • 1/2 tsp salt
How to:
  • blend onion, chili-pepper, garlic, shrimp paste, galangal, 1/2 cup of coconut milk, and salt using a mixer
  • marinate the fish with the mixture for 1 hour (flip occasionally)
  • remove the marinate mixture
  • brush the fish fillets with oil and grill with 200 degrees fan-forced oven for 20 minutes
  • add the remaining coconut milk, lemongrass, lime juice, basil flakes, and lime leaves to the marinate mixture and saute for 5 minutes till fragrant
  • pour the sauce over the fish
  • serve for 2

Lemongrass Chicken 1

















Ingredients:
  • 200 g chicken thigh fillet
  • 1 stalk of lemongrass (remove 2-3 layers and cut into 2" sticks)
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1/2 tsp white ground pepper
  • 1 tsp chopped red chili-pepper - use whole chili if you like it hot
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 Thai fish sauce
  • 3 tbsp canola oil
How to:
  • mix all ingredients except the oil in a big bowl and marinate for 2 hours
  • heat the oil in a frying pan for 5 minutes
  • stir-fry the marinated chicken for 15 minutes or until cooked
  • serve for 2
You may be interested to view Lemongrass Chicken 2

Monday, June 15, 2009

Cheesy Meat Ball

















Ingredients:
  • 100 g minced pork
  • 100 g Dory fish fillet
  • 1/4 tsp white ground pepper
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp parsley flakes (optional)
  • 10 cheddar cheese cubes (~1 cm each)
  • 1 cup of breadcrumbs
  • oil for frying
How to:
  • mix minced pork, fish fillet, white pepper, salt, and parsley flakes using a food processor
  • oil your palms, take a spoonful of the mixture, stuff the cheese cube in the middle, and round it into ball
  • roll the meat balls on breadcrumbs
  • heat the oil in a frying pan (~1 inch deep) and fry the meat balls till golden brown
  • serve for 2

Tofu Fritter 2

















Ingredients:
  • 1 cup of corn
  • 1 cup of hard tofu (cut into 1 cm cube)
  • 1/2 green capsicum (diced)
  • 1 red chili-pepper (finely chopped)
  • 1 shallot (thinly sliced)
  • 2 eggs (beaten)
  • 1 cup of rice flour
  • 3 tbsp Thai fish sauce
  • 1 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 2 Khaffir lime leaves (remove stems and sliver)
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  • oil for frying
How to:
  • mix all the ingredients except the rice flour in a big bowl
  • slowly add the rice flour and stir till the mixture has thickened
  • heat the oil in a frying pan (~1 inch deep) for about 5 minutes
  • take a spoonful of the mixture and fry till golden brown
  • serve for 2

Tofu Fritter 1

















Ingredients:
  • 100 g minced pork
  • 100 g hard tofu (mashed)
  • 4 shitake mushrooms (finely chopped)
  • 1 tbsp dried shrimps (finely chopped)
  • 1 shallot (finely chopped)
  • 2 garlic cloves (finely choped)
  • 1 egg (beaten)
  • 1 tbsp corn starch
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • oil for frying
How to:
  • mix all the ingredient in a big bowl
  • heat the oil in a frying pan (~1 cm deep) for about 5 minutes
  • take a spoonful of the mixture and fry till golden brown
  • serve for 2

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Lemongrass Fish Stick

















Ingredients:
  • 1 pc Dory fillet
  • 10 medium sized prawns (deshell and devein)
  • 1 red chili-pepper - use 6 Thai bird-eye chilis if you like it spicy
  • 3 shallots
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1/2 stalk of lemongrass (the lower stem only)
  • 1 inch Galangal
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tbsp sugar
  • 1/8 cut of lime
  • 3 tbsp canola oil
  • 10 lemongrass sticks (about 10 cm each)
How to:
  • mince the fish and prawns into paste using food processor
  • blend the chili-pepper, shallots, garlic-cloves, galangal, turmeric powder, salt, sugar, lime juice, and canola oil using mixer
  • add the blended ingredients and lemongrass into a frying pan. Fry till fragrant
  • mix the blended ingredients with the fish-prawn paste. Mould the paste onto the lemongrass stick like making a drumstick
  • grill for 15 minutes
  • serve for 2