Thursday, September 26, 2013

Indian-Styled Macaroni

This macaroni is made up of ingredients such as onions and garlic (blended into a paste), chicken fillets, coriander seeds, cumin, turmeric, chilli powder, dried chillies, garam masala and green peas. Oh I nearly forget the other important ingredient to give this dish a tangy flavour, lime juice! Also salt and sugar to taste.

I know this looks kinda mushy, but trust me it's absolutely delicious.

Indian-styled macaroni



Monday, September 16, 2013

Roti Babi

Roti babi (literally translated as pork bread) is one of my favourite food while we were growing up. My mother inherited this recipe from my grandmother. Roti babi is actually bread stuffed with filling such as pork, mushrooms, onions and potatoes.

I managed to get mom to prepare this time consuming dish this weekend. Roti babi is rather oily (deep fried), so it's rather safe to have it once in a while. Oh before I forget, Roti babi MUST be eaten together with the ang-moh-tau-eu or the Worcestershire sauce.


The filling consisting of minced pork, diced onions, cubed potatoes and chopped mushrooms are first cooked in a pan. Add salt to taste.

The filling

For the bread, you can use Bengali bread or the one below which could be obtained from the sundry shop. Cut the bread into half, and make slits so that the filling can be stuffed into these slits.



Once the fillings are stuffed, the entire entity is then dipped into beaten eggs on all sides. [Note that the egg whites are first beaten until fluffy. The yolks are then added and beaten until they become fluffy.]



The egg-dipped bread is then deep fried until golden brown. Yums!


Now, the most important sauce to go along with Roti babi is none other than the Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce. Tip: Do add some sugar so that you have a sweet-sour dip.

Source: Wikipedia

Try this in your kitchen and let me know if you like it:)

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Daging Masak Merah, Chicken Curry with Bittergourd and Oriental Stir-Fry Penne with Beef

Here's what's we've been cooking lately:

Daging Masak Merah

Main ingredients include beef, onions and garlic. For sauce we combined chilli sauce, tomato sauce, oyster sauce, fish sauce and Thai chilli paste. Do remember to boil the beef first, then only fry it to ensure they're soft in the inside while crispy at the outside.



Chicken curry with Bittergourd

Ingredients include chicken, onions, garlic, curry powder, coriander seeds, dried chillies, cinnamon stick and star anise and milk. Since did not know what to do with my extra bittergourd, I decided to experiment by adding them into the curry. Verdict? One of the best curries I've ever tasted.



Oriental Style Stir-Fried Penne with Beef

Made this tonight since I'm getting tired of the usual bolognese and aglio-olio pasta. Ingredients include beef, onions, garlic, green peas, mushrooms, dried chillies, freshly grounded black pepper, cayenne pepper, beef stock and bay leaf. Add in penne last.