2 @ Sambal with coconut rice ( Nasi Lemak )

Such a lazy day on sunday but I managed to prepare my simple dishes in a morning and having it for lunch. Perhaps the presentation wasn't look that good but the taste of the dish is simple marvelous. It's suppose to be Nasi Lemak but I couldn't find banana leaves so, I make it as 'Sambal with coconut rice'
Method;
Coconut Rice
Rinse rice with water and measure coconut milk with one cup of rice equal 2 1/2 cup of coconut milk. Or it depend on how much rice u want to cook.
Then tie pandan leaves and cook together with a pinch of salt.

Sambal Ikan Bilis (Anchovies)
Pound onion and garlic on a mortar. Hot a saucepan with 3 table spoon of cooking oil. Fry pounded onion and garlic until yellowish and fragrance.
Put grounded chilies and fry it for a while and pour a cup of tamarind paste or juice and let it cook in about 10 min in a slow fire. Stir dry and add a water if you think it's too dry.
Pour 1/2 tea spoon salt and 1 table spoon sugar and stir and taste it.
When the sauce become dry a bit put fried anchovies and stir well until the sauce absorbed well with the anchovies.

* This dish, you can serve with cucumber, fried ground nut and boil egg.

Selamat mencoba! and Selamat Tahun Baru 2008 - Happy New Year 2008!

1 @ Mee Kari ( Curry Mee )

Ingredient:-
300g Yellow noodles (Hokkien Mee), wash and drained well.
150g Bean sprouts, blanched
4 Pieces of bean curd, sliced
2 Red chilies, sliced thin
2 Limes, cut into 4 pieces
2 tablespoon Fried shallots slices
200g Chicken pieces

Curry (soup):-
300g Grated coconut, extract 2 cups of thick milk
1cm Fresh turmeric
1cm Fresh ginger, sliced
1cm Galangal, sliced
2 Lemon grass (white part), sliced
4 Dried chilies, blanched
8 Shallots, peeled
1cm Shrimp paste
4 cloves Garlic, peeled
4 cups Water or chicken stock
2 tablespoon Cooking oil
1 teaspoon Salt


Method :
Use a food processor to grind the turmeric, ginger, galangal, lemon grass, dried chilies, shallots, shrimp paste and garlic into a fine paste.Heat the oil in a pot.Fry the curry paste until fragrant. Add in chicken pieces.Fry for 2-3 minutes. Add water or stock and bring to boil. Add bean curd, coconut milk and salt. Simmer the curry over low heat. Keep warm.

To serve
Put some bean sprouts, noodles and ladle the hot gravy in. Garnish with sliced chilies, shallots and a piece of lime.

Then you can serve with juice or carbonated drink.

Bon Appetite!
Indah Hof

Introduction to my favorite halal dish from western to asian cuisine.

(above picture - Steam Boat)

Welcome everybody! warm greeting from my kitchen. This blog is about my favorite healthy food, simple cuisine, halal dish with simple presentation from my humble kitchen wok.

All these while, I have been excitedly cooking and enjoying halal dish on my own, family and friends and never thought of sharing everyone my recipe of halal dish. The excitement of cooking is outrageous especially when I manage to cook for a school lab cooking presentation and got a good mark. That was those days though!

My mother's cooking is always tasty. She always make it simple and use to empower the menu with spices which I thought that I wont ever be able to remember and identify it. But it always easier these day when everything is ready in pack and sell in the hypermarket. So you wont miss any single ingredient on your menu.

Above all, my purpose is to share my kitchen recipe to who ever interested and I ensure you will happy to try it later.

Bon Appetite and enjoy!

Regards,
Indah Hof