Fish & Chips (Beer Battered)

Ahaa.. I've finally perfected one of my favourite Aussie meal of all time "FISH & CHIPS"... thanks to Jamie Oliver!!! Eating Fish & Chips at Cicerellos Fremantle was an all time favourite of mine.. and my DB.. and Cicerellos goes long back when it was just a shack deli and cost only AUD$5 for 2 pieces of big barramudi fish, 1 crabstick, 1 pineapple fritters, chips and a can of soft drink.. (15 years ago), but now.. it cost us AUD$12.60 (for just a piece of fish and some chips - serving somehow a lot smaller).. and you have to wait so long in line.. but nevertheless we still go when the cravings sets in..

lucky for me I can make it now.. hehe so yeah no need to rush to Manhattan Fish Market no more when we craved for some fish and chips..

Anyway, heres the recipe for all of you whose a Fish & Chips fans..

FISH & CHIPS (BEER BATTERED)

Ingredients:

* 4 large fillet fish (any type) I use Dory fillet for convenience sake.. but recommend a nice fresh fillet

* 1 cup all purpose flour

* 1 cup beer (any type) but i use Carlsberg (white)

* 1 egg

* a pinch of salt

Method:

1) Mix the flour, beer, egg and salt in mixing bowl and beat lightly

2) Deep Fish inside and deep fry till golden brown

3) Taaa Daaa.. drain in paper towel for excess oil and ready to serve it with some tartare sauce and lemon wedges..

My version of Waldorf Salad

I love to eat salad and I remember back in High School during cooking lesson in class, we made Waldorf salad.. actually its been ages since I had these (last time was in one of the restaurant at KLCC, Malaysia - few years ago).. so yeah dunno why suddenly wanted to make this..

Since I didnt have any grapes, I substituted it with raisins and instead of mayonnaise, I made my salad to be lighter by using the pre-made herb vinaigrette salad sauce and since I loved to eat vegetable, I added a lot of other vegetable..

Anyway, heres is my version of the recipe:-

My Version of WALDORF Salad - serves 6 as sides

Ingredients:

* 1 whole apples - peeled, cored and chopped into cubes
* 1 tablespoon lemon juice
* 1/2 cups raisins
* 2 stalks celery, chopped
* Mixed lettuce leaf (optional)
* 1/2 Cucumber (sliced)
* 1 whole carrot - grated
* 1 whole tomato - sliced
* 2 tablespoons plain low fat yogurt
* 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
* Herbs Vinaigrette salad sauce



Method:

* Cut all the ingredients as instructed and tossed in a bowl, mixed with the lemon juice, salad sauce and yogurt just before serving..

Baked Roast Herb Chicken with Roast Vegetables

BEWARE!!! - before you continue reading and wanting to try this recipes.. I have to warn you that this dish took bl_0_dy 3 HOURS TO BAKED!!! YES.. 3 WHOLE HOURS IN THE OVEN!!!!.. and its not even a full chicken (but 3/4 chicken cut into quarters..) and I have to drizzled it wif virgin olive oil like every 15MINS!!! Was like swearing of not ever gonna make it again..but HB loves it soo much he kept complimenting it ...and gobbled it all down!! So yeah..worth the effort and heehe guess this will be on dinner menu every now and then! lol..:P so yeah.. for those brave souls out there... SCROLL DOWN....

BAKED ROAST HERB CHICKEN WITH ROAST VEGETABLES - serves 3-4

Ingredients:

* Whole chicken (you can either cut it into 4 pieces like I did or just have it as a whole)
* 12 cloves of garlic (just peeled and smash it)
* 4 big onions (peeled and cut into 4)
* 3 big carrots (chopped abt 2 cm)
* 1/4 pumpkin (chopped into cubes)
* 2 long eggplant (chopped into 2 cm)
* Optional: Celery, brocolli, cauliflower or other veggies up to your taste
* Salt
* Grounded black pepper
* 3 T of honey
* Olive oil
* Garlic herbs
* Chilli powder/crushed dry chillies
* Thyme
* Rosemary
* Dry parsley


I did told you its not a simple recipe... didnt I.. hehe.. but cmon.. look at this nicely roasted chicken... hmm.... tempt your buds huh!!! so scroll down...



Method:

1) Marinade the chicken with all the seasoning ingredients.
2) Brush it with olive oil and honey
3) Put all the vegetable around, over, under the chicken and drizzled it with olive oil and honey, sprinkled some salt and black pepper
4) Baked it under 230 degrees celcius oven.. for 3 HOURS!!! covered with aluminiumfoil poked with holes for the first 2 hours. Be sure to drizzled it with olive oil every 15 MINUTES!! and turning it around once. To get the burn and crunch effect, remove aluminium foil the last 40 minutes.
5) ENJOY YOUR LONG BUT WORTH IT EFFORT... AND MAKE SURE ASK YOUR HB OR CHILDREN TO TRULY COMPLIMENT YOU OR THROW THIS DISH AT THEIR FACE.. HEHE.. JUST KIDDING!!!


Note: I served my baked chicken with smashed roasted potatoes and uses the drizzled leftover and made it into a gravy.. damn delicious !!!

(I know what some of you all thinking.. STOP IT!!!!)

Minced Pork sauted with egg

This is my 'simply created' recipes that can be cooked in less than 10mins. Okayyy.. dun judge the picture.. i know it looked like 'CRAP' hahaha... but believed me it tasted niceee.. just trust me ok.. oh well.. here is the recipe for those who thinks that "you shouldnt judge the book by its cover'... :P

Minced Pork sauted with Egg. - serves 4

Ingredients:

* 250g minced lean pork

* 2 eggs

* garlic (minced) - up to your taste, i like to add a bit more

* small red onion (sliced thinly) - also according to your taste

* 1/2 T oyster sauce

* 2 T soya sauce (more or less, I dont actualy use any measurement)

* 1/2 t salt

* 1 t pepper

* 1 T sweet soya sauce

* 1/2 T thick caramel sauce

* 1 t Sesame seed oil

* 1/2 T chinese white cooking wine

* 1 t cornflour (mix with 1 T water)

* Spring onion (for garnish)

* 1/4 cup water

Method:

1) Fry garlic and onion until lightly browned. Add minced pork, fry for 1 minute

2) add all the sauce ingredient, add water, stir until a bit boiling

3) add eggs , stir until mix

4) lastly add the cornflour and stir.

5) garnish with spring onion and served.

Note: for those that likes a bit of spice, you can add cut chilly to cooking.

Chinese Fried Rice hawkers style..

I loved fried rice.. and if you asked me what types of fried rice, I would answer all types.... Im so lucky that in Malaysia, we have so manyy different types of fried rice.. so far, Ive tasted Tom Yum Fried Rice, Thai Fried Rice (yes, there's a different in Tom Yum & Thai Fried rice apparently and some places have a different version.. *scratch head*..), Kampung style Fried Rice, Chinese Fried Rice, Pattaya style Fried Rice, Salted Fish Fried Rice, etc etc.. the lists are endless... and I LOVED EM' ALL...!!!

So yeah, part rice is part of my regular menu whenever Im lazy to cook or have leftover steamed rice from the night before. Today, Ill share my Chinese Fried rice's recipe (hawker's style - A hawker centre or food centre (simplified Chinese: 小贩中心 or 熟食中心) is the name given to open-air complexes in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore housing many stalls that sell a variety of inexpensive food. )... enjoy...

CHINESE FRIED RICE - serves 4

Ingredients:

* 4 small bowls of Leftover steamed white rice (otherwise, cooked steam rice but dont put too much water)
* 4 Fishcake/Fishballs (sliced into small pieces)
* Longbean (sliced into small pieces)
* Garlic (about 2 T) - minced
* Red small onion (about 2 T) - minced
* Chinese sausage (lap chiong) or BBQ pork meat (Char Siew)
* 1/2 cup of shrimps
* Soya sauce
* Salt/pepper
* a bit of water
* Oil
* 2 eggs (stir in bowl)


METHODS:-

1) Fry eggs until cooked, put aside. Fry chinese sausage/BBQ pork meat until cook, put aside.
2) Fry long beans until half cooked, put aside. Fry fishcake until golden browned, set aside.
3) Fry garlic and onion until golden browned, add rice, mixed well, add water, add eggs, chinese sausage, long beans and fishcakes, mixed well.
4) Add soya sauce, salt, pepper, taste, mixed well, fry under high fire for 2-3 mins.
5) Take out and served with sliced cucumber and extra sunny side Fry egg.

Banana Pancakes served with Vanilla Ice Cream drizzled with Hersley Chocolate sauce ... hmm...

I decided to make Pancakes for Brunch today cos its Sunday and so happen we're staying at home.. Its been quite a while since I had pancakes for brunch and was craving for it badly last nite. Anyway, heres the recipe for that nice fluffy soft Banana fillings Pancakes, I served mine with extra bananas, Vanilla ice cream and drizzled with Hersley Chocolate sauce on top.... ready..... :P

The icecream has melted already before I can take a good pic.. but oh well, still good!!

Banana Pancakes - serves 4 (8 pieces)

Ingredients:

* 1 & 1/2 cups of self raisings flour
* 1/4 t salt
* 1 T baking powder
* 1.5T sugar
* 1 cup milk
* 1 large egg
* 1.5t vanilla essence
* 2 T butter (melted)
* 2 whole bananas (sliced into small pieces)



METHODS:-

1) Mix all the dry ingredients separately in a bowl
2) Mix all the wet ingredients in a different bowl (eggs, milk, vanilla essence) and stir well
3) Pour the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, stirring gently till all mix
4) Pour the melted butter into the batter and stirring for all to just combined.
5) Lastly add the sliced bananas into the batter
6) Pour batter about 2 spoon each making a large circle and cook until all holes started to pop and flip over till just lightly browned.
7) Served with butter on top, vanilla ice cream, extra bananas pieces and drizzled it with maple syrup or honey or in my case, i drizzled it with hersley chocolate sauce....
8) Enjoy a mouthful of pancakes with icecream, close your eyes and go hmmmmm........ (*giggles*)

Crispy Fried Chicken ala Leni (KFC style) :P

Of all the food that I loves (and i loves so many different types of food), I must said that Fried Chicken is definitely in the top 5 of my most favourite food.. and I loves all the different type of fried chicken. In Indonesia, there's just so many version of fried chicken and I loves most of them.. *giggles* anyway, here's the most simplest version of the basic fried chicken that I usually cook for the family.

CRISPY FRIED CHICKEN

Ingredients:

* 1/2 chicken pieces (cut into small size)
* Oil for deep frying
* 2 egg whites



Marinade ingredients:

* 1 t pepper
* 1 t salt
* 2 cloves garlic (minced extra fine)
* 1 t mixed spices powder
* 50 g maizena flour
* 1/4 t chilli powder
* 20 g flour


METHODS:-

1) Marinade the pieces of chicken in the marinade ingredients, mix well, put aside for at least 1 hour.
2) Heat oil in deep frying pan, coat chicken with egg white then flour, fry till golden brown under medium heat.
3) Serves hot and crunchy with chilli sauce or tomato sauce.