Deep fried oyster mushroom

You will love this recipe. Just like the Japanese do it. Follow this link http://shw.fotopages.com/14695327/Deep-Fried-Oyster-Mushroom.html

Crab recipe

I stubble upon this website by Ms. Covina. The crabs looks delicious and can't wait to try the recipe. Try it and let me know how good it is.

http://www.meltingwok.com/2007/01/mud-crabs-aka-egg-crabs.html

Don't this looks good,

Curry Laksa

This is my mother in law recipe. Last weekend my wife dished out this dish and it was a very fulfilling day for me and my two kids. Thanks to my wife. The laksa taste delicious. Chicken and tau foo pok was added into the coconut milk flavoured curry. We has a choice of mee or meehoon. It was simple but nice. I will post the recipe on the blog once I get it from my wife.

Malaysian Fried Kway Teow

Ingredients for 2 person

600gms kway teow
Chopped garlic
3tbsp Cooking oil
300gms prawns, shelled but leave tails intact
1 chinese sausage (optional) sliced thinly
150gms cockles. Scalded and shelled (Optional)
150gms bean sprouts
100gms chives cur into 3cm lengths
Chilli paste (depends on taste)
2 Eggs

Seasoning
1tbsp light soya sauce
Salt and pepper to taste
1tbsp chilli paste
1 little dark soya sauce – for colour
A little water

Method ( This method is for 1 plate of kway teow)

Heat 3tbsp oil cooking oil and fry 1tbsp chopped garlic until brown.Add in 3 to 4 pieces prawns ,some beansprouts and a few slices of chinese sausages.
Push the ingredients to one side and add in a plate of kway teow.
Stir fry the kway teow quickly.
Add seasoning and a little of water and mix in all the fried ingredients.
Spread the ingredients around the wok and creat an empty space in the centre.
Add a bit of oil and crack an egg into the centre empty space.
Cover the egg with all the ingredients and stir fry evenly.
Add cockles if desired and mix in a handful of chives. Do not overcook.
Serve hot with red chillies.

Nothing but a tasty pancake

Today my daughter decided to do something on her own. She wanted to make some tasty pancake. So my wife dig up the following recipe. Not a Nyonya dish but it is edible and children love making and eating them. Here is the recipe:

Ingredients

200g wheat flour
300ml milk
1 egg
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon sugar
Butter to fry

Method
Break the egg in a deep bowl. Add milk, butter and stir. Add wheat flour and continue stirring. Stir in salt and sugar. Make sure that all ingredients are properly mixed and not lumpy. Heat up a pan and add some butter. Once it is heated scoop about 4 tablespoon of the pancake mixture into the pan. Once it set, you can flip it over and cook until light brown. Serve plain or with kaya or honey. Kids will love them. The mixure should be able to make up to 8 pancakes. You can also use vanilla or strawberry flavoured milk to give your pancakes added difference.

Chicken Pong Teh

This is a traditional dish that most nyonya know how to cook. It is a must serve dish for the Chinese New Year. It is not that difficult to cook if you get the recipe right. Below is my wife's recipe and I hope you will enjoy cooking and your family members will enjoy eating.
Ingredients:
600g chicken
1 tablespoon cooking oil
4 medium size potatos
100g sliced shallots
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
2 tablespoon taucheo paste(fermented soya beans)
1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
2 tablespoon sugar
1 litre water
Method
Cut chicken into serving size
Peel potato and cut each potato into 4 cubes.
Heat oil in a wok and add in sliced shallots and garlic. Fry until light brown. Add in taucheo paste and fry for 1 minute.
Add the chicken, potato, dark soy sauce, sugar, and water. Cover and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer for about 1 1/2 hour until meat and potato is tender and soft. Serve and enjoy.

Nyonya and Baba

If you want to know more about the history of Nyonya and Baba, you can visit this link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peranakan

The recipes that I will be sharing with your are very close to my wife heart as they are passed down from one generation to the next. I have tasted all of them and I hope you will be able to try it out yourself and enjoy the flavours of the rich cultural mixed of our country, Malaysia. Apart from the Nyonya flavours, I will include other recipe that we love so much in Malaysia, like the assam laksa, satay, mutton curry, soup kambing, ayam masak merah, bakuteh, chicken rice, char kueh teow, nasi beryani, chinese fried rice, curry laksa, steam siakap, deep fried garuppa, wanton mee and lots more.

So do come back and visit this blog often.