Drumsticks in Green Chili

Drumsticks in Green Chili

The green chili is Padangnese famous green chili.

Padang is located in West Sumatera, Indonesia.

Since it is green chili, I should have used green tomatoes as well,

but I couldn't found green tomatoes here,

so instead I used red tomatoes.

 Ingredients & Method for chicken:

Water.

1-2 tsp of salt.

4 pcs of drumsticks, skinned, bones on.

Rice bran oil.

Put water in a pot and add drumsticks in it.

Water must covered drumsticks.

Add 1-2 tsp of salt and bring to boil.

Once drumsticks are cooked, drained, set aside.

Heat oil in a pan.

Pan fried drum sticks and set aside.

Ingredients & Method for Green Chili:

15 pcs of green chilis

1 tsp of salt

1/2 tsp of sugar

7 kaffir lime leaves, scored the leaves

1 lime wedge

1 tomato, chopped

8 shallots

Water & Rice Bran oil, as needed

First, in boiling water and add green chili and shallots in it.

Boiled until softens.  Drain, set aside.

Coarsely pound them using mortar and pestle.

Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan, add pounded green chili, shallots,

tomato and kaffir lime leaves until fragrant.

Cook for 3 minutes further until tomato soften.

Add salt and sugar, mix well.

Cook for 1 minute further.

Switch off the stove.

Serve with lime wedge.

 Green chili and shallots in boiling process

 Sautee them with tomato and kaffir lime leaves

 Ready to serve

Fried Tofu with Dried Shrimp Chili

 Fried Tofu with Dried Shrimp Chili

 I love dried shrimps, one of my favorite ingredients.

And here is my recipe for dried shrimp chili.

I posted one before, my Mum's dried shrimp chili recipe.

 

There are 2 kinds of dried shrimps, small and large.

The one that I use is large one.

 This is the small dried shrimps.

This is what I used, large size dried shrimps.

You need to soften them by soaking them in the water for at least 1 hour.

My Mum usually soak it overnight.

Here is my recipe.

Ingredients:

3 garlic, sliced then pound

7 shallots, thinly sliced

5 kaffir lime leaves, discard the stalk, thinly sliced the leaves

1 knob of galangal

1 tsp of tamarind puree

3 tbsp water

Rice Brand Oil.

1 package of hard tofu, cut triangle shape, shallow fried.

1 package of dried shrimp, soak in hot water at least 1 hour.

1/2 package of dried chili, soaked in hot water for 1 hour.

Method:

Heat 1 tbsp oil in a non-stick pan, fried tofu, set aside.

Using the same pan and oil, put garlic, shallots,

kaffir lime leaves, galangal, dried shrimps.

Sautee until all softens, add tamarind paste.

Mix well, add a little bit of water just to prevent burnt.

Add fried tofu, mix well.

Cook for 2 minutes further.

Switch off the stove and

ready to serve with jasmine steamed rice.

Shrimp Sauce / Cincalok Mixture a la Mum

This is my Mum's shrimp sauce:
Just combined shrimp sauce, sliced of chilli paddy and lime juice, as much as you like.
Mix all ingredients together and ready to serve with steamed rice.

Sambal Ebi (Udang Kering) a la Mum / My Mum's Dried Shrimp Chilli

Found dried shrimp in Thai grocery store so I made this, twice!
My Mum's recipe,,, yuuummmmooooooowwwww...


Ingredients:
1 package of dried shrimp, soak overnight
250 grams of candle nuts (Indonesian: kemiri), soak overnight, mashed until become paste
1 package of dried chilli, soak overnight
(My Mum used fresh chilli)
1 whole garlic, peel
about 25 pcs of shallots, peel
salt
oil, as needed


Method:
blend coarsely: candle nuts, dried chilli, garlic, shallots
Crushed coarsely dried shrimp with fingers
In a hot oil and high heat, add blended ingredients and dried shrimp.
Sautee until all fragrant, translucent and cooked.
Lower to low heat, then add salt, mix well, taste.
Ready to serve with steamed rice

Sambal Terasi - versi 2

Sambal Terasi - Versi 2 /

Indonesian Shrimp Paste Chilli - 2nd Version

Ingredients:

2 heaps tbsp of sambal oelek

2 tomatoes, diced finely

1 heaps tsp of Indonesian cooked shrimp paste

2 tbsp oil

Method:

Heat oil in a pan.

Then add sambal oelek & tomatoes.

Mix well, cook until all cooked.

Add shrimp paste and mix well, then switch off the stove.

Sambal Oelek that I use is "CONIMEX" brand, made in Holland.

For me, the saltiness & acid in it is enough.

So I did not add more salt.

Had this today with fried salted mackerel (made in Thailand)

with steamed white rice,,,, yuuummmooooo....

Chicken Curry and Prawns Balado

Sambal Balado Petai

Sambal Balado

Sambal Balado
Balado Chilli from West Sumatera Island, Indonesia

Ingredient:
10 shalots, sliced thinly
15 red chillis, blend roughly in a blender
4 lime leaves
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp salt
4 tbsp oil

Method:
In a hot pan, add oil.
Add shallots and chilli until fragrant.
Add lime leaves and salt, mix well.
Cook until soften, add lemon juice.
Switch off stove.
Ready to serve with petai (smelly beans), steamed eggplants, boiled eggs.

Sambal Terasi - versi 1

Sambal Terasi - Versi 1 /

Indonesian Shrimp Paste Chilli - 1st Version
(Shrimp Paste = Belacan in Malaysian)

Ingredients:

12 pcs of red chilli

2 big shallots

1 tomatoe

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp sugar

2 tbsp oil

Method:

Put red chilli, tomatoes, shallots in a blender.

In a hot oil, add chilli mixture and sautee until all translucent.

Once cooked, add sugar and salt.

Swith off the stove and ready to serve.

Prawns Veggies Fritters

Prawns Veggies Fritters / Bakwan Udang Sayuran

Yes,,, Fritters Again.... I guess I will never get bored of fritters.

Ingredients:

3 big prawns, each cut to 3
1 tbsp of wholemeal self raising flour
1 tbsp of rice flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp ground black pepper
1/2 tbsp of blended garlic
4 pcs of lime leaves, chopped thinly the leaves only
Water as needed
1/2 handful of corn kernels
1/2 carrot, grated


Method:


Combine all ingredients together. A bit thick, also not a runny batter.
Fry each tablespoon of it until batter finished.
Ready to serve with tomato sauce, chilli sauce/sweet chilli sauce, or Nuoc Sam Vietnamese Sauce.


Nuoc Sam Vietnamese Sauce

Ingredients:
1 garlic, minced
1 tbsp blended chilli
5 tbsp fish sauce
3 tbsp sugar
Lime juice

Method:
Combine all ingredients together. This Vietnamese sauce have sweet salty lemony taste. Great for seafood fritters or seafood spring rolls.

Padangnese Balado Chilli (Sambal Balado a la Padang)

I am 37 weeks pregnant and crave for Sambal Balado a la Padang. I know I can't eat too much chilli because of my pregnancy. Here is what I make today for lunch,,, slllrrrpppp!!!! yum yummmm..... )^.^(







Sambal Balado a la Miss Lucky Piggy



Ingredients:

2 eggs, boiled
1 big potatoe, boiled
1 tbsp oil & 1 tbsp butter
3 eggplants, cut half, sprinkle with a little bit of salt on the inner side, then fried with oil & butter.

^For Eggs and potatoe, you can fry them if you like.



Blended Ingredients:

1 piece of red onion
1 tbsp of blended mild chilli (I use "Gourmet Garden" brand)
1 tbsp of blended garlic (I use "Gourmet Garden" brand)
1 tbsp tomato paste
4 cherry tomatoes
1 maggie chicken cube
1/2 tsp salt, or as you like.



Direction:

Heat oil & butter in a pan.
Add blended ingredients, sautee until fragrant and cooked.
Set aside.
Ready to serve with eggplants, eggs and potatoes, and white rice.

This Padangnese Balado Chilli can also be served with fried chicken and fried prawns. Or you can eat it with boled casava leaves (daun singkong rebus).

Nasi Uduk (Rice in Coconut Milk and Spice) and Fried Button Mushroom

Nasi Uduk
(Rice in Coconut Milk and Spices)



Ingredients:
250 gram rice, washed
1 tsp salt
2 lemongrass, bruised
3 bay leaves
275 ml coconut milk

Method:
Cook coconut milk with bay leaves, lemongrass and salt until boiled. Pour in the rice, mix well until coconut milk dried. Steam the rice together with bay leaves and lemongrass until cooked.





Serve with slices of fried egg(s), Tasty Fried Onion and Peanut Butter Sauce.

Tasty Fried Onion, recipe link:
http://missluckypiggy.blogspot.com/search/label/Tasty%20Fried%20Red%20Onion








Sambel Kacang
(Peanut Butter Sauce)



Ingredients:
Peanut butter, as needed.
2 Red chilli, sliced and seeded (optional)
Lemon Juice / Vinegar, as needed.
Salt, as needed.

Method:
Mix well all ingredients together. You can heat it if you like it warm.







Jamur Kancing Goreng
(Fried Button Mushroom)

I got this yummy recipe from http://unserimbiss.blogspot.com

Ideal to have this as snack or with rice. I had it with my Nasi Uduk.

Ingredients:
5 button mushroom, sliced thinly
1 tbsp rice flour
3 tbsp plain flour
Pepper & salt
1 tsp blended garlic
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
Water, as needed

Method:
Mix well all ingredients, the batter should not be too thick.
Excess excess batter.
Fried in hot oil until dried.

Fried Fish with Fake Chilli a la Susanna Olivier

As of this week, I am 35-weeks pregnant and my friend, Susanna Olivier, suggest this recipe for me since too much chilli is not good for my baby :-)

This is the recipe from her:

Ingredients for Fish:
Fish
Lemon Juice
Salt
Flour

Ingredients for Fake Chilli:
Red capsicum
Tomato
Red Onion
Garlic
Tomato Paste
Oil

Method for Fish:
Fish: Marinade fish with lemon juice & salt, leave it for 2 hours in the fridge. After that cover fish with flour before frying in hot oil.

Method for Fake Chilli:
Put all of these ingredients in the blender: red capsicum, tomato, red onion, garlic, tomato paste.
Heat a little amount of oil in the pan, sautee the fake chilli until fragrant. Add a little bit of lemon juice once done.

Serving: pour fake chilli on top of the fish.

Here is the link to her blog: http://coolsue1812.multiply.com/

Below is what I made today for lunch.

Ingredients for Fish:
1 Fish (I use Yellow Leather Jacket Fish)
1 Lemon Juice
1 tsp of Coriander powder
Salt

Ingredients for Fake Chilli:
1/2 Red capsicum
1/2 Tomato
5 Cherry tomatoes
1 Red onion
1 small Garlic

1 small can of tomato paste
Oil

Method for Fish:
The same method as directed from Susanna, but I did not cover it with flour before frying because I forgot!! Luckily the fish didn't stick in the pan! :D

Method for Fake Chilli:
Put all of the ingredients in the blender.Heat a little amount of oil in the pan, sautee the fake chilli until fragrant.