I am making ~ Roasted vegetable salad

Another version of roasted vegetable salad, more sourish this time too as I use balsamic vinegar and lemon juice. Technically you can use any vegetable you like, most veges are nice when grilled. Using pepper of 3 different colours brighten up the salad wonderfully.

Easy to make ~ Steamboat (chicken stock base)

I love steamboat. Who doesn't? On cold, rainy day, it's the best thing ever. And it's easy to make, easy to serve to a large group of people and it goes well with a good conversation.

I am making ~ Portuguese chicken

My attempt to produce something close to Nando's chicken I guess :D It did turned out well, and polished off in a jiffy. And it's not as complicated as you may think it is, just a bunch of spices and some cheats here and there.

I am making ~ Roasted tomato with mozarella cheese and basil

I love tomato, it's an easy vege that can be eaten on it's own, baked, made into soup, pureed, used in pasta sauce etc. This super - easy recipe is prepared with minimal ingredients and is used as an accompaniment to my roast chicken.

Masak - masak Melayu ~ Pucuk Manis masak lemak

 I assure you that this is one of the simplest, lazy bum cooking ever using coconut milk as a base gravy. At the market if you don't know how the plant looks like, just say as confidently as you can "kak, minta sayur manis satu" and the lady would pass you one bunch. As for my case, I remember how it looks like but I forget the name hence my idiotic question was "kak sayur apa ni?" @ "What vege is this?", much to their amusement as I hand over the vege, probably thinking that how on earth would I cook a vege of unknown name :p

I am making ~ Homemade beef burger

We screwed up our diet majorly when we decided to make burgers for iftar @ breaking the fast. Instead of the original healthy version, our calorie count was totally out when everyone started piling up ideas and toppings on the burgers. So the end product was a combo of 2 pieces of homemade beef burger patties with toppings of turkey ham, cheese, sauteed onions and enoki, lettuce, pickled cucumber, loads of tomato ketchup, mayonnaise and mustard, all piled between the buttered - and - grilled burger buns.

Masak - masak pencuci mulut ~ Len Chee Kang

 Don't ask me to classify this dessert because I don't know my recipe falls under which category as I make it to my own preference i.e. putting in whatever that I like. Some may say that I'm over - influenced by the Chinese but I think it has a Malay touch to it too. If you Google "len chee kang", "lai chi kang", "lai chee kang" or whatever spelling version, you'll find both Malay and Chinese recipe versions but heck, this is Malaysia so anything goes as long as it's food and it's good. Both versions can be served hot or cold, and ingredients are usually similar so don't fret too much over it.

Masak - masak Melayu ~ Gulai masak lemak cili padi ikan pekasam (sepat)

 I'm not a cook by nature, I cook only out of necessity i.e. when I feel like eating something that cannot be bought at the shop or something that I'm fussy of how it taste. This dish is my personal favourite because it's very homey dish that I learned by watching my mom made it and by mouth. And I love how pineapple soaks up the flavor of the gravy hence my recipe version is always overabundant with pineapple. Another thing about masak lemak cili padi is that its a very versatile base gravy, you can cook fish / chicken / egg with it.

Upbeat mamak food @ Uncle K Kopitiam, SACC Shah Alam

Uncle K @ SACC is a good chill - out  place if you are looking for air - conditioned mamak - cum - kopitiam kinda place. They serve nasi kandar, mamak food and the kinda food that you can find at a Malay stall, in a kopitiam setting i.e. the furnishing.

Masak - masak Melayu ~ Ikan kembung masak kicap berempah

This is a variant of masak kicap ikan kembung recipe, more spices and tamarind paste added in instead of just soy sauce. Has some sweet and sour taste to it, also spicier. I think this is the Southern states variant.

Masak - masak Melayu ~ Pucuk taugeh masak kicap

 I can't find the English or scientific name for this one, sorry. This is a simple vege for lazy people like me who rarely cook nowadays...

Masak - masak Melayu ~ Sup petola

Easy vegetable recipe for lazy people, fast and cheap, no need to think too much. Goes along with anything, increase or decrease water content to your liking and season with salt to taste.

I am cooking... Grilled beetroot with lots of other veges

 I love beetroot! It has its own taste of sweet and sour with the texture of potato. And that colour! 

Anyway, I was making this to accompany my roast chicken. The choice of vege is actually a liberal one, I sometimes use potato, asparagus, baby corn, tomato, onions, shiitake etc. It so happen that I was using the ones listed below when I decided to post this.

Masak - masak Melayu ~ Stir - fry tofu and bean sprout in soy sauce @ Taugeh masak kicap

Simple vege for lazy people like me who rarely cook nowadays...

So here we go.

Masak - masak Melayu ~ Stir-fry kailan in oyster sauce @ Kailan sos tiram

This is an easy vegetable recipe using oyster sauce, and using a cheap vegetable to boot. I omitted the use of salted fish here since my dad has high blood pressure. Some people like to add chopped beef and dried anchovy.

Masak - masak Melayu ~ Sambal kupang (Mussels in Chili)

I’m a big fan of mussels cooked with chili paste (sambal) but I’m not too fond of spicy things. So if you want the dish to be more spicy, just add more chili to it than the amount described below.

Masak - masak Melayu ~ Ikan tenggiri masak sambal (Fried Mackerel in Chili Paste)

Ok... I admit, this recipe is a bit oily as the fish require deep - frying first and later the ingredients are stir-fried with some oil. But the result is a spicy - sour fish in chili paste, my favourite accompaniment with steamed rice.

Bad fish day...

This is a picture of the fish that I fried yesterday, a fish called ikan tauhu (tofu fish? I dunno...). Generously slathered up in tumeric powder, a dash of chili powder and salt, and left to dry and for marinating for half hour for some effect.

The effects being, supposedly, a drier and tastier fish.

Masak - masak Melayu ~ Petola masak kicap

Easy vegetable, soft and juicy.

Ingredients:

Masak - masak Melayu ~ "Spicy" fried chicken @ Ayam goreng berempah

The chicken is not deep - fried, and for better result you can marinate overnight before frying.