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Vegetable or edible fern is a famously consumed classic vegetable in my area. It gives a unique and exotic flavor, like of a mushroom. The stem is tender and the leaves is small and smooth. Only young shoots are used for cooking. This fern is usually cooked by stir frying it  with shrimp, beef, mushroom or cooked with coconut milk to form a creamy fern soup called Masak Lemak Pucuk Paku . The easiest way to cook it is to steam it and eat it with rice and other condiments like fish sauce, soy sauce or sambal. I cooked this long ago, and now I decided to share this recipe. The taste is unique, and this soup is usually eaten with rice. Ready in around 15 minutes Ingredients 200 gram vegetable fern (take only soft stem and young shoots with soft leaves) 3 cups coconut milk 2 tablespoon dried shrimp (can be substituted with fresh shrimp or anchovies) 3 to 5 shallots 1/2 inch fresh turmeric or 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder 3 bird eye chili (optional) Sugar and s...

Today I cooked beef kerutuk, a curry like dish. So I thought a bowl of cucumber acar will suit my beef kerutuk perfectly. I decided to make this version of cucumber acar, which is called Yellow Acar. This version of mine is a simple version of this Yellow Acar. Is has a sweet, sour, salty and fresh taste. The amount of sugar, salt and vinegar can be altered to one's preference. You can also add in other types of suitable vegetable and fruits that you think suitable.  This is the first time making this acar for my family so it does not look really appetizing. But I still want to share the recipe and the pic will be upgraded time to time as I make other batch of it. I also added dried chili in it but I don't like it in there. So I omit it from ingredient. If you want to add chili I suggest to add fresh green chili.  Prep time : around 10 minutes Cook time : around 10 minutes Ingredients 1 medium cucumber 1 medium carrot 3 cloves garlic 5 shallot...

Fried beef or daging goreng is a very delicious dish and it is my favorite since I was little. The tender and flavorful beef with added onion and other vegetables do look really appetizing and can instigate hunger. There are many types of fried beef such as turmeric fried beef, soy sauce fried beef, ginger fried beef and the list goes on.  Here I will share a simple recipe of fried beef. I think this is the most basic version of fried beef and it is easy to make. The tender part of beef such as loin and fatty type of beef is suitable for this recipe. This dish is sweet, salty and sour from tamarind juice, and have hint of garlic and ginger flavor. Usually it is eaten with steamy rice. This is my father's version of fried beef. He added dried chili and lemongrass.  Prep time : around 30 minutes (boiling the beef time is not included) Cook time : around 10 minutes Ingredients 300 gram beef cut into flat pieces (about 1 inch x 1 inch) 1 table spoon tamarind...

Sweet leaf is a vegetable that is becoming less popular in my country. However it is easy to grow and requires less supervision. Here people loves to cook it with coconut milk and pumpkin or sweet potato. It is one of my aunt's favorite soup. Sweet potato and sweet leaves coconut soup is a delicious partner for fried fish and rice.  Sweet leaf is a vegetable which is widely grown and lives in Malaysia. It is also widely grown in tropical area. It is also known by the name katuk and stargooseberry and its botanical name is Sauropus Androgynus. In Malay it is called Pucuk Manis, Cekur Manis, Cekak Manis, Cangkok Manis (Brunei) and Asin-asin. In Chinese language it is called Mani Cai. In Thailand it is called Pak Waan Ban, in Japan it is called Amame Shiba, Rau Ngot in Vietnam, Chinese Malunggai in Filipina and Madhura Cheera in India. 1 Sweet Leaves or Sayur Manis This vegetable has many health benefits such as high in Vitamin K, B, C protein and minerals. 1  It is...

Boiled fish is product of a method of preserving fish for later use. It is a simple process of boiling the fish with some flavorings. The basis ingredients used are salt, water and tamarind peel. Some people add vinegar to get firmer texture. Boiling process will alter the taste of the fresh fish a bit as flavorings are added in the process.  The types of fish which are usually used to make the boiled fish vary, but the most common are tuna and sardine, and also Indian mackerel.  Purpose There are many purpose or you may say benefits of boiling fish before storing it. Some of the benefits are as below. Preserving the fish The main purpose of boiling fish is to preserve it from becoming bad, for those who do not own refrigerator. But it must be re-heated daily to prevent it from becoming bad in the next day.  Preserving the taste and texture of fresh fish The other purpose of boiling fish is to preserve the taste and texture of the fresh fish before keeping it in the fridg...

Tuna in Chili and Soy Sauce with my mom's doily in the background This is one of my favorite dish to eat with rice. It has a combination of spicy flavor from chili, ginger and garlic flavor, sweet and also sour from onions and tamarind. I like to eat only this dish with rice and some fresh vegetables or acar because it gives a clearer taste of the dish. Enough sourness is the key to the tastiness of this dish. Here Tuna is called 'Tongkol' fish. But in some area, it is called 'Aya'. 'Aya' fish. Tuna is beneficial for our health. Some articles claim that it does help our brain to function better. I don't know whether it is true or not. But one thing that I am sure about Tuna is, it is delicious. (^.^) This recipe is for one to two servings. And it is delicious when eaten with rice. It is a simple recipe which you can make when you don't feel like cooking. I like to add lots of sliced onion to it, and if you like you can also add sliced pepper ...

Sweet potato is a well loved food by many of us. However, during my childhood time, I don't really like sweet potato. I don't even care about it. But, as the time passed, I feel like my taste buds have changed. I slowly accepted the taste of sweet potato and can add it into my tea time menu. A few weeks ago, I made this sweet potato coconut soup which my mother and aunt really like. It requires a few ingredients only. This dish is suitable for coconut lovers. In Malay language this kind of soup made from coconut milk and palm sugar is called Pengat .  This Sweet Potato Pengat dish is a sweet and creamy sweet potato soup consist of coconut milk and palm sugar. The addition of sago thicken the soup. It also makes the soup smoother in texture. Pandan leaves add sweet aroma to the soup.  Sweet potato coconut soup is a perfect dish for tea time break, dessert and even dinner. Cooled version of the soup is tasty when consumed in the hot afternoon.  Best eaten cool. You c...