Kristygourmet Cook Book

I made some sambal sauce today to stock up for my daily cooking. I normally will make in batches once in 2 months time or sometimes once in six months. Though I don't use it everyday, just stock up for emergency >o<  You never know, right !  haha.....   Please read on for more. Note : Kindly contact through email if you have any questions. Thank you. From the kitchen of  My Little Space  >o< Ingredients : 40 dried chilies, cut and washed 10  red chilies, seeded & sliced 8  shallots (medium size), sliced 5 cloves  garlic 3 stalk   lemongrass, take only the white part & sliced 1/2" toasted Belacan 2 tspn  asam paste (Adabi asam paste) some water salt to taste 1 tspn  granules 1-1/2 cup   cooking oil 2 TB  gula melaka/brown sugar Method : (1)  after cut and washing dried chilies, then cook it over medium heat till soft about 15 minutes. Discharge chilies from hot w...

Chinese Red dates is one of the most popular food used for health over in Asia. According to the Chinese medicine book, red dates can strengthen the 'Qi' in our body to help in many ways especially improving insomnia and blood deficiency, to protect the liver, reduce cholesterol & to prevent cancer. Meanwhile, longan is considered as 'warm' food which is good for both heart & kidney. So when these two items combined, it will helps to revitalize our health wellness. Longan & red date paste is getting very popular in Chinese and Taiwan these days. They are widely used in making tea either in hot or cold. It is extremely good for post-natal mothers too for replenishing the blood after giving birth. So, what do I waiting for ! As you can see here, I have two kinds of red dates. One is in lighter colour which look really fresh and the other one is darker. Actually, they both the same except in different processing stage. However, the darker ones are sweeter a...