Kristygourmet Cook Book

Ingredients : 3 ikan kembung (chubb mackerel) gutted & scaled 8 slices asam keping/gelugor )dried tamarind skin) 6 kaffir lime leaves 20 stalks daun kesum/Vietnamese coriander/mint 4 TB brown sugar 3 tspn  salt 1 tspn  seafood granules 400ml  thick coconut milk 3 cups  water 1 pkt dried thick vermicelli. soaked an hour before boiling(EKA brand) Garnish : 1 small  cucumber, julienned 1/2 pineaaple, julienned 1 red onion, thinly sliced 2 red chilies, thinly sliced 6 stalks  mint leaves, stem removed 2 bunga kantan/torch ginger, thinly sliced 2 lime, cut into wedges Ingredients for Blended Paste   : 7 dried chilies, soaked in warm water & seeded 7 red chilies, seeded and cut into pieces 10 shallots, peeled and cut 1 large onion 2 stalks lemongrass, bottom third only, thinly sliced 3 inch galangal (100gm) 2 inch fresh turmeric (peeled) 6  candle nuts...

This is a well recognized confinement dish to most Asians. Red yeast wine rice vermicelli is normally serve to post-natal mothers for breakfast or lunch during their confinement period. According to the elderly, it is the best food source to keep the mother's belly & womb warm up early of the day. In Malaysia, this dish is wildly sold at many  food stalls with just reasonable price. These days red yeast wine noodle is not just the confinement food source, it is also something that others can enjoy. It is very common that mee suah is used in cooking red yeast wine.  Mee suah  is of flour unlike the rice vermicelli. It is easily cooked & turn soft. Ingredients : 4 cups  water 150ml   homemade red yeast wine 2 tbsp   homemade red yeast paste 1/2 tspn   salt 1 tspn   vegetable granule fried ginger oil with fried ginger handful  fresh black woodears, thinly sliced handful of chicken shreds, marinated with salt & pepp...

Recently, I've given an opportunity to taste test this SLIM MEE dried noodle direct from  Nutrisanne .  This is a 100% vegan noodle, NO preservative, NO GMC and its high-fibre, which helps to absorb more flavouring easily. Over more it is quick and easy to prepare. All you need is just a 3 minutes boiling time then transform  it into anything as desired. And I have chosen to make a simple stir fry vegetables egg noodle. (IMPORTANT NOTE :  This is NOT a paid post nor advertisement) Ingredients : 1 packet (of 4) SLIM noodle 3 eggs, do not beat one big bunch cilantro, washed and cut into bite size one bunch of grated carrot one red chili, seeded and sliced a quarter cabbage, thinly sliced 1 large onion,  sliced Seasoning  : 2 tspn  black soy sauce 2 TB   light soy sauce 1/2 cup  vegetarian oyster sauce 1 tspn  vegetarian granules salt & pepper to taste 1 TB  sesame oil Method  : (1)  bring a po...

You can easily found curry laksa almost every single corner of Malaysia, from the North to the South. However, still different places give you different flavour of curry laksa. There are  Malay laksa, Nyonya laksa, Chinese version laksa and also Siamese Laksa . The Chinese curry laksa is the most commonly seen and available throughout places. I knew I have to try it out at my own kitchen at least once and I did !  Yay..... At the beginning, I thought of using  daun kesum  instead of  curry leaves  in my laksa. But after a second thought, I still going back to  curry leaves . For your info, I did tried one bowl of laksa with  daun kesum  and tasted really good & unique. Ingredients for  blended paste  : 10  candlenuts, pounded 5cm  galangal/ blue ginger, sliced 5cm  ginger, sliced 5cm  fresh turmeric, sliced 8  large shallots, cut small 10  garlic cloves 30  dried red chillie...