Nyonya Chap Chye 0808

My version of Nyonya Chap Chye was greatly influenced by how much ingredients do I have in the fridge at that point of time. I would try to follow the traditional way as much as possible, still, I tried to work within what remained in the fridge to cook for 2 person.




Ingredient (serve 2):

1. Oil - I use olive oil instead
2. sesame oil - 1 tbs
3. 3 cloves of garlic & - fine and small
4. 1 cup of black fungus (黑木耳）- soak in warm water for about 10 mins
5. 6 dry mushroom - soak in cold water (water + a bit of sugar) overnight, try not to use hot water because it will make it even harder
6. half a cabbage - cut into big chunk or to your preferred size
7. 1 whole piece carrot - cut into strips

Traditional version MUST-HAVES, which I could not find in my fridge. :p

1. tung hoon (transparent vermicelli)
2. kim chiam (dried lily flower buds)
3. dried sweet bean curd strips
4. fermented, salted soybeans

Instruction:

1. fry in a wok or pan the cooking oil, onion and garlic mixture.
2. add all other ingredients except the cabbage, season to taste, and then a small amount of water.
3. stir together when adding in the cabbage last, and simmer until tender; about 15 minutes., until the sauce is thickened.
4. done!

Pineapple Curry

Today, I wanted something lighter. But I was craving for curry! So...this is the result:

Ingredients :
1 Medium pineapple, cut into cubes
1 pinch of mustard seeds
Coriander seeds
Cumin seeds
Whole cloves
Grated fresh ginger
A few of Curry leaves
half tbs tumeric powder
Salt to taste.

Note: After cooking, the pineapple tastes a bit like meat and refreshing sweet! Good to try!

Fried Pasta

This was our lunch and dinner. I cooked it and put into the fridge. Take it out, reheat, sprinkled some fried bacon and that's it.

Asam Pedas Fish

Aug 2008

We used our food processor for the first time. Blend everything together for the chilli paste.

I saved some chilli paste for the later vege curry we made in the morning.