Smoked Fresh water Fish(Catfish/patin)

This is my father favorite dish of fresh water fish. He like the classical taste of smoked fish.This our traditional food. Have so many type of catfish in freshwater. Patin(local people called it) was the big one and have sweet taste of meat. Smoked is different with barbecue even the method was same.

Ingredients:

• Any type of catfish (Cleaned)
• Tamarind (buy from shop/packet)
• salt
• Red Onion
• Garlic
• Lemon grass
• Cooking Oil
• Banana Leaf
• wooden charcoal(to make the fire for smoked session)

How to make:

First, marinate fish with tamarind and salt. 

Onion & garlic crushed. Take the lemon grass, punch and make it look like a brush. Put crushed onion & garlic into a jar filled with cooking oil,mix it. 

while the grill is ready, put banana leaf as a cover to make sure the fish not burn. Use lemon grass to put oil mixture on banana leaf.

Place the fish, put some oil mixture(always using lemon grass to put the oil,you smell it nice).

Reduces fire during this step and let much smoke. Its important to control the fire,and wait until the fish really dry and cooked. Always turn back the fish. My father done this take 20-30 minutes..but sometimes almost 1 hour.

*It nice ti eat with dipping sauce or sambal belacan(hot chili with shrimp paste)

Green Mango Salad

Ingredients:

• 2-3 mango(peel off the skin & Shredded)
• Salt
• Bird eyes chili or small chili (red)(blended or chopped)
• Shrimp paste
• Anchovies or dry shrimp
• Red Onion(if u like)
• Some water

How to make:

In a bowl put shredded mango, add little bit of water,just to moisturize. Pinch of salt and stir.

Then add chili(u blended chili together wit shrimp paste) and shrimp paste,another mixture such as dry shrimp and onion. Mix well.

*serve with white rice.it always be a side dish. If you love sour,you can add little bit of lime juice. I like to eat this salad with fried fish.it was an ideal combination.

 Sayur Manis(Star gooseberry) Omelette

This is my home recipe that my mum always cooked. We called "sayur manis" in malay means sweet leaf in English but also known as star gooseberry. Here i put a picture of sweet leaf,to easy for recognize.

It can be cook in so many ways,but mostly i like to eat this way,more easy and fast. 

Ingredients:

• Sweet leaf(cut about 2.5 inch)
• Egg(Depends with amount of sweet leaf,sometimes people like less egg,but i done whole covered with egg)
• Pepper
• Salt
• Onion(Chopped, if don't like to put onion also can)
• Bird eyes chili or any type of chili(If you like spicy)
• Cooking Oil

How to make:

Put some egg into the bowl,stir and add some salt,pepper,chili and onion.Mix it well. 

After that,add sweet leaf to the mixture.stir and mix everything.

Heat the non-stick pan,put little bit of oil. when heated,pouring down all the mixture to the pan,make it shape roundly. Turn back upside down. wait until cooked. 

*its nice to serve with rice and dip into chili sauce,or any kind of dipping sauce. you also can make it for your sandwich or eat just like that.

Simple Black pepper Chicken











Ingredients:

• 1 whole chicken or any part (cleaned & cut)
• 2 cloves garlic(chopped or blended)
• Thumb size Ginger(Chopped)
• 1/2 cup of vinegar(but i didn't put :p)
• Onion (cut it from the top to make the ring shape) 
•  Red or Green chilies pepper
• corn starch added with water
• 1 tbs sweet soy sauce 
• 1 tbs Oyster sauce
• Parsley leave(chopped)
• Shallot(Chopped)
• Black pepper (i used from the packet)
• Cooking Oil for stir fry

How to cook:

First, heat the pan.put some oil. add garlic,ginger and chilies. Fry until u can smell and see the garlic turn the color.

Insert chicken, add some water. put soy & Oyster sauce. Wait until cooked then put corn starch, parsley leave and shallot.Done!

you can serve with white rice.. :)

Well,this is my eating side. I am glad to share some recipes that i was cook before.. my cooking theme more with my arab mix idaan(sabahan ethnic) style and i really love to cook! enjoy my food..