Seared Salmon with Sauteed Butterhead and Mushroom

I blamed MAK CHU for everything that had been happening to me these past few days! She is the one who dragged me into this, till I became addicted! Oh no no no... not that bad kind of addict. This is the good kind of addict! Hahaha... But to be addicted to this good kind of addict is quite hazardous.

I am addicted to LAURA VITALE's website!

What made me fall for her website?

1. I like to watch how she prepares her dishes. It looks so simple yet can make you drool!

2. She cares less of how perfect her end product looks like, but they do look good!

3. I like her bubbly character.

4. I like her kitchen and all her kitchen stuffs.

5. And finally, I like looking at her. To my eyes, she looks like Sandra Bullock and I like Sandra! Hahahaha...

And these past few days, I had been skipping my lunch. I know it is bad but I got carried away watching her videos and how she enjoyed her end product. Funny thing is, that makes me full! Hahahaha....

One of her recipes that I watched yesterday was Seared Salmon with sauteed spinach and mushroom. I was so eager to try out the recipe. With my neighbour Kak Ana, we headed for Giant Supermarket to get the stuffs needed. Unfortunately I can't find any baby spinach and cremini mushrooms. So I had to settle for fresh shitake mushrooms and butterhead salad instead of spinach. Yeah I know, butterhead is salad that should be eaten raw but hey, what choice do I have. That's all I can think about that time! Hahaha... Anyway, our dinner was good. Yummilicious and filling. Above all, it is easy to prepare and doesn't take long. Thank you Laura for this lovely recipe! Will surely try your other recipes too. Had quite a list in mind! *wink*

SEARED SALMON WITH SAUTEED BUTTERHEAD AND MUSHROOM
Posted by MamaFaMi
Source : Laura Vitale 
Serves 4

Ingredients :

4 (4oz each) Fillets of Fresh Salmon
10 oz of Cremini fresh Shitake mushrooms sliced
1 Tomato, chopped
6 oz of Fresh Baby Spinach Butterhead salad, washed and dried
3 cloves of garlic, minced
1 Tbsp of Balsamic Vinegar a squeeze of lemon juice
2 tablespoons of Olive Oil plus 1 tablespoon
Salt and Pepper, to taste

Method :

1. Add the oil and garlic in a large skillet with high sides and preheat it over medium heat, once the garlic is nice and sizzling, add the mushrooms and season with salt and pepper. Cook the mushrooms for 4 to 5 minutes or until they have cooked down, add the tomato and season a bit more with salt and allow it to cook for a couple minutes.

2. Turn the heat up to medium high and add the spinach and place a lid on the skillet and let it cook for a minute or two or until the spinach has wilted. Remove the lid and season with a bit more salt if you feel it needs it, add the balsamic vinegar and just mix everything together so it’s all mixed with the vinegar. Remove the veggies to a plate and cover it to keep warm, set aside.

3. In the same skillet, add another 1 Tbsp of oil and allow it to get nice and hot on medium high, season your salmon with salt and pepper on both sides and place them skin side down in the hot skillet. Cook for about 3 to 4 minutes on each side if your salmon is about 1 inch thick.

4. Set it on your cooked veggies and top with a little fresh parsley.

I've served this with some mashed potato.

For the recipe, please click HERE

And this is Mr Hubby's share...

Have a nice day!

Sweet Sour Fish

T.H.E R.A.M.B.L.I.N.G.S

Assalamualaikum to all. I guess it is still not too late for me to wish all my Muslim visitors a HAPPY EID-UL FITR. I hope all of you had a wonderful Eid.

I had been busy since before Eid. That explains the lack of updates in my blog. Before Eid, as usual, I was busy preparing cookies for orders and also for the family. This year, I didn't bake much, infact I just baked for close friends. Thanks to the haywire blood pressure reading recently. I had to be extra careful before my freedom to take orders is doomed forever. ;)

We went back to Melaka for Eid. I didn't snap many photos as before, so there's nothing much to share. But nevertheless we had a good time visiting family and friends.

T.H.E R.E.C.I.P.E

This was one of the menu that I had cooked during Ramadhan. Thank you to Kak Liza for sharing the recipe with us.

SWEET SOUR FISH
Posted by MamaFaMi
Source : Kak Liza

Ingredients :

1 fish of your choice (cleaned)
salt
turmeric powder

5 shallots - sliced thinly
3 garlic - sliced thinly
1 cm ginger - sliced thinly
Salt
Sugar
Cooking oil

For the sauce :
1/2 cup tomato ketchup
3 tablespoons chillie sauce
1/2 cup water

Garnish with :
2 fresh red chillie - sliced
1 fresh tomato - cut to wedges
1 stalk spring onion and
1 stalk Chinese coriander, cut into 3cm-4cm lengths

Method :

1. Coat fish with salt and turmeric. Deep fry in hot oil until crispy and golden brown. Put on a serving platter.

2. Heat oil. Fry onion, garlic and ginger in heated oil until fragrant.

3. Stir in sauce ingredients and mix well. Bring to a boil.

4. Add salt and sugar to taste.

5. Add tomato.

6. Pour sauce over fish and garnish before serving.

Have a nice day!

Fish and Chips

T.H.E R.A.M.B.L.I.N.G.S

Alhamdulillah... I am still breathing, still standing and mental wise, still sound. Hahaha... It was just too hectic for me these past few days. With visitors, wedding invitation,orders to fulfill and lots more. The peak was last Sunday. I really forced myself to the max. At one time, I felt like I just can't go on because my patience was wearing thin, but Alhamdulillah with Allah's help, I managed.

To all bakers out there, I salute you! It takes such strong will power, patience and talent to be a good baker. And trust me, I am not in that category! I am not being humble but I am talking about reality. I only had to do a set of 25 pieces cupcakes. It was just that the fondant went soft in my hands (yeah right... I'm HOT bebehhhh... ahaks!!!) instead of hardening. That makes the cutting of fondant alphabets is near to impossible as it kept sticking to the cutters. Thank God I still have patience or otherwise, God knows what will happen to the cutters! Hahaha.... So yes, no thank you to owning a bakery shop! Rest my case! Haha...

Anyway, here are the few things that I had made these couple of days. Thank you Nora and Midah for trusting in me with your orders. I just hope that both of you are satisfied....

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T.H.E R.E.C.I.P.E

One fine morning, I went to the Pasar Tani near our house with my dear hubby. When we reached the stall selling all kinds of frozen stuffs like beef polony (Pizza Hut), 1901 sausages, frozen lasagne (Pizza Hut), Turkey slice, white sauce, blackpepper sauce and many many others, hubby was extra interested in the latest product by them, which is Talapia fillets. With the fillets, I've tried Kak Liza's recipe from her 1Hari 1Resipi book. She had used the spiced flour to coat the fish. In my second attempt, I had used just the plain flour. My family prefers the one with the plain flour. I will post both recipes. The one posted in English is my version.

FISH and CHIPS
Adapted from : Kak Liza's 1Hari 1Resipi Book

Ingredients :

2 Talapia fillets
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon pepper
1 cup all purpose flour
1 egg white
enough bread crumbs
enough cooking oil for frying

Method :

1. Wash the fish and pat with kitchen towel. Coat the fish fillets with lemon juice and pepper. Then coat the fillets with flour.

2. Heat the oil.

3. Dip the fish fillets in the egg white and coat with bread crumbs.

4. Fry until golden brown.

5. Drain on kitchen paper and serve with fried chips and coleslow.

The Bahasa Malaysia version is Kak Liza's recipe without any adjustments made. Thank you Kak Liza!

FISH AND CHIP

Dicilok dari : Buku 1hari 1resepi Kak Liza

BAHAN - BAHANNYA :

A :

2 keping ikan Dory

1 sudu teh jus lemon

1 sudu teh serbuk lada sulah

100g brokoli (dipotong kecil)

200g kentang goreng

1 cawan tepung serbaguna berempah

1/2 cawan serbuk roti

1/2 cawan minyak masak

B : (Untuk Sos Lemon)

1 sudu makan mentega

1 biji Lemon (diambil jusnya)

1 sudu teh tepung jagung - dibancuh dengan 1 sudu makan air

KAEDAH PENYEDIAAN - FISH AND CHIP :

1. Goreng jejari kentang hingga kuning keemasan.

2. Sapukan serbuk lada sulah pada permukaan ikan.

3. Tuangkan jus lemon pada ikan dan ratakan pada seluruh permukaan ikan.

4. Gaulkan ikan dengan tepung serbaguna dan ratakan.

5. Sapukan ikan dengan serbuk roti.

6. Panaskan minyak dan goreng ikan hingga kuning keemasan. Angkat dan letakkan di dalam pinggan hidangan.

7. Kemudian rebus brokoli dan tuskan.

KAEDAH PENYEDIAAN - SOS LEMON :

1. Panaskan mentega. Kemudian masukkan jus lemon dan bancuhan tepung jagung. Kacau rata dan tutupkan api.

2. Hidangkan brokoli dan kentang goreng di dalam pinggan berisi ikan.

3. Hidangkan dengan sos lemon.

Have a nice day.

Asam Pedas Ikan Parang

Yesterday, I received an email from Kamelia Hisham the sister of Wan Hafidz aka abgbotak. The mention of abgbotak makes me recall those good old days in Malawi. He was active in his fotopages back then when he was still studying in the UK. His shots were all superb. But what made me remember him is the way he had teased me in one of his entries. In that particular entry, he was putting up some sort of an event (be it real or just joking, I am not so sure). He had listed his committee. And among them is MAMAFAMI! I was incharge of food! Hahahaha... where on earth did I fit in that committee! I am way in Malawi, Africa and they are in the UK. Hahaha... but that really made my day! Thank you Hafidz or shall I say Dr Hafidz for the cheerful memories that you've given to this ol' MamaFaMi. Just wondering, where could you be at this moment....where ever you are, may Allah bless you and your family.

And as for Kamelia, I am not sure if this recipe suits your hubby's tastebuds but I've learnt how to prepare this from my hubby's late grandmom. Of course the taste is not as lovely as his grandmom's cooking, but nevertheless, it's not disappointing... i hope! Hehehe...

ASAM PEDAS IKAN PARANG

Ingredients :

2 pieces ikan parang
6 shallots
2 cloves garlic
1/2 inch ginger
1/2 inch fresh turmeric
2 tablespoons chillie paste
1 teaspoon shrimp paste
1 teaspoon kerisik
enough tamarind juice
enough water
salt to taste
zeal ~ optional
tomato ~ quartered
3 pieces kaffir leaves
oil for cooking

Method :

1. Clean the fish with lemon juice, rinse and set aside.
2. Mince onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric, shrimp paste and kerisik to form paste.
3. Heat oil in a pot and add in the blended paste and fry till fragrant.
4. Add in chillie paste and continue frying. Add in kaffir leaves.
5. Pour in the tamarind juice and stir well. Add in the fish.
6. Let it boil. Flip over the fish.
7. When the fishes are half cooked, add more water.
8. Add in salt and zeal and let the fish cooked.
9. Add in tomato and let it simmer for a while.

ASAM PEDAS IKAN PARANG

Bahan-bahan :

2 keping ikan parang
6 biji bawang merah
2 biji bawang putih
1/2 inci halia
1/2 inci kunyit hidup
2 sudu besar pes cili
belacan sebesar ibu jari
1 sudu besar kerisik
air asam secukupnya
air secukupnya
garam secukup rasa
serbuk perasa - jika perlu
2 biji tomato - dibelah 4
3 keping daun limau purut
minyak masak untuk menumis

Kaedah penyediaan :

1. Bersihkan ikan dengan air asam, bilas dan ketepikan.
2. Tumbuk bawang putih, bawang merah, halia, kunyit, belacan dan kerisik hingga menjadi pes.
3. Panaskan minyak di dalam periuk dan masukkan pes tadi. Tumis hingga naik bau.
4. Masukkan pes cili dan goreng hingga wangi. Masukkan daun limau purut.
5. Tuangkan air asam jawa. Kacau rata dan masukkan ikan.
6. Biarkan mendidih dan terbalikkan ikan.
7. Bila ikan telah separuh masak, masukkan air secukup kuah yang diingini.
8. Perisakan dengan garam dan serbuk perasa. Biarkan didih hingga ikan masak.
9. Masukkan tomato dan biarkan didih sebentar. Siap untuk dihidangkan.

Singgang Ikan

T.H.E R.A.M.B.L.I.N.G.S

I am taking this opportunity to wish all of you RAMADHAN MUBARAQ. May ALLAH grant us with good health so that we can perform our ibadah the best way possible. Amin. My sincere apologies to all if there's any wrong doings or sayings from my side.

Courtesy from google image

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Whenever I said that I am not confident to cook Pindang or Singgang, I'll get simillar feedbacks....Laa senang je ma, nak masak singgang tu. Main lebur je... Translation : It's very easy to cook Singgang. Just chuck everything in the pot! Huhuhu... if only before this, I am that confident, then it'll be a different story now.

Anyway, finally I braved myself to cook Singgang last week. At first nobody touches the Singgang as I had served dinner with sambal and a few other dishes. Hubby ate rice with sambal. Then when he's done eating, he took a sip of the Singgang. A sip after another till 70% of the Singgang is gone! Wahhhh, that makes me a very happy wife! Hahaha... the Singgang wasn't perfect though because I had put in too much salt. Hmm how can that be because I am normally not a salty person! I guess, because I am just nervous.... hahaha..baikkk punya cover line.... Thanks to Kak Liza for the simple yet delicious recipe. I took it from her Senangnya Memasak cooking book....

SINGGANG IKAN
Ingredients :

Ikan selar
3 cloves garlic ~ sliced
2 cm galanggal ~ sliced thinly
2 cm fresh turmeric ~ sliced thinly
5 pieces dried tamarind skin (depends on size)
4 cups water
salt to taste
Bird eye chillie (I had used red chillie)

Method : (my way)

1. Place all the ingredients in a pot, except the fish.
2. When the soup starts boiling, add in the fish.
3. Once the fish is cooked, remove from heat.
4. Ready to serve.

Have a nice day!

Lemak Kobis & Sardin

If you're not meant to do something, then there must be something that will stop you from doing it. For instance, last Sunday when I was having a 'mesyuarat pagar' (gate meeting) with Kak Ana while hanging the clothes to dry, we had talked about starting our morning walks again. So, we had unofficially said that MAYBE we'll start on Monday morning. And yesterday, I overslept! Gosh the way I jumped out of bed (yes I know, it's bad for the heart but do I have a choice!!! Hahaha)! Luckily Syahmi woke up on his own and got ready fast and the way mama 'rempit' to school... well, Syahmi made it on time!

Pesanan penaja : Merempit hanya dibenarkan bila perlu.... muahaha ..... apa punya penaja daaa.....

When I reached home after sending Syahmi, Kak Ana was ready with her jogging attire. With an innocent look on the face, I said to Kak Ana....come let's go to the market. My freezer is almost empty! Hahaha... and Kak Ana, being an angle, accompanied me to the market though she has nothing to buy! What will I do without you kak! Bodek ler tu! Ahakss.... There goes one day or our 'supposed-to-start-morningwalk' thingy....

And today... no no no.... I did not oversleep okay...come on.. I'm not THAT sleepy head! Woke up at good time, sent Syahmi at good time. Only rushed a bit to get mak's breakfast. Once all done, wore my jogging shoes and off we went for our morning walk...BUT.... We walked for less than 300m, then all of a sudden, the rain started pouring! We were soaking wet by the time we reached home. Of course we were wet, because we didn't run, but we were jive walking in the rain...tu la, kecik kecik selalu kena marah main hujan. Ada peluang ni ha.... kami mainlah hujan sepuasnya.... hehehe.....There goes our second day of the 'supposed-to-start-morningwalk' thingy....

We'll see what awaits us tomorrow.....



As for today, I prepared these dishes for Mak and Syahmi's lunch....

Click here for the recipe.



CHINESE CABBAGE IN COCONUT MILK

Ingredients :

Shallots ~ sliced
Garlic ~ sliced
Red chillie ~ sliced
Dried anchovies
Chinese Cabbage
Thin Coconut milk
Thick Coconut milk
Salt to taste
Zeal (optional)

Method :

1. Place shallots, garlic, dried anchovies and thin coconut milk in a pot and let it boil.
2. Add in red chillie, salt, zeal and thick coconut milk. Continue stirring until boiling.
3. Add in the vegetable for a few minutes and remove from heat.





SARDINE

Ingredients :

Shallots ~ sliced
Garlic ~ crushed
Onion ~ cut into rings
A bit of chillie paste
A bit of lime juice
1 can of sardine in tomato sauce
Cooking oil

Method :

1. Heat oil in a pot and add in the chillie paste. Add in the shallots and garlic and fry till fragrant.
2. Put in the sardine together with the sauce.
3. Squeeze a bit of lime juice, if needed.
4. Just before removing the pot from the heat, add in the ring onions.


Warmest regards,