Thursday, 22 June 2023

Simple Recipe - Pork Trotter in Spicy Sour Sauce

This is a dish that I do not know how to appreciate but is one late mom in law style of cooking.  I have not been cooking this for a very long time but is not that difficult to cook anyway.

We call it Tur Kar Chor Zhar Suen in hokkien.

Ingredients

To Blend 

Fresh red chillies 6

Dried chillies 8

Small onion 10

Garlic 5


Cooking Oil

Pounded bean paste - 3 tablespoon

Rice Vinegar - 2 tablespoon

Big Onion quartered - 1

Water

Pork Trotter - blanched in boiling water first

 

Method

Heat up work, pour in cooking oil, follow by 6 tablespoon of blend, bean paste, rice vinegar,  sugar, pork trotter and water. Simmer till pork trotter is soft.



 



Relax in Cameron Highlands

Short and sweet trip to Cameron Highlands with my two sisters and niece.  Vacation has been put on hold for a real long time since pandemic, lock down, no interstate travel and without a domestic helper, all work and no play really makes me a dull person!

Since I have points to clear using my Leisure Holiday membership before expiry on August 2022, so I have booked my favorite place, a cooling and relax place to be.  It was only 3 days 2 nights stay, but my sisters and niece only stayed for a night.

My husband and I arrived first and checked into Green Hill Resort, a walk up apartment with 3 rooms good for 6 pax.  Noticed that the unit has been refurbished.  We arrived about 2 hours earlier than my sisters.  When they arrived, they went straight to Lord's Cafe for the best scone. We joined them there and right after that we went to Cameron Organic Steamboat for early dinner and then Mr Asu for ice cream! You can have vegetarian or chicken soup and 3 sets to choose from. Trying to go night market but the traffic was long,  so we did not manage to go.  Finally my sisters checked into the apartment after a long day.

Next day we went to a shop nearby Cameron Square for a simple breakfast and then visited Walk-up to Siar, a new hostel belong to my sister's friend at Brinchang.  Lunch was at Excellent Food Centre in Tanah Rate Food Court which is opposite Tealive.  The chicken chop was real good.  After lunch my sisters and niece bid us farewell as they need to head back home.  As for me and husband, we had a good nap follow by a very good dinner at Singh Chapati located at Tanah Rata.  We tried try butter chicken masala and potatoes with cauliflower, recommended North Indian cuisine that you must try when you visit Cameron Highland.

Next morning about 9 am we checked out, drove down to the stalls opposite Lakehouse bought some vegetables and sweet corns and then off we drove down to Ringlet for breakfast at Fang Xiang Restaurant before heading to Home Sweet Home.






Simple Recipe - Lady Finger

 A very simple dish and quick to prepare, It is one of hubby's favourite



Ingredient

Lady's Finger - 10

Bean paste - 1/2 tablespoon

1 or 1/2  Lime (depends on size) or 5 Calamansi

Bird eye chilies -  5 (add more if you prefer spicy)

Sugar - 2 teaspoon


Method

Just blanch the lady's finger. Mix bean paste with lime or calamansi juice, sugar and bird eye chilies. Then pout onto lady finger.

There you are a simple dish to go with rice.






Tuesday, 7 September 2021

Simple Recipe - Garlicky Porky

Younger son missed this dish as the other day he wanted to eat but the restaurant was closed and he was not able to order takeaway.

Upon hearing this, his papa straight away said "I know how to cook!"

So I went to buy requested pork neck but instead was given middle pork loin. Sliced them and hubby did the marinate and cooking.

Ingredients/Method

Pork soft part marinate with mirin, pepper, fish sauce and minced garlic. 

Firstly oil hot,  fry minced garlic, set aside. Same oil use to fry the marinated pork. Then put into a plate and mix with the fried minced garlic. 

As simple as that and the garlicky porky turned out to be yummy, was able to sastify younger son's craving!




Thursday, 2 September 2021

Our Project - The Park Bukit Jalil

Being surround by Bukit Jalil Pavilion II, this location is pretty good for stay as there are shops surrounded and you do not need to travel by car at all for whatever you need.

A project that we took on just to supervise the renovation and arrange for interior furnishing.  The first tenant was an IT Management level, a local guy from Klang.

However due to Covid 19 pandemic, Pavilion II project was delayed.  The shop owners are badly affected.