Woku Ikan Manado

WOKU IKAN MANADO

2 ekor ikan

1-2 tomat besar ( dipotong dadu ) 

3 cm jahe

5 cm kunyit

3cm lengkuas 

garam dan gula

5 cabe merah besar ( iris kasar ) sesuai dgn selera 
3 cabe merah rawit ( iris kasar ) sesuai dgn selera 

DAUN ( DIHIRIS KASAR )

 3 daun pandan 

2 batang serai geprek  

3 daun jeruk 

2 genggam kemangi atau sesuai selera

2 daun bawang 

BUMBU ( BLEND )  

3 kemiri

8 siung bawang merah

5 siung bawang putih

CARA:

* Cuci bersih ikan.

* Haluskan semua bumbu, hiris rempah daun.

* Panaskan wajan, tumis bumbu yg telah diblend, jahe, lengkuas, kunyit, cabe besar hingga beraroma.  

* Masukan tomat, daun serai, jeruk, pandan kemangi aduk hingga bumbu tercampur rata. Tambahkan air secukupnya masukan ikannya dan daun bawang.

* Biarkan mendidih hingga air menyusut dan masukan garam dan gula ikut selera masing2.

* Bisa nambah kemangi lagi ikut selera anda sebelum angkat.

* Woku ikan Manado siap disantap.

Curry Mackerel with Banana Flower

Ingredients:-
4 pcs Cut Mackerel
200g Banana Flower, has been boiled over
3 tbsp curry powder, add water into paste
4 shallots
3 garlic
4-5 fresh chilis, optional
4 slices of fresh old ginger
2 slices of galanga / Lengkuas
1/4 tbsp Tumeric powder
1 tbsp coriander powder
1/4 tbsp cinnamon powder, optional
pinch of clove powder, optional
2 cardamom, optional
500ml Water, as needed
100ml Concentrate Coconut Milk
Coriander Leaf for garnish
Salt, Sugar & Chicken granules to taste


Method of Cooking Banana Flower :
- Prepare and cook banana flower first.  Heat a soup pan with half water and sprinkle with generous salt, boil away.  Add in the banana flowers cook until it is soft for about 20 to 30 minutes.  Drain water and keep banana flower aside.  Cooking Banana Flower can be done few days ahead of cooking the curry. After cook, can be refrigerate up to few month with a air tight container keep in the freezer.

Method of Cooking Curry Fish & Banana Flower:
- Heat wok/soup pan.  Add cooking oil and sautee garlic, shallots and all spices into one and gently stirring it till aromatic, add in Curry paste, mix well till aromatic.

- Add in coconut milk and 200ml water let it simmer and fish and banana flowers and another half of the water.  Let it cook with lid cover low fire until banana flower and fish are cooked through.  Add salt, sugar and chicken granules to taste.

- Dish up and served with hot rice. and garnish with coriander leaf.

Curry Fish

02.08.2012- Batam. Curry Fish is just as easy as cooking curry chicken.  Here is my simple recipe. You can add any kind of vegetable as you desire.  I love my curry fish with eggplants and lady fingers.  

INGREDIENTS:-
Mackerel ( cleaned and cut into pcs )
1tbsp Mustard seeds
4tbsp Curry Powder ( Mixed 3 or 4 tbsp water to curry powder into paste )
2pkt Coconut Milk Powder ( Fresh coconut milk is recommended )
1pcs Fresh Red Chili ( seeded and halved )
5pcs Shallot
3pcs Garlic
4 slices Ginger
Water ( optional )
7pcs or more Lady Fingers ( whole )
2 Eggplants (cut )
Bunch of Curry Leafs

Salted, Sugar and chicken granules to taste

Method:-

*Used morter/ Hand blender shallots, garlic into paste or fine.  Heat Oil in wok and sauteed paste and ginger, mustard seeds, curry leafs until fragrant.
*Add in Curry Paste sauteed till fragrant.
*Add in coconut milk let it combine, simmer gently and add in Mackerel and Red chili mixed well.  Add in more water if you want or the sauce getting little too dry.  Add in Lady Fingers and eggplants let it simmer for 20mins until eggplants are soft.  Season with salt, sugar and chicken granules to taste.
*When all cooked, dish up and served with warm rice.

Assam Pedas Fish Fillet

It has been ages when i had my last assam pedas at home, last night my Assam Pedas cooking was MA-MA-MIA..... a good one and very satisfying!! My food judge Husband, he really enjoy eating them, can see from his extra portion of rice!! but it really was a successful cooking. How would l know it was good? i compare to the best assam pedas in town. Its easy to become your own judge, once you use eat out, eat any kind of food everywhere, anywhere from the lowest to the finest restaurants, not affraid to try different cooking, trying same cooking from different quality of cooks, you will know how good is your own cooking and way you go judge yourself.

anyway, Assam Pedas fish can use whole fish or fish fillet ( up to you basically). Last night, I was using fish fillet, it was easy to eat and no worries of the little bones.. i think i will prefer to use fish fillet for my next assam pedas too. My ingredients are very simple, easy and fast to cook, so here is my recipe and enjoy cooking like i do!! :)

INGREDIENTS

600g fish fillets

5pcs lady fingers cut into pcs ( you can add bringal too )

quarter bunch of daun kesum/laksa leaves ( if you prefer this much ....) or else u can add lesser or more if you like too.

1pc bunga kantan

air assam jawa/tamarind juice

water

BLENDED INGREDIENTS

1 small onion

4 shallot

5 garlic

5-6 dried chili

SEASONING

salt & sugar to taste

dash of chicken powder

1tbs coriander seed/powder

METHOD

* clean fish and cut in small pcs and put aside.

* head wok, put in blended ingredients into hot oil, stir well till aromatic. add in bunga kantan, laksa leaves and lady fingers, stir and mixed well and add in air assam jawa/tamarind juice stir well and put in seasoning and mix well, taste and stir and add some water, slow fire and close lid let it boil for 2-5 mins till aromatic. open lid and taste.

* once all mixed well and seasoning well, put in fish fillet stir and mix, close lid let the fish cook for 1-3 mins or so. Open lid stir mixing, taste and dish up, served hot.

NOTE : if the taste is too sour/sweet/salty/sauce dry up/too thick, or you simply prefer to have more sauce please do add some more water. if too much water into sauce then put seasoning to taste.

Happy cooking!! :)