Sambal Goreng / Sambal Goreng Boontjes

In de Maleisische keuken zijn er een paar verschillende Sambal Goreng - Sambal Goreng Pengantin, Sambal Goreng Jawa, Sambal Goreng Tahu & Tempeh, Sambal Goreng Kacang Panjang...

Hier heb ik Sambal Goreng Tahu (zonder tempeh) gemaakt want mijn familielid houdt niet zo van tempeh. :) De tempeh die je hier kan kopen is in een groot verpakking. Het is dan te veel voor mij alleen. In Singapore is de verpakking kleiner en met een banaanblad. Dus ruikt de tempeh lekker.

Tempeh - https://crystalbyblog.wordpress.com/category/deep-fried/

Ingredients for 4 people :

(A) To be blended;

3 red chillies

1 stalk of lemongrass 

about 1/2 cm of galangal (Laos)

2 red onions, 5 pieces of garlic

(B) To fry :

half block of tofu (from Jumbo), cut into smaller pieces first then fry

Tempeh (original recipe), cut into smaller pieces first then fry

A few pieces of prawns

Other ingredients:

500g green beans (Sperziebonen) - cut slanting

1 stalk of red and green chillies (optional, cut slanting)

Fried onions

a little bit of tamarind juice

coconut milk - Ik gebruikte 2 eetlepel kokospoeder

salt

Method:

1) Heat up some oil in the wok and fry (A) till fragrant.  

2) Add the green beans, tamarind juice, coconut milk and a bit of water. Fry the green beans till    they are cooked. (I prefer my vegetables to be crunchy and not soggy. So it depends on your    preference.)

3) Add salt to taste, (B) and red and green chillies.  Stir fry for a while.

4) Add fried onions as garnishing. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Karipap / Curry Puff

Een lekkere populair hartige snack in Singapore en Maleisië. Curry puffs zijn een beetje te vergelijken met samosas - heerlijk gevulde hapjes in bladerdeeg. Curry puffs hebben altijd een hartige en pittige vulling en zijn toch nét allemaal weer iets anders.

(1) Ingrediënten:
500 g aardappelen (geschild en in kleine stukjes gesneden)
200g ui
200g gehakt 
4 eetl vlees kerriepoeder (mengen met een beetje water tot een pasta) 
1 el gember en knoflook pasta
3 kruidnagels, 3 kardemom, 1 inch kaneelstokje
2 el olie
lente-ui, kerrieblaadjes
zout



(1) Ingredients:
500g potatoes (peeled and cut into small dices) 
200g onion
200g chopped
4 tablespoons meat curry powder (mixing with a little water to form a paste)
1 tbsp ginger and garlic paste
3 cloves, cardamom 3, 1 inch cinnamon stick
2 tablespoons oil
spring onion, curry leaves

salt

 (2) Method:
- Heat up oil in a frying pan.
- Fry cloves, cardamon & cinnamon stick until fragrant. 
Add garlic & ginger paste & curry paste & continue 
frying. 
- Add meat & cook for about 3 minutes. Add in
potatoes & cook until they are soft. Add water when
necessary.
- Finally add in onion, leaves & salt.
When the filling is done, let it cool completely.

(3) After folding the pastry, I brushed the top part of it with oil. 
     Follow the instructions on the box for the temperature and duration. 

Cincau / Grass Jelly

Do you know what cincau/grass jelly is made of?

I used to just buy cincau/grass jelly from the wet market or supermarket in Singapore without giving it much thought of what it's made of. 
I have never seen the ready-made ones here and was pleasantly surprised to see the cincau powder sold at the Toko. (I've never seen it before in his shop before.) And so my 'experiment' began...

I discovered that Cincau is made from the leaves shown above and there are also many medicinal properties of these leaves, which you can read at the link.
http://www.herbs-medicine.com/2016/01/benefit-cincau-leaves-for-healing-and.html#

Anyway, what did I make it with?

A typical Cincau drink (with syrup) and the other with soya milk. I was surprised when one of my friends in Singapore told me about the MJ drink - black/white (soya milk with cincau). I had to try it, of course and I must say it tasted GOOD! Even my boys enjoyed it!

Would you try it? I'm yet to convince my husband to try it. ;)