Sambal Prawns

This is a delicious and tasty dish and can go very well with rice. Before you start cooking this dish, it would be better for you to get all the ingredients ready. The ingredients are as follows:
1. Chilli Bo. You can either buy this from the market, or you can make your own. Cut a bowl of dry chilli into smaller pieces and soak in hot water for a while. Then blend... without the seeds. You can store this in the freezer and use it whenever you need it.
2. Prawns...10 or 12 pieces. Peel and de-vein the prawns first. Cut into two if the prawns are big. Make them easier to eat.
3. Big onions ...4 or 5 big onions. Peel, clean and cut into rings.
4. Garlic....3 or 4 cloves. Cut into small pieces.
5. Assam Jawa ... 3 or 4 tablespoonfuls. Mix the assam jawa with half a cup of water. Add in the assam jawa to taste. Some like the sambal prawns to be a bit sour, and some like just a trace of the assam jawa.
6. Salt to taste.

Heat some oil in a non-stick pan and saute the garlic and the big onions. Put in 3 or 4 tablespoonfuls of the chilli Bo. This will depend on your taste. If you like it hot, just add more chilli Bo. Mix the onions and the garlic together with the chilli. Stir it well. When it is almost done, add in the prawns. Don't over cook the prawns. Add in the assam jawa a little at a time, tasting it all the time, until you get the taste that you want. Don't forget the salt. Scope up the sambal prawns onto a plate and serve.

Try this dish and let me know the results. Enjoy.

Pa.

Seaweed Soup

This is another favorite dish in mummy's recipes. In order to get the authentic taste of the soup, you will have to boil some pork ribs and some chicken meat, usually the breast meat which is quite tough to get a tasty soup. You need to boil the whole thing for about an hour or two. You can put in a piece of ginger to kill the fishy smell in the seaweed. If you have Muslim friends for dinner, you can use one whole chicken to make the soup. And if you are not fussy, you can also use chicken stock for the soup.

Next, you need to wash the seaweed. Normally the seaweed is sold in circular sheets. For a small family you only need one sheet or even half a sheet. If you love to eat the seaweed, then you can put in a bit more. Too much would make the soup too thick and it won't taste nice. Soak the seaweed in a basin of clean water. Lift the seaweed to another basin of clean water with your fingers. Sometimes there would be some sand at the bottom of the basin. Leave the seaweed until you need to put it in.

When the soup is done, you can remove the bones and meat. Knock in one egg and stir until the egg is completely cooked. You will get strings of egg. Then put in the seaweed. Cook for half an hour, and then add in some vinegar. The amount of vinegar will depend on individual taste. Some people will like the soup to be more sour...to bring out the seaweed taste. The seaweed soup is ready to be served. Add in salt to taste. All this will need some practice. Try it and let me know the results. Enjoy.

Pa.