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Tuna is always my favorite food. But recently I developed a symptom of feeling unwell when I smell half cooked fish. I cannot stand the fishy smell. So I avoided eating fish for a while, unless it is well seasoned and well cooked. I also started to eat rice porridge frequently as it does helps to comfort my stomach. This simple rice porridge does helps to reduce bloating problem and is also easy to make. But it cannot be eaten alone and must be accompanied with other meal made with meat and vegetable.  I have been thinking on what should I cook to partner with my porridge. Fried anchovies, egg in soy sauce, fried chicken came to mind.  At last  I found a slice of boiled tuna in the fridge and quickly decided on this menu which is soy sauce and ginger tuna. It is a recipe of fried tuna cooked in soy sauce paste until the paste is reduced and dried. This tuna dish has less fishy taste and smell as it is coated with many flavorings and cooked two to three times.  U...

I can say that fried fish is cooked almost everyday for our lunch menu. Be it turmeric fried fish, unseasoned fried fish or boiled fried fish, lunch may not feel complete without it. In the restaurants also there will be crispy spicy fried fish or crispy turmeric fried fish in trays for the costumers to choose for their lunch menu. Hot and crispy fried fish is a very suitable partner to the hot steaming white rice. And today I am going to share the turmeric fried fish recipe for people who have not tried this dish yet to try them. It is a quite easy recipe. The taste of this fried fish is, soft inside and crispy outside. Some people love their whole fried fish to be crispy until the bones become edible. Some prefer it less crispy. Usually this fried fish dish is crispy outside and a bit tender inside. The marinade add flavor to the fish and in the same time decrease the fishy taste of the fish. The crispier the fried fish the less fishy taste it will have. The fish used also must b...

Canned sardine is a versatile food which we can use to cook many dishes. There are several types of canned sardines, such as sardine in oil and sardine or tuna in tomato sauce. The way it is processed made sardines bones to be soft and edible. This makes the canned sardine more convenient to be consumed and also simplified the fish sandwich making process.  Today I cooked a simple dish out of a canned sardine. This is initially my father's recipe and we eat this with rice. I call it Canned Sardine Soup. It is a thin soup made with some spices and canned sardine with its tomato sauce. Even though it is thin in consistency this soup is flavorful. It is suitable to be made for lunch, dinner and during weekend. Lets check the recipe.   Ingredients 1 canned sardines in tomato sauce (400 to 500g) 7 cloves garlic 3 dried chilies cut in 1 inch long and soaked 5 minutes in hot water or 1 teaspoon paprika 1/2 tablespoon black pepper powder or 1 tablespoon ...

Kerabu is a type of salad in Malaysia. I think in Thailand there  are also similar dish like this. It is a form of vegetable, fruit and or meat salad which are finely chopped and mixed with other ingredients and flavorings such as grated coconut, coconut milk, nuts and many others.  Kerabu is really tasty when eaten with rice.  It is good eaten along with curry, and gulai. One of the kerabu recipe is Sambal Pauh which I will translate as Spicy Fish and Mango salad. Even though it is called sambal it look and taste more like salad.  Sambal Pauh is a dish which contains a combination of spicy, salty, fishy, a hint of sweet and sour taste. These combination of taste maybe enough to satisfy our taste buds. Maybe that is why many people just eat it alone with rice.  This dish can be side dish to curry or gulai, or become the main dish, only with rice.  Ingredients 1 medium size fish (usually mackerel is used) 1 small unripe mango 1 teaspoon chili paste 1 or ...

Solok Lada (so-lock la-da) or Stuffed Chili is a side dish along with Nasi Kerabu (Kelantanese Salad Rice). It is also can be eaten along with rice and gulai or curry. It is a dish made from big green chili (usually a type of chili we call solok chili) filled with flavored grated coconut and fish.  The taste of solok is creamy, a bit spicy, salty and sweet. However the spiciness of the chili has been largely reduced because the chili is cooked and the seeds are removed before stuffing in the coconut filling. Usually sardine and mackerel fish are used to make Solok Lada.  Solok Lada is delicious when eaten with Nasi Kerabu which has a mixed flavor from fresh minced vegetables and herbs, spicy coconut sauce (tumis), grated coconut sambal and budu (anchovies sauce). It is also accompanied with sambal air lada (chili sambal), and any meat of choice. Solok is also delicious when eaten with rice and gulai, a curry like gravy which is usually cooked with meat, fish and c...

Malay/English We usually eat fish curry 5 to 7 times a month. Yesterday my mom and Ichah (my 7 years old niece) and my brother went to night market and bought a spanish mackerel fish head. Ichah was the one asking her grandmother to buy the mackerel as she wants my mom to cook her favourite fish soup. So my mom bought 1 slice of mackerel for Ichah and mackerel fish head for us. So when her aunt found the mackerel fish head this morning she went and cook fish head curry. This is a recipe which I always use to cook thin fish curry (fish curry that used little coconut milk). This fish curry recipe is the one I obtained from trial and errors and combination of recipes which I got from here , here and here . Those recipes are all good and delicious, but I made some changes and combinations to suit my family's taste and also based on the ingredients I already have at home. There is another fish curry that I always make, I call it Kelantanese fish curry. It is a bit differ...

Fish in tamarind sauce is a dish I always cook when we bought big sized fish. There are many versions of it. This recipe is the one that I have learned from various recipes and made some adjustments to suit my family taste.  The strength of the dish is the taste of herbs and balanced combination of sweet, salty and sour taste. Combined with deep fried fish with crispy edges, it produces a delicious taste. I like to garnish it with cilantro stem and leaves as it added fresh herb taste to the dish.  We eat this fish in tamarind sauce with rice. Usually when I cook this, I don't cook other additional dish. The type of fish used to cook this fish in tamarind sauce depends, usually sea bass and grouper are used. In this recipe I used two torpedo scads.  Ready in 1 hour Ingredients Meat 1 kilogram fish of choice Marinade 1 inch ginger 3 cloves garlic  1 teaspoon salt Some of the ingredients.  Tamarind sauce 7 cloves garlic...

Ikan percik or grilled fish with coconut sauce, is a very delicious dish which is always eaten with rice. The sauce has a creamy texture with the taste of lemongrass and black pepper. This percik can be made using various types of fish like Indian mackerel and catfish. I think that soft and fatty fish will results in a better percik.  Ready in 45 minutes Ingredients 200 gram fish of choice 1 inch ginger for marinating 2 cloves garlic for marinating 1 teaspoon salt for marinating 1 inch ginger 3 cloves garlic 5 shallots 5 stalks lemongrass 1 tablespoon black pepper 250 ml coconut milk 2 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt Methods Marinate fish with marinade ingredients for at least 30 minutes Meanwhile prepare the sauce. Grind shallot, garlic, ginger, lemongrass and black pepper.  Heat pan and add in coconut milk. Add in the ground ingredients. Stir occasionally. Cook until the sauce reach a cream like consistency and add in salt ...

Canned sardine is one of the food which I will search when I feel lazy to cook or having appetite loss. It is easy to cook, and can be used to cook many different food. I like to fry or saute canned sardine or make canned sardine sambal. These cooking contain spicy, sweet and sour taste which will make a delicious partner to your white rice.  This is an easy recipe which I always make and eat with rice. It is a simple recipe, and can be eaten with bread. It is also can be used as pizza topping and puff filling, and also bun filling.  Ready in 15 minutes Ingredients 1 small canned sardine in tomato sauce 1 onion (diced) 3 green chili (sliced) 3 cloves garlic (crushed) 1/2 cup tamarind juice from 1/2 tablespoon tamarind 2 tablespoon cooking oil 1 teaspoon soy sauce Salt to taste Methods Heat cooking oil in a pan.  Add in crushed garlic. Stir until become half golden and aromatic.  Add in tamarind juice.  After 1 minutes add in can...

Boiled fish is product of a method of preserving fish for later use. It is a simple process of boiling the fish with some flavorings. The basis ingredients used are salt, water and tamarind peel. Some people add vinegar to get firmer texture. Boiling process will alter the taste of the fresh fish a bit as flavorings are added in the process.  The types of fish which are usually used to make the boiled fish vary, but the most common are tuna and sardine, and also Indian mackerel.  Purpose There are many purpose or you may say benefits of boiling fish before storing it. Some of the benefits are as below. Preserving the fish The main purpose of boiling fish is to preserve it from becoming bad, for those who do not own refrigerator. But it must be re-heated daily to prevent it from becoming bad in the next day.  Preserving the taste and texture of fresh fish The other purpose of boiling fish is to preserve the taste and texture of the fresh fish before keeping it in the fridg...

Tuna in Chili and Soy Sauce with my mom's doily in the background This is one of my favorite dish to eat with rice. It has a combination of spicy flavor from chili, ginger and garlic flavor, sweet and also sour from onions and tamarind. I like to eat only this dish with rice and some fresh vegetables or acar because it gives a clearer taste of the dish. Enough sourness is the key to the tastiness of this dish. Here Tuna is called 'Tongkol' fish. But in some area, it is called 'Aya'. 'Aya' fish. Tuna is beneficial for our health. Some articles claim that it does help our brain to function better. I don't know whether it is true or not. But one thing that I am sure about Tuna is, it is delicious. (^.^) This recipe is for one to two servings. And it is delicious when eaten with rice. It is a simple recipe which you can make when you don't feel like cooking. I like to add lots of sliced onion to it, and if you like you can also add sliced pepper ...

Singgang is a type of Malay soup made with galangal, tamarind peel and garlic. The soup is clear and it should be cooked by using fresh fish to obtain an optimum fish flavor. Usually mackerel and tuna are used to make this soup. There are many versions of Fish Singgang recipe, some uses onion in it and some add turmeric. In this entry I will share the basic clear Fish Singgang recipe.  Singgang dish is best served on the next day when the taste from all ingredients are well mixed and released into the soup. This soup is recommended for those who are pursuing a healthy life style. The omega-3 fatty acid in the fish is good for health, plus garlic and galangal are well known for its health benefits. Plus, chili contains vitamins and tamarind peel is said to be good for treating high blood pressure. This dish use fresh ingredients and bring out the fresh taste of it. If you have not eaten Fish Singgang yet, you may wonder how does it taste. It is a clear fish soup with the combina...