Mung Bean Curry (Green Bean Curry)

In my mind, green bean normally we cook for the sweet soup. Today I know it also can cook for the curry. Let see what ingredient have to prepared

Ingredient:

- 1 1/2 cup Mung Bean (Green Bean)

- 2 tps Turmeric Powder

- 2 tps Salt

- 3 clove Garlic (smash)

- 2 pcs Chili Padi

- 2 tbsp oil 

- 2 pcs Potatoes (Chu in small Cube)

- 1 tsp Chili Powder

- 1 tsp Fish Curry Power

- 2 tsp Chicken Curry Powder

- 3 pcs Tomatoes

- 4 tbsp Tamarind Water

Tempering Ingredient :

- 1 pcs Onion (Cut Slice)

- 1 tps Mixed Spice seed

- 3 tps fennel seed

- 1 Inch Ginger (Fine Chop)

- 1 Stalk Curry Leaf (Cut Slice)

- 1 Stalk Coriander (Fine Chop)

- 5 pcs Dry Chili (Cut half)

- 1 Stalk Curry Leaf (Cut Slice)

Instruction:

1. Heat a pot with 6 cup water, then add in the Mung Bean

2. Add in the turmeric powder, salt, garlic,chili padi and oil. Let it boil

3. Add in the potatoes and let it cook a while. 

4. Then add in the tomatoes and continues boil

5. Add in the Fish Curry Powder, Chicken Curry Powder and Chili Powder and continues cook

6. Heat another pan with oil to prepare the tempering. 

7. Add in the mixed spice seed, fennel seed and slice onion.

8. Add in dry chili , ginger and coriander and cook until the onion turn to brown color. 

9. Last add in the curry leaf and stir then can leave fire.

10. Back to the mung bean there, pour the tamarind water and cook about 2 min. 

11. Add little bit hot water into the tempering and pour it into the mung bean pot and stir well then can be served. 

Sardine Sambal

Let try to cook the Sardine Sambal. It so delicious, after add others ingredient together. 

Ingredient :

- 1 can Sardine (Ayam Brand 425g) 

- 1 pcs Tomatoes (Slice Cut)

- 4 clove Garlic (Fine Chop)

- 5 pcs Shallot (Fine Chop)

- 4 tbsp Tamarind Water

- 6 tsp Chili poweder

- 1 tsp Turmeric Powder

-  Water

Instruction:

1. Heat a wok with oil then add in the fine chop garlic and shallot.

2. Add in the tomatoes and cook for a while.

3. Add in Chili and Turmeric powder and pour in 1/3 cup water and let it boil until the tomatoes smash.

4. Add in the Can Sardine and add 1/3 cup water and let it cook.

5. Last add in the tamarind water and cook 1 to 2min then can be served. 

 

Chapathi

Stay at home too long time, no idea what food have to eat. Today my son Pāṭṭi teaching me to do Chapathi for ours dinner. 

Chapathi is Indian flat bread with whole wheat flour, salt, water and oil. It can pared with many type of Indian dish. We pared with Mung Bean Curry and Sardine Sambal

Ingredient:

- 500g Whole Wheat Flour / Atta

- 3 cup Water

- 2 tbsp Butter

- 1 tsp Salt

- Ghee

Instruction:

1. Add the water, butter and salt to boil.

2. Add the Whole Wheat Flour in to big bowl and slowly add in the boiled water and mix it well

3. Then start to knead the dough about 5 min to 8 min, then let the dough rest about 10min. 

4. Divide the dough into small portion and start to spread it into a round .

5. Heat the pan and start cook.When small bubbles appears  in top part, turn the other side cook until both sides gets brown spots.  Slightly press the sides with spatula then it will help the chapathi to puff up. It takes about roughly 2 minutes. 

6. Both side can apply some ghee then put in the container keep. 

Bean Paste Steam Fish (酱蒸鱼)

Every Chinese Family also will keep a bottle of Fermented Bean paste or Taucu sauce at home. Because it so simply to use it to cook a dish and fast.

Today i'll use it to steam fish, let what others ingredient have to prepare. 

Ingredient :

- 1 pcs fish 

- 3 tbsp Fermented Bean Paste (Taucu)

- 2 pcs Chili padi (Fine Chop)

- 1 inch Ginger (Fine Chop)

- 10 clove Garlic (Fine Chop)

- 4 pcs Shallot (Fine Chop)

- 3 tbsp sugar

- 1/2 cup water

- 1 stalk coriander (for Garnish )

Instruction:

1. Heat the wok with oil, add in fine chop shallot and garlic, then add in ginger and chili padi. 

2. Add in the Fermented Bean Paste (Taucu) and the water and keep stir.

3. Add in the sugar and keep stir , then taste it. In between you can adjust the bean paste salty taste you like or add in sugar to reduce the salty level. 

4. After cook keep it aside. 

5. Use another wok add in water to steam fish. After the water boil only add in the fish. 

6. First 5min take out the fish and throw the fish water. 

7. Add in the cooked paste on top the fish and steam another 10 min to 15min. (depend the size of fish)

8. After the fish steamed, heat a little bit oil and pour on top of fish then add in coriander then can be served.