Asam Pedas - Nogori style

 update:

made this twice and both times it was just meh.

I tried adjustimg. i think too many bawang. so maybe just 1 bawang besar and no need  bawang kecil.

also need to add serbuk  kunyit

and bawang putih seulas dua, some recipe adda belacan but I would skip dulu.

Then maybe a bit more cili kering cos it was a bit too bland.

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cooking the asam pedas

As you would like have seen in HERE and HERE. One of the dish tha t I actually really like is Asam Pedas Daging.

Last few years, I thought it was also very difficult to find. Still is. If you go to standard kedai nasi campur, chances are you would not find it on the array of offering.

Thankfully though these days there are more and more of those ' specialised' menu restaurants that has made its foray. 

After the failed tries, I try again with a receipe given by my friend, its actually her late dad's asam pedas paste. It was good, it was successful. The only bummer side to that is I dont cook often enough and paste needs to be made in large batch.

So the other day we made a cooking date - me and my cousin. It was successful and using the same recipe, i was able to cook a decent asam pedas on my own too.

So here goes

1 kg meat

bawang kecil (20)

Bawang besar (2)

halia

galanghal

Serai x 3 (ketuk2)

daun limau purut

cili kering

asam jawa

potato

salt

minyak

Black pepper

Blend A:

20 bawang kecil

2 bawang besar

2 inch halia

1 inch galanghal

Blend B:

cili kering x 20 (pedas) - not so hancur

Alternatively can use cili boh?

Method:

Panaskan minyak dalam 3 sudu besar (minyak nak banyak)

tumis Blend A (bwang2) with slow fire

Dah caramelised bawang then add cili blend, cook with slow fire

put in asam jawa satu sudu besar (add half first)

black pepper sikit

Serai

after dah naik minyak, put in the daging, and then air

then potato

and then daun limau purut

Bihun goreng cina

Dalam banyak2 noodle my most favorite is, and will always be, is bihun. Or sometimes called mihun or meehoon.

And dalam banyak2 style goreng mihun, two of my all time favorite are mihun goreng cina and mihun hailam.

Now dalam banyak2 kali buat mi, mihun selalu tak jadi and therefore i lebih rajin buat mee sebab failure rate is lower. :p

Anyhoe, since pepagi dah kena tinggal and takde keta pulak tu, terpaksa la memberanikan diri goreng mihun jugak. Luckily for me, I have everything I need sans the prawns.

Took the recipe from here (Thank you madam!):

http://dapurkakyah.blogspot.com/2012/11/bihun-goreng-cina.html 

My cincai / apa2ygada version:

3 squares of bihun(rendam through out the prep time)
4 ulas bawang putih(tumbuk)
2 ulas bawang merah(tumbuk)
Sebiji cili merah(tumbuk)
1 sudu besar sos tiram
Seekor sotong(potong memanjang)
Isi ayam(Potong kecil)
Sebiji telur
Lada hitam
Lada sulah
Daun sup(potong kecil)
garam
Minyak untuk menumis

What to remember : once dah masukkan and sautee a bit chicken and sotong, add water at this point. And masuk garam siap2.

Then only masuk bihun and the vegs.

Final note, happy that it turned out okay. Definitely can repeat.