Traditionally, Pong Teh is a special dish served to loved ones during special occasions like celebrations or family gatherings in Malaysia. INGREDIENTS:
1 Whole chicken
1/2 Cup shallots
1/2 Cup garlic
2 Tablespoon preserved bean paste
1 Tablespoon brown sugar
1/4 Cup dried mushrooms, soaked to soften
2 Potatoes, cut into medium-sized chunks
3 Tbsp cooking oil
500ml water/chicken stock
1 tsp salt
DIRECTIONS:
Blend the onions and garlic together into a fine paste.
Heat up the cooking oil in a deep sauce pan.
Sauté onion garlic paste and over medium fire,
Keep stirring to prevent the paste from sticking to the pan.
Sauté for about 3 minutes, add in the bean paste and continue to sauté.
Lower the fire and sauté the mixture until the oil surfaces.
Add in the mushrooms and potatoes, sauté for a few more minutes.
Add in the chicken, mix evenly until the rest of the ingredients are completely combine.
Simmer until the chicken is partially cooked.
Pour water or stock, add in brown sugar and salt.
Simmer for another 15-20 minutes or until gravy thickens and potatoes are tender.
A sour fish soup dish using tamarind extract, vegetables such as, string beans, radish and kangkong. Serve with hot rice and lemon chilli fish sauce for seasoning INGREDIENTS:
1 Kilo shrimp
3 Large Tamarind
6 Pieces string beans
10 Stalks Kangkong
3 Long chilli
1 Onion
3 Tomatoes
Fish sauce
4 Cups rice wash
Salt to taste
DIRECTIONS:
Boil tamarind fruit in rice wash to soften.
Extract the juices from the tamarind.
In a deep pan or casserole, boil rice wash or water.
Add the tamarind juice, onion, tomatoes and radish. let it boil and season with salt.
Lower fire into medium heat and add the string beans, green long chilli, kangkong and shrimp
Simmer for 5-8 minutes or until the shrimps are done.
Deep fried fish sautéed in sweet & sour sauce. sauce is a blend of sautéed garlic, onions, ginger, pineapple juice, brown sugar, bell peppers, carrots and cornstarch which thickens the sauce. INGREDIENTS:
1 red snapper
1 can of pineapple chunks, separate juice.
1 thumb size ginger, cut into strips
2 carrots
1 green or red bell pepper
1 onion sliced
2-3 garlic cloves chopped
1 stalk celery
1/3 cup soya sauce
1/3 cupvinegar
2 tablespoon cornstarch
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 Cup water
Salt
Ground pepper
Vegetable oil
DIRECTIONS:
Wash fish & drain, season with salt.
Fry the fish in a large pan until golden brown and crispy.
Drain & set aside.
In a bowl mix water, sugar and cornstarch, for sauce thickener.
In a sauce pan, sauté ginger and onion.
Add soya sauce, pineapple juice & vinegar.
Don’t stir, let it boil.
Add carrots, celery, bell pepper and pineapple chunks.
Simmer for a few minutes or until vegetables are done.
Pour the cornstarch mixture, and season with ground pepper.
Keep stirring until the sauce becomes thick.
Arrange the fish in the platter and pour the sauce over fish.
Another Filipino delicacy, made by stewing pork in vinegar, chili peppers and pig's blood. Can be made hot and spicy, and best serve with rice or puto.
INGREDIENTS 1/2 Kilo pork 1/4 Kilo pork stomach 1 Cup pig’s blood 2 Tablespoon oil 1 Onion 2 Cloves garlic 1/2 Cup vinegar 1 Teaspoon salt 3 Green long peppers 1/4 Teaspoon dried oregano DIRECTIONS :
Boil pork stomach in a casserole until tender.
Heat oil in saucepan, sauté the garlic and onion.
Add pork, boiled sliced stomach and sauté for another 5 minutes.
Lower the heat, simmer uncovered until water is gone and pork are tender.
Strain and pour the pork blood, mix well and simmer for 10 minutes.
Add in vinegar do not stir and cover for a few minutes.
Add green long pepper, keep stirring and cook until desired thickness.
COOKING TIPS:
Cube pork blood can be a substitute for fresh one, cut in a small cubes and put in a blender with enough water and blend.
Pork stomach is just an option, a substitute for intestine.