the nyonya attack!

after shedding bucketsfull of tears, sobbing like there's no more tomorrow...
and also pleanty of heartache due to the stubborn nyonya...
i tiba-tiba felt like nyonya-lutionised.. like got influenced a bit dy...
hahahha.. so i went and buy myself this…

This is what we called Mortar and Pestle if you haven't learnt about it yet. In Malay, it's called Lesung Batu.... and to search for this picture i went on a big search for it... and my effort was fultile cause i keyed in 'polar and molar'!! wtf! they gave me pictures of polar bears!!

last weekend i was back in raub... home alone cause ping was busy working... so had nothing to do and decided to cook!

back to the nyonya dishes... kangkung belacan first.. but this version of mine is an improved one... i used the XO Sauce i made recently. it gives the dish a unique twist due to the presense of dried scallops..

next up....ayam pongteh behind the bombastic pongteh name... this is actually some chinese dish that we used to eat at home called 'tau si man kai'...preserved soy bean with chicken... anyhow, i followed the recipe and the dish turned out EDIBLE and nice too... of course with some drawbacks as this is the first time i cooked this dish. with the preparation of this dish i could understand and see the reason why the polar and molar thing.... aiyah.. lesung batu is needed! the gravy damn nice ok!

POints to note: MUST 'man' this dish long enough for the sauce to absorb into the meat/potatoes/mushroom and dont put too much the preserved soy bean paste...