Sotong Kangkung Recipe | Squid Salad

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Pensediaan dengan menunggu selalu terkantoi. 

Sabar itu, separuh dari iman, jadi teruskan hingga sotong kembang

Waiting to get ready is such a pain. 'Paitence is half of iman' as one hadith said; Therefore, I continue to wait till the dried cuttlefish rehydrates. 

The feeling of going to Penang Island, and lavish the famous dish at Gurney Drive hawker center, none other than Sotong Kangkung. The adventurous feeling of going thru and fro' from the hotel to the eatery via trishaw is memorable luxe.

Talking about Kangkung brought me back to my childhood memory about a story from my mom hiding in a river using Kangkung stalk as an air passage enabling her to stay long enough without loss of breath.  Such an amazing and unique discovery of people in oldies. Whilst we think of eating, even during processing. Not even looking at it closely. If I ever have a chance show the kids how a kang kung plants look like. Oh! for a sake of eating, too focused.. hehe. 

We bought the water crest. Once the kangkung brought in the house, I stood up and took out the dried squid, soak in abu water, soak it for at least 5 hours before the pieces rehydrate. You can also get them ready at wet markets.

I had second thought and end-up keeping the soaking squid in a container with lid instead. I couldn't stand the strong smell which was so inviting to pests I guess. I even recite the Ayatulkursi to prevent any critters from coming, and go far away instead. The next day, the processed continues. I washed the squid and boiled it as well as the green vege, tossed and cut them to bite size. 

Place the green first, cut squid on top, the last but not least the sauce. The sauce  was made out of a fruit sauce called rojak gravy which has prawn paste as one of the ingredient.  I mixed rojak gravy 2 tbs, chillie sauce, tomato sauce, soy sauce and chunked nut to sprinkle and also roasted sesame. Not forgetting malacca sugar. 

Cuttlefish and water crest gravy recipe

2 pieces of dried cutttlefish

2 packs of Kangkung

2 tbs prawn paste or rojak gravy

1 tbs chillie sauce

1tbs tomato sauce

1 tbs soy sauce

1 tbs  brown sugar

Chunked fried peanuts

A bit of roasted sesame seeds 

Mixed well, or cook well. 

Sayang selalu,, ❤️

Perasaan siapa yang tak terbawa ke Pulau Pinang, ke medan makan di tepi laut.  Order air di  pintu lain, duduk di depan kedai lain, kenalah rajin ber-'catwalk' ke sana sini di Gurney Drive. Cekup beca, balik hotel, mewah rasa.

Bila bercakap tentang kangkung, teringat emak cerita dia duduk dalam sungai, batang kangkung dijadikan salur udara, kan batang kangkung macam straw, berlubang di tengah.. Unik kan perjumpaan orang dulu-dulu! Manakala, kita ni nak makan ja, tak sempat nak belek-belek, sekurangnya tunjuk la kat anak mmm anak lidah, anak lidah..nak telan je hehe..

Kang kung di beli hari yang nak buat. Kang kung masuk dalam rumah ja, saya bangun keluarkan sotong kering yang dibeli tahun lepas. Buka plastik, ambil besen, letak 2 keping atau 2 ekor sotong kering dalam besen dan masukkan air abu, berapa liter, jap tanya pakar, dicampur air biasa., Rendam  selama 5 jam minima. Saya tukar dalam bekas yang ada penutup sebab tak boleh tahan baunya. Baca ayat kursi juga untuk hindarkan pest, makhluk perosak suka akan bau yang wangi biasa menjadi sasaran. Risau, proses sotong kangkung tetap diteruskan..

Esoknya baru dicuci, direbus. Kangkung juga begitu, dipotong bahagian akar, basuh, direbus asing. Isi sotong yang empuk, dipotong besar yang boleh masuk mulutkan. Sama untuk kangkung.

Untuk kuahnya, tiada petis udang, diganti denga kuah rojak madu, sos tomato, kicap manis, sos cili, gula melaka

Resepi kuah Sotong Kangkung

2 Bungkus kangkung

2 keping sotong kering

2 sb = sudu besar kuah rojak madu

1 sb sos cili

1 sb gula melaka

1 sb kicap

Kacang goreng tong heng (aci kan?) 

Sedikit Bijan disangai

Campur semua, mula nak masak. Tak jadi, semua sos, kalau petis tu kena masak. 

Berselera betulkan makanan orang asia ni. 

Love always❤️