Sotong Kangkung Recipe | Squid Salad

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English version and one minute video below :)

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❤️

Otak-otak Recipe

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Nak buka daun kelapa pun 

Satanya tak sesegar

During the first MCO, I was having problems wih Food Panda apps or portal. Local dish or small businesses are mostly are present in there. Adik loved and missed waffle from the kiosk, and sometime the tasty kaya balls. After we settled on the important matters, on the way home, we stopped by the kiosks place to fulfil adik wish. Looking at the place, the feeling to breathe fresh air became so clear and essential, suddenly:) 

We went out and order Fried banana cheese, Waffle with chocolate and peanut butter. Suddenly we saw Terengganu and Johor delights, we orderred Satar and Otak-otak. Unexpectedly, we stay longer when the latter food we ordered came ready first. We ate while waiting the other orders to be ready. After that moment, I was looking and asking for recipe of Satar and Otak-otak to make it at home. I had my first Sata at the Foodtruck Park at Jalan Ampang, and been loving it ever since. 

For the Karipap recipe, I asked from my aunty. As for Lempeng Pisang, I saw my uncle's recipe in a flight magazine. So we'll keep first the below Otak-otak recipe. 

Ingredients for grilled fish paste

2 tbs ground chillies

1/2 big onion

4 lemon grass

Buah keras or Candlenut 2 pcs

(grind the above and sauteed all with 2 tbs oil) 

Main ingredient

2 cups of ground fish

1 egg

1/2 - 1 cup of thick coconut milk

1 tbs tumeric powder. 

Pour coconut milk bit by bit make sure not so watery. 

2 tbs tepung jagung

Method:

Sauteed items mix with main ingredients. Salt and sugar to taste. The paste alike laid on the coconut leaves. 

Then, grilled for about 10 minutes I think. After I made some I will update the recipe here. 

Salam Friday with full barakah ❤️

Ketika PKP yang pertama, apps Foodpanda saya menghadapi masalah. Makanan lokal atau peniaga kecil lebih banyak di food panda berbanding portal lain. Adik suka waffle biasa tu yang kekadang bersebelahan dengan kaya ball. 

Selepss uruskan hal hal penting, kami singgah di warung untuk mengotakan permintaan adik. Bila tengok tempatnya, rasa nak hirup udara luar. Kami pun keluar, order Pisang goreng cheese, Waffle chocolate, ternampak pula Satar ikan, pertama kali makan Satar di food truck park kat Jalan Ampang tepi Ampang Park yang telah roboh tu. Sedapnya tak terhingga. Masa lalu di bawah pokok ternampak, order terus, sekali harung dengan Otak-otak. Cepat pula siap Otak-otak dibanding dengan pesanan yang lain. Sambil menunggu kami perkena dulu Otak-otak  dan Satar. 

Jadi saya tercari-cari juga resepi simple untuk dibuat sendiri. Resepi Karipap saya dapat dari mak cik. Resepi Lempeng pisang pula dapat dari Pakcik tapi bukan dari dia sendiri tapi resepinya tertulis di majalah lapangan terbang. (Flight magazine). Okaylah, kita simpan dan catat resepi otak-otak dulu. 

Resepi Otak-Otak

Bahan tumis:

2 sudu besar cili  - kalau nak pedas, boleh tambah

1/2 biji bawang besar

3-4 batang serai 

buah keras disebut kalau letak 2 biji

2 sudu besar minyak 

(untuk tumis, bahan di atas di mesin atau di kisar) 

Bahan utama:

2 cawan ikan di mesin halus 

saya cadang nak guna dory hehe.. 

1 biji telur 

1/2 – 1 cawan santan pekat 

Tuang santan sambil gaul  dan agak agar tak terlalu lembik. 

2-3 sudu besar tepung jagung

1 sudu besar serbuk kunyit. 

Caranya:

Bahan yang telah ditumis digaul dengan ikan dan campurannya.  

Gula dan garam secukup rasa.

Letak isi yang digaul sebati atas daun kelapa.

Bakar 10 minit atas bawah. Nanti saya cuba, baru tahu berapa lama.

Salam Jumaat yang penuh barakah InshaAllah. ❤️