Hi! Welcome to Savourydiary! Sharing with you the daily meal of a normal Malay girl living in the heart of Singapore. I’ll share with you easy and simple recipes which is served in my humble abode. Whatever feeds the hungry tummy yes?

Monday, 12 December 2016

Savourydiary | Stir-fried sliced beef with broccolli


Fry diced garlic, sliced onion, chilli and ginger in butter.
Add in sliced beef and fishball.
For taste, oyster sauce and light sauce. 
A lil' bit of ajinomoto.
Let it simmer and lastly, add in broccoli. 

Wednesday, 23 November 2016

Savourydiary | Mee Siam Goreng Tauchu


Blended Ingredients :

Dried Chilli x 2 handful
Onion x 3
Garlic x 5
Dried Shrimp x 4tbs

Blend them all and fry till fragrant.

Seasoning / Flavoring :

Add in taucu (preserved fermented yellow soybeans)
Sugar 
Salt

For taste.

Add in Mee Hoon
and water till soften.
(Cook in low/medium heat)



Xoxo,savourydiary


Tuesday, 22 November 2016

Savourydiary | Mee & Kway Teow Goreng Basah


Blended Ingredients:
Onion x 3
Garlic x 5
Dried Chilli x 2 handfull
Red Chilli x 5
Shrimp Paste (Belacan) x about an inch
Dried Acetes (Udang Geragau Kering/Udang Kering) x about 4 tsb

Blend all and fry.

Add in meats :
Beef
Squid
Fishball

Sliced or cut in bite size.
(Quantity wise, up to individual. To me, the more the merrier.)

Sauces:
Oyster Sauce
Soy Sauce
Sweet Sauce

For flavor and dark colour.
(Quantity wise, following individual taste bud. If you prefer your noodles to be red, skip this. If you prefer it to be darker, add more.)

Seasoning:
Ajinamoto
Fish cube
Salt
Sugar

Add according to individual taste.
Add in Mee Kuning / Kway Teow

Lastly, Add in Veggies.
Usually with Sawi.



Xoxo,savourydiary


Monday, 21 November 2016

Savourdiary | Over at Granny's


Over at Granny's.
Masak Semborono.
All in one go. 




Xoxo,savourydiary

Savourydiary | Swedish Meat Ball

Savourydiary | Swedish Meat Ball




OM NOM NOM!

Savourydiary | Try Rock 'N' Peri

Tried the Rosemary Lambloin.
Serving is HUGE! 
Well, compared to the typical western shop at a Kopi Tiam.

Nice serving for one.
Sure ain't enough for me.

The Lambloin is cooked medium-done.
Still juicy and fatty! 
Om-nom-nom.

Was served in the hotplate.
Whereby the pepper sauce is still dancing on it.
The pepper sauce has flavor not just pepper I guess.
With bits of herbs?
But I'll prefer my sauce to be thicker?
But the taste is GOOD! 

The veg is served partly boiled?
Best eaten with chilli sauce and the pepper sauce served. 

Lots of ONIONS fo' sure!



Location : 
Ang Mo Kio Teh Tarik
Block 728 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6



Xoxo,savourydiary

Savourydiary | Try The Ramen Stall


The Ramen Stall , Bugis

http://www.theramenstall.com.sg/useruploads/files/menu.menu/theramenstallmenu2016falrpdf.pdf
The Ramen Stall | http://www.theramenstall.com.sg/useruploads/files/menu.menu/theramenstallmenu2016falrpdf.pdf

The Famous Volcano Ramen is a must try they say.
With the spicy level of 1 to 3.
And for those spicy lover, ask for extra chilli and they will be glad to give you more.


 
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The Ramen Stall | http://www.theramenstall.com.sg/useruploads/files/menu.menu/theramenstallmenu2016falrpdf.pdf

Savourydiary | The Ramen Stall Unagi Don
We ordered our all time favourite, Grilled Unagi Don and a side of Miso soup.
Grilled Unagi Don is Grilled Eel in sweet sauce and Japanese sticky rice.



Savourydiary | Oyakodon 

Along side with Oyakodon.
Basically, it is crispy fried chicken cutlet with scrambled egg cooked the Japanese way.
With their special sweet sauce and bonito flakes.
On the cucumber there is this reddish looking thing.
That is young ginger!
Its paired nicely with this dish.
Yummeh!
And this, is selling at SGD$9.90.
Savourdiary | The Ramen Stall Kimchi Chiken

And for myself!
I ordered one dish : Kimchi Chicken which is SGD$9.90 and a side of Japanese Plain Rice at SGD$1.50. My whole mean : SGD$11.40.
WORTH EVERY PENNY!
The Cabbage is crispy.
Cooked with diced chicken chunks ( i assume the same chicken for the crispy chicken cutlet, which is cut into smaller pieces)
It is almost like sweet&sour chicken.
But it is with Kimchi. 




http://www.theramenstall.com.sg/Promotions/9/0/1/page_content.html


The Ramen Stall (Halal)
787 North Bridge Road, Singapore 198755

Operating Hours:
Monday – Friday5pm – 6am
Saturday, Sunday & P.H12pm – 6am


For enquiries:
Tel: (+65) 6655 0800
Email: feedback@theramenstall.com.sg


Xoxo,savourydiary


Savourydiary | When you're undecided

We fried yellow noodle and kway teow seperatedly.
Heat up leftover sambal kupang and pucuk turi (turi shoots) masak lemak (in coconut milk).
And eat it all up! 
Yummy! Whatever feeds the hungry yes? 

Xoxo,savourydiary


Savourydiary | to-go Fried Chicken






My to go Fried Chicken today will be................

Chicken wings and drumlets
Turmeric Powder
Salt
Pepper
Crushed Red Peppers
Sesame Oil


Xoxo,savourydiary



Savourydiary | Aromatic Pandan Rice in Coconut Milk





Cooked Nasi Lemak again last night.
But this time round, a bigger serving.

Ingredients:
6 cups of Jasmine Rice
(Rinse and wash till the water is clear)
2 x 500ml coconut milk = 2 box of coconut milk
4.5 cups of water
4 tsp of salt for taste
1 cinnamon stick
2 x star anise
6 x pandan leaves
Stir all in the rice cooker and let it cook as usual.

For full recipe with sambal and side dishes, http://savourydiary.blogspot.sg/2016/10/savourydiary-nasi-lemak.html


Xoxo,savourydiary



Savourydiary | Chicken Feet in Soy Sauce



Sliced Ingredients:
Onions x 3
Garlic x 5
Ginger x 5cm
Red Chilies x 3

Sauces:
Soya Sauce
Sweet Sauce
Oyster Sauce (Maggie Brand)

How to:
Fry the Chicken Feet in hot oil.
**Caution:It will splatter**
With the oil, fry all the sliced ingredients.
Add in the chicken feet.
With all the sauces.
Add water and let it cook in slow heat.
The longer, the better. 
Have patience. hehe.

Enjoy! 

Xoxo,savourydiary

Wednesday, 16 November 2016

Savourydiary | Ketam Masak Lemak Chilli Api Hijau

#Savourydiary | Ketam Masak Lemak Chilli Api Hijau

Flower crab cooked in spicy coconut gravy paired with Sambal Sardine,
It's the bomb!
It is so sedap! I tambah 2 times! 

Bought 4 flower crab from Sheng Siong and cost only $12.
Worth the buy! Managed to choose all female crab filled with it's egg.

Picture from http://www.123rf.com/photo_30877235_steamed-egg-red-crab-gourmet-seafood.html

YUMMMEH!!

What to do with the crab?

Picture from http://web.vims.edu/adv/ed/crab/guts3.html


Remove the carapace (the shell of the crab)
Cut in half by the center and cut another half. Leaving 2/3 legs on each parts.
Remove the gills (the dirtiest part as it will be muddy)
Cut 1/2 of the leg removing 2 parts of it
Cut away all sharp edges so it is a fuss free meal.

Now, blend in oil some 
Green bird's eye chilli
Shallots
Garlic
Tumeric
And fry till fragrant.
Add in smashed lemongrass and few pieces of lime leaves.
Pour in pieces of flower crab and coconut milk.
For flavor, 2 tsp of salt / Fish stock and 1 tsp of sugar.
Let your crab turn from blue to orangey-red and it's ready to be eaten!

Xoxo,savourydiary





Thursday, 10 November 2016

Savourydiary | Nasi Ambeng

Let's try them Nasi Ambeng!

This stall, is operating as Nasi Padang stall from 10am - 3pm daily.
And transform itself to Nasi Ambeng stall from 5pm - 9pm.


What we ordered?

1 pax Nasi Ambeng worth SGD$13.00.

What we got?
2 pcs of Ayam lemak. (Mind you, not the small pieces!)
Sambal Sotong
Telur Masak Belado
Bagedil
Ikan Kering
Sambal Goreng (Tahu,Tempe,Kacang Panjang)
Urap-Urap
Serunding

Decided to share 1 set and realised that..........
The dishes is still too much!
And decided to order 1 extra rice which cost $1.00.

In conclusion,
SGD$14.00 Nasi Ambeng for 2 Pax.
Worth our every penny!


Visit them at:



12 Kallang Ave, Aperia #02-11,
Singapore 339511

My Spice Affair
+65 6702 2785

#Savourydiary | Support Donald!

With all the news of Donald VS Hilary.
All my tweets of how hatred,racist and what's not was invited when Donald became the president.
How US rates is going down down down.
And stocks are decreasing by 3%.

OKAY!
Nuff' said.
HAHAHAH!
I'm sorry guys!
I'm not following up with the US Election.

Love me still?
Xoxo,savourydiary

Savourydiary | 4 Fingers

4 Fingers Crispy Chicken!!!!!!!!!!!



Been repeating myself to my partner,
"You need to try 4 Fingers! It's good."
And it takes us months. MONTHSSSSSS. 
To finally eat em'.
Reason being, the queue if forever LONG.
Not of their slow or bad service. 
It is just that, it is so good.
Customer are always coming back for more.

Was walking around Plaza Singapura,no.
Actually,we were checking out the clearance sale of John little.
Which ends on 2nd January.
And their items are really going on super great deal!
Mostly 30% off!
(Do check em'out and help em'clear their stocks.)

And I got super cranky.
Well.......... I WAS HUNGRY!
What you expect! HAHAHHAA!

And we decided,
"Let's check out 4 Fingers!"

SURPRISINGLY!
The queue was short.
Thank goodness!

Now, lets get your hands dirty and eat those yummy chickens! 


The MUST HAVE!
Is their chicken. 
Try em' both!
Spicy and soy garlic flavor.
Ask for extra sauce on the chicken.
Its soooo crispy,juicy and you should try it!
6 piece shared by us,
uh-huh. You're right. It's not enough!



The Katsu Chicken Burger which was introduced by my friend.
OHHHHHHHHHHHHh GAWDDD!
Its the chilli crab buns (if yknow what i mean).
With crispy chicken chunks and kimchi!
That's right!
Kimchiiiiiiiiii!

We were so quite during this meal,
we hardly even talk.
As we were enjoying our meal.
I guess? or were we just too hungry?
hmmm, whatever feeds the hungry tummy yes?

Xoxo,savourydiary


Wednesday, 9 November 2016

Savourydiary | Swedish Meatball


#Savourydiary | Swedish Meatball

Home made meatballs for today! 

Bought 2 packs of frozen minced beef from Sheng Siong. 
Added in 
1 Minced onion
Bit of Parsley
1 Beef cube
1 Tbp of Black pepper
Breadcrumbs
1 Eggs
Ground nutmeg
Garlic Salt
1 Tbs of corn flour

Roll them into balls and this is ready to be fried in butter. 
Let the meatball cooked in medium heat till one side is golden-brown before changing sides.
All cooked, remove meatballs from pan.

Aside, I've managed to boil some pasta to be eaten together with the meatballs.

In the same pan, add in butter or olive oil if needed.
Fry minced onion and garlic.
Add in some sliced mushroom.
Add in Heavy cream, beef cube or salt for taste.
If its too runny for your liking, add in mozzarella cheese.
What am I saying? 
Just add in mozzarella. 
Who doesn't love cheese aite?

And this, is ready to be eaten. 
Pour some pasta on your plate together with the sauce and sprinkle some parsley.

Let me know what you think?
Is this nice?
Or nicer than the meatballs at I_EA? 
To each it's own. 

Happy Midweek people! 
Enjoy this yet another simple meal! 





Xoxo,savourydiary




Thursday, 27 October 2016

Savourydiary | Thai Steamed Fish



In this cold, damped weather. It's nice to be slurping in the soury-spicy gravy of the Thai Steamed Fish.
The delicious and aromatic fragrant of the ingredients is so appetizing! It will make you have a second serving!
Get the freshest ingredient possible. I chose mine at Sheng Siong Supermarket.
The fishes are still swimming in the tank kind of fresh! 
Best is, if you could actually catch a fish while fishing. *heart eyes* 
Its so so so fresh the fish absorbs the flavors so well.

What to do?
In a medium pan, heat oil.
Saute minced garlic, fresh young ginger, onion.
Till it changes color and starts to fragrant.
Add tamarind juice, fish sauce, plum sauce and water for the gravy.
Let it boil and thickens a little.
Pour over a whole seabass. (BEST CHOICE of fish is sea bass)
Slice lemons, lemongrass, tomato, chilli padi , corriander leaves.
Put it in the steamer and let it steam till the fish is cooked. 
Best served with plain white rice and a side of omelette.


Try em' and tell me how you like it. 
Happy trying! :) 





Xoxo,savourydiary

Savourydiary | Rainy Thursday


The weather has been nice of lately.
The frequent rainfall these days, 
makes everything looks gloomy and blue.
Its a good weather to be wrapped up in the comfort of you warm duvet.
Sipping through hot coffee.
Taking more naps.
Savoring a delicious warm bowl of soup.





Wednesday, 26 October 2016

Savourydiary | Stir-fried Macaroni with Beef Strips

#Savourydiary | Stir-fried Macaroni with Beef Strips

It's all about macaroni today!
What you need?
Butter or olive oil to saute the minced garlic.
For me personally, I love the taste of butter so much.
I'd use extra. Hehe.
Chopped some chili padi.
Diced some onions if you like.
Chicken cube.
Sliced fishballs.
Add all in the pan.
Keep stirring them under medium heat.
And pour in your macaroni.
Season to taste. 

For the Beef strips,
Store bought marinated beef from Coldstorage.
Cooked in medium heat in a bit of butter.

For the sauce,
Bottled black pepper sauce,
oyster sauce
salt 
pepper
BBQ sauce.

Let's dig in!





Xoxo,savourydiary











Savourydiary | Sweet, Spicy Fried Macaroni

#Savourydiary | Sweet, Spicy Fried Macaroni

And....no, I didn't spell it wrong.
That's how we've been pronouncing it. Ma-cro-ni.
HAHAHHAHA.

It's a wet weather here in Singapore.
Been raining the entire evening yesterday.
Decided to whip up this dish after being stranded for 3 hours due to the bad weather.

As soon as i reached home, had my macaroni boiled.
Fry the chilli paste till dry and fragrant.
Everyone started sneezing and we all thought it was due to the cold weather. 
But, relax, its just the chilli. hehehe.

Add in Chilli sauce, tomato sauce and oyster sauce.
Just a heads up, season your food as you go.

Keep the chilli paste frying.
It will start to reduced.

Add in chicken cube if needed.
Sugar to taste.

Your meaty ingredients and don't forget your green vegies! :)
Fishball,crabstick, fishcake and hotdogs goes very well with this.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand,
I realise, I don't give you measurements do I?
It's because I don't really measure my ingredients.
Follow your heart and your unique sense of taste.

In Syaa Allah, your food will turn out nice.
To each their own unique taste. 





Xoxo,savourydiary






Tuesday, 25 October 2016

Savourydiary | Ngoh Hiang

# Savourydiary | Ngoh Hiang

Remember my previous post on Ngoh Hiang?
Yesterday, I decided to, "let's try this out."
This isn't the original/authentic recipe to follow but it taste as good.
We had so much fun making this. 
By we, I meant I asked my partner for help. 
Help in the most tedious step : rolling the Ngoh Hiang. 
HAHAHAHA.
So ladies, ask your kid to "play around" the kitchen and asked them to help you out. 
I'm sure they will have as much fun as you're eating the end product.
hehe *winks*

In a bowl, mix :
 Minced chicken and prawn,
Salt and pepper,
Diced carrots(originally used water chestnut) and onions,
and the KEY INGREDIENT : CHINESE FIVE SPICE
an egg and a bit of flour
roll em' in popiah skin ( originally used beancurd skin )

and FRY THEM! 
Dip in Dark Sweet Soy Sauce.

YUUUUUUUUUU-MMMEEEEEEY!
It's CRISPY and full of distinctive flavors.






Xoxo,savourydiary




Savourydiary | Tulang Masak Merah

# Savourydiary | Tulang Masak Merah

What's for Lunch today?
Tulang masak merah!
It is bonesteak cooked in chilli.

Usually, when you are in Singapore, you will enjoy this dish at Beach Road.
Where there's many Indian-Muslim stalls that sells this.
But, today I'm sharing with you the Malay style of cooking Tulang Masak Merah.
Which has lesser food coloring.

First thing first.
Boil em' bonesteak in big pot of hot water.
This process, will take about an hour or more. 
(The amount of patience you need for this dish. Advisable not to cook it when you're feeling faint of hunger. HAHHAHAHAHA)

While boiling,
Fry the chilli paste till fragrant and reduced.
Add in tomato sauce / tomato puree ( following what you have in your kitchen )
Chilli sauce
Salt / Beef cube
Sugar
Thick slices of ginger
Put in the bonesteak and few cups of water and let it boil.
Let the bonesteak absorb all the ingredients.

Andddddddd,
YOU'RE READY TO EAT!
Best served with french loaf or any bread you have. 






Xoxo,savourydiary





Monday, 24 October 2016

Savourydiary | Nasi Lemak

#Savourydiary | Nasi Lemak

Nasi Lemak is a Malay fragrant rice dish cooked in coconut milk and pandan leaves.
Often served for breakfast in many stores but to many Malays here in Singapore.
It's a rice dish. It's eaten anytime! :)

To cook the rice, just remember this ratio. 1:1.5, 2:2.5, 3:3.5. 
Well, that is the rule of thumb for me. 
For rice more than 3 cups, I've not tried yet. hehe.

For the Nasi Lemak:
Add 3 cups of rice to 3.5 cups of liquid.
In which, 1 box of coconut milk + the remaining amount to fill the liquid.
You get me yeah?
Pandan Leaves
3tsp of salt
1 x Star anise
1 x cinnamon
2 x bay leaves

Trust me, when it starts to steam, wow! It will make you hungry.

For the Chicken:
The basic, most authentic recipe yet so simple.
I guess, most Malay homes have used this recipe.
Simply mix turmeric power with salt.
And deep fry em' chicken.
(oh, this works for fishes too)

For the Sambal:
Fry Chilli paste with belacan (shrimp paste)
Add sliced onion(optional)
Sugar, salt and a bit of tamarind juice. 

Side Dishes:
Normally, eggs, anchovies and cucumber.

But, let me show you what this simple dish is all about!


Fry some instant nuggets, seaweed chicken, of left overs hard boil eggs. 
This dish is so versatile, if you're soooooooooooo erm, *cough* lazy *cough*
Eat the rice with omelette.

Try em' and tell me what you think. :)




Xoxo,savourydiary