Savourydiary | Sambal Sardine

#savourydiary sambal sardine

SAMBAL SARDINE

Sambal sardine is preserved sardine in tomato sauce cooked with a Malay twist. It is one of the few dishes that I learnt from my grandma when I first started cooking. 

Ingredient	What/how to do
Chilli paste	Boil 1 handful of dried chilli, tossed and blend it with 2 red onion.	Chilli paste / cili kisar
Onion	Sliced	www.quickanddirtytips.com
Garlic	Smashed	jumboprawn.com
Green Chilli	Sliced	www.dreamstime.com
Chilli padi	Optional	ewehouse.wordpress.com
Curry leaves	For the extra oomph	www.healthbenefitstimes.com
Tamarind juice	1 tbs of tamarind to 1/2 cup of water	halalmarket.sg
Sardine	I prefer the Ayam Brand	redmart.com
Fish cube / salt		www.knorr.com.sg
Oil	For frying

How to:

Heat wok and start frying the blended chilli till it’s fragrant and reduced. Add in onion, garlic, chilli, curry leaves till fragrant. Pour in sardine and tamarind juice. Add in fish cube / salt for taste. Let it simmer for about 15 mins and its ready to eat! Best eaten with plain white rice or bread. 

Have you tried it yet? 

Xoxo,Savourydiary

Savourydiary | Ayam Lemak Berhiris

#savourydiary ayam lemak berhiris

AYAM LEMAK BERHIRIS!

Chicken cooked in coconut cream gravy. Another simple dish I promise! :)

There are different variation of this dish but this is the one I’m sharing today. On lazy days and when I’m rushing for time, this is the to-go Malay dish.

Ingredients:

Red onion

Garlic

Ginger

Turmeric

Chilli – red, green, birds eye (basically any chilli)

Lemon grass (remove the green section, use only the bulb)

| slice all the ingredients |

Chicken (fry the chicken with turmeric powder and a bit of salt)

Oil (any oil but today I’m using coconut oil)

Coconut cream and water (1:1)

Chicken cube / salt

How to:
Heat your pot with oil. Fry all the sliced ingredients. Once it changes colour and the fragrance filled your kitchen, pour in the chicken and put in chicken cube. stir together and pour in coconut cream and water and stir. Wait for it to boil and wala~

Your meal is ready to be served! Best served with plain white rice. Enjoy!

What’s cooking next?

Xoxo,savourydiary

Savourydiary | Chicken Rice Recipe

# savourydiary Chicken Rice

Today, I'll be sharing with you my chicken rice recipe that was taught by my friend. It is easy and tasty!

This is the follow up from the previous recipe, Savourydiary | Chicken Soup/Broth.

Chicken Rice:

What you need	What to do	Time
3 cups of broth/soup  3 cups of rice  Salt  Sesame oil	Combine all and cook in rice cooker	25mins

While waiting, prepare your chickens. I have the "steamed" chicken and the roasted chicken. Well, both is to my liking. 

From the broth, remove the chicken and you get the "steamed” chicken. hahahah. I personally have not tried any nice "steamed" chicken and never enjoyed eating them. I found this as an alternative. We'll make do okie? Heh.

Roasted Chicken:

What you need	What to do	Time
Chicken from the broth Oyster Sauce Blackpepper sauce Sesame oil / Butter / Oil	Mix well and put it in the  oven / air fryer	15 mins

Simple right? So easy to cook 1 dish (chicken soup / broth) and use it to make into another 3 sides (chicken rice, "steamed" chicken and roasted chicken)

Hmmmm. Let me add on 1 more sides! My all-time favourite chicken rice chilli sauce.

Chicken Rice Chilli Sauce:

What you need	What to do	Time
Chicken broth/soup Red chilli + chilli padi Lemon / Lime juice Sugar and Salt Ginger	Blend all and bring them to boil.	5 mins

Let's try cooking and see if it turns out as delicious as mine! :)

Till the next recipe,

xoxo,savourydiary.

Savourydiary | Chicken Soup/Broth

 

#savourydiary chicken soup or broth

Ingredients	What to do?	Time
1 x Halal Sadia Chicken	Defrost in water Cut through its joints into 4 or 6 piece	30 mins 10 mins
3 x Red onion 5 x Garlic 5cm Ginger	Grind / blend Fry in oil	5 mins 5 mins
Potatoes Carrots	Peel and cut	5 mins
Celery Fried Shallots	For garnishing
Salt Pepper Chicken cube Water Oil	For taste x 2 For frying

#savourydiary choice I usually buy Sadia Chicken from Sheng Siong supermarket as it is smaller and feeds perfectly for my family of 4. www.luluwebstore.com For this recipe, I prefer using red onion but if you’re left with the other kind, I guess it won’t make much of a difference. You’re hungry aren’t you? www.pinterest.com Old ginger gives off a stronger taste but young ginger will do the work too. Just add in more. By more, I meant by 2cm and not double the amount ok? www.foodsubs.com Chicken cube usually using Knorr brand. www.knorr.com.ph
While defrosting your chicken, prepare all the other ingredients. Like taking out your pot and heating it in medium to low heat. As for me, I personally love to use rice cooker to cook this dish. Then start grinding / blending, peeling and cutting all the other ingredients. Start frying the onions, garlic and ginger in oil (about 5 table spoon) on medium heat. Once you smell the fragrance filling up the kitchen, place in the chicken together with the chicken cube. Let the chicken be ¾ cook. Pour in water roughly a little more till it covers the chicken and add a bit of salt and white pepper. Leave it and let it boil away. (That’s why I like using rice cooker for this.) While waiting to boil, clean your kitchen. Multi task ok? Take a quick shower or do your laundry. Once boil, remove 3 cups of broth/soup in another bowl. (this is for the following recipe) Add in potatoes and carrots till soften and remove from heat. Garnish with some celery and fried shallots for the extra oomph! And it is ready to eat! Main Dish Eaten with Sides Chicken broth/soup Rice Any noodles even pastas! Sunny side up and Chilli kicap Stay tune for the next recipe! xoxo,savourydiary.

What's cooking?

Ever since my friend cooked for me chicken rice, I realize how easy it is to cook this meal. Really fell in love with this meal as I just have to prepare a main dish (chicken broth / chicken soup) to get 3 dishes. Interesting right?

Estimated time taken is about 30 - 45 mins depending on how fast your broth boils!

This recipe and how to cook will be updated tomorrow! Let me share my way of cooking with the working mummy or anybody who would love to prepare home cooked meals but is also multi-tasking with other house chores.

Step by step chicken rice recipe will be updated from the time you defrost your chicken.

Hear from me soon!

xoxo, savourydiary. 

# savourydiary Chicken Rice #