Fried Petai (smelly beans) with Dried Shrimps Sambal

This is my favorite dish. I can finish 2 bowl of rice with this dish. Smelly beans has high content of amino acid, hence after consuming these yummy beans, it is detectable from your breath and pee for at least 2 days. Your poor friends and family will also have to deal your heavy flatulence effect. Hehe...but I just like this. 

Ingredients:
- 1 cup Dried Shrimps Sambal

- 1/2 cup petai

- 2 tbsp oil

How to cooks:

Clean and wash petai, heat oil in a wok and fried until fragrance (use more oil if necessary).

Add dried shrimps sambal, and stir about 1 minute.

 Serve hot with rice.

Dried Shrimps Sambal

Dried shrimps sambal commonly known locally as “hei bi hiam” is a very popular condiment in Singapore and South East Asia. It’s commonly used in stir fries with long beans, kangkong, petai (smelly beans) etc. It's also go well with rice and bread.

Ingredients:
- 100gr dried shrimps (minced/mashed) *
- 10 shallots (minced/mashed) *
- 10 red chili/dried chili (minced/mashed) * **
- chilli padi (optional)
- Sugar

* You can blend the ingredients also. 
** if using dried chili, remove the seed and soak with hot water until soft.

I am using mortar to minced the ingredients, that taste better than blended.

How to cooks:
Wash and slice shallot and chili, put aside.
Rinse dried shrimp, put aside.
Minced/blend all ingredients coarsely (separately).

Mixed minced shallot and chili, heat 5 tbsp oil in a wok and fried about 1 minute (use more oil if necessary).

Add dried shrimp and fried about 1 minute, add sugar and salt to taste. (You may not want to add salt depending on preference because the dried shrimp are already salty.)

Apple And Pear Pork Ribs Soup

I’ve always love using fruits in cooking and finally I try this. It turns out to be one of the most tasty and refreshing soup I’ve had! It is a very nourishing yet tasty soup. The natural sweetness of the soup is pure bliss.

Ingredients:
1 apple fuji
1 pear
300g pork ribs
1 tbsp sweet almonds (南杏) – also known as sweet apricot kernels or seeds
1 tbsp bitter almonds（北杏）- also known as bitter apricot kernels or seed
2 candied dates (蜜枣）
15 red dates (红枣）
5g yu zhu (玉竹）
2 tbsp dried scallop
1000 ml water

Core the apple and pear, then rinse and chop them into 8 wedges for each one. Set aside

 Rinse pork ribs, blanch it over boiling water. Dish up and set aside.

Rinse candied dates, sweet and bitter almonds, red dates, yu zhu, and dried scallop. Set aside.
Put water in a cooking pot and bring it to a boil. When the water is boiled add in all ingredients in the pot. Switch to low fire and simmer for another 1 hours.

Turn off heat. Add salt to taste. Serve.

Steam Grey Mullet Fish (黑鱼） with Garlic & Shallot

Grey mullet is a saltwater fish that is often overlooked by most people. It is cooked like sea bass, yet is no relation to the former, but is not similar in taste or flavor. It is comparable to sea bass on sight and can often be substituted for sea bass in recipes.Very easy to find and it is very inexpensive. You can just steam it with little bit salt. For garlic and shallot lover try the following recipe......

Ingredients:
1 medium grey mullet ( (黑鱼) about 500gram
10 garlic-chopped
10 shallot-slice
3 chili-optional

Sauce:
2 tbsp oyster sauce
2 tbsp soya sauce
2 tbsp water

How to cooks:
Clean the fish, make three cuts along the body of the fish on both sides and put into a heat-proof dish.
Fried garlic and shallot until fragrance or until turn to golden brown color, remove from wok.

Arrange fried garlic and shallot on top of the fish, add chili and sauce.

Steam for 8-10 minutes (make sure the water is boiling rapidly before you place the fish in the wok)
Remove from the wok and serve immediately.