Moussaka

I just loooooove Moussaka!! This is a Greek version although the Turkish and even Hungarian have their own version I like this because of the Bechamel sauce poured on top which gives it a cross-taste similar to that of Shephard's Pie.

Bechamel Sauce

Heat 2 cups of milk
In another pan, melt 1/2 cup butter and stir in 3 tablespoon of flour. Once the flour & butter is throughly combined, add the warmed milk bit by bit while whisking. Add 1 tsp salt & 1 tsp black pepper. Adjust to taste. Once the bechamel sauce cools down, whisk in 2 whole eggs.



Meat Sauce

1 onion
3 cloves garlic

Dice the above ingredients & sautee in olive oil.

500g minced beef
1 tin of diced tomatoes
1 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp oregano
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1 tsp salt

Brown the beef in the onion mixture and add all the ingredients until the sauce is completely dried. Season to taste


3 large Aubergine

Slice the aubergine thinly and coat it with olive oil and sprinkle salt and bake for 5 minutes until the aubergines soften.

Layering

Cheddar Cheese (grated)
2 Potatoes

Slice the potatoes and layer in the baking dish. Cook the potatoes in the oven for 5 minutes. Take it out and start layering with aubergine. Pour over the meat sauce and sprinkle cheddar cheese.

Layer again with aubergine and cheese and pour the bechamel sauce. Sprinkle with nutmeg powder & balance cheese. Bake in 175 degree oven for 45 min to 1 hour.

Baked Macaroni

What to do with leftover pasta from last night's dinner?? Easy...... bake it!
The following recipe was from my balance of about a tray of pasta (3 cups) so please adjust your ingredients accordingly.



Recipe for Baked Macaroni

1 onion
3 cloves garlic

Chop the above ingredients and sautee in olive oil until brown.

1 cup of minced beef or chicken
1 cup mixed vegetables
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
3 tablespoon chilli sauce
3 tablespoon tomato sauce
1 tomato (chopped)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
leftover pasta

Add all the above ingredients and season accordingly. Place in the baking dish. Heat oven to 175 degrees.

Sauce

4 whole eggs (beaten)
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
2 tablespoon tomato sauce
1 tsp chilli sauce

Pour the sauce over the macaroni and bake for 30 min in the oven..



Its firm enough to cut into square..I made this non spicy because of Faris... but usually I prefer the sambal macaroni...

2 onions,
4 cloves garlic
10 stalks dried chilli (soaked)

Sautee the above blended ingredients inoil until fragrant.

3 tablespoon soya sauce
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoon chilli sauce
3 tablespoon tomato sauce

Add the above to the sauteed ingredients & pour in the pasta. Use the same sauce.

Sweet & Sour Fish with Coriander Omelette

Its been raining and here I am thinking about my next meal... i'm so over the Mee Siam stage! Now its rice with something simple so I decided on the classic... Sweet & Sour Fish with Coriander Omelette...

Recipe for Sweet & Sour Fish

2 large piece of seabass (de-skinned & de-boned) or any white fish...
marinated with 1 tablespoon of soya sauce



Batter for Fish

1 egg
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup corn flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 cup warm water

Combine all dry ingrdients together. Add egg and lastly add water slowly while whisking until you get the right consistency.
Dip marinated fish into the batter & fry until golden brown.



Sweet & Sour Sauce

1 large onions cut into wedges
1 garlic
2cm ginger
1 chilli
1 carrot thinly
1 capsicum
1 tomato
1/2 tin of canned pineapples

Slice the onion, garlic, ginger, chilli thinly and sautee in oil. Add chopped carrots, capsicum, tomato & pineapples.
Pour 1/2 tin of the pineapple syrup into the ingredients.

3 tablespoon chilli sauce
4 tablespoon tomato sauce
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 tsp salt

Finally add all the above ingredients to the mix and once bubbling, add 1 tablespoon corn flour mixed with water.

Pour sauce over the fish. Sprinkle a sprig of coriander and serve with rice.



Recipe for Coriander Omelette

4 large eggs whisked
1 tsp salt
1 onion sliced
1 chilli sliced
1 tsp pepper
1 sprig coriander chopped

Combine the above ingredients and fry into an omelette until golden & cooked. Flip over and cooked for another 1 minutes.

Mee Siam Goreng

All I could think of after waking up was how nice if I could have Mee Siam Goreng for breakfast but the coffeeshop menu is limited to lontong, mee rebus, mee siam, mee soto & nasi lemak... bleeaarrghhh

So I ran to NTUC, picked up some items and made my own...





Recipe

1 packet of Vermicelli Noodles ( I use Chilli Brand)
soak it in warm water until pliable

4 tablespoon Taucho (mashed)
2 tsp salt
2 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoon tomato ketchup
chives
1/2kg prawns (deshelled & deveined)
taupok (thinly sliced)
100g taugeh
2 eggs (make into thin omelette & shred for garnish)

Blended items

2 large bombay onions or 4 medium size ones
4 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons dried shrimp (soaked)
10 stalks dried chilli (soaked)
2cm shrimp paste

Blend the above ingredients and stir fry in hot oil until fragrant and 'crispy'. Add the taucho, salt, sugar, tomato ketchup. Add prawns and mix well. Pour in noodles and mix the chilli paste well. Add in chives, taugeh & taupok. I usually fry the noodles for about 5-10 minutes on low fire until the noodles are soft & soaked through. Garnish with egg and serve with a side of sambal.