: : Granny’s Cooking : :
Was so tired last night that did not put up any pics of granny’s cooking. However, it’s going up today. Typically, a meal would have soup, stew or curry, fish (common for us as Uncle C is usually out fishing during the weekends), one or two veggie dishes and rice. Last nite’s menu was :
Bak Choi Soup with Fishballs
Stir-Fried French Beans with Slice Carrots and Fish Cake
Assam Fish Curry
Bak Choi Soup with Fish Balls
Another clear soup that is easy to make. Bak Choi is like a cross between a lettuce and cabbage. The leaf is very wrinkled but the stem is firm. Granny added in fish balls to it. Basically, it’s cutting the vegetables into rectagular pieces, boiling the water, put in the veggie and fishballs, add salt and pepper and boil until the veggie is soft. Easy.
Stir-Fried French Beans with Slice Carrots and Fish Cake
One of my favourite veggie dish. The French beans is sliced diagonally into small pieces whereas the carrot is sliced very thinly. Although not seen here, chopped garlic is added into the dish. Garlic is added to any Chinese veggie dish to get rid of any unwanted smells and tastes but at the same time acts flavour to it. About 1 teaspoon of chopped garlic is sufficient for this dish. Fish cake was also added in. It’s actually made from fishball paste which is rolled into a rectangle and then deep fried. It is sliced thinly here.
Assam Fish Curry
Hmmmm…. This dish is sweet, sour and spicy at the same time. An all-time favourite. Usually, it’s cooked with fish head as well but as Uncle C didn’t come back with a big fish, Granny used normal fish instead. Assam? It’s a fruit that is extremely sour but adds great flavour in cooking. Assam can be preserved and eaten just like a pickle. Had a great time eating this curry. Did you know curry is great with bread? Try it. That’s why Indians always eat some sort of bread with their curries.