December 21, 2008
Wonder if “Bird-Nest” Auntie will ever want to share her chilli-crab recipe…? It really is one of the best chilli-crab and I’m raving because I’m craving for it!
So, tried my hand in making my own chilli-crab from a recipe I got off the internet. There are many variations and I guess some experimentations are required. It doesn’t taste like Auntie Bird Nest’s, of course…but it will do for now while I try to perfect it and share the recipe then.
Used ready crab-meat instead as I was a bit lazy to have to eat it with the shells
And it case it sucked, there was satay goreng (fried satay or beef with peanut sauce) which is already tried and tested before. A safety net for a weekend dinner at home.
December 21, 2008
My bitterballen, surprisingly became quite a hit since my 1st attempt a few months ago. Already onto my 3rd batch now and it’s looking like this Dutch snack is here to stay! Apparently, they tasted authentic as verified by 2 natives. 2 Dutch can’t be wrong, right!
Perhaps this calls for a side business catering to the Dutch community in Bangkok who craves for some comfort food of nothing less than a good home-made bitterballen!
Here’s the recipe which was slightly improvised:
Home-made Bitterballen
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- 400g minced beef/veal/chicken
- 400 ml of water
- 1 carrot (grated)
- 1 onion (chopped finely)
- 125g butter
- 125g flour
- 1 tbsp nutmeg
- Parsely (chopped finely)
- 1 tspn Wocestershire Sauce (optional)
- 1 beef stock cube
- 1 tspn paprika
- 1 cup milk
- 3 egg yolks
- Breadcrumbs
- Combine beef, carrot onion in water and let it simmer
- Add beef cubes and simmer, then slowly bring it to a boil
- Strain the meat from the liquid. Set aside
- Melt butter and stir in the flour, blending thoroughly to make a thick sauce
- Add in the strained liquid from the meat into the mixture and keep stirring until smooth and till a ragout appears
- Season with salt, nutmeg, parsely and paprika. Add in 1 egg yolk
- Stir in the strained meat into the mixture and simmer for about 10 minute. Add in milk and stir
- Transfer to a container and cool off – add more seasoning to taste if desired
- When cool, roll them into balls
- Separately beat the other 2 egg yolks with some water
- Roll balls into breadcrumbs, then into the egg yolks and back to the crumbs again. Set aside to chill
- Deep fry when ready to eat. Serve with mustard
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December 21, 2008
In support of a green environment, we have decided to have some greenery at home in our balcony. I don’t have green fingers, I probably will unwittingly cause the death of the plants. For crying out loud, I actually killed my mom’s cactus a few years ago by merely touching the spikes!
So, it is all up to Silver Bullet now as he is probably better at it and he enjoys the gardening. We finally bought a bunch of plants yesterday after saying that we should have some plants at home for the longest time! They are lovely and bring about a brighter and cozier home atmosphere.
