satay

recipe from:
http://www.rasamalaysia.com/2006/09/recipe-chicken-satay.html

Ingredients:

4 chicken legs and thighs or 4 chicken breasts (deboned)

Seasoning Paste:

1 teaspoon of coriander powder
2 stalks lemon grass
6 shallots (peeled)
2 cloves garlic (peeled)
4 tablespoons of cooking oil
1 teaspoon of chili powder
2 teaspoons of turmeric powder (kunyit)
4 teaspoons of Kecap Manis (ABC brand from Indonesia recommended)
1 spoon of Oyster Sauce (Lee Kam Kee brand recommended)
Bamboo skewers (soaked in water for 2 hours to avoid burning)
1 cucumber (skin peeled and cut into small pieces)

Method:

Cut the chicken meat into small cubes. Grind the Spice Paste in a food processor. Add in a little water if needed. Marinate the chicken pieces with the spice paste for 10-12 hours. Thread the meat on to bamboo skewers and grill for 2-3 minutes each side. Serve hot with fresh cucumber pieces.

otak otak ( otah )

recipe from:
http://loykee.blogspot.com/2005/03/otah-thats-good-enough-for-me.html

made this otah to use a my bread filling. taste okay but was taste was not equally distributed because i didnt mince my fish fine enough. will try using fish paste next time.

ingredients:
200g mackerel or oily fish (i used whatever i could find, giant snakehead fish aka toman)
3 tbsp cornflour
3 tbsp sambal ingredients (the instant type, also known as sambal chilli, curry paste)
1 tsp oyster sauce
some cooking oil (i use about 1 tbsp)

1) preheat oven to 230C / 450F
2) mince the fish very finely until fish paste is obtained. (buy fish paste if you want to skip this step)
3) add cornflour, sambal ingredients, oyster sauce, cooking oil and mix well.
4) place about 2 tablespoon of the mixture onto banana leaves and wrap with toothpick. [i skipped this one, just flatten onto baking sheet and bake :) ]
5) bake for about 10 minutes at 230C, remove and check every 2 minutes after baking for 8 minutes. it should be done when the fish does not come apart and is firm, abit brown on the sides.

- can be use for side dishes, appetizer, omelette etc.