I'm quite a curry puff fanatic and always take the opportunity to try any curry puff. Most of the curry puffs sold in Singapore are either sardine, potato or chicken. You hardly can find any offering mutton or beef curry puff. During a trek from my residence to East Coast Park, I happen to find this confectionery - Sha Zah along Joo Chiat Place offering assortment ranges of pastry from curry puff, samosa to epok epok with beef, chicken and mutton fillings.
I purchased a mutton curry puff ($1.50) and beef curry puff ($1.70) to try it out. The mutton curry puff is quite a letdown as I could hardly find any mutton chunks or bits in it. It is predominantly fill with potato laced with smell of mutton goodness.
However, the beef curry puff surpise me as I could taste the chunks of beef when I biting into it. The beef is presently flavor with the right level of spiciness and sweetness. Sha Zah's curry puff are baked in oven. Therefore, the skin at the end might be wee bit hard and at times oiler than those fried version. For those curry puff fanatics looking for chunky beef curry puff, look no further as Sha Zah definitely can satisfy your cravings.
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Sunday Cookout Afterthought
I have been on a cooking frenzy for the past 2 days, showcasing my food creation in my blog as well as facebook. This is due to my new digital camera acquisition (Panasonic Lumix DMC-FP1) kudos to Panasonic Viera 3D competition. The FP1 have serve me well this past 2 days in documenting my food creation. I'm slowly getting the hang in operating it.
It's time to pay my final respect to my trusty old PSP camera that had been assisting me in recording my trials and tribulations in cooking for the past few years. I also want to take the opportunity to thanks readers that enjoy my post despite my irregular updates.
It's time to pay my final respect to my trusty old PSP camera that had been assisting me in recording my trials and tribulations in cooking for the past few years. I also want to take the opportunity to thanks readers that enjoy my post despite my irregular updates.
Cha Soba With Roasted Basil Chicken Karaage
I decided to have Soba for dinner to combat the sweltering heat. I prefer green tea soba in particular. However, eat cold soba alone any side dish seem too bland. After rummaging through the freezer, I found a pack of frozen basil chicken karaage that is ideal soba accompaniment.
Cha Soba With Roasted Basil Chicken Karaage
Cha Soba With Roasted Basil Chicken Karaage
- Cha Soba (available at Daiso for just $2)
- Bonito Sauce (available at Daiso for just $2)
- Basil Chicken Karaage (available at NTUC Fairprice)
- Wasabi
Iced Lemon Tea Grass Jelly Drink
Today weather is sweltering hot. Ideal for F1 drivers but not for the average joe who doesn't have air-conditioning install in their residence. Luckily, I bought some "ไป่" Grass Jelly - a traditional chinese jelly-like desert consume to cool oneself in the sweltering summer. It's normally offer as plain sugared drink. I decide to give it a twist by adding grass jelly to popular summer drink - Iced Lemon Tea.
Iced Lemon Tea Grass Jelly Drink
Iced Lemon Tea Grass Jelly Drink
- 2 Tablespoon of Nestea Ice Lemon Tea Mix
- 4 Tablespoon of Grass Jelly
- 700ml of Iced Water
Roast Prawn Sauce Chicken
Prawn Sauce Chicken is one of the famous dish in "็
ฎ็" literally translate to food stall that offer ala carte dishes that prepared upon order placement. Prawn Sauce Chicken is deep fried but the oil that used to fry the Prawn Sauce Chicken will not be reusable due to Prawn Sauce stench in the oil. In order to reduce such wastage, I decide to roast the Prawn Sauce Chicken instead of deep fry it. The result is uniquely tasteful as the fried version. It doesn't have the oily feeling while retaining the crispiness of the fried version.
Roast Prawn Sauce Chicken
Before you roast the chicken thigh, heat up the frying pan with oil and sear the chicken thighs both side for about 3 mins. Place the chicken thigh in well oil oven tray and covered with foil to ensure that chicken remain succulent during the roasting the toaster oven.
Place it in the toaster oven and toast it for 30mins. After that, remove the foil and drain the sauce that accumulate on the oven tray. Put it back into the toaster oven without the foil and grill it 10mins till the skins turn brown and cripsy, Then you're ready to serve it with rice or noodle of choice.
Roast Prawn Sauce Chicken
- Prawn Sauce Chicken Powder (Available in all supermart)
- 4 Boneless Chicken Thighs
- Mirin
Before you roast the chicken thigh, heat up the frying pan with oil and sear the chicken thighs both side for about 3 mins. Place the chicken thigh in well oil oven tray and covered with foil to ensure that chicken remain succulent during the roasting the toaster oven.
Place it in the toaster oven and toast it for 30mins. After that, remove the foil and drain the sauce that accumulate on the oven tray. Put it back into the toaster oven without the foil and grill it 10mins till the skins turn brown and cripsy, Then you're ready to serve it with rice or noodle of choice.
Sloppy Joe Cheese Wedges
I absolutely adore chips especially potato wedges. With the excess Sloppy Joe fillings leftover, I decide to made Sloppy Joe Cheese Wedges - a decadent version of Carl's Jr Chili Fries.
Sloppy Joe Cheese Wedges
Sloppy Joe Cheese Wedges
- Potato Wedges
- Sloppy Joe
- Mozarella Cheese
Saffron Chicken Rice
Chicken rice have establish itself as one of the staple cuisine for general singapore populace that you can practically find a Chicken Rice stall in every foodcourt or hawker centre. The default taste for chicken rice more or less is cast in stone. Being a foodie that challenge the norm, I decide to up the ante by adding to saffron (one of the most expensive spice in the world) to this defined cuisine and manage to bring out a whole new taste spectrum.
Saffron Chicken Rice
For old school who like to do all the nitty gritty steps, simply heat up fried pan with oil and pan fry the garlic and ginger for 2 mins till you smell the aroma release from the ginger and garlic. Add in the rice grain and fry for another 5 mins to let the garlic and ginger infused into the rice grain. Turn off the flame and empty everything into the rice cooker and add in chicken stock accordance to the amount of rice used. Add in the pandan leaf, saffron and pinch of salt and powered up the rice cooker. Once it is done, you have your lovely saffron chicken rice.
Saffron Chicken Rice
- Yamie Chicken Rice (available in leading supermarket)
- 5 Saffron strands
- Water
- 1 to 2 cups of Thai Fragrant Rice
- 1 to 2 cups of Chicken Stock
- 1 Pandan Leaf crush and tied to knot
- 5 slices of Ginger
- 5 clove of Garlic crushed
- 5 Saffron strands
- Oil
- Salt
For old school who like to do all the nitty gritty steps, simply heat up fried pan with oil and pan fry the garlic and ginger for 2 mins till you smell the aroma release from the ginger and garlic. Add in the rice grain and fry for another 5 mins to let the garlic and ginger infused into the rice grain. Turn off the flame and empty everything into the rice cooker and add in chicken stock accordance to the amount of rice used. Add in the pandan leaf, saffron and pinch of salt and powered up the rice cooker. Once it is done, you have your lovely saffron chicken rice.
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