.Live.Life.To.The.Fullest.: on cooking and mY little effort worth..........him =)

hahahaha....last weekend, i skipped my "weekend routine" which is going to d'office and i drove all d'way to kajang (sounds like i drove about4-5hrs to be there-haha)
juz to ensure my "sambal ikan bilis tempe taste great (for first timer), d'ingredients are mixed well to produce 1 yummy "sambal ikan bilis tempe" in d'enD.

errmm, what's sooo special bout dat "sambal ikan bilis tempe" anyway?
bcoz mr boyfren love it to death (exxagerate-haha)and drooling most of d'tyme he sees dat so-called-traditional-dish.

haaa..soo,dats d'reason y i care to make it perfect enough to make sure mr bf wont give any complaint regarding to its taste and he wont hesitate to keep eating it until d'last pieces of those ikan bilis n tempe.thanks u . i know dat sambal is really easy to make but who knows better than a mother bout what his son likes to eat rite? d'son loves dat sambal to be a bit sweet or less salty or whatever-those-faddy-things-on-food. so ,i need to double confirm wif d'mom =)

so, last weekend i went to his sister's (kak lyn). she assisted me on chopping2 part, helped on preparing things which need to be cooked but d'major thing she did was judging me doing things.haha. hey2, i din try to bodek any1 here okie, if nak bodek bnyk care laen kot other than go there n offer myself to cook bcoz if u dun really know how to cook n pretending like u know, u might screw up everything and ull juz humiliate urself eventually rite? so, for cooking session wif his family is not call "bodek part" ok. i can do much better than dat than pushed myself into a hard tyme by cooking dishes for d'whole family n waiting for their judgement.all i do is juz bcoz of mR boyfren. i dun say dat i really know how to cook, im not pro in dis, im still "amatur" lagi so i need to learn n keep on trying to make good dishes n to be as a career women who has WII and remote control car at home, but she knows how to cook-hahaha (so,mr louqe, i wont be as d'second SS-wekk ...see,u judge ppl bfore u know em' haha) but deep inside my heart i wanted to turn pro in cooking one day in order to balance my ability in career and doing house chores.yess i need money to live and i need family to keep me happy. n ill feel blessed!

And Alhamdulillah, my luck dat day (maybe bcoz of my asisstant also gave full commitment while cooking wif me-so credit to kak lyn =)) ,full mark given to my sambal tempe.haha..cant wait to serve him sambal ikan bilis tempe. 15 more days to go =)

Ingredients

ikan bilis and tempe

Oil for frying

2 tbsp tamarind pulp combined with 100ml water (squeeze, then strain the tamarind juice)

Spice ingredients –

dried chillies, soaked and seeded and blended

shallots (big one)

Seasoning

4-4½ tbsp sugar or to taste

¾-1 tsp salt or to taste

Method
Heat a little oil in a wok and fry ikan bilis and tempes (seperately) and then dish it out.

Then, Heat a little oil and fry blended dried chillies. Add shallots.
Reduce the heat to low and add blended spice ingredients. Fry until fragrant( got scent of shallots tau n its nice)

Add and continue to fry for a while. Mix in tamarind juice and fry over a low heat until mixture is almost dry. (Keep stirring while frying to prevent it from sticking to the base of the wok). Add all tempe and ikan bilis. Adjust seasoning to taste. Dish out and leave to cool completely.

then, tadaa.. 1 easy dish completed. then i cooked tomyam and ayam masak merah. for dessert, i made puding wif d'source a nite bfore going to kak lyn's. here come d'pictures =)