Rumah Makan Minang, Singapore

Affandi and I had breakfast at Rumah Makan Minang, a Minang food outlet in Muscat St in front of Masjid Sultan, Singapore for less than S$10.

Minang food outlet in Muscat St, in front of Masjid Sultan, Singapore. 

I missed the history of the place (overlooked). 

Menu in fine print. The real food selection is a must see. 

It feels funny that adults have to line up for food 

My platter (without kuah; the chili jumped to Affandi's plate) 

Affandi's platter (very hot & fatty selection). The yellow stuff is tasty thick santan gravy. I don't know what it is called, maybe a type of kuah lemak lengkuas? 

Fragrant tea (teh tarik) - very nice. Masjid Sultan is in the bkgr. 

Nasi Dagang

This is nasi dagang Kelantan.

Nasi dagang served for Aidilfitri 

Nasi dagang bungkus

Here is how to make nasi dagang as narrated to me by Nenek Wae on 21 May 2011.

Ingredients

Beras putih
Beras nasi dagang
1 cawan santan cair
1 cawan santan pekat
salt

Methods

Nasi dagang (rice)
Mix the 2 types of rice and wash 3x to clean
Steam (kukus) till rice is half cooked
Remove rice and add santan cair, salt, sugar, halba, red onion (bawang merah), garlic (bawang putih)
Steam again till cooked
Removed cooked rice and add santan. Stir to mix
Serve hot.

Note: Do not need to steam the rice again after adding thick santan. However, some people choose to steam again and this will cause the rice to become soft & soggy and not taste so good.Soft nasi dagang will easily spoil, become stale (mudah basi).

Nasi dagang fish gravy

Clean fish
Cook the gravy as usual by boiling but use thick santan (santan pekat)
Add asam keping, salt, sugar
The gravy must be thick and a bit sour as nasi dagang is fatty

Masakan Tradisi Kelantan

"While this study provides interesting clues that omega-3 fatty acids in diet may be linked to amyloid levels in blood, it doesn't show whether this directly translates to less toxic amyloid in the brain and a lower risk of Alzheimer's disease."

 http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/05/03/fish-omega-3-diet-alzheimers_n_1474765.html

We visited Ayah in Tanah Merah and had lunch at his place.

Masakan singgam ikan darat dengan daun kesum 

Ikan darat (sungai) = ikan lampam, ikan tumae or ikan kerae? 

This is ikan lampam. The flesh is soft and white and contains lots of fine bones.It is difficult to eat this freshwater fish without choking on the bones! 

Fried fish (ikan kembung goreng) 

Daging goreng (Fried beef + onion + oil) 

Ayam goreng kicap (Fried chicken + onion + kicap + oil) 

Sayur terung (Brinjals + cuttlefish/squid + carrots + onions + curry powder) 

My plate of white rice 

Pucuk Paku Masak Lemak Tempoyak Cili Api

 





From Facebook:

Hazimah NS Kitchen?? I dont think so lah Farie...paku tempoyak...senang aje.. you just need santan pekat, kunyit and chili tumbuk halus then you cook the santan with the daun paku, slow fire and put some ikan bilis and some tempoyak. Slow fire and with stirring so that tak pecah minyak.and finally befor you angkat put maybe 2 pieces of asam keping and it is ready to served.

Source:  Hazimah Abu Hassan (Facebook)

Ikan Masak Asam Pedas

This menu makes enough for 4 people for 2 meals (lunch & dinner).
You need to drink lots of water when you eat this dish.
Those who are migraine-prone will need to drink more water than the normal person.
The MSG is packed into the chili paste.... that makes this dish very nice!

Ingredients

Dory filet (1/2kg; Mydin sells 1 pkg = 1kg; use half of pkg contents)
1 packet perencah Ikan Bakar Adabi /fish chili paste (not Nasi Goreng paste; has MSG)
2 daun limau purut (kaffir lime leaves?)
2 batang serai (2 stalks lemon grass; can use frozen ones)
1/2 yellow onion
hot water
up to 2 teasp salt (masin sgt ni; 1.5 teasp pun dah masin)
1-2 tabsp cooking oil (ikan dory ni pun dah banyak lemak mcm ikan patin)
~1 bowl hot water (utk kuah; cair sgt tak sedap; do not use cold water, tak jadi)
1 small piece asam keping (not asam Jawa; cut the asam keping if it is too big)
1 long red chilli

Utensils

kuali
wooden spoon (senduk kayu sebab ni asam; klu guna senduk besi nanti rasa besi)

Method

Thaw dory filet and while still firm, cut into 2"x2" squares or bite-pieces.
Dice yellow onion but not too thinly.
Heat kuali, add oil and fry onions.
When onions are brown, add chili paste, stir and when fragrant, add hot water.
Add cut pieces of dory fillet. Stir to submerge all fish pieces.
Add asam keping.
Add salt to taste.
Let mixture boil until fish is done (15 min cukuplah sebab ikan ni isi nipis)
Cut red chilli lengthwise into 4 pieces and add to mixture.
Serve while still steaming hot, with freshly cooked rice.

Bon appetite!

Half yellow onion, 2 serai, 2 daun limau purut and 1 small piece asam keping 

These are frozen red chilies. Use only ONE red chili 

1 packet is 1kg (RM4.60)... use half the contents to try first 

This is frozen fish fillet and not chicken! Let it thaw on the sink top. 

Finished product if you are patient ... eat quickly before it's gone!

Apple cake

Ingredients

2-3 Granny Smith apples (green apples) = makes 2 cups of diced apple (chunks)
1 cup sugar (or ½ cup if you don't like it sweet)
½ cup butter/margarine or cooking oil
1 egg
1 cup flour (use plain flour here if adding baking soda)
¾ tsp. baking soda (omit this if using self-raising flour)
½ tsp. salt
½ - 1 tsp. cinnamon
1tsp. vanilla
additional oil for greasing baking tray
additional flour for dusting tray

Guide

tsp = teaspoon (sudu teh, sudu kecil)
tabsp = tablespoon (sudu makan, sudu besar)

Utensils

Wooden spoon
Baking tray
Cup (use the same cup for measuring all ingredients)

Method 1

Preheat oven to 375.
Grease a 9" or 10" round pan with cooking oil, butter or margarine
Sprinkle diced apples with the sugar, set aside.
In a small bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
In another bowl, beat the egg.
Mix in the oil and vanilla.
Stir the flour mixture into the egg mixture, until well mixed.
Add apples.
Spread batter into prepared pan.
Bake for 35 minutes.

Method 2 

Wash and cut green apples into big chunks (leave skin on and dice, potong kiub)
Beat sugar & butter/margarine in a bowl till all sugar is dissolved
Add eggs and stir to mix, add vanilla and cinnamon
Add apple chunks and stir to mix

Grease tray with butter/margarine/cooking oil (use your finger to rub the oil in)
Pour cake mixture into baking tray and spread evenly
Bake at 350F until top of cake is golden (not burnt/black)

Poke cake with a wooden skewer (lidi satay) to test if it is done
When done (no cake mixture sticks to skewer), remove cake from oven
Serve warm with/without pudding sauce or ice-cream


Bon appetite!

Granny Smith apples 

Apple cake 

A slice of apple cake 

A slice of yummy apple cake 

Regular consumption of the fruits can delay cognitive ageing by up to 2.5 years, according to information collected from almost 16,000 women.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/04/26/red-berries-slow-alzheimers-dementia-risk_n_1454638.html

Hailam French Toast

Ingredients

1 loaf of cut Hailam bread
5 eggs
half of a small white onion
water
fine salt
powdered pepper
cooking oil

Method

Wash eggs and beat in a shallow Pyrex bowl
Mix salt & water in a tablespoon and add to beaten eggs
Add pepper
Slice onion thinly and add to seasoned beaten eggs

Beaten eggs, seasoned and with added onions 

Cut Hailam bread pieces into halves

Cut Hailam bread 

Heat up a heavy non-stick skillet (kuali leper)

Add cooking oil to skillet and sway skillet to spread oil to a thin layer

Dip each piece of bread in beaten seasoned eggs with onions and place in skillet

Brown each side before flipping over

Remove bread pieces when both sides are brown and crispy

Serve hot with chicken curry or strawberry jam

Hailam french toast