sweetheart mama papa: Asam Pedas Ikan Siakap ~ Melaka Style

Before marriage, I never cook in my entire life!! Seriously..I had no idea how to cook & how it was supposed to be done. I cuma tahu rasa makanan je, & that's my only expertise. I still remember mom would asked me to taste her cook first before she turned off the stove & serve on the table. I would know if it was lack of salt or seasoning, or if it taste wrong. I would know what to tell her to make it taste better. And yeah, she depended on me.

But I never succeeded in my attempts to cook. I gave up & didn't bother to give it one more shot after encountering with too many failures. Every time I cook, it would either burned or taste wrong, no matter how hard I tried. Although the recipe was presented right before my eyes, I still failed to make it taste right. Mom and lil sis would have to force themselves to eat & finish my cook. I knew it taste bad but being a mom, she still praised my cook.

After marriage, again I had to pay a visit to the kitchen. Takkan lah I nk biarkan my hubby makan bungkus hari2! Husband kahwin dgn kita utk kita sediakan semua keperluan dia. No matter how tired u r after work or apa2 je alasan, u need to cook for ur husband. Itu dh menjadi tanggungjawab kita..(FYI sejak I mengandung ni I dh jarang masak, takleh bau ikan @ ayam, hanyir2 dan sewaktu dengannya... Kikikiki)

At first I was very scared, will I succeed this time? but being a supportive husband, he helped me to cook for the 1st few weeks, and he asked me to watch and observe. I tried to absorb every single thing that he did, and Alhamdulillah I managed to adapt his way of cooking and nasib baik this time my cooking kebanyakkannya menjadi. Selain tu, setiap kali nk masak kita kena mulakan dengan Bismillah & puji-pujian pada Allah. Especially bila part u nak masukkan garam, gula or makanan dalam periuk tu, baca bismillah banyak2.. "Cook with love", my mom always told me while she was cooking.

So skrg ni I nk share recipe yg my husband ajar pada I, ikan siakap masak asam pedas melaka style.....

Uols mesti kena sediakan~

(Hidangan utk 2 org)

1 ekor ikan siakap (gunting semua sayap, sirip, sesungut dan seangkatan dengannya..cuci keluar semua sisik2 kecil, buang isi perut & bersihkan & buang insang) -pakai gunting lg mudah..

3 biji bawang merah

2 biji bawang putih

Sedikit halia

10 sudu besar cili kisar@cili giling/1 mangkuk penuh (kalau nk pekat tambah lg biar meletops.. Lg 1 kalau nk betul2 melaka style, hubby cakap blender the original cili kering)

Sedikit belacan

2 batang serai - dititik

daun kesum (suami sy ajar masuk dgn batang skali)

2 batang Bunga kantan, dibelah dua

1 mangkuk Bendi atau lebih

3 biji tomato dibelah 4

air asam jawa 1 mangkuk(nk tambah masam tambah lg 1 cawan)

garam + gula

Minyak utk menumis

So now, it's how to do it the right way :

~Blender atau tumbuk bawang dan halia. Gaul bersama cili giling. Nak lg sebati masa blender bawang & halia tu masuk je skali ngn cili2 skali. Ni kes org malas laaa hehe...

~Masukkan semua hasil blender/tumbukkan tadi ke dlm kuali yg berisi minyak panas. Dengan api yg kecil@sederhana,goreng bahan ini sehingga cili kelihatan garing/pecah minyak...

~Bila cili dah garing masukkan gula, try 1 sudu besar dulu, nanti tak cukup tambah la lg.. Ingat! Ni bukan sambal tumis, so jangan manis2 sgt.. Masukkan garam... (Suami sy tak benarkan ajinamoto menginap dirumah kami (botak katanya), hehe.. Tapi kalau uol nk, masuk la sikit)

~Masukkan daun kesum dgn batang2 nya skali(petua suami) & bunga kantan.. Gaul lah kuah ini & masukkan ikan, serta air asam jawa....

~Lastly, masukkan bendi dan tomato.. Sebelum tu, make sure bendi dah di belah dua tanpa putus. Gaul kuah & biar sehingga mendidih, then boleh lah tutup dapur gas & hidangkan bersama nasi... Kalau nak lagi UMPH, potong sikit timun segar. Pehhh...

Ok jom intai gambar bahan2 yg I mentioned kat atas tu, mana yg taktau senang la nak cam nanti ^_^

Ni lah dia Ikan Siakap.. Mmg mahal sikit tapi ada yg murah. I beli dlm RM14 je dkt carefour... Dia tulis Black Siakap... Sesekali nk merasa bolehlah.. Kalau xde duit beli Pari@Tenggiri je lah k :-)