Mike's Parupu - nala shapadu

Mon Cheri Suet Fun,

Gracias for the lentils recipe. It’s good. I am a lover of lentils and I believe that most Taipingites do so. Please, if you like, I am giving you my version of cooking the parupu.
Ingredients
250 g. (½ lb.) lentils
½ onion chopped
2 green chilies sliced
2 gloves garlic sliced
½ tsp tumeric
500 ml. (2 Cups) water
125 ml. (½ cup) coconut milk
1 – 2 tsp of salt
For tempering:
2 tbsp of olive oil
6 curry leaves
2 shallots sliced
1 tsp mustard seeds
2 dry chilies.
Method
Wash lentils well. Drain
Put lentils in a saucepan; add onion, green chili, garlic and turmeric. Add water and bring to boil. Cover and cook on low heat until lentils are soft.
Add coconut milk and salt, cook for 5 minutes. Remove cooked lentils from saucepan.
Tempering:
Pour in oil and heat. Fry tempering ingredients per sequence as listed. Pour lentils back into the same saucepan, close the lid and turn off heat. Lentils should be the consistency of runny porridge.
Tips:
* Best lentils in the world come from Australia.
* Put in four match heads of asoefotida or parangayam in your lentil, if you wish for extra kick.
* Always eat lentils with moru mulega. Fry in small amount of hot oil just for one day consumption. Easy to masuk angin
* Scintillate your taste buds with rasam before makan. Ah Swee told me to drink nande rasam because it’s more potent than tongkat Ali. I have been taking gallons of the stuff. Buy your rasam from Cettinad in Bangsar. Get the nande from any Chinese mini-market in packets. Made in Indonesia. Don’t short cut using rasa podi.
* Drink a dry gewürztraminer from Alsace as the food is very tasty. Don’t buy your wine from the shop next to Uncle Ho’s in BSC. Potong lehir, ma! Get the stuff fro Tesco’s wine Shoppe.
* If you don’t have a kah lee yip tree, I’ll give you the best seedling.
* Place two leafs of Daun Pandan (Cheen loi yip) and a little sea salt when cooking your basmati.
My favourite curry is “Katherikai (ai kwa), karavadu (harm yee) and machakote”. Interface it with pudina sambar. Ayoo, Kadavaleh. May the Lord Venkateshwara bless us all. Nala shapadu ma!
Souhaiter l’amour et la bonte a` votre art de l’auto – portrait distingue`.

Michel.
MAGNI NOMINIS UMBRA

Tiger Mike's Tan Kwe Special Soup

Dear Ah Swee,
This is for Jeannie. I am afraid you have to do it for her at any time of her own choosing. This clear soup appetizer must be served hot. My mother-in-law swears by it. I surmise it must help the ang ang tua tua liap.
The Tan Kwe Special Soup.
250 g winter melon (about half a medium-sized melon)
1 knob of lengkuas – lam keong (crushed)
1 large chicken breast
1 fistful of sliced tan kwe
150 g small prawns
800 millilitres water
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon Thai fish sauce
1 tablespoon of sesame oil (optional)
Skin winter melon and remove seeds and soft pith. Cut into 5x3x1 cm pieces. Cut chicken breast into medium sized cubes and shelled prawns.
Bring water to boil with lengkuas and tan kwe and cook chicken for 2 minutes. Add melon and prawns and simmer for five minutes. Add seasoning serve. If you like fold in the sesame oil.
I have been taking tan kwe gin to improve my haemo problem. It comes in a small bottle from any refutable sin seh shop. Made by Chung-Lien Drug Works, Hankow, China. I assure you that there is no contraindication. No chemicals, ma!

Mike's Asam Pedas

Bahan-Bahan A

3 cili hidup merah

12 cili kering ( boil to soften )

½ keping belacan sudah dibakar ( Singlong Brand from S’pore )

2 serai ( slice very thinly)

½ inci halia

1 inci lengkuas

3 buah keras

5 bawang merah

3 bawang puteh

1 inci kunyit hidup



Bahan-Bahan B

1 bunga Kantan

15 daun kesum

4 asam keeping

2 tbsp of veg oil

3 cups of water



Aturcara

Blender all ingredients in A with oil and a little water.
Fry until the oil shows.
Add items in B and fish.
Taste for garam and asam.


N.B. I like Sembilang Karang or Striped Eel Catfish. Norwegian mackerel is also a good bet.

Tip:
1. Cut the keong fah bud into four, length wise. The bud must remain intact.

2. Strip the heong fah choy from the stems and wrap them in a gauze swab 10cm x 10cm. Tie the gauze by cutting its side into a string. Buy the gauze from any pharmacy.8 ply qty 100 pcs – velly cheap. It’s useful in the kitchen because you can wrap your spices when making Penang soup tulang for the kids.

3. Use medium heat or the sauce will splutter and splotch all over your oven and the OCPD will start her “drama minggu ini”.

4. Amazing luck and success.

Ranger Mike's Umai

Dear Tigers/Tigresses,

I often wonder why some husbands like to mess around (better words than cook) in the kitchen. It is traditionally a “given” domain of the opposite sex – indeed my favourite sex forever and ever. Is it an extension of the conquering macho mentality? It is probable that they should not have space to play. Everything belongs to the MCPs.

My attitude is that if they are happy, I am happier. I think my OCPD’s kakis are fantastic types. They seek fervently to celebrate life and I remain a special camp–follower. These bekas TMGS like steamed kembong from Kota Rd Wet Market, Taiping. The meat of the lovely fried kembong is placed on croutons and washed down by Alsace Gewurztraminer.

Let us face the reality of our lives. Who are the people we cook for? 99% of the time is for our OCPDs and their friends, of course aided by the nervous maid watching us reading recipes, cooking and drinking all at once. So, Tigers, here’s Umai to ensure your Datins get scintillated by the pedas-pedas.

Barang-Barang

500g medium-sized prawns, shelled.

100g shallots, peeled and sliced

150g Taiwanese white onion, peeled and thinly sliced

60g young ginger, shredded finely

25g chili padi hijau, finely sliced

400ml air limau kasturi or limau nipis

1 batang serai sliced thinly

2 daun limau perut, Julianned

1 bunga kantan, sliced thinly (keong fah)

Salt, pepper and sugar to taste (do not use finely grinded pepper, guna kasar, lah)

Garnish: Chinese celery tips (Kun Choi)

Method

Drown the prawns in the lime juice for 30 mins. They will be cooked naturally by the lime juice. After which, combine all the ingredients except the garnish and set aside in the refrigerator for 1 hour. Garnish before serving.

Optional

500g towgeh, tailed. Place 1x 2in cinnamon, 4 cloves and one bunga lawang in a sauce pot and simmer a cup of veg oil. Blanch the towgeh with the oil. Make it a side dish to accompany the umai.

Recommended wine

Wolf Blass Red Label Frontignac Traminer 2004, Nurioopa, South Australia (RM 61) Distributed by Milawa Tel: 62588262.

NAHARI GOSHT - Mike's Mother Of All Curries

Dear All,

I am giving you, if I may, the mother of all curries. I have refrained from socking it to you for fear that Amir Gan - the Hong Kong Film Star – may get bent out of shape with me. If you MCPs can do it for your OCPDs, you will activate a new love affair. Jetey and Rohani know how to do it with alacrity and passion. So I think they are laughing at my naivety.



INGREDIENTS

Lamb with bone (any cut) 1 kg

Daun curry 2 stalks

Black pepper 20

Cinnoman sticks 4

Cloves 10

Garlic Paste 1 tsp

Ginger paste 1 tsp

Gram flour ¾ tsp

Green Cardamoms 10

Green Coriander, chopped 3 tsp

Lemon Juice 2 tsp

Mace 2/3 tsp

Mustard Oil ½ cup

Onions, chopped 11/2 cup

Onions sliced 11/4 cup

Red chilies 8

Saffron 1 gm

Turmeric Powder 2 tsp

Essence of Daun Pandan 1 tbs

Yoghurt, whisked 1 cup

Salt to taste.

STEPS

1. Clean and cut lamb into small pieces with bone.

2. Heat ½ cup oil in wok; add the sliced onions and sauté over medium heat until golden brown.

3. Add the lamb, chopped onions, green cardamoms, cloves, cinnamon, black pepper and curry leaves and cook until the liquid evaporates.

4. Add coriander powder, red chilies, turmeric, ginger and garlic pastes and salt and cook until the oil separate from the mixture.

5. Add the yoghurt, bring to a boil, reduce to medium heat and cook for 10 minutes.

6. Add a liter of water and bring to boil again. Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until lamb is tender.

7. Remove the meat from the gravy and keep aside.

8. Heat three tbs of oil in a pan, add the flour and gram flour and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until light brown. Add the gravy and stir.

9. Pass the thickened gravy through a soup strainer, return to fire and bring to boil.

10. Add the lamb, garam masala, fennel powder, lemon juice, pewangi daun pandan, saffron and the mace, and stir.

If you like it, Tigers, I’ll give the special recipe that I acquired as a Ranger Paratrooper in East Malaysia. The exotic UMAI. When your OCPDs are having” Coffee Parties” do you ever see any coffee? I have never seen any ever. They drink expensive wines. The UMAI makes them supremely happy. But, you have to do it for them. It is my happiness to give it to you if you think you need it.

Sorbet for Alcholics

Ingredients

175g/6oz caster sugar
425g/15oz water
rind and juice of a lemon
120ml/4fl oz beer
1 egg white
lemon rind to decorate (optional)

Method

1. For the stock syrup, add the sugar to the water in a saucepan. Dissolve the sugar and add the rind of the lemon. Bring to the boil for 2-3 minutes. Drain the syrup and reserve the rind. Leave to cool for 10 minutes.
2. For the sorbet, add the lemon juice and the cider to the syrup. Place in a freezer for 30 minutes to cool. Pour into an ice cream maker for 30-40 minutes.. Add the lightly whisked egg white to the mixture after 10 minutes.

Decorate with lemon rind if required.

Amirgan's Japanese-style chicken and egg on rice

Serves 4.
This recipe is best made just before serving.

Ingredients
2/3 cup (160ml) salt-reduced chicken stock
¼ cup (60ml) salt-reduced soy sauce
2 tablespoons mirin
1 teaspoon sugar
500g chicken breast fillets, sliced thinly
1 small (80g) brown onion, sliced thinly
2 (120g) finger eggplant, sliced thinly
1 medium (200g) red capsicum, sliced thinly
4 eggs, beaten lightly
4 cups cooked sushi rice
4 green onions (green shallots), sliced thinly

Method
Combine stock, soy sauce, mirin and sugar in a large frying pan; bring to the boil.

Add chicken, onion, eggplant and capsicum; cook, covered, for about 5 minutes or until chicken is just cooked through.

Pour egg over chicken mixture; cook, covered, over a low heat for about 2 minutes or until egg is just set.

Divide rice among serving bowls; top with chicken mixture, sprinkle with green onions.



Amir Gan Abdullah

Mike's Sambal Belacan

Once my OCPD asked,” Why are you so committed over your sambal thing? “I answered, “It’s an everyday thing, so I am very conscientious as I am over you.”

I thought she was kembang for one minute. She went off whispering under her breath, “Liar.” But did a double Cuba Libre for herself.



Introduction

1. The Malaysian made belacan that is sold in our market is largely made of rotten fish heads. Try to get belacan from Rayong, Thailand. The best local belacan is from the Portuguese Square, Melaka. ( Rumah De Melo.) Otherwise get from Carrefour or Bangsar Shopping Centre, “ Singlong” spec-in belacan made in S’pore. Expensive but hi-quality.

2. Burn holes in a plastic drinking cup (inverse orifice) large enough to discharge chili seeds flushed by running water of your tap.

3. Stand by a pair of latex gloves.

4. Large lesung tumbuk or a hand held blender.

5. A sharp paring knife.



Ingredients

20 Fresh red chilies, cut into two halves lengthwise and seeded by the blunt side of your knife.

10 Fresh green chilies cut and seeded as above.

30 Fresh chili padi, preferably chili kampung.

¼ cup thick tamarind juice, strain after you mix it with your fingers.

12 cloves of good garlic (bukan layu)

2 buah keras

4 sudu besar gula merah (optional)

2 bawang merah kecil.

6x6x2 cm of roasted belacan



Method

Cut the chilies. Use the perforated cup to get rid of the chili padi seeds. Pound the chilies only in the lesung tumbuk or use a hand blender. Do not grind them smooth. Kasar sedikit. Grind the garlic and bawang merah kecil until very fine. Roast buah keras and fine grind . Fold everything into a ceramic bowl and mix them thoroughly using your gloved hand. Taste for pedas and cukup belacan which should give enough salt. Modify as you wish. Keep in ceramic bottle. Refrigerate. No lime please. Use lime before makan.Enjoy!

N.B, For OCPDs and other Datins who cannot tahan pedas, use water chestnuts (Ma Tai) as ulam. For gayaness, microwave for one minute some ikan bilis and create a small hill on the sambal and serve.

Hey! The Teowchew specializes in making fresh salt fish !!??

Amirgan's Clam chowder

Serves 6.
This recipe is best made close to serving.

Ingredients
1kg clams
½ cup (125ml) dry white wine
2½ cups (625ml) water
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium (150g) brown onion, chopped finely
2 bacon rashers, chopped finely
2 tablespoons plain flour
1½ cups (375ml) fish stock
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
2 large (600g) potatoes, chopped finely
300g white fish fillet, chopped coarsely
½ cup (60ml) cream
¼ cup coarsely chopped fresh parsley
salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method
Rinse the clams under cold water and combine with the wine and 1 cup of the water in a medium saucepan with a tight-fitting lid. Bring to the boil and steam, covered, for about 5 minutes or until clams have opened.
Strain over a large bowl; reserve cooking liquid. Remove ¾ of the clams from the shells; reserve clam meat and remaining clams in shells, discard empty shells.

Heat the oil in a large saucepan; cook the onion, stirring, until soft.
Add bacon; cook, stirring, 5 minutes. Add the flour; cook, stirring, until the mixture thickens and bubbles. Gradually stir in the stock, then the reserved clam cooking liquid, remaining water and tomato paste.
Cook, stirring, until the mixture boils and thickens. Stir in the thyme and potato; cook, covered, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes or until the potato is almost tender. Add fish; cook, covered, 5 minutes or until just cooked.

Just before serving, stir in the clams, cream and parsley. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Suitable to freeze.
Not suitable to microwave.



Amir Gan Abdullah

Amirgan's Mexican Beef

Serves: 4

Ingredients
400 g lean beef
1 onion, peeled and chopped
1 tsp minced garlic
1 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp ground cumin
1 green capsicum, deseeded and diced
420g can HEINZ BIG RED Condensed Tomato Soup
300g can red kidney beans, drained
3/4 water or beef stock
1/4 cup freshly chopped coriander

Method

1. Heat a dash of oil in a deep frying pan and brown the beef mince. Set aside.

2. Add the onion, garlic, chilli, cumin and capsicum to the pan and cook for 3-4 minutes, or until softened.

3. Stir in HEINZ Big Red Condensed Tomato Soup, red kidney beans, water (or stock) and browned mince, simmer for 20 minutes.

4. Add coriander and season with salt and pepper.

5. Serve the Mexican Beef accompanied with flour tortillas, grated cheese, guacamole and sour cream.

Alternately, serve over a bed of steamed rice or over baked corn chips to make a delicious nacho recipe


Amir Gan Abdullah

Amirgan's Swordfish with celery and bean salad

Salad can be prepared two hours ahead; add celery leaves close to
serving.
Serves 4.

Ingredients
1/3 cup (80ml) lemon juice
2 cloves garlic, chopped finely
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon cracked black pepper
1/3 cup (80ml) extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon fresh oregano leaves, torn
1 tablespoon baby capers, rinsed, drained
4 (700g) swordfish steaks

CELERY AND BEAN SALAD
2 trimmed sticks celery (200g), halved, sliced thinly 300g can cannellini beans, rinsed, drained ¼ cup coarsely chopped young celery leaves

Method
Combine juice, garlic, salt, pepper and oil in a bowl; whisk until thickened slightly. Stir in oregano and capers.

CELERY AND BEAN SALAD: Combine celery, beans and celery leaves in a small bowl. Add ¼ cup (60ml) of the dressing; toss gently.

Heat a lightly oiled large frying pan, cook fish until browned on both sides and cooked as desired. Remove from pan.

Add remaining dressing to same pan, bring to the boil.

Serve celery and bean salad with fish drizzled with warm dressing.

Not suitable to freeze.
Not suitable to microwave.

Amirgan's Char Koay Teow

Recipes for 10 pax

Sauce

500ml Light Soya Sauce }
4tsp Sugar }
4tbsp Fish Sauce } Mix well in a big bowl
3tbs Oyster Sauce }
2tbs Dark Soya Sauce }

Ingredients

600g Kaoy Teow
20g Garlic – chopped
100ml Cooking Oil
120g Prawn Meat
20g Chili Paste
120g Koay Teow Sauce – above
80g Bean sprouts
40g Chives – kuchai
4nos Eggs


Method

Heat cooking oil in wok and fry garlic till fragrant Add prawns chili past and flat noodles Add koay teow sauce and stir fry till well mix and dry Move to the side and crack in the eggs
Mix the eggs and noodle and then add in beansprouts and chive
Serve hot

Mike's Satay

Amirgan's Recipe To Cure Dengue Fever - This Takes The Cake

Dear All,

I would like to share this interesting discovery from a classmate's son who has just recovered from dengi fever. Apparently, his son was in the critical stage at the SJMC ICU when his pallet counts drops to 15 after 15 litres of blood transfusion.

His father was so worried that he seek another freind's recommendation and his son was saved. He confessed to me that he give his son raw juice of the papaya leaves. From a pallet count of 45 after 20 litres of blood transfusion, and after drinking the raw papaya leaf juice, his pallet count jumps instantly to 135. Even the doctors and nurses was surprised. After the second day, he was discharged. So he ask me to pass this good news around.
Accordingly it is raw papaya leaves, 2pcs just cleaned and pound and squeeze with filter cloth. you will only get one tablespoon per leaf.
Give 2 tablespoon per serving once a day. Do not boil or cook or rinse with hot water it will loose its strength.Only the leafy part and no stem or sap.
It is very bitter and you have to swallow it like Won Low Kat. But it works.

Pegaga Juice - Cure for Dengue
You may have heard this elsewhere but if not I am glad to inform you that pegaga juice is a natural cure for dengue fever. As dengue fever is rampant now, I think it's good to share this with all.

A friend of mine had dengue last year. It was a very serious situation for her as her platelet count had dropped to 28,000 after 3 days in hospital and water has started to fill up her lung. She had difficulty in breathing.
She was only 32-year old. Doctor says there's no cure for dengue. We just have to wait for her body immune system to build up resistance against dengue and fight its
own battle. She already had 2 blood transfusion and all of us were praying very hard as her platelet continued to drop since the first day she was admitted.

Fortunately her mother-in-law heard that pegaga juice would help to reduce the fever and got some pegaga leaves, pounded them and squeeze the juice out for her. The next day, her platelet count started to increase, her fever subside. We ontinued to feed her with pegaga juice and she recovered after 3 days!!!
Amazing but it's true. It's believed one's body would be overheated when one is down with dengue and that also caused the patient to have fever.

Pegaga juice has cooling effect. Thus, it helps to reduce the heatiness in one's body, thus the fever will go away. I found that its also good when one is having sore throat or suffering from heatiness.

Those of us staying in Subang Jaya are lucky as we can get Pegaga juice easily from the Penang Cendol stall in Giant! One cup is only RM1.

Tomorrow I
I will buy a cup for a patient in Assunta and urge him to try it. Please spread the news about this as lately there are many dengue cases.
It's great if such natural cure could help to ease the sufferings of dengue patients.
Furthermore it's so easily available. Just go to market and ask the makcik who sells ulam and they usually have pegaga. Blend them and squeeze the juice! It's simple and miraculously effective!!

Amirgan's Spaghetti with Tuna, Chilli and Fresh Tomato

Welcome to The Australian Women's Weekly Recipe of the Week Newsletter
Wednesday January 19, 2004

Happy New Year! Start off your year with some great recipes. This week we show
you how to bake your own bread, dish up a pasta salad and indulge in a perfect
pastry.


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Simple pasta salads
Perfect for summer dinners, these pasta salad recipes are great for the family.

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The Recipe of the Week ... Spaghetti with Tuna, Chilli and Fresh Tomato

Enjoy,
Gabby and the team at The Australian Women's Weekly.


Spaghetti with Tuna, Chilli and Fresh Tomato
This recipe is best made just before serving.
Serves 4.

Ingredients
375g bavette or spaghetti
2 x 185g cans tuna in chilli oil
500g ripe tomatoes, chopped coarsely
1 large fresh red chilli, sliced
¼ cup loosely packed fresh oregano leaves
1/3 cup (80ml) lemon juice
¼ cup (60ml) extra virgin olive oil
sea salt

Method
Cook pasta in a large saucepan of boiling, well-salted water until just tender; drain.

Meanwhile, drain tuna; reserve 1 tablespoon of the oil.

Place tuna in a large bowl; flake with a fork.

Add tomatoes, chilli, oregano, lemon juice, olive oil, reserved chilli oil and pasta; toss gently to combine.

Season to taste with salt.

Not suitable to freeze.
Not suitable to microwave.

Amirgan's Lamb Cutlets with Char-Grilled Vegetable Salad

This recipe is best made close to serving.
Serves 4.

Ingredients
1/3 cup (80ml) olive oil
350g kumara (orange sweet potato), sliced thinly
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 clove garlic, crushed
12 lamb cutlets
150g marinated char-grilled eggplant, sliced thickly
150g marinated char-grilled capsicum, sliced thickly
125g char-grilled artichokes, quartered, optional
2 cups loosely packed flat-leaf parsley leaves
2 tablespoons lemon juice
salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method
Combine one tablespoon of the oil with the kumara in a bowl; toss well.
Cook kumara on a heated, oiled barbecue plate (or grill or frying pan)until browned on both sides and tender.

Combine another 1 tablespoon of the oil with vinegar and garlic in a small bowl; brush over lamb. Cook lamb on a heated, oiled barbecue (or grill or frying pan) until browned on both sides and cooked as desired.

In a large bowl, toss kumara with eggplant, capsicum, artichokes and parsley. Drizzle with combined juice and remaining oil; season to taste with salt and pepper.

Mike's New York Cheese Cake

Make 1

125g Graham Cracker Biscuit Crumbs
50g butter
350g Philadelphia cream cheese
170g sugar
4 egg yolks
100g sour cream
40g all purpose flour
3 egg whites
20g sugar
peel from half a lemon, ground finely
half a vanilla pod

Method

Make biscuit crumb and butter and layer the base of an 18 cm cake mould. Mix cream cheese, 150g sugar and sour cream. Add yolks, flour, lemon and contents of vanilla pod when you crack it open. Mix to a smooth texture. Whip the egg whites to a peak and add remaining 20g sugar to form a meringue. Fold lightly into the cheese mixture.
Pour into mould and bake at 180 degrees C for 40 minutes and then another 10 minutes with oven door open. Serve when cake has cooled.

(If you eat this cake often, your waistline will reduce but your derriere and poitrine will increase by one cm per week.)

Yours Aye,
Mike.

Amirgan's Chicken, chilli and kaffir lime stir-fry

Serves 4.
This recipe is best made just before serving.

Ingredients
500g chicken thigh fillets, sliced thinly
½ cup (125ml) vegetable oil
2 small fresh red chillies, sliced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger
8 green onions (green shallots), sliced thickly
½ cup (125ml) chicken stock
2 tablespoons lime juice
¼ cup (60ml) oyster sauce
2 tablespoons caster sugar
5 kaffir lime leaves, shredded
500g fresh rice noodles
1 cup loosely packed Thai basil leaves
250g bean sprouts
¼ cup (25g) deep-fried shallots

Method
Heat a wok or large non-stick frying pan; stir-fry chicken with small amount of oil, in batches, until lightly browned.

Heat remaining oil in wok; add chilli, garlic, ginger and green onions; stir-fry until fragrant. Add the chicken stock, juice, oyster sauce, sugar, lime leaves and noodles; bring to the boil.

Return chicken to the wok with basil and bean sprouts; stir-fry until combined.

Serve sprinkled with fried shallots.



Amir Gan Abdullah

Amirgan's Mexican Turkey Wraps

Salsa can be made several hours ahead.
Serves 4.

Ingredients
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium (150g) onion, chopped finely
35g packet taco seasoning mix
800g oven-roasted or smoked turkey breast, sliced
200ml jar medium taco sauce
1 cup (250ml) water
2 x 240g packets burrito tortillas
2 medium (500g) avocados, sliced thinly
lime wedges, for serving
SALSA
2 x 125g cans corn kernels, drained
250g char-grilled capsicum
½ cup loosely packed coriander leaves
¼ cup (60ml) lime juice

Method
SALSA: Combine corn, capsicum, coriander and lime juice in a bowl.

Heat oil in a large frying pan, cook onion until soft. Add taco seasoning and 500g of the turkey; cook, stirring, until fragrant. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the sauce for next day; add remaining sauce and water to pan, cook, stirring, until mixture is hot. Remove from heat. (Remaining 300g turkey is for next day.)

Meanwhile, heat tortillas according to packet directions. Divide hot turkey mixture among tortillas.

Top turkey mixture with half the avocado and half the Salsa, fold in bottom and sides of tortillas to enclose filling. Serve with lime wedges, if desired.

Amirgan's Veal cutlets with anchovy garlic butter

Veal can be marinated a day ahead; butter can be made a day ahead.
Serves 4.

Ingredients
1 lemon
8 small (1.3kg) veal cutlets
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 tablespoon fresh sage leaves
¼ cup (60ml) extra virgin olive oil
salt and freshly ground black pepper
ANCHOVY GARLIC BUTTER
4 whole anchovy fillets, drained
1 clove garlic, crushed
125g butter, softened
1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh sage

Method
Peel rind thinly from lemon using a vegetable peeler. Cut the rind into long thin strips. (Or, remove rind with a zester.)

Combine cutlets, garlic, sage, rind and oil in a large bowl; toss to coat. Cover, refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight.

Sprinkle cutlets with salt and pepper. Cook cutlets on a heated oiled grill plate (or grill or barbecue) until browned on both sides and cooked as desired.

ANCHOVY GARLIC BUTTER: Meanwhile, pound or chop anchovy and garlic together to form a paste. Beat butter in a bowl with a wooden spoon until smooth; beat in anchovy paste and sage until combined.

Serve veal cutlets with Anchovy Garlic Butter.

Amirgan's BLT Special

Serves: 2

Ingredients
1/4 cup HEINZ Mayonnaise
2 tbsps freshly chopped coriander
1 tbsp freshly chopped red chilli, optional
ciabatta or foccacia bread, sliced
4 rashers rindless middle bacon
1/2 cup rocket or salad greens
1 large tomato, sliced
1 small avocado, sliced
red onion

Method
1. Combine the HEINZ Mayonnaise with the coriander and chilli, if using.

2. Toast the ciabatta bread.

3. Cook four rashers of rindless middle bacon to your liking

4. Arrange the rocket or salad greens on the toasted ciabatta, top with slices of tomato, avocado and red onion. Pile on the hot bacon and spoon over the mayonnaise mixture.

Serve immediately.

Amirgan's Veal Paprika With Mash

Serves 4.
This recipe is best made just before serving.

Ingredients
50g butter
8 (800g) veal schnitzels
½ teaspoon sweet paprika
1 tablespoon tomato paste
2 golden shallots, chopped finely
½ cup (125ml) salt-reduced chicken stock
½ cup (120g) sour cream
475g tub mashed potato
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
salt and freshly ground black pepper
100g baby spinach
½ small (50g) red onion, sliced thinly

Method
Melt butter in a large frying pan, cook veal in batches, until browned on both sides. Remove from pan; cover to keep warm.

Add paprika and paste to same pan, cook until fragrant. Add shallots and stock, bring to the boil; simmer, uncovered, for about 3 minutes or until reduced slightly. Remove from heat, whisk in cream.

Heat mashed potato according to directions on tub.

Combine oil and juice in a jug with salt and pepper to taste. Toss with spinach and onion.

Serve veal with sauce, spinach salad and mashed potato.




Amir Gan Abdullah
Meat and Livestock Australia
Country Repersentative for Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia and
Techinical Consultant

Amirgan's Garlic Lamb With Zucchini

Garlic lamb with zucchini, tomato and fetta

Serves 4.
This recipe is best made just before serving.

Ingredients
12 lamb cutlets
1/3 cup (80ml) extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon finely grated lemon rind
4 cloves garlic, crushed
1 teaspoon cracked black pepper
2 tablespoons fresh oregano leaves
1 medium (150g) brown onion, sliced
4 medium (480g) zucchini, sliced
250g cherry tomatoes, halved
1/3 cup (50g) black olives
100g fetta cheese, crumbled

Method
Combine lamb and half of the oil with rind, half the garlic, pepper and half the oregano in a large bowl. Toss to coat lamb in marinade. Cook cutlets, in batches, on heated oiled grill plate (or grill or barbecue)until browned on both sides and cooked as desired.

Meanwhile, heat remaining oil in a large heavy-based frying pan; cook remaining garlic and onion, stirring, until onion is soft. Add zucchini, cook, stirring, until almost tender. Add tomato; cook until hot. Stir in olives. Sprinkle vegetables with fetta and remaining oregano and serve with lamb cutlets.




Amir Gan Abdullah
Meat and Livestock Australia
Country Repersentative for Thailand, Vietnam and
Cambodia and Techinical Consultant
Mobile: +6019 3173998
Email: amirmla@yahoo.com
www.mla.com.au
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