Kepak Ayam McCormick Ver. Original

Remember this?

Well, I bought McCormick's other version of seasoning mix for buffalo wing, which is original flavor. Verdict? I'd rather stay with their garlic & herbs variation.

Ikan Terubuk Masin Masak Lemak

Tebby went to Sabah and came back with 3 ekor ikan terubuk masin. Kalau ikut kebiasaan previous trips ke Sabah, dia akan beli fresh prawns tapi kali ni hak kering-kering aje dia beli. Ikan terubuk masin, udang kering sama ikan bilis. Ikan bilis tu saya specifically pesan sebab nak buat sambal untuk nasi lemak. Ikan bilis kat KL jarang-jarang puaskan hati saya (eksyen!). It's always from Sabah atau Langkawi (eksyen!!). Kalau sekali beli, memang minimum 1kg lah.

So hari ni sekor ikan masin dah terkorban, buat masak lemak. Bahan-bahan sama je dengan Ikan Merah Masak Lemak (baca di sini) tapi saya tambah gula sikit to kill off kemasinan ikan masin tu. Sebelum tu dah rendam for about 2 jam. I wish boleh buat a bit more pedas tapi mengenangkan anak-anak nak makan sama, letak sikit ajelah cili tu..

Sutong Celok Tepong!

My small family, Tebby in particular, love squid fritter atau nama yang lebih down-to-earth nya sotong celup tepung or better known in Terengganuspeak as sutong celok tepong. Kalau balik Losong, alamatnya mesti saya (irony nya, bukan Tebby) beriya-iya ajak pegi area Seberang Takir or area airport untuk makan all these seafood fritters, squid or sotong or sutong included. Don't be suprise orang sinun makan big fat juicy ikan kembung celup (celop) tepung (tepong) on its own. Sedap. I was wondering jugak awal-awal dulu but once I got to taste the sweet, juicy ikan.. I just have to makan it again and again.

Anyway.

As people say, the ways to your husband's heart is through his stomach (among other things, I must say... hemmmm). So mencuba lah buat the batter supaya crispy but not to flaky or keras or liat. Kadang-kadang jadi.. kadang-kadang terpaksa buang aje sebab memang tak best sangat-sangat. My MIL's version guna a bit of kapur makan. Thing is, she doesn't have the recipe in quantity. Means, how many x to how many y. The composition of x and y is something she learnt through time. Some add egg but to me, it gets all too oily when egg is added.

Pening kan.

Until I found and tried this. I decided to fall in love with it. Senang keje makcik okay. Di jamin sedap.

One thing that is common when making fritters is letupan-letupan minyak especially bila goreng sotong. Here's what I do to minimise the injury, lepas bersihkan, bersihkan, rub in some salt (sikit sajer taww) and tos kan. I usually prepare this in the morning then keep the sotong dalam fridge sampai petang. Then buatlah batter as per instruction kat kotak nun. Dip the sotong by batch and quicly goreng. Jangan biar sotong lama sangat dalam batter else the batter gets watery.. tak sedap. Only gaul a batch enough for sekali goreng. Lepas tu tos kan atas kitchen towel and ready to serve.

En Tebby sangat suka sotong yang ada telur. This time we managed to get a kg of sotong yang semuanya ada telur.