Seafood stir-fry

This is the first recipe I tested. (Versi BM dibawah)

The actual ingredients from the book are:

3 1/2 oz thin asparagus spears, trimmed
1 tbsp sunflower oil
1 inch piece ginger root , cut into thin strips
1 medium leek , shredded
2 medium carrot , julienned this is how it looks like.
3 1/2 oz baby corn ,quartered lengthwise
2 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tsp honey
1 lb cooked, assorted shellfish , thawed if frozen
4 large cooked shrimp and small bunch fresh chives, to garnish

Now, I actually just used what I have at home. Here's what I actually did.

The modified ingredients are:

Ingredients
3 1/2 oz thin asparagus spears, trimmed
1 tbsp palm oil
1 inch piece ginger root, cut into thin strips
2 medium carrot, julienned
3 1/2 oz cauliflower
2 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tsp honey
4 large cooked shrimp

a. Bring a small pan of water to the boil and blanch the asparagus for 1-2 minutes. Drain the asparagus, set aside, and keep warm. (Please remember not to leave it too long coz asparagus taste better when it's still crunchy. I did that mistake when I tried the recipe.)

b. Heat the oil in a wok or a large skillet and stir-fry the gingerroot, leek (if you have any), carrot and corn (in my case it was cauliflower) for about 3 minutes.

c. Add the soy sauce, oyster sauce and honey to the wok or skillet. Stir in the shellfish (if you use it) and continue to stir-fry for 2-3 minutes until the vegetables are just tender and the shellfish are thoroughly heated through. Add the blanched asparagus and stir-fry for about 2 minutes.

What I did wrong:
1. Asparagus was blanched for too long that they lost their crispiness (if there is such a word)
2. I didn't use a wok. Which could have given me a better result. For chinese cooking it's better to have a good wok. (An opinion of a person who can't cook :P)

Bahan-bahan

3 1/2 oz Asparagus dipotong
1 sudu besar minyak kelapa sawit
1 inci halia, dipotong nipis
2 biji carrot dimayang
3 1/2 oz cauliflower
2 sudu besar kicap soya cair
1 sudu besar sos tiram
1 sudu kecil madu
4 ekor udang yang telah dimasak

a. Renehkan air dan apabila ia mendidih, masukkan asparagus dan biar selama 1-2 minit. Toskan asparagus tadi dan letak ditepi untuk digunakan kemudian. (Diingatkan bahawa asparagus tidak perlu dicelur terlalu lama kerana rasanya lebih sedap sekiranya msih rangup. Saya telah membuat kesilapan tersebut kerana membiarkan asparagus terlalu lama dalam air mendidih.)

b. Panaskan minyak didalam wok atau kuali yang besar. Tumis halia, dan leek (spt dlm gambar di atas) dan jagung muda (saya tukarkan dengan cauliflower) selama 3 minit.

c. Tambahkan kicap cair, sos tiram dan madu ke dalam wok atau kuali anda. Masukkan kerang (sekiranya ada) dan tumis selama 2-3 minit atau sehingga sayur menjadi agak masak dan kerang dipanaskan sepenuhnya. Masukkan asparagus yang telah dicelur tadi dan tumis lagi selama 2 minit.


Kesilapan saya ialah:
1. Asparagus telah dicelurkan terlalu lama sehingga ia tidak lagi rangup.
2. Saya juga tidak menggunakan kuali/wok. Kalau guna wok masakan ni mungkin jadi lebih baik kot. (Pendapat daripada orang yang tak pandai masak..hehe :P)

About yours truly

I love food especially good ones. As a person I have develop a taste bud that can sense the ingredients in the cooking, whether it has too much of or too less of everything. Not just plain not enough salt or to much salt kind of thing.

But, (every good thing comes with a but actually ) despite my talent (which I consider as useful for me), I don't really cook. I don't like cooking and I always tell myself that I can't cook, period. I am lazy to cook. Ask my sister and my mother, they would vouch for this. Anyway, since I have a boyfriend who likes to eat and can cook very well, I have been forced by him to cook. The best thing about him is, he will eat whatever that I cook, be it good or bad.

Recently,we bought this cookbook at a bookstore in Ampang called Payless Books ,which has a sale recently, I actually found this book "Simply Quick and Easy by Parragon Publishing. The recipes look easy and simple or is it?

So, I decided, to post the recipes from this book and try them myself. Lets experiment my untalented cooking skill with a book that provides recipes which are said to be simple and easy. So, want to try with me? You can also try and see the result, and post it here to be shared. Are you up to it?