Ikan Sumbat Sambal Kelapa ~ Coconut Sambal Stuffed fish~ 椰丝參巴醬酿鱼

This stuffed fish recipe was created after i tried few nice stuffed fish from my friend and my friend's mother . Love the citrus aroma from the Kaffir lime leaves and coconut aroma from the grated coconut. This time i used ikan cencaru or hardtail mackarel fish , but i still prefer that one i cooked with ikan kembung which the flesh was more fine.

Poached fish with Onions and Limes dressing 青柠洋葱水煮鱼

This is a very nice fish recipe that i learnt from my mother. The method of cooking this fish is using poaching method. Simmer the fish in hot water instead of the usual way of steaming it. This method resulted moist fish texture if compare to steaming method ( the flesh tasted dry if over steamed or not enjoy it immediately).

Steamed Fish with Preserved Radish 菜脯蒸鱼

This is a simple Chinese home cooking dish, steamed fish topped with aromatic salty and sweet preserved radish (Hokkien we called as Chai Poh ), can have extra bowl of rice!

Vietnamese Style Fish with Turmeric & Dill 越式黄姜莳萝叶鱼

When i have sufficient amount of home grown fresh dill, time to cook this Vietnamese inspired fish dish.

Assam Fish Curry 亚参咖喱鱼

After cooked few types of assam fish, example this assam fish using homemade assam paste , or Indian fish curry, my family currently prefer this latest version of Assam fish curry.

Chinese Tea Smoked Fish 烟熏鱼 ~喜气羊羊 2015

I have been wanted to try tea smoked method of cooking, one of the old Chinese cooking method. The other day I saw a China TV food show program which the chef of a restaurant showed his simple way of  tea smoked fish that using black pomfret. This dish also can be served during Chinese New Year. Since Chinese like the phrase of Nian Nian You Yu (年年有余) as fish (yu, 鱼) means "surplus" or "abundance".

Indian fish Curry 印度咖喱鱼

My husband said this Indian fish curry taste very good, even better than those served in Mamak stall. I have cooked this Indian fish curry numerous times, now only got a chance to record it down here.

Pandan Salmon 香兰鲑鱼

Instead of making the normal pandan chicken (spiced chicken wrapped with screwpine leaves), this time I tried something different, pandan salmon which is rich in Omega 3.

Otak-otak in ramekins, and Happy Merdeka !!



The first time I did Otak-otak ( is a cake made of fish meat and spices) was without the betel leaf (daun kaduk) . But now I have plenty of betel leaf at the backyard, remind me I have to use it to make Otak-otak again. This time, I made it into individual serving using ramekin, kind of fun enjoy Otak-otak using ramekin.

Japanese Salted Salmon 塩鮭 , Tri-colours Salted Salmon Rice 三色盖饭

A colourful and healthy Tri-colours salted salmon rice, something that I will definitely cook again!!

Ikan Masak 3 Rasa (Thai Malay Sweet, Sour & Spicy Fish) 泰式三味鱼

Finally I am able to share with you this Ikan Masak 3 Rasa (Thai Malay Sweet & Sour Fish). I could not take clearer picture when the first time I cooked this fish dish as sky already turned dark. Today I try to cook earlier so I can take a clearer picture. But feel sorry to my family who has to eat this dish cold by the time they take dinner ...
We took a very nice Ikan Masak 3 Rasa ( means fish cooked with 3 difference tastes, sweet, sour and spicy) in a Thai Malay restaurant during our recent trip to Kelantan. All dishes served in this restaurant were very yummy. I will try to imitate those dishes we ordered one by one, first comes with this Ikan Masak 3 Rasa, hope you will like it.

Nasi Dagang dan Gulai ikan Tongkol Kelantan (Traders Rice and Tuna curry)

Another recipe that has long list of ingredients and it took long hours to prepare. I bought 1kg of beras Dagang from the recent Kelantan trip, wanted to try my hands with home cooked nasi dagang and gulai ikan Tongkol.

黄金常逗 (Stuffed Snake Beans) ～ Happy Ulala CNY 金蛇呈祥, 新年快乐

This is my last post before CNY, even i still have few cookies to post, i can only post it when i come back from CNY. Yesterday i cooked this stuffed snake beans just to 应景 (match with) the coming water snake year..

Nyonya-style Asam Fish Curry with Zespri Kiwifruit wedges

I think i better quickly share this Asam fish curry with Zespri kiwifruit recipe with you, so you can cook it up during these holidays (Malaysia day) , and remember to cook more rice because one plate rice is not enough, this asam curry is simply delicious!

Happy Malaysia Day to all Malaysian !!

Penang Assam Laksa

Yesterday i shared with you salted fish, and I am going to share you a bowl of spicy, sour, fruity and fragrant Penang assam laksa using fresh fish today. Penang Assam Laksa was voted as CNN’s top 10 yummiest food !!

Thai style fish cake

Today I would like to share this simple fish cake recipe. We taken a similar fish cake in Bangkok, I try to replicate this at home the other day.

Japanese Grilled Saba/Mackerel

I like to order grilled Saba/mackerel when we take dinner at Sumi-ka Japanese restaurant which they serve very good charcoal grilled yakitori. As usual, when my family love something, i will try to imitate and cook it at home.

Salmon Otak-otak, ~another wonderful bloggers gathering ~

Here i would like to share with you the another bloggers gathering i attended during CNY. We had a potluck and BBQ party at Reese's place at the poolside. All of them i had met except Quay Po Cooks. I also learnt the salmon otak-otak from Quay Po cooks which is very yummy and my kids love it especially my little son Desmond.

Steamed Miso Cod fish & Thank you to Bo's bowl

This is the way usually how I cook the cod fish, with Japanese miso paste, personally I feel they are a perfect combination.

Steamed Miso Cod Fish
(printable recipe)

500g Cod fish
2tbsp Japanese Miso paste
2tbsp water
6 red dates, halved
½” ginger, shredded
A dash of Pepper
A few drops of sesame oil
Spring onions, shredded (soak in water, to get nice curl)

1. Place cod fish, red dates and ginger shredded in a steaming plate, mix miso and water, add miso water, pepper and sesame oil.
2. Steam over high heat for about 10mins (start to steam it when water is boiled)
3. Garnish with spring onions, serve hot with steam rice.

Happy Cooking !!

** And I would like to take this opportunity to Thanks Bo's bowl to included me along with three other fellow bloggers in his giveaway. Do feel free to visit his blog and join his latest giveaway.
Bo, from the bottom of my heart, thank you very much. Glad to know you via blogging.

Teriyaki Salmon

Finally I managed to get a bottle of Japanese sake from Jusco (earlier failed to get one as I always searching at the Japanese foods section but not realized sake only sell at Alcohol section as this is non Halal item !!) . I immediately tried my kid’s favourite Teriyaki salmon, learnt how to cook this from a TV cooking show recently. Wor, the taste was exactly like those served in Japanese restaurant, sweet and flavourful, so next time we do not need to go Japanese restaurant to have the good Teriyaki salmon.

-sprinkle with lemon juice, simply delicious!



Important ingredients- Sake, Mirin, Kikkoman Soy Sauce


Teriyaki Salmon
(printable recipe)
3 Salmon fillets

1/4cup Mirin
1/4cup Japanese Kikkoman soy sauce
1/4cup Sake (Japanese rice wine)
2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp ginger juice

Few fresh lemon wedges

Method1. Marinate salmon fillets with little salt, pan fry till golden brown, set aside.
2. Place Mirin, soy sauce, Sake, sugar and ginger juice in a saucepan, cook over low flame.
3. Keep stirring and cook until thick sauce (when you see a lot of bubbles).
4. Add in the pan fried salmon fillets, coat well with the sauce.
5. Remove Teriyaki salmon and place on a serving plate, pour over the remaining sauce.
6. Sprinkle with lemon juice before serve.

Happy Cooking !!