that bloody botak!

  SAYUR LODEH  This is another of those "clear my fridge" dish that tastes excellent! Whatever vegs u have, fishballs, fishcakes or toufu, u can chuck everything in and in a couple of minutes u have a one pot dish that all will love. If u have ketupat or nasi impit, some dried desiccated coconut and sambal lying around, this would make a bloody good lontong! Just had this for dinner and since this is the season of Lent, it's also a Lent-friendly meal too!  Ingredients 2 teaspoons tumeric powder  Half a garlic, minced  1 inch galangal, minced  8 shallots, minced  250ml coconut milk  Two tablespoons granulated balachan 5pcs candlenuts  1 stalk lemongrass, bruised Cabbage, brinjal, chili, long beans all cut to size  1 tow Kwa deep fried and cut to size  Some fishballs, fish cake and crab sticks  Two litres of water  Salt to taste Method  Blend the onions, garlic, candlenuts, belachan and tumeric powder into a paste and sautee it till it's fragrant  Add water and all the

  FISH SOUP  Lately it's been raining so much flash floods appeared all over the place. The weather has been really cool these couple of nights and this is the perfect soup for the dinner table. Keeps you warm on the inside, perfect for this kind of weather. Good with rice or rice noodles, it's the perfect dish for tonight's dinner! Ingredients  1 whole garlic, finely chopped and fried till crispy  Some spring onions  Some corriander leaves  250g red snapper fillets, sliced  Some ginger, sliced  Some salted vegs, sliced  1 tomato, quartered  1 teaspoon sugar  1 teaspoon corn flour  1 teaspoon salt  Some Chinese rice wine  4 tablespoons evaporated milk  1 ikan bilis cube  1 tablespoon flounder powder  1.5L water  1.5 tablespoons fish sauce Method  Marinade the fish with salt, 1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine, sugar and corn flour and let it sit for 30mins  With the oil used to fry the garlic, sautee the ginger and the white part of the spring onions till aromatic  Add the toma