Homemade Kaya

Salut,

First things first, I begin with the word of the day, KAYA. Kaya is a Malay word means rich but at the same time this word also means coconut jam. I've been thinking about kaya for the last few months but I couldn't find one that sell in the shop. How I want my bread and kaya for breakfast until I decided to try out kaya recipe from internet and make my homemade kaya at home.

It feels good now and it satisfied the craving I'd been feeling since many months. From now on, I can make this kaya at home anytime as the recipe was great yet calls for simple ingredients. I also like to bake my own white bread and I've been making quite a lot of breads and buns lately.

HOMEMADE KAYA

Ingredients;

3 large eggs
250g sugar
350ml coconut milk

METHOD;

- Mix 150g sugar with coconut milk, whisk until sugar dissolved.
- Add in eggs and stir to combined. Set aside.
- In a small saucepan, heat the sugar until it melts and turn brown.
- Pour the caramel sugar into egg mixture and continue to stirring until the caramel sugar dissolved.
- Meanwhile, prepare double boiler on the stove over low heat.
- Place the mixture bowl in the top of double boiler.
- Stir the mixture occasionally, every 2 or 3 minute to avoid the burning.
- It took me about an hours to cook until I achieve the desired thickness.
- Cool the kaya completely before transfer in a jar.
- Keep kaya in the fridge and it can last for a couple of week.

Enjoy the kaya with bread!

Fried Fish with Three Flavoured Sauce

Bonjour,

Asian food, just thinking and picturing the savory and aromatic taste of some Asian food makes me drool. How I miss all the food that my mom used to cook at home. From fish, local vegetables and even a simple fried rice, everything just make my mouth water.

Ikan masak tiga rasa or fried fish cooked with three flavoured sauce has a three flavour, sweet, sour and spicy. Only one dish meal enough for dinner with fish and vegetables comes together, simple yet very satisfying.

FRIED FISH WITH THREE FLAVOURED SAUCE

Ingredients;

2 mackerel or any kind of fish
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 shallot, chopped
1cm ginger, thinly sliced
1 lemongrass, thinly sliced
1 green or red chilli, sliced
1 onion, sliced
1 carrot, sliced
1 tomato, sliced
2-3 tablespoons ketchup
2-3 tablespoons sweet chilli sauce
1-2 tablespoon oyster sauce
1-2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon corn flour, dissolved with 1/4 cup water

METHOD;

- Clean the fish, season with salt and fry the fish until golden brown and cooked through. Set aside.
- Heat up little oil in a saucepan  and fry garlic, shallot, ginger and lemongrass until fragrant.
- Add chilli, onion, carrot and add a little water if necessary. Cook and simmer for a few minutes.
- Add in tomatoes and all the sauces and let the sauce boil for a minute.
- Add cornflour mixture to thicken and season with salt.
- Simmer for another minute and pour the sauce over the fried fish.

Enjoy the fish with rice!