LEMON GRASS MAMA

AS SALAM, I WENT TO HAVE AN EARLY DINNER THAT SATURDAY AS I HAD SKIPPED LUNCH AND IT WAS WORTH IT.I HAD MEAT THAT SOMEHOW LOOKED DIFFRENT FROM WHAT I HAD ALL THIS WHILE AND FORGIVE ME FOR NOT REMEMBERING THE NAME OF THE MENU AS IT SOUNDED STRANGE TO SAY! LATER WE WERE JOINED BY MY BOYS WHO HAD WORKED LATE THAT DAY AT THE OFFICE AND THEY ORDERED RICE THAT LOOKED LIKE BERYANI OR NASI BUKHARA! MUSHROOM SOUP WAS VERY LIPS SMACKING GOOD,THE YOGHURT AND MILK AND MUSHROOM BLEND SO WELL. AND I NOTICED, NO RICE MEAL WILL HAVE ROTI ARAB FOR DIPPING. ALL IN ALL, EVERYONE IS SATISFIED AND WE LEFT ARLY LEAVING THE BOYS TO FINISH WHATEVER THERE IS TO FINISH.

PUCUK BANDUNG BAHAN KISAR IKAN BILIS(TAMBAN) BELUM SIAP LAGI AS SALAM, I HAVE BEEN COOKING THIS RECIPE QUITE OFTEN, EVER SINCE SHE WAS ONLY 6 OR 7 YEARS OLD THEN, AND STILL LOOKED FORWARD TO THIS MENU EACH TIME THERE'S A CELEBRATION. FRANKLY, I LOVE THIS RECIPE TOO BUT IT IS ALWAYS TEDIOUS TO MAKE. I WAS GIVEN THIS RECIPE BY GOOD FRIENDS WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS ONLY A YEAR OLD AND I MANAGE TO COOK IT BETTER EACH TIME, BUT MY DAUGHTER STILL HADN'T PICKED UP THE MOMENTUM YET. PERHAPS YEARS WILL TELL! SERUNDING PUCUK BANDUNG SO LAST NIGHT, I WAS COOKING THIS 'SERUNDING PUCUK BANDUNG' TILL LATE HOURS AND STOP TO HAVE MY GOODNIGHT SLEEP. I CONTINUED AGAIN EARLY IN THE WEE HOURS THIS MORNING AND HAD IT PERFECTLY DRIED AND READY TO EAT BY THE TIME OUR MEN CAME BACK FROM SEMBAHYANG RAYA!

TERUNG ASAM & REBUNG AS SALAM, AN OLD FRIEND GAVE ME YOUNG BAMBOO SHOOT(REBUNG) JUST A WEEK BEFORE THE HARI RAYA HAJI. AT THE PLACE WHERE I AM RESIDING NOW, THERE IS NEVER A PLACE WHERE ONE CAN FIND KAMPUNG DELICACIES THAT EASY. AND REBUNG IS ALWAYS SOLD AFTER BEING KEPT AS JERUK( OR REBUNG MASAM). THERE ARE A FEW PLACES OR KAMPUNG THAT STILL SERVES FRESH REBUNG, ONLY A FEW. SO I TOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BOIL MY REBUNG WHICH MY FRIEND SITI HAD SENT TO ME VIA ANOTHER FRIEND. I HAD IT REFRIGERATED UNTIL THIS MORNING WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE TO COOK MY OWN MENU, MY STYLE. REBUNG COOKED WITH SOTONG! REBUNG DI TUMIS DGN SOTONG DAH MASAK ..!