today i was busy preparing some hot snacks for D...while he was burying himself under the books of economics so as to complete his assignment due next week. i'm glad i was doing the cooking and not the studying. i hate econs!! oops.
shaoxing rice wine and garlic oil infused grilled chickenstarted with something more familiar, ie the parts of the chicken wings (wings...we human actually eat wings..? umm..). the chicken were marinated for 24hours with shao xing rice wine, garlic (had deep fried this) and its oil, soya sauce and a light dash of white pepper. i wanted the taste of the wine to sink deep in the meat of the chicken. that's the way D likes it...then i grilled it so that this can be easier for D to heat up to snack anytime later this week. i had a taste of it when i let D tried the preview of this alcholic dish last night..and i thought it tasted really good. =) i'm gonna do the stir fry version tonight so that we have the sauce for our rice from the wine and chicken juice. can't wait!!
preparation
finished productpetite potato cake
i wanted to make something like bagadil (the malay version of potato cake), but i wasn't sure of the ingredients they have in there. i love the nasi padang place near arab street where they have bagadil and sambal belachan that is simply the best!! i missed having them. so while i was craving for one, i decided to make a western version of potato cake.
i had boiled the potatoes, then mash them with a fork. added some salt, butter, thyme, english parsley and inion then mixed them together with my hands. Thereafter i rolled them into a ball by pressing them hard together so as to prevent them from falling apart then flattening them slightly. i then dipped them into eggs (had added some salt and pepper for taste) before frying them.
i think i didn't had enough oil for frying as i was trying to avoid an oily potato cake and they didn't turn out well. some starting falling apart as i fried them. overall, i thought it didn't tasted good at all. sigh....will do some research and attempt again next time.
D: but i like it!
(D typed this when he saw me blogging. he had 2 potato cakes. despite my disappointment in them....always so supportive...thanks dear!)
i had boiled the potatoes, then mash them with a fork. added some salt, butter, thyme, english parsley and inion then mixed them together with my hands. Thereafter i rolled them into a ball by pressing them hard together so as to prevent them from falling apart then flattening them slightly. i then dipped them into eggs (had added some salt and pepper for taste) before frying them.
i think i didn't had enough oil for frying as i was trying to avoid an oily potato cake and they didn't turn out well. some starting falling apart as i fried them. overall, i thought it didn't tasted good at all. sigh....will do some research and attempt again next time.
D: but i like it!
(D typed this when he saw me blogging. he had 2 potato cakes. despite my disappointment in them....always so supportive...thanks dear!)
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