Saturday, April 01, 2006
Sardine Sambal Anyone??
Knocked off work tdy at 830pm. Suppose to be at 630pm.Trying to finish off my long dued project.. but to no success. I'll just continue tomoro la.. Went to Giant Parkway to get a blender. What is it for u ask..well I want to learn to cook and the first dish would be sambal sardine ( sardine w lotsa chili..hehe).Prior to that,scribbled down the ingredients and preparation steps from Hana.
Some garlie, red onions, dried chilies, tamarind juice(fr the paste), some salt, msg, sugar and of coz SARDINE - 1 of my favourite fish.
Suppose to meet Carole after all the shopping but was tired already so I told her that I would go off first. But alas I met her at the taxi queue..waited like half an hour for a cab!...We shared a cab home.Its been a while since I went out w her. :)
Once I alight fr the cab, found out my dear Azlin achieved her goal! CONGRATS my dear!! I'm so PROUD of you! GO <>!
Arrived home ard 1030pm.Hubby already asleep. So eager to start cooking..yeah at nite! I was that EAGER! I hurriedly pried open the new blender box and saw a piece of glass..To my dismay the blender has broken into pieces!!! I didn't even knw that's its glass in the first place, if not I wouldn't bought it. No wonder its cheap.. S$29.90 only...but lucky it comes w a miller. (smaller version of blender). At least I could blend my chili paste..if not i would have cried in frustration!
Contemplating whether I should go back to Giant and request a replacement or just threw it away. I would have gotten a plastic one eventually ..more durable. Actually I dropped it at Giant..it fell out of my shopping basket.ahaha ..oh well if i;m not lazy la tomoro i shall drag the broken blender to work..YES..i'm working tomoro! grr
Finished cooking at ard 12am..put aside washing the dishes first to devour my sardine sambal! and it tastes GREAT! ..to me la.. Not bad ah Lynn for a first attempt! It was quite spicy at first , so I added some black soya sauce more for hubby's sake..Later too spicy he cannot eat la...awhwhaaw
Thanks again Hana.. I look forward to learning more dishes from u ah ah..Next on the list would be Ayam Lemak Cili Padi (chicken w chili coconut), Asam Pedas (Fish w Chili gravy), Sambal Sotong (Squid chili)- hubby's fav, Sayur Lodeh (a vegetable soupy dish)-also hubby's fav..i dun like soupy vegetable dishes and also Sambal Terung (Brinjal Chili)..wah so many ah..like real only ahaha
You may say ..sardine sambal so easy la to make..but for an amateur cook like me, its an achievement because it involves grinding of basic ingredients like onions, garlie etc hwahwwah .Usually I used ready made paste and sauces..haha
wah long entry ah..sorry ah ..v excited la first cooking experience haha
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Adryan Azli