To Cook
Toss the prawns in the corn flour.
Pan-fry the prawns in a pan with vegetable oil until they turn golden brown.
Mix all dipping sauce ingredients in a small bowl, garnish with coriander.
Sprinkle pinch of salt on top of the prawns and serve with the dipping sauce.
Seafood
Pan Fried Fish Fillet
To Prep
Rinse fish and pat-dry with paper towels. Season both sides with salt, pepper and wine, then coat lightly with cornflour.
In a bowl, combine the sauce ingredients and mix well.
To Cook
In a fying pan, Heat oil over medium-high and pan-fry until cooked through and both sides are golden brown. Transfer to serving plate, cover to keep warm.
Add some oil to pan and sauté shallot and ginger until fragrant.
Add in the sauce and bring to boil. Add thickening and cook further until preferred state. Remove from heat and pour over fish, then garnish with coriander and spring onions. Serve hot.
Seafood Pad Thai
To Prep
Soak noodle in water for 1 hr. Drain and set aside.
To Cook
Stir-fry turnip, dried shrimp and red onion with oil over low heat until fragrant.
Add prawns and stir-fry over high heat until cooked and add fish sauce.
Stir in noodle and add Pad Thai paste, tamarind paste, palm sugar and vinegar into the mixture. Stir fry until all ingredients are well-mixed; add a little water if too dry. Eggs can be added at this stage for a smoother taste.
Add bean sprouts and garlic chives. Stir through quickly. Sprinkle roasted peanuts and lime (optional) before serving hot as a meal.
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce
To Cook the Fish
Rinse mackerel and pat-dry with paper towels. Season both sides with salt and pepper, coat light with cornflour.
To Make the Sauce
In a frying pan, heat oil over medium heat and pan-fry the fish until both sides turn golden. Transfer to serving plate.
Add a little oil in pan, sauté shallot and ginger until fragrant. Add in the tomatoes and sprinkle some salt, then add in the water and sugar.
Cover and cook until tomatoes are soft and sugar fully dissolved. Add in the ketchup, Shaoxing wine and Worcestershire sauce, then cook until the amount of sauce is halved. Add the thickening and cook until your preferred consistency. Remove from heat and pour over fish. Garnish with spring onions and coriander. Serve hot with rice.
Stir Fried Cabbage with Dried Shrimps
To Cook
Heat some oil in pan on medium, sauté garlic until fragrant.
Add the dried shrimps and fry until crispy and fragrant. Remove and set aside.
Heat some oil in pan again, add in the cabbage and stir fry for 1 min, then add water and cook covered for 2-3 mins. Uncover and cook for a further 5-6 mins or until the cabbage are cooked.
Add the dried shrimps and a dash of pepper, season with salt if desired. Stir to mix well.
Transfer to a serving plate and serve.
BBQ Prawns on Lemongrass Sticks
To Prep
Mix the chilli sauce, soy sauce and honey in a bowl. Place the prawns in this marinade and cover. Allow to stand.
Take the prawns and skewer them on the lemongrass, three to a stick.
To Cook
Heat the grill plate and cook prawn for 2-3 mins each side, while basting the prawns with the marinade.
Arrange the prawn sticks on a plate and garnish with mint.
Malaysian Lemongrass Prawn Curry
To Cook
Place vegetable oil in a heated saucepan, add garlic and onions. Cook until soft and add Lingham’s Malaysian Lemongrass Curry Paste.
Fry for several minutes until fragrant then add coconut cream, lemongrass stem and water.
Bring to the boil and add carrots. Cook for 5 mins, then add prawns.
Simmer for 3 mins, add broccolini and cook for 2 mins. Remove the lemongrass, stir through salt and mint. Serve with rice.
Stir Fried Cabbage with Cellophane Noodles
To Cook
Heat some oil in pan on medium, sauté garlic until fragrant. Add the dried shrimps and fry until crispy and fragrant.
Add in the cabbage and stir fry for 2-3 mins. Add in the cellophane noodles, water and soy sauce, mix well and cook covered for 3-4 mins. Uncover and cook for a further 2-3 mins or until the cabbages are cooked.
Add a dash of pepper and season with salt if desired. Stir to mix well.
Drizzle the sesame oil and transfer to a serving plate, serve.
Oyster Omelette
To Prep
Wash the oysters a few times to remove any sand or shell particles.
Crack the eggs, fish sauce and pepper into a mixing bowl, and whisk together.
In a separate bowl, add all the batter ingredients and mix well.
To Cook
Heat 3 tbsp oil in a non-stick frying pan over high heat.
Stir the batter, then use a ladle to pour a thin layer over the pan. Cook until set and golden.
Reserve ¼ of the egg mixture, then pour the remaining egg into the pan and cook until the edges begin to brown.
When nearly cooked, create a well in the middle of the omelette. Add 2 tbsp oil, garlic and chilli paste and allow to cook until fragrant.
Add in the oysters and spring onions, then pour over reserved egg mixture over the oysters. Carefully flip the omelette over and cook for 15-30 secs, then remove from heat.
Carefully slide the omelette onto a plate. Garnish with parsley and serve with chilli sauce.
Prawn Noodle (Mee) Soup
To Cook
Bring 4 cups of water to the boil, blanch Hokkien noodles, vermicelli and bean shoots. Drain; distribute among 4 bowls.
Meanwhile, combine stock ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 45 mins. Strain through a sieve; keep warm in a saucepan until needed.
Bring stock back to the boil, add pork slices and prawns; simmer for 2 mins.
Add fish cake slices (optional) and water spinach, boiled for 1 min.
Ladle soup into serving bowls; use tongs to distribute pork, prawns, fish cakes and water spinach.
Top with fried shallots and egg.
Serve with sambal oeleck and soy sauce as condiments.
Singapore Black Pepper Crab
To Prep
Add kecap manis, oyster sauce, sugar and 3 tbsp water in a small bowl, mix together and set aside.
Pull back the apron of each crab, remove the top shell, then intestines and feathery gills. Rinse quickly.
Cut each crab into quarters and crack the legs gently (use a meat mallet) so that the flavours can enter.
To Cook
Heat the oil in a large wok over high heat, add the crab pieces and stir fry in batches until the shell is in bright orange and the meat almost cooked (about 5 mins). Remove from wok and repeat until all cooked.
Add the butter, ginger, garlic, chilli, black and white pepper and ground coriander to the wok, stir fry it for 30 secs.
Add the sauce mixture and stir, bring it to boil, then simmer for 2 mins.
Return the crab to the wok and toss to coat in the sauce.
Cook for another 2-3 mins to finish cooking the crab then garnish with the spring onions and coriander leaves.
Dish up and serve hot.
Malaysia Butter Crabs
To Prep
Clean the crab and cut into pieces. Use paper towels to pat dry the crab.
Mix the corn starch and water in a separate bowl and set aside.
To Cook
Heat the wok to medium heat. Melt the butter in the wok before adding the curry leaves and birds eye chillies. As soon as there is aroma from the curry leaves and chillies, add in crab and stir fry continuously until crab turns colour.
Add evaporated milk and cover wok, then turn heat to low. Simmer for about 5 mins and then add corn starch to thicken the creamy butter sauce.
Add salt and sugar to taste.
Remove from wok and serve immediately.