Chicken, Celery, Carrots and Tomatoes Beer Stew

Ingredients

2 whole chicken drumsticks

1 onion, chopped finely

2 cloves garlic, chopped finely

1 tomato, chopped finely

2 Stalk Celery, chopped

1 Carrot, chopped 

330ml beer

1 bay leave

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

2 tablespoons butter

Salt and black pepper, to taste

Method

1. In a medium bowl, marinate chicken pieces with salt and pepper, set aside for 10 to 20 minutes.

2. Heat up oil in a frying pan. Pan-fried both sides of the chicken pieces until golden brown. Dish out and set aside.

3. Melt butter in the frying pan, saute onion and garlic until fragrant. Add Celery and carrot and stir fry for 5 minutes. Add chicken pieces and then make a few quick stirs. 

4. Add beer, tomato and bay leave. Cover and simmer for about 30 minutes.

5. Season the dish with salt and black pepper. 

6. Enjoy!

Steam Fish Fillets with Mushrooms, Tomatoes and Black Beans

Ingredients

2 Sutchi Fish Fillets

1 Large Tomato, Cut to thick slices

5 Shitake Mushrooms, Thinly sliced

1 Tbsp Black Beans

2cm thick Ginger, Shredded

Method

1. Cut fish up into 3 pieces and arrange in a plate

2. Scatter ginger over the fish

3. Lay tomato slices over the fish

4. Scatter mushrooms and black beans over

5. Steam for 20mins

6. Enjoy!

Curry Fish Head with Okra, Tomatoes and Eggplant

Ingredients:

1 large Red Snapper fish head

10 Okra

2 Tomatoes, quartered

1 Eggplant, cut to thick strips
80g asam paste, mixed with 400ml water and squeeze out the juice
500ml water
cooking oil
1/2 tsp of salt
1 tbsp sugar

Curry Spices:

75g Fish curry powder (I use Earthern Pot), mixed with 100ml water

100g shallots, finely chopped

50g garlic, finely minced
20g Lemongrass stalk, finely chopped

Few Curry leaves, more if you like the flavour

Method:

1. Heat up oil, stir fry the curry spices until fragrant.
2. Steam Okra and eggplant for 5 mins, set aside

3. Add in tomatoes, stir well.
4. Add in the water, asam juice, salt and sugar, and bring to a boil
5. Add in fish head

6. Once fish head is almost cooked through (About 8 to 10 mins), add in Okra and Eggplant.

7. After another 3 mins, remove from heat and serve.
8. Enjoy!

*If you find this is troublesome, you can buy ready made Fish Head Curry Spices and just add Okra, Eggplant and Tomatoes with Fish Head. It will be easier and taste just as nice.