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Friday, March 11, 2011

PUMPKIN AND SPINACH IN COCONUT SOUP / MASAK LEMAK PUTIH LABU DAN BAYAM


At one glance it may looks like Thai dish Tom Kai Gai, no it's not it's one of Malaysian favorite dish called Masak Lemak. This dish can be either white or yellow. If you want it yellow, you need to add in some fresh or powder turmeric. It can either be mild of hot. If you want it hot then bird's eyes chilies will have to be added. By it's  name it sound creamy. Yes it's creamy and tasty. I normally cooked this dish if there was any leftover pumpkin from other dish I made. For this recipe I made it mild and simple. I combined spinach into this dish. Yummy....best serve with hot rice and sambal belacan.

INGREDIENTS

1/2 pumpkin cut into cubes / 1/2 biji labu potong kecil
1 packet spinach - cut / 1 paket /seikat bayan potong kecil
3 tbsp anchovies - soaked / 3 sdb ikan bilis rendam
3 red chilies sliced / 3 biji cili merah hiris menyerong
1 onion slice thinly / 1 biji bawang besar hiris halus
2 cup coconut milk / 2 cawan santan
2 cup stock / 2 cawan air atau stok
salts to taste / garam secukup rasa.

PREPARATION

  1. Boiled water in a saucepan. Add in pumpkin, onion, chilies, anchovies and salts to taste. Simmer until pumpkins are done. / Masak air/stok. Masukkan labu, bawang besar, ikan bilis dan cili. Masukkan garam secukup rasa. Renehkan sehingga labu empuk.
  2. Once pumpkins are done add in spinach and coconut milk. Stir constantly until spinach are done. Remove from heat/ Masukkan bayam dan santan, kacau supaya tidak bergentel sehingga bayam masak. Padamkan api dan hidang.

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Biasanya saya akan masak ini apabila ada lebihan labu dari kuih atau apa-apa sajian yang menggunakan labu. Kebetulan ari tu saya buah Apam Labu saya agihkan sedikit untuk masak lemak ini dan pancake. Saya suka memasaknya secara simple, cara main campak-campak aje. Bawang dan cili pun main hiris-hiris saja. Untuk resipi ini supaya tidak nampak terlalu kosong saya masukkan juga bayam. Bayam dan Labu juga merupakan kombinasi yang menarik. Sedap dimakan dengan nasi panas dan pastinya memantapkannya dengan sambal belacan.


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Next Post - Saturday Breakfast Idea , Pumpkin Pancake and Dried Wanton Mee


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1 comment:

  1. as salam kak paty...sedapkan sayur lemak cam gini..tapi eina x leh mkn byk2 labu nih..angin puting beliung satu badan...hahaha...

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