kiffir lime leaves Archives - Just Julie https://www.julieolive.co.uk/tag/kiffir-lime-leaves/ A Malaysian lost in Britain Fri, 28 Dec 2018 21:19:12 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 134825744 Pomelo, Prawn and Cellophane (bean thread) noodles salad – Special https://www.julieolive.co.uk/2018/12/28/pomelo-prawn-and-cellophane-bean-thread-noodles-salad-special/ https://www.julieolive.co.uk/2018/12/28/pomelo-prawn-and-cellophane-bean-thread-noodles-salad-special/#respond Fri, 28 Dec 2018 21:18:35 +0000 https://www.julieolive.co.uk/?p=495 Pomelo, prawns and cellophane noodles salads is my final decision. A friend gave me a pomelo a couple of weeks ago and I have been wondering what to do with it. I know that some medicines may interact dangerously with pomelos and some pomelo hybrids, including grapefruit, some limes, and some oranges and I am taking one …

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Pomelo, prawns and cellophane noodles salads is my final decision.

A friend gave me a pomelo a couple of weeks ago and I have been wondering what to do with it. I know that some medicines may interact dangerously with pomelos and some pomelo hybrids, including grapefruit, some limes, and some oranges and I am taking one medication that makes it not so great for me to mix pomelo though I am very partial to the pink fruit variety. Hence I have been wondering what to do with my gift. I wanted something fresh. 

As luck would have it, the friend is coming here for lunch so I have decided to feed it back to her in the form of a salad, a pomelo, prawns and cellophane noodles salads. To my utter surprise the hubby love it too!

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Pomelo, prawns and cellophane noodles salads

Ingredients

Pomelo or grapefruit

  • 350 g Pomelo
  • For the Pork Belly
  • 2 strips pork belly
  • 1 stalk lemon grass
  • 5 to 7 kiffir lime leaves
  • 1 to torch ginger flower
  • 1 lemon and juice
  • pinch salt

For the Dipping

  • 2 tbsp vinegar
  • 1 mince chilli
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce.
  • Assemble with Seasoning
  • 200 g prawns
  • 100 g cellophane noodles
  • 1 Carolina chilli reaper minced or birdeye chilli
  • 1 lemon juice
  • 1 bunch coriander
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • freshly ground pepper
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar optional
  • 1 tbsp crispy shallots
  • 1 tbsp crispy garlic

Instructions

  • Peel the pomelo and separate the flesh.
  • Place the pork belly, lemon grass, kiffir lime leaves, torch ginger flower,lemon juice and salt. Bring to boil and keep boiling for 20 minutes or so then turn off heat and let it cool down before removing the pork belly and slice thinly.
  • Vinegar, chilli and soy sauce dip – adjust to your taste.
  • Bring the stock to boil again and give your prawns a rinse.
  • Soak the cellophane noodles in the stock of your pork belly till soft. Remove and set aside.
  • To assemble mix the prawns with the cellophane noodles and add in the minced chillies. Season with lemon juice, coriander, soy sauce, fish sauce and freshly ground pepper.

Notes

Please add a tablespoon of brown sugar into the seasoning if you like. As I have to be on a sugar ration I usually omit. Adjust the recipe to suit your taste. A bit more sour, sweet or spicy is entirely up to you. TIP – Prepare and pack everything in your fridge and assemble at the last minute as this salad is served cold. Very easy if you’re going out shopping with friends then come home for a cuppa and an impressive light lunch.

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Torch Ginger Flower Chicken cooked with belacan aka shrimp paste – Sambal Belacan Ayam Bunga Kantan. For reason unknown I love torch ginger, the smell, the taste, it’s fragrance, I just love them. When I got 2 huge jars from a friend who came back to UK from Malaysia I happily spent days thinking how to make good use of them. My friend spent time going to the markets in Ipoh, (Perak, Malaysia) and bought all the bunga kantan he could find, sliced them and semi fried them in oil. Then he packed them into jars and brought them all the way to UK for me with love.

Hence this dish – Torch Ginger Flower Chicken cooked with shrimp paste

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Torch Ginger Flower Chicken cooked with shrimp paste

Ingredients

For Chicken Marinate (30 minutes)

  • 1 cornfed chicken
  • 4 to 5 limes
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • 1 tsp chilli powder
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp minced torch ginger
  • salt and pepper

Blended ingredients

  • 2 large onions
  • 1 tbsp torch ginger flower
  • 2 stalks lemon grass
  • 3 – 4 cloves garlic
  • 1/2 matchbox size belacan shrimp paste

Other ingredients

  • A few kiffir lime leaves
  • 1 beaten egg
  • A few dried chillies
  • 2 tbsp oil

Instructions

  • I marinated a small chicken chopped into small pieces with lime juice, turmeric, chilli powder, salt, pepper, sugar and torch ginger. Just before hitting the hot wok I mixed in 2 large tablespoon of corn starch. In hot oil I stir fry till chicken is cooked then removed.
  • Using the oil I fry my mixture of blended onion, more torch ginger flower, lemon grass, garlic, belacan and some dried chillies.
  • I then snipped in some kiffir lime leaves. Snip the sides of the leaves – don’t add in the stems. Next add in the chicken and fry for about 30 minutes on medium heat.
  • Lastly add in a beaten egg. I wanted all the spices to ‘stick’ to the eggs and chicken. Since the bunga kantan was made with love and carried to me all the way from Ipoh I want to ‘eat’ all of it and not waste

Notes

Note : Please remember that you can change and add to any recipes. Make it more spicy or less spicy and so on. TIP – You can add a few tbsp of coconut milk if you happens to have some. TIP – You do not have to add in a beaten egg but it’s so good or add 2 beaten eggs if you have more people to feed.

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