Uder's Cook Book

This is just one of a possible way to cook sardines. I know my mom have one way to cook this, and Mak Siti also have her family ways of cooking sardines. This is how my mother in law do it and how my husband expected sardines to be cooked. Now this is all agak-agak measurements. How we do it is to proportionate things around the main ingredients. Yes, sometimes this does get me into trouble. Hahaha..but thats the beauty of cooking. 😉😉😉😉 So: A 1 can of sardines (for this one I use a small one) B 5 pcs of dried chilli (bring to boil and strain them) 3 medium sized shallots 1 (or maybe 2) garlic less than a thumb size shrimp paste - belacan la 1/4 teaspoon of tamarind paste half cut and sliced sweet onion (bawang holland) Steps: Blend B with adequate water. Heat some oil and put B in. After naik minyak - a balance consistency of the oil and B, add tamarind paste. Stir for a while then add the sardines (with a bit of the tomato paste). Cook a while then add the oni...

Oh my, I don’t know where to start. I love potato salad, especially the homemade ones. It’s fulfilling and full of flavours, usually we made it if we are having barbeque and have it as sides. You can also eat it on its own, just a yummy hearty happy bowl. However it’s been forever since I made the last one, two years back perhaps, and today just come as an opportunity to get my skill back as we got invited for a barbeque get together. Yup this is also some dish you can make to bring to friends house, hassle free with a smile. Now, making potato salad, you can add on variety of ingredients to this, mayonnaise, hard boiled eggs, onion, capsicums (good for colour!),   sausages and broccoli are the usual on my list.   However today I am going to twist the taste a bit. Yesterday we got some pretty good crunchy apples, and when I was thinking of making a salad for the get together, I remembered making fruit salad with a dear friend (that was our guilty indulgence at one p...