Ikan masin buncis sambal/salted fish French beans chili.
To make -
fry 2 tbsp dried chilli paste with
1 tsp garlic paste or chopped garlic,
1/2 tsp belacan powder,
4 sliced shallots and
1/4 handful of soaked and rinsed kurau/threadfin salted fish (see pic).
Add string out and sliced one packet beans.
Stir.
Pour some water for gravy and to soften beans.
Stir, season with a little salt, palm sugar and lime juice.
Stir and dish out.
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Thai vegetable soup.
To make:
sauté 1 smashed lemongrass,
5 smashed shallots
and 5 smashed garlic in 2 tbsp of oil.
Add 1 sliced tomato and
1 stick sliced lotus root (remove skin).
Stir,
pour enough water for soup
and simmer to soften root.

Add 1 sheet soaked fucuk/tofu sheet,
2 bay leaves and
1 broken cinnamon.
Season with salt and heat through.
Add 1/4 sliced cabbage and simmer for another 2 to 3 mins. Off the heat and
combine in some basil leaves.
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Thai plant Based Fried Rice.
Heat 4 tbsp oil,
sauté 1 large sliced onion,
1 lemongrass and
1/2 inch ginger.
Add 4 cups rice,
stir,
add 2 tsp veg granules (optional) and
salt,
stir,
add 1 cup sliced pineapple
and 2 red chillies,
stir and
remove from heat.
Let it cool down a bit,
combine in 5 sliced daun kaduk,
sliced spring onion and
1/2 cup fried peanuts.
Note: adjust quantity of ingredients for smaller portion.
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Sun Dried Mango Curry/Maangai Vathal Kuzhambu
Aka, #karimangakering
https://www.nava-k.com/2022/08/sun-dried-mango-currymaangai-vathal.html
The absolute fab, delicious, sour, spicy, tongue-rolling, mouth-packing Sun Dried Mango Curry. Sun dried mangoes? They are easily available at the Indian grocers and trust me, won't cost you a bomb. Oh, oh, before I hit it at the recipe, I must tell you that this Sun Dried Mango Curry will be heaven calling for the next day's meal too.
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