A very appetising dish with tangy and robust flavour of tamarind juice, red and green chillies added more oomph to the dish. This dish will surely whet your appetite and you'll go for second helping of rice to soak up the tangy gravy. This is a Peranakan dish but as always, there are many varieties to this delicacy. I tweaked the recipe a bit to suit what I have in my pantry and the end result is a very yummy dish that I will not hesitate to whip up again and again. Tamarind Pork Belly (Babi Assam) ~ 亚参 五花肉 Ingredients 450 gm pork belly, cut into bite size 5 cloves of garlic, finely chopped 3 shallots, finely chopped 30 gm tamarind pulp (Assam paste) + 250 ml water 3 green chillies 2 red chillies 2 tsp tau cheong (preserved bean paste) 2 tsp dark soya sauce 1 Tbsp brown sugar or to taste 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp fish sauce 1 onion, sliced Method Mix the tamarind pulp with a cup of...
Happy Mother's Day and have a great fun filled one. Those are lovely flowers. Can see u grinning ear to ear ;)
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day to you Cheah!!
ReplyDeletewow..so sweet of them!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Mama's Day to you!
Wow so envious of your beautiful mother's day gift! Am sure you had a very happy day today:D
ReplyDeleteElin
ReplyDeleteCaught me by surprise and you know what, supposed to be delivered early in the morning. Then when my girl called up then only learnt that it had been delivered to the wrong address. So I only got it around 3pm!
ICook4Fun
Happy Mother's Day to you too!
Claire
Sama, sama to you too!
Jeannie
Happy Mother's Day to you too!
Beautiful flowers! happy mom's day :)
ReplyDeletehappy mother's day to you, cheah!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day to you Cheah!
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Anncoo
ReplyDeleteIt's ok, Ann. Happy Mother's Day to you too .... maybe I also forgot to wish you. Better late than never, ha, ha!
Happy Mother's day to you too, Cheah! So envy! I love water lily and am wearing it on my wedding. Same colour as well. ha... :o)
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Kristy
ReplyDeleteBelated Mother's Day greeting to you too!