SIMPLE DISHES

Today is a public holiday in Seremban!!! Actually is not a good news for a fulltime mummy !Agree??? hahaha... back to my easily done dishes for lunch!!! My mum used to cook this STEW PORK TOFU since i were young! I love this dish soooooo much & my family will do!!! It's very nice when u go with the aroma hot rice. ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS :D

INGREDIENTS :

• 500g pork belly, cut into cubes
• 2 blocks fried tofu, cut into 6 pieces
• 5 pips garlic , with skin
• 4cm cinamon stick
• 2 star anise
• 3 cloves
• 8-10 fa jiu (sorry ..i don't know the name of this spice in eng, i vil find out asap)

SEASONING :

• 3 tbsps soy sauce
• 1 1/2 tsps dark soy sauce
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 200ml water

1. Heat up 1 tbsp oil, stir-fry garlic & all the spices until fragrant. Add in pork belly & stir-fry for awhile. Add seasoning & stir-fry until well mixed.
2. Stew for 1/2 hr & add in fried tofu. Continue to stew for another 20-3o mins until the pork is tender.

Another simple dish... this was from my grandma. I still can remember the taste of this Fried Curry Eggplant that i had tried when i'm very young in my grandma's hse. I think more then 20 yrs. She loves to cook this when we were there. TQ my dear popo for the nice dish! She is here in my house for a long holiday :D hehee.. so today is my chance to cook this dish for her. So sorry for not taking a nicer picture of this dish. It was half way eating.... hehe ! Look abit messy ...

• 5 medium size eggplants, cut into long strips ( in chinese they called it 滚刀法）
• 3 pips chopped garlic
• 2 tbsps curry powder
• 1 sprig curry leaf ( avoided here)
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup water
• some fried anchovies

1. Heat up 3 tbsps oil, stir-fry chopped garlic until fragrant. Add in eggplants & continue to stir-fry.
2. Add in curry powder & salt, mix well. Add in some water & cover with lid .Simmer for 5 mins or until the eggplant is soft.
3. Dish up & add in fried anchovies.

Happy Holiday ^.^