Karate (pork) chops!

Marinade for the pork chops:
0.5 tablespoon of Kikkoman Soy Sauce
1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
1 small knob of old ginger, sliced
2 cloves of minced garlic
1 teaspoon ground white pepper
1 tsp of Shaoxing wine

Marinate two pork chops well and place into ziplock bag, along with the rest of the marinade. Leave overnight to marinate.

Heat two tablespoons of #BenefitCoco oil in a pan, place the pork chops into the heated oil and pan fry it on both sides till cooked through. Pour the remaining marinade over the pork chops as you pan fry. Add in cherry tomatoes and pan fry it on both sides with a teaspoon of #BenefitCoco oil till blistered.

Serve with a side of honey bbq sauce. (:

ikan assam pedas and ikan happycall! :)

Mdm Takehome Chef

Appears at the door with a bag of what eventually dinner would be.

Premix blended garlic, ginger and onion.

And a pack of chilli paste

Stir fry till fragrant before adding in the chilli paste.

Mix fresh assam with water and strain the liquid mixture into the sauce.

A teaspoon of cumin and a stalk of smashed lemongrass chopped into three.

For how long?

However long it takes. You'll see the oil released from the chilli paste.

Marinated chunks of ikan patin.

Ikan kari paste premix and tumeric.

Just a dash of oil and let the fatty fish grill in the happycall!

Don't panic. It's hardly overdone.

It's just right. :)

Depending on the thickness, this took us a few flips and between 15-20 minutes?

The shadow of yellow oil? That's tumeric.

And it's back to the ikan assam pedas.

Add in water and the fish slices to boil and simmer.

And a dash of sugar and salt to taste.

Perhaps a half cube of Knorr chicken or fish cube for a fuller bodied flavour.

And if you'd like this to be spicier, add on some black pepper seeds to boil.

And making the last dip into the sauce would be daun kesun (laksa leaves).

Let it simmer for a bit till the fish is about cooked then turn it up to a boil before serving.

And just as part of a healthy diet, an assortment of colourful broccoli, carrots, prawns and sliced black mushrooms. :)

Dinner for four. And just a little more.

Don't call this takehome chef. She's not for hire.

But if you're lucky, she'll call you.

Thanks for a hearty meal and time together at dinner. The tummy and I are blessed by friends like you.

Oh all the ayam masak merahs, the sup ikans, the mee gorengs and even nuggets I would offer to fry!

To more cookouts!

happycall-ed! :)

Happycall works like a dream machine! This pressure pan lets amateurs whip up dishes that look like they came from the photoshoot of cooking magazines.

Something like this.

And tastes equally awesome. :)

But of course there are limitations with the size of the pan. Dinner for four couldn't just be one average sized spring chicken with roasted vegetables. So use the traditional pan already and fry up some pasta.

Saute some garlic and shallots in olive oil. Throw in sliced sausages, strips of ham and some help from canned carbonara sauce. Add a dash of italian herb and black pepper. Drain the al dente pasta and coat evenly with sauce before dishing it up for the dinner table.

Simple. Hearty. Happycall happy! :)

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