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Halibut's Mediterranean Baked Fish

Monday, August 11, 2014

Salam dan hai,

Gimik? hehe.. nama mesti nak up, bila orang tanya, apa tu halibut, well.. Nama melayu dia, Ikan Sebelah, sejarah dia dari Nabi Musa A.S makan ikan ni di bahagian putih (sekarang), tinggallah sebahagian di sebelah untuk simpanan ( belah hitam sekarang). Lalu, Nabi Musa A.S pun tertido, ikan yg dimakan bahagian sebelah tu saja diniatkan nak makan pada waktu esok. Kuasa Allah Taala, ikan sebelah yang telah pun dimakan Nabi Musa sebelahnya tu hidup dan melompat masuk ke air, bahagian dimakan tu tertutup penuh jadinya yang putih la kalau korang kenal la sekarang ni.

haa.. tu la sejarah sikit pasal ikan sebelah ni, kalau kita tengok video youtube cari kata nama Halibut, omputeh punya size, hamikk.. memang panjang sedepa.. tapi kat Malaysia ni size memang ciput ja. Mungkin kelahiran asia ikan sebelah ni, jadinya yang tinggal pun anak cucu, yang dewasa berhijrah ke barat kekdahnya.. tak gitu? gurau saja!

yang ini bukan masakan terbaru sangat, tapi dua minggu lepas, kiranya musim hari raya. Tak tahu nak masak apa. Dalam peti ais pula ada ikan sebelah saiz besar lengan kita, berat dalam sekilo lebih. Pagi tu da bawa keluar dari freezer, tunggu defrost, tengahari dah boleh masak.

Hasil goog-ley pula banyak cari di laman Yummly, keyword Halibut. So ada banyak resepi dari sana, ringkasan pelbagai laman, tapi boleh cari di Yummly, sebabnya dia macam direktori camtu la. Sebenarnya sudah lama teringin mahu makan di Manhattan's Fish Market, tapi kesibukan saja, ni bila dah berada di tempat semuanya tiada, jadinya, pasrah saja kena buat sendiri. huhu.

Cumanya, proses saya buat ni dari seekor ikan yang sudah dicuci oleh suami, hehe. tapi stil sebesar lengan macam tu, apa yang saya buat, cuba cari video di youtube macam mna cara nak filleting ikan sebelah ni, ada pelbagai carai basically memang sama je, depa ni memang ambil bahagian isi semata-mata.

Untuk ikan seberat sekilo lebih, pecahan fillet tu akan dapat 4 keping, yg isi tebal 2 keping dan nipis sikit 2 keping. Bajet nak makan berapa orang dulu, kalau 5-6 orang boleh guna semua kalau 2-3 orang dan makan sampai esok pun ambil fillet 2 keping saja, ikut banyak mana nak makan. :)



Bahan- bahan mudah diperoleh, lagipun, memang sudah sedia ada di dapur, tinggal kerajinan nak explore menu baru saja. jangan meleleh air liur pula, cuba dulu baru adjust. Resepi asalnya tu banyak diolah, almaklumlah, omputeh ni biasa makan raw saja. janji ada rasa pedas dan masin, dah kira okla tu, kalau kita, rasa macam blen da gitu. tekak melayu katakan!



Resepi :

1-2  keping ikan sebelah ( potong 3-4 inci panjang)
2 tsp olive oil
1 labu bawang besar
3 ulas bawang putih
1 tbs jus limau kasturi
1/2 tsp mixed herbs
1/2 tsp serbuk lada hitam
1/2 keping bay leaf
100ml tomato tin, **kalau tomato puree, 4tbs**
1 cawan stok ikan
garam secukup rasa
Daun ketumbar sebagai hiasan


Cara :

1. Gaulkan kepingan ikan dengan 1/2 tsp serbuk lada hitam, perasakan dengan sedikit garam. Biarkan.
2. Tumis bawang besar dan bawang putih yang telah dihiris dengan minyak zaitun. Hingga naik bau.
3. Masukkan tomato puree yang telah diblend dengan 1/4 cawan stok ikan, biar mendidih dan masukkan bay leaf, serbuk mixed herbs dan sedikit lada hitam.
4. Mendidih elok, masukkan jus limau kasturi, lebihan stok ikan. biar mendidih baru perasakan sedikit garam dan gula.
5. kalau suka, bleh masukkan sedikit hirisan daun ketumbar dan daun sup. 
6. Kuah pekat sedikit. matikan api.
7. Sediakan loyang untuk membakar dalam ketuhar dipanaskan dengan suhu 200 darjah celcius selama 10 minit.
8. Fillet ikan yang sudah diperap dengan lada hitam dan garam disusun dalam loyang, dan dilapisi dengan kuah tumis. taburkan sedikit daun ketumbar.
9. Bakar dalam masa 15 minit atau hingga masak. Sedia dimakan panas.

Nota:
- Masakan sedikit masam, ikut selera dengan mengawal kemasaman dengan jus limau dan selama mana daun bay dibiarkan.
- Fillet ikan ini boleh diganti dengan pelbagai isi ikan jenis putih.
- Tulang ikan direbus untuk dapatkan stok ikan
- Boleh dimasak bersama sayur seperti lobak merah, celery etc.



After baked in the oven





Happy cooking!

Kitchen HOB

Saturday, August 9, 2014

Salam dan hai,

The most topic I had googley so far, as for my self, googley to blog from another blog, forum to another forum, just not make myself satisfied and can't really decided which kitchen hob to buy. Thinking of a brand or price, and also how about quality and after sales service warranty.

Headache!

There are one of brands that I favor much, at first, I was adore designs with square thingy cast iron likes used in Rachel Ray's kitchen, or all the chef in Food Network! the only thing different was brand but others there are look alike with square thingy cast iron on the hob! yeah.. kinda of crazy or obsessed with stainless steel and square cast iron.. haha

The cheapest kitchen hob with square thingy cast iron are not more or less than one Grant, mostly or at least 1.1K after dealing process. phewww~ memang nipis poket laki kalau gini..

I narrow down to Rinnai, Lebensstil, Bosch, Pacifica and Fotile or else, my husband will insist the old school one, cheaper and easy to buy! sigh~

We opt to stainless still, so we crossed Fotile and Pacifica as some reviews said they had probs with after sales service, for now Lebensstil and Rinnai. The reason why we don't buy Rinnai as, I emailed Rinnai HQ customer service, they said their showroom and dealers in Penang Island as we are in Prai area, and really had limit of time to go survey!

Also, I don't get it why they are not really advertised Bosch in Penang, as my personal, their hob are not bad comparing with other brand but it still like, you-will-regret-it-later if you buy Bosch! blerghhh~

So, last time, we bought a Lebensstil's kitchen hob, at first we wanted to order a 3 burners closely like LKGH-8003BCG, but without the middle trivet, means the size is more shorter than 80cm long. Unfortunately, they stopped selling that, and we chose LKGH-8003BCG as cheaper price but slightly over our budget. @____@

Then, I called it luck when dealer called and said they ran out of hob what we ordered, and replaced with LKGH-8005B for no additional cost, it's FREEEEE upgraded as we already waited for almost two weeks! lol..

owh, additional info, we bought it from KitchenTech Seberang Jaya, Sales Advisor either Jason or what, I can't recall right now..There are nice persons, and will recommend as what they think it's reliable or not.


from Lebensstill's catalogue 2014, HERE
Reviews so far, controlling the knob is the hardest thing to do, quiet tight maybe it's still new or else, we are so kampung to control it. yalah, berangan to have a professional chef's kitchen la sangat.. hehe.. in the end, we are struggling with the knob and saute our curry!

Afterall, Alhamdulillah.. nothing much probs into it and perhaps no probs for 5 years from now... hehe.. and my MIL are so happy with the hob, of course la it's new and very nice looking.. well, I can't give any pic of it as I don't take pict of it.. haha.. like seriously, I don't take any pic! So far

why my review so pendek? cause I used it for only a month, then I flew to my husband, hehe.. obviously my MIL are the owner now, and for sure, she cooks a lot, cause she loves cooking so much! my best cooking teacher so far :) hehe..

ok, anything you want to ask you can email your queries to me.

p/s you have an idea where to order local custom cutting board? preferably in Penang.

;)

Hi August!

Friday, August 8, 2014

Salam dan hai,

Selamat Hari Raya Aidifitri dari kami yg berada di perantauan!

Ecehhh.. bukanlah perantauan sangat cumanya kalini kami tak dapat pulang beraya di kampung halaman, to be exact beraya with our folks.

Kdang-kadang kita sebagai manusia ni merancang bagai nak rak, dengan yang severe OCD tu might be had a planner. Daily planner what to do and so on also had forecast planner, mungkinlah kan. Bab pandangan pada golongan ni, kita tolak tepi, diorang tu spesel skit, dah Allah Taala jadikan mereka bergitu, terima seadanya, insyAllah..

ok, dah melalut bab OCD,  ceritanya sebab planning sahaja. Almaklumlah, bila husband off haritu memang takda plan nak ke mana, cuma nak ajak pg Cameron Highland, haha.. ekk Cameron aje ke? iyalah.. rasa nak pg sana, sebab teringat makan strawberry sedap kt korea.. rated? 11 to 10 scale! memang super sedap and muraaaaaaahhh..

okla.. mana ntah letak pic tu, haha..masa tu..


haa.. ni masa nak menawor stoberi tu.. nampak x, gemokss kan?

itu aje gmbar yg ada, nk tnjuk gambar stoberi tu je.. yang lain tu da buat dalam photbook, eh.. simpan sendiri sudahla kan.. kami aje yang nak tengok pon..

so that was a last trip before I went home, tinggallah encik husband kt bahtera bahagia tu.. kuikui.. kejap aja pon, dua bulan lepas tu, husband pun off.. and there are list to do, unfortunately, we had minor renovate our kitchen so, xdapekla nak berjalan sakan, till new job calling only in a month time.

Minggu terakhir before husband berhijrah tu, we went for short trip to visit my mom, and others. We missed a lot our nephews and nieces, so much 'akal' haaa.. adoi! afterall we are happy uncle and auntie then! :)

so, my previous post psal what I had to do in months times before I flew again to be close with my husband. Raya tu xda buat apa... Went to mosque in the morning to perform Aidil ftri's prayer and cooked simple dish. Then salam sessions, Then? I look-you-and-you-look-me again for the whole days. haha!

Raya in Labuan, is so biasa, orang asal aja yang tinggal kt sini tu adala, mostly dorg balik kamgpung halaman nak beraya. The whole weeks of raya is so lengang which no traffics! hehe.. which lesser car everyday.. super happy!

Today? back to normal, traffic again, I guess so cause I'm not going to drive for work, I've just stay at home housewife only.

okla.. habis Jumaat kt sini, nak sambut husband pulang makan nasi.. :))


 
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