AUTHENTIC PENANG LOR BAK .

Authentic Penang Lor Bak......
Following my Dad's recipe...simple n delicious!Now known as Ah Kong's Lor Bak.....!




Authentic Lor Bak......
Following my Dad's recipe.....simple n delicious!...Now known as Ah Kong`s Lor Bak,......!

Recipe:
600 gms. pork meat  (lean meat more, must have some fats too), 

1 big handful of chopped turnips (sengkuang),
1 handful of chopped big onion (both squeezed away the water), 
1 egg, 1 tbsp tapioca flour, 
1 tbsp corn flour, salt, sugar,5 spices powder (ngor hiong), pepper n soy sauce (estimate)

Method
Mix everything together n marinate (at least 1 hr.). You can adjust the seasoning according to your taste....NB, Cut the meat into strips.

RECIPE ADAPTED FROM AGNES THOR 





BELACAN CHICKEN FILLET with Sunquick black current .



BELACAN CHICKEN FILLET 

Ingredient A
1/2 Breast Chicken Fillet (cut into chunk size or desired size)
2 tbsp belacan powder 
1 tsp ginger juice
1 tsp sugar 
1 /2 tsp salt 
2 tsp fish sauce
1 tsp chicken granules
3-4 Dash white pepper

Ingredient B
100 ml water 
5 tbsp Sunquick black current flavour 

Direction 
Marinate ingredient A  for 4 hours 
Preheat oven for 15 minutes add in marinated chicken and bake for 25 minutes
Remove from oven 
Heat a wok and pour all in the chicken fillet in the wok  keep frying till lightly dried.
Add in Ingredient B stir till well combine and dish up.  

Toasted belacan powder 

Before marinate

Seasoning the breast fillet
Layer then in a baking tray with aluminium foil underneath 

After baking for 25 minutes
In a wok fry till lightly  drier add in  Sunquick Black Current juice still till well combine and dish up 

Garlic Chilli Sauce






Allow it to simmer  until lightly thicken ..lower your heat.

This is how it looks ..lightly thicken

Garlic Chilli Sauce

250 g long red chili
2 red bird's eye chili
20 garlic cloves garlic, peeled
3 cm Ginger 
(Bring to blend ) 

150 g water
50 g  sugar
30 g  white vinegar
2 tbsp fish sauce
1 tbsp chicken granules
1 tsp  salt

Method.

Heat up a wok add 4 tbsp cooking, combine all the above ingredient to a low simmer. 
Keep stirring slowly until lightly thicken. 
Dish up and allow it to cool before bottle in  jar. 

Note:

1) If you do not like too spicy do not add the red bird eye chili
2) You may reduce salt, sour and sweetness according to own preference. 
    
3) You may opt to use lime or calamansi instead of vinegar. 
4) You may opt to remove the seed 

CRISPY POPIA MEAT FLOSS ROLLS




Well this is a very straight forward and easy to make ..truely additive.. yum yum yummy..
I am using this brand of Popia skin ..recommended by Sifu  Agnes.. Just spread meat floss on the popia skin and roll it up seal using brush beaten eggs. and brush a layer of egg on the popia skin  and straight to the oven 200c center tray for 20 minutes or till bake. Truely a good brand popia skin. 



ORANGE MANTOU





ORANGE MANTOU -PONG KAM
Ingredients
250 g pau flour
150 g sweet potato puree (steam sweet potato and blend /mash into puree.)
60 g castor sugar
1  tsp instant yeast
2 tsp Orange elmuco paste
50 g  water (Plus and minus )
1 1/2 tbsp shortening

Direction 
1 )Mixed all the above ingredients, hand mixed till become a dough.
2) Add the shortening  lastly mixed till smooth
3) Set aside to proof for est 40 - 50 minutes, release the air and knead till smooth
4) Divide the dough 70 gm each .shape in rounds I manage to get 7 rolls
5) Set aside to proof till double the size estimate
6) Steamed the pau on high heat around 10 - 15  minute

Note: 
As the pau cools down after steaming you will notice the pau colour change to darker orangy.




I am using this Orange Imolko as recommended by the bread shop supplier ..This contain orangy fragrant  paste not only orange colour. Therefore my pau is orangy flavor.

Mixed all the ingredient in a bowl knead it and lastly add in your shortening 

The image of my active yeast with bubbles.

Knead all the ingredients till smooth and set aside for proofing 

It normally took me 40-50 minutes to proof until double
I poke thru the dough a hole , and you can see this is how it looks like. Release the air by kneading until the dough is smooth .
7 round dough @70 g each ball