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Ingredients:
1 pineapple
4 bowls cooked rice
1 pc Chinese sausage sliced/pork floss
100g ham sliced
2 mushrooms sliced
1 tbsp. sliced shallot
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp. cooking oil
1 tbsp. light soya sauce
salt to taste
sprinkle pepper

Method:

1.  Brush clean under the water the pineapple husk.  Cut the pineapple into half and  scoop out the flesh and dice.
2.  Peel the prawns, slice sausage, ham, mushroom, shallot and set aside.
3.  Heat the frying pan and fry the shallot, sausage, prawns, ham, mushroom for 5 minutes until fragrant.
4. Add rice, diced pineapple, turmeric powder, salt, pepper and stir-fry till well mixed with some pork floss and fry for another 5 minutes.
5.  You can dish some of the fried rice into the hollowed pineapple or you can dish the rice on to the plate and garnish with pork floss and red chili
6. Serve hot.

Serves 4
Preparation time: 20 min
Cooking time: 10 min

Ingredients:
500g medium size prawns
1/2 cup plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp chili powder
2 eggs beaten
1/2 cup water
2 tbsp. chopped onion
1 tsp chopped ginger
1 green chili chopped
1 tbsp. spring onion
Salt and pepper to taste
Olive oil for deep frying

Method:
1. Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, turmeric, chili powders into a large mixing bowl. Add the beaten eggs in the center and stir to a smooth thick batter.
2. Mix the chopped onion, ginger, spring onion, green chili and prawns with the batter ad set aside for 25 min.
3. Heat the cooking oil in the frying pan. When it is hot drop the spoonful of batter with the prawns and fry for 10 minutes
4. Dish on to absorbent paper on the plate.
5. Serve hot with the chutney or sauce and fragrant white rice.

Serve 4

Preparation time: 20 min
Cooking time: 10 min

Ingredients:
300g big black prawns
1 tomato
200g ladies fingers
1tsp. pounded onions
1 tbsp. tamarind juice
1 tbsp. dried chili paste
2 tbsp. wet curry paste
1/2 cup 1st coconut milk
2 tbsp. cooking oil
1 stalk curry leaves
Method:
1.  Wash and cut off the feet and antennae of prawns and take out the dirt.
2.   Pound the onions and prepare the tamarind juice and chili paste.
3.  Heat the frying pan and pour the cooking oil.  Fry the onions for 2 minutes   Add the dried chili paste and wet curry paste and from for 6 minutes until fragrant.
4.  Add the 1st coconut milk, curry leaves, tomato and prawns and cook for 5 minutes.
5.  Serve hot with white fragrant rice.

Serves 4
Preparation time: 15 min
Cooking time: 15 min

This NORTH INDIAN CURRY PRAWN recipe is from The Oriental Cookbook written by Author-Founder Sophia Lim
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Ingredients:
200g ikan tingerri fish sliced
1 big onion
1 big tomato
3 ladies fingers
2 tbsp tamarind juice
1 tbsp. cooking oil
1 tsp. sugar
Salt and pepper to taste

Rempah:
2 tbsp.pounded onions
1 tbsp. pounded dried chili
1 tsp. pounded fresh chili
1 tsp. ground kunyit
1 tsp. blachan
1 tsp. ground buah keras

Method:
1  Clean  the fish and slice and season with salt and pepper.  Cut the onion ladies fingers and tomato into 6 pieces
2.  Heat the oil in the frying pan and fry the onion for 2 minutes on high.  Add the rempah and fry until fragrant for another 6 minutes.
3.  Add the tamarind juice, sugar and salt to taste and boil for 10 minutes.
4.  Add the fish and tomato ladies fingers and cook for 5 minutes on high
5  Serve hot with white fragrant rice.

Serve 4
Preparation time:  15 min.
Cooking time:  15 min.

Ingredients:
1/2 chicken 500 gm
3 potatoes
1 cup 1st coconut milk
1 cup 2nd coconut milk
1 tbsp. olive oil
salt, soya sauce, pepper to taste
Rempah: (or can purchase curry paste)
1/2 tbsp. pounded fresh chili
1/2 tbsp. pounded dried chili
1/2 tbsp. pounded onions
1 tsp. pounded garlic
1/2 tsp pounded ginger
1 tbsp. olive cooking oil
1 tsp. pounded buah keras
1/2 tsp. pounded langkuas
1/2 tsp. kunyit (saffron)
1/2 tsp. blachan
1 stalk serai (lemon grass)
Method:
1.  Wash the chicken outside and inside clean free from fat and blood.
2.  Cut it into pieces and season with salt. soya sauce, pepper, Chinese rice wine and half the curry paste and put it in the fridge.
3.  You can buy $0.50 desiccated coconut from the market and use this for your coconut milk.  Put the desiccated coconut into a bowl and pour a bowl of water can squeeze out the coconut milk through a thin cloth and use as 1st coconut milk.  Likewise do for the 2nd coconut milk.
4.  Peel the potatoes and half it and half it again and cut into 3 portions.
5.  Heat the frying pay and fry the other half rempah for a few minutes until there is an aroma smell.
6.  Add the chicken pieces and fry on medium fire for a few minutes and add the 2nd coconut milk and cover and let it cook for 10 minutes.
7.  Then add the potatoes and the 1st coconut milk and mix well and cover for another 15 minutes stirring in between till cooked.
8.  Serve with fragrant white rice or bread roll.

Serve 6
Preparation time: 20 min
Cooking time: 25 minutes

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