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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Lemongrass Light Soy Sauce Seafood Stew Nyonya Style


















This is my MIL's signature dish recreated by her son , the Wild Boar for our dinner.  WB likes to spring surprises on me..a new streak in him lately... to my delight of course :)  When he is off duty , he will play in the kitchen and spring a new dish on me and help conserve my energy for my baking :p.  He took over the kitchen and rummaged through the freezer and stole all my seafood  to make this wonderful flavorful nyonya dish.   Frankly speaking, I do not know the name of this dish, neither does he !  LOL!


















I wish my MIL was around to tell us the name of this dish :(  Anyway , this is a great dish, bursting with a very exotic flavor and the aroma of the lemongrass takes first place and the rest of the ingredients are onions, garlic , green chillies , red chillies and light soy sauce and eating this reminded WB of his mother's cooking. He recreated this nyonya dish with a piece of dory fish, shrimps and one Ikan Kembung /Indian Mackerel with the mentioned ingredients. He will first prepare the stew soup by boiling the mentioned spices till it gives out a fragrant aroma . 30 minutes before he off the heat, he adds in the seafood and simmer under low heat ,  till all the seafood are cooked.  The original recipe uses fish only.  By the time he off the heat, the gravy would have turned slightly thicker and the sweetness from the seafood makes this dish...delicious , hot and flavorful !

* I invited WB to guest post this but unfortunately he is  busy at the moment , so I will just lightly introduce you to this delightful dish he cooked :)























Have a great day!

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10 comments:

  1. Small KucingMay 3, 2011 at 4:41 PM

    wah lau eh...killer dish ni...1 dish kau tim. eat 2 bowls of rice minimum

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  2. ann lowMay 3, 2011 at 6:36 PM

    Elin, this is so mouth watering dish with the lovely lemongrass flavor in it. Mr. WB is really a great cook :)

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  3. Sonia ~ Nasi Lemak LoverMay 3, 2011 at 6:51 PM

    I wish I can have some for dinner later, it look amazing delicious. You are lucky to have a good hubby who love to cook.

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  4. suituapuiMay 3, 2011 at 7:12 PM

    Lucky you...hubby cook for you! Yum!!!

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  5. Biren @ Roti n RiceMay 3, 2011 at 9:36 PM

    Sounds delicious!My mom cook a similar dish with just ikan kembong called "kong ah sam hu" and she uses tamarind paste in the sauce/soup. I just bought some frozen ikan kembong from the Vietnamese store and hope to make that soon.

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  6. lenaMay 4, 2011 at 12:19 AM

    wow, mr boar is here to surprise us again with this yummy looking dish! i think i can just have the whole bowl of this stew to myself!

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  7. Diethood.comMay 4, 2011 at 2:54 AM

    Oh my goodness, that sounds like an amazing dish!! Bravo WB!

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  8. CheahMay 5, 2011 at 1:16 PM

    Hey, I've taken this before, long,long ago, cooked by my grandma. She used to put in the 'chay yue' but it was very yummy.

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  9. pigpigscornerMay 6, 2011 at 11:15 PM

    Looks so delicious! You are so lucky! My hubs would just ask me to try to re-create what his mum cooked.

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  10. Elin ChiaMay 8, 2011 at 12:46 AM

    Hi guys...
    Yea...WB is a good cook when he wants to take over the apron...I like his cooking and hope he will cook more often :) Thanks for dropping me a line here :) Every comments encourages me to cook better :)

    Have a nice day,
    Elin

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