Noted for being unfriendly in the kitchen, I find ways to spend as little time as possible cooking. Since I need to eat and eating out alone is a hassle, I have to cook or starve. So began my exploration of cooking with short cut procedure. Recipes for most cookbooks are tedious with a thousands ingredients which sometimes baffled me, especially in western cooking recipes. So I adjusted the recipe according to my taste. Not bad actually once the food goes to the mouth.
Yesterday I cooked spaghetti bolognese. The recipe was hopelessly confusing with ingredients which are foreign to me. So I made short cut - fast and good.
Here are the ingredients:
1 tomato - cut in cubes
A packet of minced meat
1 big onions - cut/slice
4 cloves of garlic - chopped
1 carrot - cut in cubes
4 strands celery leaves, chop. (I can't find celery in the market. So daun soup is good enough.
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 table spoon grated pamersen cheese - optional. Tak de tak pe.
A sprinkle of pepper and salt
1 small tin of tomato paste
3 tablespoons chilly sauce
1/2 table spoon dried chilly flakes -optional. (Simpan Domino chilly flakes!). Put more if you want it hot.
Method
1. Heat olive oil, put in garlic, add in onion. Stir. Add cubed carrots, Stir. Add chilli flake if you want it hot. Stir.
2. Put in minced meat, stir well and make sure it's not lumpy Let it simmer to cook. Add in cubed tomato cubes. Stir well and add tomato paste, chilly sauce, salt and pepper.
3. Let the meat simmering to cook, adding water when necessary.
4 Meanwhile, boil spaghetti (about 1/4 packet if you're alone). When it's cooked, drain and put olive oil to prevent sticking.
5. When meat is cooked, add in celery leaves, stir and pour sauce in a serving bowl.
6. In a plate, put spaghetti, pour sauce and sprinkle pamersen cheese if you like and mix well. It's ready to eat. Enjoy you labour of love.
I had a good spaghetti ( I prefer angel hair) bolognese Malaysian style yesterday with left over for my lunch today. Cooking time was short alternating with watching TV and opening my laptop. That's the advantage when you have a small place with the kitchen within a step away from living space.
Maybe tomorrow I am going to cook ikan bawal masak asam pedas Melaka. Got to find daun kesom.
Yesterday I cooked spaghetti bolognese. The recipe was hopelessly confusing with ingredients which are foreign to me. So I made short cut - fast and good.
Here are the ingredients:
1 tomato - cut in cubes
A packet of minced meat
1 big onions - cut/slice
4 cloves of garlic - chopped
1 carrot - cut in cubes
4 strands celery leaves, chop. (I can't find celery in the market. So daun soup is good enough.
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 table spoon grated pamersen cheese - optional. Tak de tak pe.
A sprinkle of pepper and salt
1 small tin of tomato paste
3 tablespoons chilly sauce
1/2 table spoon dried chilly flakes -optional. (Simpan Domino chilly flakes!). Put more if you want it hot.
Method
1. Heat olive oil, put in garlic, add in onion. Stir. Add cubed carrots, Stir. Add chilli flake if you want it hot. Stir.
2. Put in minced meat, stir well and make sure it's not lumpy Let it simmer to cook. Add in cubed tomato cubes. Stir well and add tomato paste, chilly sauce, salt and pepper.
3. Let the meat simmering to cook, adding water when necessary.
4 Meanwhile, boil spaghetti (about 1/4 packet if you're alone). When it's cooked, drain and put olive oil to prevent sticking.
5. When meat is cooked, add in celery leaves, stir and pour sauce in a serving bowl.
6. In a plate, put spaghetti, pour sauce and sprinkle pamersen cheese if you like and mix well. It's ready to eat. Enjoy you labour of love.
I had a good spaghetti ( I prefer angel hair) bolognese Malaysian style yesterday with left over for my lunch today. Cooking time was short alternating with watching TV and opening my laptop. That's the advantage when you have a small place with the kitchen within a step away from living space.
Maybe tomorrow I am going to cook ikan bawal masak asam pedas Melaka. Got to find daun kesom.
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