: : Granny’s Cooking ~ Ketola : :

You know, I sort of forgot to do some updates last night, caught up with work and all. By the time I remember, it was already too late and I need to sleep.

So, what do we have tonight? Well, since the theme seems to be step-by-step recipes, I have another one. Stir fried ketola with egg! Yum! A favourite home cook food and one that my sister loves so much when we were growing up.

How does a ketola look like? Well, it’s the green vegetable on the top portion of picture. The bottom portion shows some four-angled beans @ kacang botol which we had with the sambal belachan posted earlier.

First thing is to completely remove the skin of the ketola. Don’t think a slicer will work so you’ll need to use a knife. Slice off the sharp corners first and then remove the rest of the skin. Granny had already cut the ketola into smaller pieces so I didn’t have the chance to take a picture then.

Heat up some oil and stir fry with some chopped pieces of garlic. When the garlic has softened, add in the chunky ketola portions. Make sure that the fire is not too hot else it will burn the ketola.

Continue to stir the ketola now and again. A lot of water will come out of the vegetable.

This is how it will most likely look when the water has come out but with less water. Granny added about 1/4 of a cup of water in to prevent the ketola from burning. Add in some salt and a pinch of MSG to bring out the flavour.

Now, we add the secret ingredient : EGG! Somehow, the egg makes the whole dish taste so much better.

Quickly turn the whole mixture to mix the egg evenly.

Now, wasn’t that a simple dish to do? 🙂

So, what is a ketola? Well, after searching for it on Google, I click on this site and found out it was a angled loofah! haha! Yep, we’re eating bath sponges. Young ones mind you. 🙂

: : Granny’s Cooking ~ Wantan Soup : :

Thought I might not have time to put this up but managed to finish some stuff. Right, here is how Granny made wantan soup. Pretty simple and all. She uses minced pork as the filling but you can substitute it with other mince meat or even fish or squid.

First, Granny chopped up the pork and minced it using a cleaver. Then, she added about 1 teaspoon of soy sauce and some pepper to the mixture. She did not add in any cornflour to the mixture but you might want to add some if you’re using fish/squid. It’s up to you.

Mix mix mix mix mix.

Then, take a piece of wantan skin and put in approximately one teaspoon. You can add more meat into the filling if you want to. Wantan skin can be kept for ages in the freezer.

There! Approximately 1 teaspoon.

Wet the edges of the wantan skin so that the edges will stick together. Just the edges will do. Fold it diagonally in half and then in gather the rest of the edges.

The finished product. However, we’re going to make some wantan soup.

Boil some water in a pot. Once it’s boiling happily, add in some chicken stock. Granny was using the chicken granules from Maggi. She did try using the liquid chicken stock from Maggi but that had a funny aftertaste. However, it went well when added to the rice cooker to make chicken rice! Yum!

Once the water is boiling again (after adding in the chicken stock), add in the wantan pieces.

When the wantan pieces are floating, you know that it’s thoroughly cooked. When you’re ready to serve the soup, add some chopped spring onions. If you add in the spring onions while it’s boiling, it will turn yellow.

Good luck cooking! 🙂

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: : The eGullet Culinary Institute : :

Wow! This looks like so much fun. They also have a lot of postings on step by step recipes. With pictures galore!!

Check it out.

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: : Selamat Berbuka Puasa : :

I know, I’m late. I’m always late. Still, better late than never.

Selamat Berbuka Puasa to all the Muslim readers. If need by, can boycott this blog for a month. 🙂 If not, well, read it only at night. I only update at night after 10 p.m. anyways.

Cheerio.