Singapore Recipes

[David]

Here are some recipes of food items that we tried while in Singapore. Try making them yourself, and post your thoughts, podcasts, pictures, or videos of an interpretive dance about the food here.

[David]

We tried Rojack at the Albert Hawker Center. Find that on the google map here.

Rojack Recipe from Recipe Zaar:

Serves:4
Prep time: 10 minutes.

Ingredients

3-4 large chilies
1 tablespoon palm sugar, grated
1 teaspoon shrimp paste, grated
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons tamarind juice
1/2 cup peanuts, coarsely chopped

Directions
1.Toast shirmp paste on low heat for 1 minute.
2.Blend/process chillies, sugar and belacan to form a paste.
3.Add salt and tamarind juice. Blend briefly.
4.Stir in peanuts.
5.Serve with cucumber, tau kwa (hard bean curd), bean sprouts, green mango or anything really.

[Tim]

Singaporean Carrot Cake

It is a little bit like a Spanish Tortilla, so drop your western concepts at the door before you try this delicious recipe. This recipe is blatantly borrowed from Epicurious.

Singapore Carrot Cake

* 1 pound daikon (also called Chinese radish or luo bo)
* 7 tablespoons peanut or vegetable oil
* 2 teaspoons salt
* 1 teaspoon white pepper
* 2 cups finely ground rice flour (not sweet; an Asian brand such as Erawan)
* 2 cups water
* 6 large eggs
* 2 tablespoons chopped garlic
* 1/4 cup ketjap manis (Indonesian sweet soy sauce) or thick soy sauce
* 1 1/2 teaspoons sambal oelek or Sriracha (Southeast Asian chile sauce) plus additional for serving
* 3 scallions, chopped (1/4 cup)
* 1/2 cup loosely packed sprigs fresh cilantro


* Special equipment: a well-seasoned 14-inch flat-bottomed wok with lid


Make and steam cake:
Oil bottom and side of a 9-inch round cake pan.

Peel daikon, then shred in a food processor fitted with medium shredding disk. Reserve any liquid.

Heat wok over high heat until a drop of water evaporates instantly. Pour 3 tablespoons oil down side of wok, then tilt wok to swirl, coating side. When oil begins to smoke, add daikon with any liquid, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and stir-fry 3 minutes. Cover and cook over moderately low heat, stirring and breaking up daikon occasionally, until daikon is very tender, about 15 minutes.

Whisk together rice flour and water in a large bowl until smooth, then stir in daikon (mixture will be lumpy) and pour into cake pan.

Set a steamer rack inside cleaned wok and fill wok with water (not above steamer rack), then bring to a boil. Reduce heat to moderate and steam cake in pan on rack, covered, 1 hour (replenish water as necessary). Wearing oven mitts, transfer pan to a cooling rack and cool about 1 1/2 hours. Wrap pan tightly with plastic wrap and chill at least 8 hours.

Make stir-fry:
Run a knife along edge of cake to loosen, then invert onto a cutting board, rapping on bottom of pan until cake is released. Blot with paper towels. Cut cake into 1/2-inch cubes.

Beat together eggs, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a bowl.

Heat dried wok over high heat until a drop of water evaporates instantly. Pour remaining 4 tablespoons oil down side of wok, then tilt wok to swirl, coating side. When oil begins to smoke, add cake cubes, garlic, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and stir-fry, letting cake rest on bottom and sides of wok about 10 seconds between stirs, until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. (Cubes will soften and may stick to wok. Scrape brown bits from bottom of wok and continue stir-frying.) Add eggs to wok and stir-fry until eggs are just set, about 1 minute. Stir in ketjap manis, sambal oelek, and scallions, then transfer to a serving dish and scatter cilantro on top. Serve with additional sambal oelek.

[David]

Recipe for Durian:

Ingredients: Durian
Prep time: 1 minute

Process:
Cut open.
Hold Nose.
Eat.

[Mikey McKillip]

Avocado Shake
1 ripe avocado
1 cup evaporated milk (or fresh milk)*
1 cup crushed ice
3 tablespoons sugar (or more, depending on your taste)

Scoop the avocado from the pulp and into a blender. Add the milk, ice and sugar to desired taste. Blend until pureed. Garnish with slices of avocados.

NOTE*:You can substitute with condensed milk. Start with 1/4 cup and add some more until you get the desired creaminess and sweetness to your liking. If you use condensed milk, omit sugar as condensed milk is already sweet.

from:
Spice of Life blog

[Tim]

Oh, David... If only it were truly that easy, but I'm afraid you need to do more than simply hold your nose to get pass the smell of it.

David said:

Recipe for Durian:

Ingredients: Durian
Prep time: 1 minute

Process:
Cut open.
Hold Nose.
Eat.