Caluan Curry

Flat, oval fishball

AKA

Caluan

 

This would be a very short entry about this unique fishball. As said, it is flat and oval. The taste? I would say it is more spongy than the normal ones. Overall, I think it's the same. FYI, this is home-made by the aunty selling in the hawker center. So there's high chances that you might not find it elsewhere.

 

 

Ingredients:

• 10 packets of Caluan (makes a total of 60 balls)
• 600 g long beans
• 2200 mL of 'santan' (coconut milk)
• Salt and sugar to taste 

(A)

• 50 g of garlic - chopped and pound
• 50 g of shallot - chopped and pound
• 3 packet of fish flavor chili paste
• 1 1/2 tbsp 'lada giling' (chili paste) - follow preferences as to spicy or not

Grated coconut out of

 



Coconut

 

Long beans to boil

 

Shallots and garlic

 

Chopped before pound

 

Fish flavor chili paste

 



Method:

1. Cut long beans about 2 cm each and bring to boil. This is to fasten the cooking process.
2. Mixed in (A) in a bowl and bring to fry in a wok. Fry until fragrant.  
3. Slowly, add in scoop by scoop of coconut milk and keep stirring.
4. When it's about 1000 mL of curry, transfer it into a cooking pot.
5. Maintain the heat and keeping adding coconut milk in. Stir countionusly.
6. Add in long beans and keep stirring.
7. Caluan balls are added lastly.
8. Add in salt and sugar to taste.
9. Keep tasting until it's cooked.
10. Dish and serve.



 

This is a recipe serve for at least 10 people. So if any of you wanted to try this out, do remember to cut the measurements accordingly. And as to this, the curry is a little bit thaw. Keep in mind to reduce the amount of coconut milk.

 

Overall, this is one of the best recipe that Popo has. It's is also her specialty. And to that,



 

Here's a photo of Popo squeezing out coconut milk

 

One may see this as a simple recipe but as for me, myself, I think there lots of things that can go wrong. For example, when grating the coconut, the grated coconut must not be too long nor too short. Otherwise, there won't be any milk. And to squeezing also, there's a technique there. Popo doesn't want to let me do it. *saddd

 

An there you go, a home-made Caluan curry for the whole family to feast on.

 



 

Thanks for reading. Hope this helps

My Two Cents

Everything went as normal today. Nothing special. In the morning, followed Mum to 'Kampung Cina' to buy some foods for the praying as it's the 1st day of 8 lunar month in the Chinese calendar. At 10 am, sent Mum to work. I almost asleep during my journey driving back home. Yeah, I admit! I'm a bad driver.

Things get pretty excited in the evening. Le maid told me rumors. Well, since Grandma often say that it's a waste I didn't take up lawyer courses, I would be a lawyer for once!

Suspect: A 50 y/o Indian man (neighbor) with wife, a son and a daughter. Owner to a shop selling clothes in town. White hair, big tummy and about 175cm tall. Was known as a stingy person.

Victim: An Indonesian maid. Probably around 20 y/o. Was fired and sent back to Indon.

Witness: Daughter to the old Indian man. Around 30 y/o.

Storyteller: A busybody maid of mine.

Case report: My maid here was gossiping to Popo about the news she heard from the new maid of the neighbor. Since I'm the busybody queen, I sneaked to hear. According to my maid, the old maid was sent back to her hometown because she's pregnant.

WHAT THE HELL?

How does she get pregnant? With who?
It is said that the suspect can't sleep at night and often ask the victim to massage him. And it is also said that the suspect rape her. (Or well maybe not. Maybe the victim is willing to sleep with the suspect. Make use of your common sense here. Who would want to sleep with such unappealing old man with big tummy?)

Do you have prove?
Well maybe I don't have any evidence. But then my maid saw the victim crying at the beach few months ago. When asked, she said she had headache. (Logically, would you run alone to the beach to cry when you have headache? You would probably snuggle in bed after taking medicine.)

Why would his own daughter told the story to a maid?
After thinking, I would conclude that the witness would not want similar incident to happen again. She told it to the new maid so that she can be careful around that horny father of hers.

How come there's no charges made to arrest the suspect?
I would say after the family knew the victim is pregnant, they quickly sent her back home so she can't make any police report.

Here, I raised my case.

Eww. Freaking disgusting. Are you that horny that you can't keep the dick of yours in your pants? Imagine yourself in the maid situation. Going home to just caught by parents for getting pregnant and the father is a horny dude which is also her employer. Her father might be disappointed and kick her out of the house. Why is she condemned with mistake that is clearly not hers? What happens to that innocent child?

I don't know what kind of society I'm living in. Being rape, bear a child and was punished for a crime that is done by others.

Perhaps. Perhaps, women out there should be wearing this!

A Rape-axe

 

This female condoms that serve as a tampons for female but hell for rapist is designed by Dr. Sonnet Ehlers in South Africa. It has jagged rows of teeth-like hooks line in its inside and will attach on a man's penis during penetration. Unfortunately, once it lodges, only a doctor can remove it. It is said the man cannot pee nor walk when it's on cos it hurts like hell! Even better, if he tries to remove it, it will claps even tighter.

 

This is the device I'm looking for! Finally! A justice for those victims. Once the rapist go to the hospital, doctors would know that he's a police and he would be punish accordingly.

 

Wahahahaha *evil laugh

So it's best to never intend to do crime. Justice is all around.

p/s: For those that concern about the victim, I actually don't know what happen to the maid after her employer sent her home. There's no prove or evidence to lodge a police report against the horny dude. But then where comes rumors if there's no one to spread it? "Masakan pokok bergoyang jikalau tiada angin"

Chicken w Salted Egg Yolks

I'm a girl of my words. As promised, here's what me and Popo cooked for lunch yesterday.

 

 

 

Ingredients:

• 400 g chicken (chopped into pieces)
• 2 salted egg yolks (steamed till cooked, cut into small pieces)
• 2 tbsp. margarine
• 2 cloves of garlic (chopped)
• 3 cili padi (diced)
• 1 sprig curry leaves (discard stalk)

 

Marinade

• 1 tbsp. light soya sauce
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 4 tbsp. tapioca flour
• Dash of pepper
• A little water

 

Method:

1. Mix chicken meat with marinade for about 30 minutes and deep-fry in hot oil till golden. Remove and drain off excess oil.
2. Heat wok with butter. Add in garlic, cili padi, curry leaves and salted egg yolks. Fry till well-combined.
3. Add in chicken and mix well. Dish up and serve hot.

 

I was at the market with Mum buying fresh salted eggs when the seller taught us how to identified good and bad eggs. Apparently, we gotta shake the eggs. If you can feel the yolks moving, then it's a good eggs. Frankly speaking, I dunno if that's the right way.

 

And before serving, I noticed there's a lot of excess oil. So in future, please do drain off the excess oil before serving.

 

Overall, I would rate this 9 out of 10 because while Popo was putting in the salted egg yolks, the hot oil was splashing out on me and it HURTS!

 



 



 

 

P/s: I don't bother decorating coz it's gonna enter the stomach anyway. As long as it taste good, I believe no one will bother the lack of decorating part.

 

Happy experimenting!! =D

A sad story

My heart always shrink a little whenever I saw a picture of him.

He's a lop ear. In Malaysia, we tend to called Holland Lop without pedigree as Lop Ear. Or maybe he's not even close to Holland Lop standard. Nevertheless, I love him dearly.

He was bought from a rabbit breeder in KL and was sent by bus to my hometown. He was one of those 'reduction' stock so I bought him at a very affordable price. I'm very satisfied as his cuteness is to the MAX! You gonna know that this is done all online. I was only introduce to a very blur picture of him.

 

Apparently this is the picture. I've tried to make the photo lighter to get better view of him but I PHAILED (failed) terribly. I know I'm sucks at EDITING PHOTO! But what's the purpose of editing photo when nature itself is already PERFECT??

The main point is not how much I bought him nor how we first met, it's more to how much he cheered me up with his cuteness and charm! It was in the crack of dawn that I went to take him. The moment I open the box, I fall in love. He's so sweet and adorable that pictures didn't give him much justice. 

The reason he was also named Ai-yoh is because he seemed to respond to the voice. You said "Ai-yoh" and he'll be like
 

 

THIS!!

Standing on his two feet

 

I'm not taking any credits for his tricks as I've done nothing. And I also believed that the breeder has nothing to do with all the tricks. All breeders have in mind is to BREED and BREED and BREED! I would take it as his personality. Together with him, there's a lot of sweet memories between us. He cheer my life up! 

It was December that time. The most fearful month of all as in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia there will be continuous rain and  flood. It was that particular night that I put his cage on a big Chinese pot.

Little did I know that the pot inside is empty. There's no water to press the pot down! Bad luck came continuously as water level increase that night, causes the pot to tumble over together with Ai-yoh's cage. God knows how long he's soaked with cold rain water that night.

He was still fine. No bad signs and normal behavior that made me thought he's strong to have endure through the horrendous night. Later on 28 Januari, Mum called to just tell me Ai-yoh left me forever. At the end of the day, he still does not manage to survive after soaking for hours.

Feeling very depressed, I actually cried for 3 days! 3 fucking days with swollen eyes. I felt a great loss in me. One can have may rabbits but then it is that particular one which caught one's attention and love.

A very hyperactive bunny

 

"Yes? You calling me?"

 

"Here's my pose"

 

A bun-fie

 

"Shake your booty"

 

I'm oshem!

 

During a visit to the vet

 

His place in my heart shall never be replaced no matter how much rabbits will come in my life in future. People may think I'm stupid to cry over a rabbit but then Ai-yoh is more than a rabbit to me. He's part of me.

Each tears drop that night represent my love to him!! Tear is made of 1% water and 99% feelings ='(  I guess they are right when they say the more you want something badly, the more it will fade away from you.

The fact that Ai-yoh is not the most expensive one I bought but he was one of them that I treasure the most. If there's way to bring him back alive, I will do everything in my will power to bring my boy back to me.

Both left me.

Flood takes 2 lives away.

At the end of the day, I'm left with the feeling regret. Regret why I didn't do better. Why I didn't check on him that night? I never cry over breakups with guys (puppy love thou). I only cry over forever breakups with my wabbits. Funny right? Who cares? I am a strong girl but do know strong girl also have their weakness point. When he enter my life and be a part of it, I would never guess that he will be this important. Basically, Ai-yoh was with me for only 3 months yet left a great impact in my life.

This are one of the challenges one have to face when you have a pet.

 

Love his marking!

Time does not heal everything.

"Nothing lasts forever. Forever is a lie.

All that we have is what's between hello and goodbye."

I do also hope that R.I.P means (R)eturn (I)f (P)ossible

"My dear boy, thou we barely knew each other but do know I miss you very much"

 

 

Ai-yoh, wait for me at the rainbow bridge!

 

"Sometimes, we need to be hurt in order to grow.

We must lose in order to gain.

Sometimes, some lessons are learned best through pain."

 

Thanks for reading this entry. =D