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Today, we went out the whole day, so decided to 'da bao' KFC. Oops, run out of chili sauce. It was such a coincident, I just visited a website last night about Thai Chili Sauce and decided to give it a try.


Ingredients:

• 3 large cloves of garlic (I used 8 large cloves)
• 2 red Jalapeno (I used 4 medium size red chili, add more if you want it hot)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup vinegar(I used 1/3 cup)
• 1/2 tbsp salt
• 1 tbsp corn starch
• 2 tbsp water

Procedure:

1. Blend first 6 ingredients in blender.
2. Pour the mixture into saucepan to simmer it at medium heat until garlic & chili are slightly soften, it took me about 5 minutes.
3. Add 2 tbsp of water to 1 tbsp of corn starch and mix until no lump.
4. Mix corn flour mixture into the chili sauce and stir briskly to avoid forming lumps. Once the chili sauce starts boiling again, continue stirring(avoid burning) and simmer for another minute. The chili sauce is ready.
5. Let it cool down completely. Store in a glass jar and refrigerate it.
6. Let the chili sauce rest/settle for 2 days before using it.

Note/tips :
Use clean and dry spoon to scoop chili sauce from the bottle can prevent
contamination, so can keep the chili sauce longer.

OMG, Jia asks me not to get store bought Thai chili sauce again!!

I sincerely think that the original writer is a genius.

Suddenly, there is this crave to eat Laksa, but, don't know why? I just can't produce my mum's Laksa even though after getting all the tips from her weeks ago. So, I decided to think out of the box. What about having something similar to Laksa then? Emm, Tom Yam paste may help. There starts my experiment again.

Ingredients:
A. Noodle
1 Packet of Angel Hair(the thinnest spaghetti)

B. Soup
1 kg salmon frame
2 L water
2 tbsp Tom Yam paste(add more will increase the kick)
2 Onions(diced)
5 cloves Garlic(diced)
2 big tomatoes(diced)
2 stalk lemon grass/ 1 tsp dried lemon grass powder
1 tsp galangal powder
2 tbsp lemon juice(more if u like it sour)
2 tbsp shrimp paste
2 red chili(optional)
salt to taste

C. Garnish
Shredded cucumber
Thinly sliced salad onion

Procedure
1. Cook Angel Hair as stated on the packet. Set aside.
2. Put all ingredients for soup in the pot and let it boil for 20 min.
3. Drain salmon frame and make sure that all the bones are removed. Pour all salmon flesh back to the soup.
4. Bring to boil for another 5 min, the soup is ready.
5. Add about 1/4 bowlful of cooked angel hair, garnish with shredded cucumber and salad onion, add about 3 ladle of boiling hot soup.

You should try it if you are a Laksa lover.