Qalesha Visits Aina

Needless to say, Aina was jumping excitedly when she saw her Aunty Cicik and Qalesha at the front gate :-D :-D :-D

She started runninga round in circles and jumping up and down the sofa... LOL It was actually quite a hillarious sight!!!

Anyway, Aunty Cicik and family came for lunch on Saturday, after the other kids' swimming session at the club. They arrived while I was finishing the last dish i.e. veggies, which I only started cooking when she called to say she was already leaving the club.

As we were about to sit down for lunch, Qesha was sleepy and soon fell asleep.....



Not long after we finished lunch, with Aina contantly running over to Qesha, she eventually woke up....


..but she was still sleepy anyway! hahahahahaa..



Her most enjoyable thing to do these days, I guess... ehehhehe :-D



..and STILL yawning... poor Qesha...

Not long after that though, Qesha begin to fuss as it was her feeding time, plus she was still a bit sleepy from her interrupted nap.

Anyway, for my guests I managed to prepare grilled fish which was a huge one which hubby brought back from his recent fishing trip, a squid dish, mixed veggies and fried tempe.

Grilled Ikan Merah

you need:

Whole fish, cleaned and rubbed with a bit of salt and turmeric powder. set
aside while you prepare the sambal sauce that goes in and over it.

Sambal Sauce:

shallots

garlic

turmeric root

2 Tbs. pre-made sambal tumis (I used Nek Nak*'s brand ~ it's seriously
good!)

1/2 Tbs. tamarind + 1/2 cup water

how to:

blend the onions, garlic and turmeric till fine, then mix with the sambal
tumis. heat oil and fry the sambal mix till fragrant and slightly dry. add the
tamarind juice and season with sugar and salt, to taste. cool slightly then pour
a bit of the mix into the fish cavity, and spoon over on the outisde. grill
until fish is cooked through. you may save some of the sambal aside and spoon over the fish towards the end of grilling to keep it moist.

note: i know the pic above looks scary as the sambal looks black i.e. burnt,
but it's honestly not burnt, and the colour was a deep, deep red.

AM

PS: ahahahaha someone already noticed the brand of the sambal... eheheheh it's actually Nek Nor but a colleague was referring to it as Nek Nak, the character in a local horror-themed TV series... and I thought of using that just for fun... :-D :-D :-D