Ghee curry leaf rice.
The easiest and the simplest to make.
Cook rice in rice cooker.
Once button is off, add curry leaves, ghee and a little salt.
Fluff up and tuck into the scented rice.
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Turmeric Mango Chutney
Simmer 2 sliced green mangoes with 1 1/2 tsp turmeric powder and some water.
Mash with the back of a spoon/spatula for a thick goey mixture. Set aside.

Sauté 1 large chopped red onion in 2 tbsp of coconut oil.

Add 1 tsp of mustard seeds, spices (1 bay leaf, 1 cinnamon, 1 star anise and 3 cloves), 2 broken dried red chillies, some curry leaves, some palm sugar and salt.
Stir in.

Add mashed mango, taste please to balance up the flavours and dish out.

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Chilli 🌶 White Radish. Nothing over the top. As usual, what’s stocked at home, goes into a stir fried veggie dish.

Method
Sweat one chopped onion.
Add chilli powder and mustard seeds.
Stir.
Add julienne radish.
Add salt.
Stir.
Pour water if needed.
Cook to soften radish.
Note: ingredients as needed.
Tadaa!
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Oyster mushroom fritters - for the crispy crunchy punch. Fried just before tucking in.

Ingredients
1 packet oyster mushrooms (tear the big ones to smaller pieces)
3 shallots - sliced thinly/chopped
1/2 handful sweet basil leaves (or coriander leaves or curry leaves) - shredded
1 tsp corn flour
1 tsp rice flour
1 tbsp all purpose flour/tepung gandum
1 tsp turmeric powder
Some salt

Method
Add these ingredients in a bowl, sprinkle some water and gently mix in.
Heat enough oil, take the mushroom and fry till crispy crunchy (fry in batches)
Drain over kitchen paper and serve immediately.
Note - only fry bf serving, so meanwhile keep the mixture in the fridge.
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Bayam/spinach coconut milk.
To make -
Add one bunch bayam/spinach (remove roots and sliced to one or 1/2 inch length),
5 garlic (remove skin),
5 shallots (remove skin and slice),
1 tsp turmeric powder/kunyit and some water in a pan.

Simmer to soften.
Lightly mash (see pic).
Pour 1/2 cup coconut milk and some salt.
Stir and remove the pan from heat.
In another pan, heat 1 1/2 tbsp ghee (or can use butter).
Quickly temper 2 bay leaves (tear into pieces) and 1 tsp halba/fenugreek seeds.

Tip into bayam mixture and stir.
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Masak Lemak/Coconut Stew (Vegetarian).
An accompaniment for rice - a Malaysian traditional dish.

To make (ingredients as per taste, do adjust please)

Add 2 sliced tomato,
1 sliced large red onion,
1 red chilli and 2 cups of water in pot.
Simmer to soften and mash (see pic).

Add I smashed lemongrass,
1 tsp turmeric powder and season with salt.
Simmer for 2 to 3 mins.
Pour 1 1/2 cups coconut milk.
Simmer to heat through.

Off the heat and combine in 1 sliced turmeric/kunyit leaf.
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Butter Masala potato.
To make - sauté 7 sliced shallots with 1 tsp mustard seeds in 2 tbsp of butter.
Add some plain chilli powder and 1 tsp turmeric/kunyit powder.
Stir.

Add about 7 boiled and sliced potatoes (with the skin),
some sliced coriander leaves,
1/4 tsp chat masala (or garam masala or all spice powder) and salt.

Stir over high heat for a couple minutes.
Dish out.
Optional - for a little tanginess, add some lime juice while stirring the potatoes.
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Ghee Sodhi (coconut milk gravy)
To make:
Add 2 sliced tomato, 4 sliced shallots and 1 cup of water in a pot.
Simmer to soften.
Then mash (see pic)
Add 3 cups coconut milk, 1 tsp fenugreek seeds/halba, 1 tsp turmeric powder and salt.
Stir and simmer to heat through.
Remove from heat and keep aside.
Into a pan, heat 2 tbsp ghee.
Quickly fry 1 tsp mustard seeds, some dried chillies and some curry leaves.
Combine in sodhi mixture.
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