On Monday cooking fun homegroup, we tried making Otak-otak, it was of course hassle free, you can see that I actually blend and cook on my dinning table while we were having product knowledge session. I knew that the dried chilies I bought are super spicy, I put a few instead of 10g. Hence the colour didnt show much reddish. The challenging part should be getting Kadok leaves, I couldnt find it in any hypermarket not even small sundry shops, on whimp of thought, I remembered of a Malay friend who stays in a kampong behind USJ 20, there I drove in at very slow pace, round and round, couldnt see any at the main road, I prayed and asked God for directions, I stoped by to ask grocery shop owner about daun kadok, he didnt know about it, I kept on driving, almost reached the end of the kampong, there was a junction, I turned into a small junction, reached dead end, still couldnt see any, as I was making reverse turn back, there was a bush under a tree, I wasnt so sure of this was kadok or not, I ran into a house to ask a Malay man if these are kadok, he nodded, and I asked if I can take some, he pointed me to the other house said: Tanya orang rumah tu! I rushed into it without hesitation, finally, I plucked what I needed, thanked the owner. I was so happy, and I remembered the first thought I had was, I love Malaysia, I love we are multi racial country, I love everyone in this country! It is true, I praised God for where I am. Kadok leaves tasted soft and nice when they are cooked. Try some.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 01:55:18 +0000