Here is another Simple Nyonya Dish that my children love. This dish is call Tempra. Besides fish, you can use chicken too but with a slight twist to the recipe.

The Ingredients for the Ikan Tempra:
Onion - Sliced
Lime Juice or Vinegar
Sliced Chili (optional)
Dark Soy Sauce
Oyster Sauce (Optional)
Salt
Water
Oil
and of course the Fish.

How to cook Ikan Tempra:
1. Deep fried the fish until cooked then remove it from the wok.
2. Fry the Sliced Onion till aroma.
3. Squeeze in some lime juice
4. Add in the Soy Sauce & Oyster Sauce
5. Add in the chili.
6. Pour in the water and bring it to boil.
7. Put the fish back in and let it soak in the gravy for a lil while.
8. Add salt then taste the gravy. If not sour enough, add in more lime juice.

In my recipe, there is no measurement coz I cook to eat, not to write recipe.

If you like more Onion, you can add in more. If you want more gravy, add more water. Just make sure you add enough the Soy Sauce, Salt and Lime Juice so that the gravy will have some sweet, sourish and saltish taste. That is the Tempra taste.

As promised, here is the Chicken Pong Teh recipe. We are having it for lunch and dinner (if it is still around. hehe) today.

For the above portion, I used below ingredients:

1/3 Chicken
3 Potatos cut in cubes
5 Chinese Dried Mushroom (sorry lar, dunno what’s the actual name) - soak in water to soften it.
8-10 Shallots
4-5 Garlic
1 Tbsp of Minced Bean Paste (Taucu)
Dark Soy Sauce
Gula Melaka (enough to make the gravy taste sweet)

Salt (add to taste)
Water for gravy

How to cook Chicken Pong Teh:
Pound Shallots, Garlic and Taucu. Fried them till you can smell the nice aroma. Add in the chicken. Stir fry for a lil while then add in the water and the rest of the ingredients. Cook them until the potatos are soft. Do cover your wok to expedite the process.

Today, I added 5 hard boiled eggs coz 2 of my children does not like to eat meat; eggs, anytime they will wallop.

Chicken Pong Teh is BEST eaten with Sambal Belacan.

Below is the list of Nyonya dishes that I will post in this blog soon. I was not able to do this earlier because I was busy with housework and taking care of my babies all by myself. Now that my maid is back, I will have more time to blog. So, stay tune ya.

Chicken Dishes:
Ayam Pong Teh
Ayam Masak Buah Keluak
Ayam Tempra
Ayam Goreng Chili Garam

Fish Dishes:
Ikan Tempra
Ikan Goreng Chili Garam
Ikan Goreng Assam
Ikan Masak Kuah Lada
Ikan Chuan-Chuan
Assam Fish (Ikan Gerang Assam)