Boiled Mustard Leaves with Calamari and Prawn Sauce

Posted on May 18, 2009
Filed Under Do It Yourself, Food | 2 Comments

Usually, when it comes to dishes with vegetables, I’ll just stir fry those with other ingredients. It’s an easy way out to get a vege dish on the dining table. Today, I decided to do something different instead of just stir frying the veges the usual way.

I was toying around with the mustard leaves I got from the wet market. I shall name this dish “Boiled Mustard Leaves with Calamari and Prawn Sauce”.

What you need:

  • 300 – 400 gms of mustard leaves
  • 1 piece of calamari (squid)
  • Some prawns
  • 5 pcs of shallots (sliced)
  • 1 tablespoon of flour / tapioca flour
  • 1/2 bowl of water (small bowl)
  • 2-3 tablespoons of light soya sauce

Method of preparation:

First of all, for the mustard leaves, I used those smaller Hongkies’ stalks. Anyway, just cut each of the leaves off the stalks as shown below.

Boil the mustard leaves in hot water. Once the texture for all the leaves got soften, lift those off the water and arrange them nicely on a serving plate.

To make the sauce, mix the flour, water and light soya sauce with a bowl. Stir well and ensure all the flour get dissolved in the water. Cut the calamari and prawns into small pieces.

Next, oil the wok / frying pan. Once it’s hot, start by stir frying the shallots over a medium flame. Stir fry those till they begin to develop shades of brown. After that, toss in the calamari and prawns and continue to stir fry those with the shallots for a few minutes. Those will get cooked fast because of the size. Then pour in the flour, water & soya sauce mixture into the wok / frying pan. Stir fry the mixture and allow it to boil. Once it boils, lift the sauce off the wok / fryin pan, pour that over the mustard leaves and serve.

The dish looked nice, isn’t it? It’s something different from the usual stir fry vegetable dishes. Have fun trying.

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Comments

2 Responses to “Boiled Mustard Leaves with Calamari and Prawn Sauce”

  1. kenwooi on May 18th, 2009 3:04 am

    haha..food again.. looking good! =D

    Reply: haha thanks for the compliment.. and i didnt snorkel at the beach..just hang out there.. haha.. =)

  2. cleffairy on May 20th, 2009 7:01 pm

    *sigh* seafood! LOL… I just had some I had itches all over… =.= darn, allergic but still wanna hentam! LOL…your cooking makes me crave for king prawn…. OMG! :-P

    blurryleo: { LOL clef … go cook some and arm yourself with lots of allergy cream before you eat ‘em .. :) }

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