Spaghetti alle Vongole

Sir Eat Alot has ordered for pasta again… Miss Cook Alot is there to satisfy all his whims and fancies… I decided to cook a quick and flavourful pasta with live clams for that fresh taste of the sea… Quite brave of me as my first try with ‘la la’ was rather disappointing, probably owing to the prolonged soaking and washing… Or maybe they were just plainly not fresh, I don’t know… 

So for the easy meal above, I cooked the clams with lots of garlic and crushed chilli with finely diced tomato and chopped parsley, laced with some white wine… Then I tossed some perfectly cooked spaghetti with the sauce and garnish with more chopped Italian parsley… Eat it as it is SANS parmesan cheese and this dish is joining my list of favourites…!!!

Cost/serving: RM4.50

Claypot Drunken Fish

Though I love all types of fish, I seldom buy them unless I go to the local market… It is quite hard to get really fresh fish at the supermarket… Furthermore, I am often confused with the large selection out there so I normally stick to a few common ones that I can recognize… The recipe below is a healthy and easy way to cook fish like tilapia…

 Claypot Drunken Fish

Ingredients:

1 tilapia fish (approximately 600g)

3 stalks spring onion

5cm knob ginger, sliced

2 tblsp oil, 1 tsp sesame oil

Seasoning:

3 tblsp shao xing wine

1 tblsp oyster sauce

1 tblsp light soya sauce

1 tsp sugar

1/2 tsp salt

150ml water

shredded spring onion and coriander leaves

Method:

1. Heat up 2 tblsp oil in a claypot. Saute ginger and spring onion until fragrant. Add in fish and fry for 2 min (Do not turn). Add in seasoning, cover with lid and simmer for 15 min or until cooked.

2. Remove claypot from heat and sprinkle spring onion and coriander on top. Serve immediately.

Serves 4.

Cost/serving: RM1.50