A complex fond

 

Hi Natty!  How are you today, Honey?  I hope you are feeling good and keeping safe and healthy.  It's Sunday here.  I'm doing OK, maybe a little drowsy.

Sorry about the 20 minute set today, folks.  I had to take my mother to the dentist, then she wanted a haircut.  I got done with enough time to prepare my dinner.  I had a whole lot of leftovers to use up, so I decided to make fried noodles.  There was a little bit of Chinese cabbage all wilted, that got chopped up.  Also some carrot slices.  I picked a young mango before I went in the house, I chopped that up to add sourness without vinegar.  Also some of the green hot chilli peppers that Adolf chewed on yesterday.  That's all the "fresh" veggies.  For the fond, I began with my usual trio of chopped garlic, ginger and galangal, and fried that up in leftover oil from frying sardine rolls.  I had some "garam belacan" (the stuff in the video) that had been sitting in the cooler for a few years, I put a couple of spoonfuls in there.  It doesn't go bad folks, but it is very sweet.  Also I added some leftover fish head curry about a week old which was on the salty side.  Plus a little water, and that was the fond.  I cooked that up on high heat with chunks of beef in there then added the half pack of noodles I bought a few days ago.  I stirred that mix up until the water almost evaporated then put the "fresh" stuff in and turned off the heat to give it a final mix.  Finish it with some dried fried shallots on top.  I'll never be able to duplicate those noodles again!  Too bad though, it was the best fried noodles I ever made.  Alhamdulillah.

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