Wednesday, January 23, 2013

East Meet West

Spaghetti with Mussel in Padangnese Chilli Sauce by Fitri D. // Rumah Manis
 
Not, because I don't want to eat an healthy food, but today I make an exception - stop my 3 days 'green' diet for a bowl of spaghetti with mussel in padangnese chili sauce .. ooh.. always worth it *well, mean is I will back to my treadmill this afternoon 1 hours longer than usual .. doooh !! ^_^

Some enjoy the dish with a warm white rice, but I just want a spaghetti , after all this is east meet west dish


Spaghetti with Mussel in Padangnese Chili Sauce
Recipe : from Ika Ray Kitchen with some adjustment to my own taste

Ingredients:
500 gr green shell mussels (scrubs and clean the Shell)
water for boiling the mussels
2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 cm ginger root, minced
1 tbsp fresh lime juice
3 tbsp tomato ketchup
4 tbsp Indonesian hot sauce (or put as much as desired) - as known as sambal botol ABC
sugar and salt as desired

Spices to grind:
3 tbsp sambal oelek or a big red chili
6 shallots
3 garlic
1/2 tsp terasi (dried shrimp paste)
Directions
1. In a pot, bring water to a boil. Add mussels, cook for about 10-15 minutes
2. In a large skillet or saucepan, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the ginger and ground spice and saute over moderate heat, stirring often until fragrant. Add ketchup, hot sauce
3. Add mussels. Adjust the taste , put enough salt and sugar - cook about 5-10 minute until bubbling. Add lime juice; stir. Bring to a boil and let the sauce thicken
4. Cook your spaghetti according the direction in the box (mine : al dente) - and enjoy

6 comments:

Hesti HH. said...

Looks so yum Mbak Fit, I think a bowl of spaghetti saos padang won't do any harm. Kan bukan saus rendang daging ^^
Pengeeen banget cobain kerang ginian. Di sini nggak ada euy!

Ira Rodrigues said...

Ide resepnya suka!
aku gak prnh punya pikiran bikin spaghetti pake saus ala masakan indonesia, looks really yum!

Nisa-mom said...

@ Mba Hesti : pake kerang kecil2 bias koq mba, ato seadanya kerang ajah xxiixix.. maksa nyuruh masak, enak bener

@ Ira : itu kmaren ide nya pingin basil pesto , koq ga sreg klo ga pedes alhasil saus padang dweh.. beneran enak Ra..

Dewi said...

Superb! This is my son favorite :)

denise fletcher said...

Wow Fitri! Very original idea. My family will love this. I must try the next time they ask for pasta. I like mussels. they love kalio and we all love spaghetti, so this is perfect for us!

Nisa-mom said...

@Dewi : indeed .. so tasty, its fun when you can enjoy with family member too mba

@Denise : lucky you,Denise.. I made this for myself, my hubby can't eat hot chilli, and he doesn't like seashell :P