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The 2nd Mircoteaching on Meat.:

todays microteaching menu 13 OCtober 2010:
And so the mircoteaching done by Miss Sini, Miss Jit, Miss Nurul, Miss Li, Miss Lee and Miss Priscilla begins :)

1. Baked Chicken Sambal
2. Chachouka

3. Mutton Masala

Baked Chicken Sambal
J Technique : Cubing of meat
J Key Ingredients: Meat, Sambal Chilli
J Learning Points: Making of Sambal
J Thumbs up number: 5 / 5

As the name implies, baked chicken sambal involves using sambal chilli :)
However, due to time constraint, instant chicken sambal was given to us instead.
Miss Jit demonstrated on how sambal is made and it was a great exposure for all of us, especially those who dont have prior knowledge in making of sambal.

I love chicken sambal in general, but cooking it yourself makes the taste more engaging to yourself as you are the creator of the dish.
On whole, the chicken sambal was fabulous.
Spices chosen to marinate the chicken enhances the bulk of the chicken flavour, making this dish a suitable main dish when accompanied with rice or noodles. :))

J Learning Point:
Use homemade sambal instead of commercial ones to reduce overall fat, sodium and preservatives consumption.

Chachouka
J Technique : Cutting of vegetables and meat
J Key Ingredients: Meat, mixture of vegetables
J Learning Points: Making of chachouka
J Thumbs up number: 5 / 5

What is Chachouka?
Yes, that was the question I held in my head throughout the whole pratical session.

If you love salsa, highly likely, you would like Chachouka as well.
It is similar to salsa, just that meat and egg were the additional highlights of this dish.
Chachouka is a balanced one dish meal that one could prepare as a snack or a accompaniment dish. It is usually consumed together with toasted bread.
Chachouka is generally healthy with simmering/stir-frying cooking methods employed in the preparation of the dish.

J Learning Point:
Chachouka has well-balanced quantity of vegetables to meat, making it a suitable dish to teach students in the future.

Mutton Masala
J Technique : making of masala
J Key Ingredients: Meat (Mutton)
J Learning Points: Cubing of Meat across the grain for tenderness
J Thumbs up number: 4 / 5

Mutton was used in place of chicken/fish.
Personally, I would recommend this dish for non-mutton lovers.
Yes, non-mutton lovers. WHY?? you may wonder.
Personally, I am not a mutton-lover due to the strong smell.

However, when I sample this dish, there wasnt any trace of mutton smell and to add on, the mutton texture was not tough and fibrous, it was relavtively tender.
Reasons:
The mutton smell was eliminated as it is being masked by the herbs used such as:
ginger juice, garlic, shallots, Masala curry powder, coconut milk, yoghurt, lemon juice and red chillis.

J Learning Point:
Mutton Masala is a suitable dish to prepare for non-mutton lovers or curry lovers.

And so J what’s your say on this post?