I guess some of you would be familiar with this product…
What I know is come Chinese New Year, there are people who would buy this and roll it in those frozen popiah (spring roll) skin and deep-fry to serve as snacks. Well, I would say that it tastes great on bread and crackers too and with the astronomical price of our straight Rajang hay bee/udang kering (dried prawns), this would be a sufficiently-nice alternative instead of making our own. Even the cheaper variety of those dried prawns ain’t that affordable anymore these days.
This isn’t all that cheap either actually – one bottle would cost more than RM10.00 now but the other day, I saw some on special offer at around RM9.00 only so I bought a bottle…and among all the things that I did, I used it to cook some fried rice. Of course, I would need the usual ingredients for that…
…and having fried a handful of ikan bilis (dried anchovies)…
…till golden brown, I put in the sliced shallots and garlic…
…and after those, the rice…
Then, I threw in the sliced chili and chopped spring onions before adding three spoonfuls of the serunding udang…
…and fried it altogether, making sure that everything was mixed thoroughly and evenly. Lastly, I added the eggs…
…and once they were done, I dished out everything and served – with a sprinkling of more serunding udang on top…
Frankly, I did think it could do with a lot more of the serunding udang in the frying but at that price, I guess one would have to use it sparingly and be happy with it. Of course, it would be a whole lot nicer to pound one’s own sambal hay bee and use to fry the rice but these days, I guess we do not have much of a choice but to do without all those luxuries.
Well, on a brighter note, it’s National Day today…so Happy National Day to all fellow-Malaysians and do enjoy the weekend, everyone, here in our home…
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 