Curry Clams Recipe
October 18th, 2009 | Chinese, Chinese Recipes, Malaysian Food, Malaysian Recipes | 11 Comments
A few weeks ago, I met Marc of No Recipes and Zen of Zen Can Cook in New York City. We had so much fun and shared deep conversations about food, blogging and our dreams over a delicious yakitori dinner. After I came back, Marc invited me to guest post on No Recipes and I gladly said yes as Marc was kind enough to write an udon post on Rasa Malaysia a while back. So, this is my “payback” time! *wink*
Please check out my guest post and recipe at No Recipes. I made a classic Malaysian street food dish: curry clams or curry-flavored grilled clams…
Remember to leave me a comment here or at No Recipes and let me know what you think!
Ingredients:
1 1/2 lb. Manila clams
2 tablespoons cooking oil
1 1/4 tablespoons seafood curry powder
1 tablespoon Malaysian Lingham’s hot sauce
1 teaspoon oyster sauce or to taste
A few sheets of fresh or frozen banana leaf (rinsed and wiped clean and dry with paper towels)
Method:
Rinse clams with cold water thoroughly, scrub the shells, drain the water, and set aside.
Heat up the pan on medium heat and add a little cooking oil to coat the surface. Lay the banana leaves on top of the pan. Add the remaining cooking oil onto the banana leaves, add clams into the pan and start stirring. As soon as the clams start to open, add curry powder, hot sauce, oyster sauce and stir well with the clams. Cover the pan with its lid and cook for a few minutes or until all clams are open.
Dish out and serve immediately.
Cook’s Note:
The banana leaves will be burnt when the clams are cooked, but that’s the essence of this dish as burnt banana leaves impart an impossibly earthy and tantalizing aroma to the clams.
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Curry clams look good. Heading over to No Recipes to get recipe now!
Yes, thanks!
Curry Clams.. you’re kidding me right. Would love to try this,. We’ve (Caribbean) got a small shellfish called (locally) chip-chip that very tasty when introduced to curry.
Ooooh, what is chip-chip? I love all sorts of shellfish and always look for new “species” to try. Do you have a picture of chip-chip?
Yum, this recipe looks spectacular! I cannot wait to give it a go
Awesome, yes, it’s one of the best ways to eat clams. Gotta try the curry clams!
That’s a gorgeous photo! I just want to pick that front little guy up and slurp it out of the shell.
Wow, looks tummy! Reminds me of my grandmother’s ‘La La’ dish.
Sorry, typo, I meant ‘Yummy’!
LOL. I know. :)
I love Malaysian Food :)
have anybody try Morning Glory Fruit Shake? If no,, here is the recipe ..
http://360by2.blogspot.com/2009/06/morning-glory-fruit-shake-recipe.html