About Slumfood Millionaire
Embark on a mouth-watering journey through the slums of Asia where talented amateur home chefs cook with a lot of heart to produce the most appetising dishes for cheap.
In this second season, we’re in Cebu, Sarawak, Yogyakarta, Krabi, An Giang and West Bengal for some soul food!
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The passion and resilience of the talented cooks from slums in Asia prove that good food need not be expensive. Here are some recipes featured in the series that you can try at home:
Crispy Fried Chicken Feet
Kampong Kali, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Ingredients:
Onion
Garlic
Candlenut
Lime leaves
Lemongrass
Bay leaves
Galangal
Turmeric
Coriander
Salt
For the frying batter:
Egg
Tapioca starch
Steps:
- Trim off the nails on chicken feet
- Simmer chicken feet in water and all aromatics for about 20 minutes
- Remove chicken feet from broth and save broth to make the batter
- To make the frying batter, mix egg in broth and add tapioca starch
- Dip chicken feet in batter and fry it in hot oil until crispy
Fish Fermented With Rice
Iban Village, Sarawak, Malaysia
Ingredients:
River fish
Salt
Sugar
Cooked white rice
Bamboo shoots
Rubber seeds
Garlic
Shallots
Vegetables
Ferment the fish
- Clean and gut the fish
- In a bowl, add in generous amount of salt, some sugar, rice, bamboo shoots and rubber seeds to the fish
- Mix well, transfer to a steralised container with lid
- Ferment for at least 3 days or up to a week(Fermentation process should be monitored closely in case of contamination.)
Fry the fermented fish
- Heat up generous amount of cooking oil
- Fry garlic and shallots till golden brown
- Add in the fermented fish to fry
- Add the fermented vegetables and juice
- Simmer for 5-10 mins until fish is crispy and juices have reduced