İşkembe

Can u guess what that thing is?? I think my earliest collection of it was when my mom had cut that thing in smaller pieces, boiled it up.. n she made a lime, onion, asam jawa, cili padi etc sauce to go with it.. my mouth still waters thinking about it... ..the cow's stomach... perut lembu.. or işkembe we call it in turkish..

That is the thing about it isnt it? it smells... but being a malaysian who is used to the concept of jering..petai..kodiang... those smelly must eat stuffs..we have in malaysia... this işkembe is just another of those things i dont mind eating...:0) ..

In turkey, i think they most definitely make one thing with işkembe.. and that would be işkembe çorbası.. the soup..it looks like this.. (see Zaim Ladies Recipe Book blog ) for the full recipe.. my way of course :0)


Halil loves it.. i love it.. but like i said.. the whole house.. n perhaps the whole apartment smells of it if i cook it.. i dont dare to cook it often.. perhaps once in a month..?

I think my fondest memory of eating this soup was years ago.. it was our first time going for a holiday outside of sapanca.. it was the first year baba's edremit tatil mulk was ready.. Anne.. baba.. halil.. hatice( a baby with 2 teeth heheheh) n i..i was pregnant with baddin (3 or 4 months pregnant i think)....we were on the way towards istanbul.. taking the long way.. along the way, we stopped at a restaurant for lunch (for hatice)..the adults had işkembe çorbası..it was delicious!! but we all didnt dare to eat a second helping since we were scheduled to stop for lunch at funda's parents' summer house.. that was among the best işkembe çorbası i had tasted.. it was also our first n last holiday outside istanbul with anne... She died the next year..

n simah being simah.. missing home again.. what not with my supply of my asam mo far kor is over..finished.. zero....my mind worked overtime to find something malaysian..

I have 4 lime in my fridge (bought from carrefour..mahal gilaaaaaaaa)..

Yup.. this is the lime.. not so interesting looking but enough for me :0)... i had the leftover boiled işkembe... so i came up with this hehehehehehe
işkembe...with loads of lime juice inside... loads of hot things inside.. like dried chilli...powdered chillies..black peppers... let just say..i somehow caught the taste i was looking for at the price of more than 1 litre of water!!! hahahhaha crazy crazy simah hahahahha

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