Braised Goat Meat with Daikon (萝卜羊肉煲

Ingredients
1 lb goat meat- blanched
5 red dates 
dried beancurd stick
1/2 yellow onion - sliced
5 slices ginger
1 stalk green onion - cut into lengths
cinnamon - 1 stick
bay leaf - 3 pcs
dried orange peel - 1 pc
star anise - 2 pcs
2 dried chillies
cumin powder - sprinkle
salt to taste
vegetable oil 

Seasonings
2 tbsp rice wine
3 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp dark soy sauce

Method

1. Heat up oil in pan.  Fry onion, ginger and green onion for a while.
2. Add cinnamon, bay leaf, orange peel, star anise and dried chillies for another minute or so.
3. Place the ingredients into a cloth bag.
4. Add a little more oil to the pan.  Fry blanched goat meat till lightly browned.
5. Drizzle rice wine and do a quick stir fry over hight heat.  Immediately add soy sauce and dark soy sauce, fry to mix well.
6. Add enough water to cover the meat and bring to a boil.
7. Transfer to a claypot.  Put in the cloth bag and add dried beancurd stick and red dates.
8. Set claypot  on low heat for 5 to 6 hours or until meat is tender.
9. Add daikon and cook for another 30 minutes.
10. Sprinkle some cumin powder and a little salt to taste.
11. Cook for another few minutes.
12. Ladle into a serving bowls and serve warm. 

Mutton Rendang

Ingredients
1 1/2 lb mutton - cut into cubes
1 cinnamon stick (about 2-inch long)
2 star anise
3 cloves
1 lemongrass (cut into 4-inch length and pounded)
1 can coconut milk
1 cup water or more
1 tbsp tamarind pulp (soaked in a small bowl of warm water for the juice and sieve the juice
a few lime leaves (i substituted with zest of 1 lime and 1 tbsp lime juice)
1 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp ground cumin
3/4 cup toasted coconut
1 tbsp dark soy sauce 
1/2 tbsp kecap manis (sweet dark soy sauce)
5 to 8 tbsp cooking oil
palm sugar to taste
salt to taste

Claypot Goat Meat with Beancurd Stick

Ingredients
1 lb goat meat - chopped
2 pcs beancurd stick - break into large pcs, soak till soft and drain
1 carrot - peeled and chopped into big chunks  
3 cloves unpeeled garlic
few slices of ginger
1 tbsp rice wine
2 stalks green onion
cornstarch solution
3 - 4 cups water
1 tbsp cooking oil

Mutton Curry

Hubby's first attempt at cooking mutton curry....yummy!

Ingredients

1 lb mutton meat (blanched with few slices ginger and 1 stalk green onion)

2 medium size potato - cut into bite-sized cubes (potato to meat 1/2 to 1 ratio qty)

2 medium size onion - chopped

1 medium tomato - chopped

1 inch ginger - mashed

3 clove garlic - mashed

2 green chilli - deseeded and cut lengthwise

3 curry leaves (i use bay leaves for substitute)

2 inch cinnamon stick

2 cloves

1 can coconut milk

2 tbsp lime juice

salt to taste