::tips: instinctive cooking::

lately i have been cooking using my instincts instead of referring to books or internet.. and alhamdulillah, it turned out great.. well to us at least hehehe. however, i realised some of my friends said i am good in cooking because i can cook instinctively/spontaneously or we knw it as campak2.. one of my aunties will call it 'lebur'.. well wat ever u call it, it simply means not following any recipes, but using yr instinct on wat ingredients to use in yr cooking.. 

so how do i do it? here are the tips i use when cooking campak2.. hehehe..

1) i look at wat ingredients i have in my lil kitchen..

2) then i look at wat bhn mentah i want to use (chicken, fish, beef, etc)..

3) after choosing the main raw material, u shud knw wat ingredients fits best for the bhn mentah ure gonna use.. for example, if ure cooking fish, lemon or lime is almost always a must to remove the hanyir-ness of the fish.. well u get wat i mean..

4) next, for dry ingredients.. u can never ever go wrong with salt and pepper la.. tgk mana2 recipe pun usually mesti letak salt and pepper.. hehehe.. other ingredients like lemon or ginger or oregano will depend on wat flavour u wanna have in yr food.. wat yr appetite is at tat time.. and whether it goes well with other ingredients.. for example, kalau tak kena letak serbuk kari/kurma, jgn la tiba2 letak kari/kurma powder kan.. mmg pelik la jdnya hahahaha.. 

5) quantity of ingredients ni yg agak tricky actually.. somehow dr dulu, if my mum were to cook any large portion of meal, mesti discuss with me on how much serai to use, how much onions to use coz mum said i have good instinct on this.. tp pernah jugak tak cukup ingredients hehehe.. esp when i 2nd guess myself and reduce the quantity of spices.. hehehe.. so this part, u basically hv to look at the amount of raw meat u'll be cooking, and then kena la tgk the portion of dry ingredients tu.. for example kalau nk masak rendang 3kilo takkan pki 5biji bawang je kan, confirm la tak cukup.. amount of salt to put in pun ikut instinct jugak.. hmmm tp this one mmg susah nk bg tips.. i guess u'll get the hang of it as time goes by, practice makes perfect kan.. so kena practice guna instinct la lps ni.. hehehe.. 

tu je la kut.. m also still learning myself.. there are a lot more that i tak pndi lagi.. and there are still food that i need to refer to recipes whenever m cooking.. ni kira kalau nk masak cam western food, or simple cincai food bole la guna instinct2 ni.. 

good luck and dont stop learning! ;)