PIE : Fisherman's Pie

POINT TO PONDER

The best time of a mother is when the children are small - between the age of one and five. You do not have to worry about test, homework or even exams.

Play with them. Enjoy their existance. Talk to them and observe them. If you have camcorder, record every play that they are in. When you go for holiday, record that as well. Record birthdays, first step, holidays and a few more as, once every one has grown, it is nice to watch the recordings over and over.

Photographs are also important.Print as many as possible. Keep them nicely as they are valuable pictures.

When my kids were small, I was too busy looking for money. I did spend as much time as possible with them but, thinking back, not as much as I should. I was lucky that I started off as a school teacher. At that time, teachers went back at 1pm and weekends were our time with the family. The best time of all was the school holidays in which I could be at home with my children.

What should you really do with your small children?
- take them to the park. Let them go on the swing and slide.
- read to them with nice intonation.
- sing with them. It would be good if you could dance with them too.
- tell them stories. I used to have this slides which we played in a dark room. My girls adored them.
- bake with them.
- allow them to learn how to ride bicycles.

THE INGREDIENTS

Milk (less than a half of the small Vision pot)
2 yellow Onion (dice it.)
Daun Kesum (cut them)
1 red chilli (slice it thinly) 
3 thinly sliced Salmon
1 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper
1 thumb-sized ginger (Pound it)
1 ladle of flour
Salt
1 1/2 cup of Frozen vegetables
Cheddar Cheese (You may use the individually packed cheese. You will need about six)
6 potatoes (Boil and mash them)
3 tablespoons of butter

1. Boil the milk. Add in the salmon, ginger and onion.
2. Once cooked, take out the salmon so as to pull out the bones. Then, using fork, flake it.
3. Put in the butter onto a pan. Add in the flour. Stir it well. Then, pour in half of the milk.
4. Add in the fish, chilli, frozen vegetable, kesum, salt.
5. Now, the potatoes. Pour the rest of the milk to it and add in the cheese. Mix them well.
6. Pour in the fish into your Pyrex container. Make sure it is nicely spread.
7. Then, scoop in the potatoes and level the surface using a fork.
8. Put it into the oven at 200. Make sure you preheat the oven first. Leave it for 30 minutes.

This should be eaten hot.

MY THOUGHTS

As the pie is not a true Malaysian taste, you should serve it together with Tomyam soup.

How do I rate it? Okaylah. Got the recipe from Women's Weekly.