How to cook lala?

Machim SG

We can eat lala outside mostly from the bbq hawker stall....

But if we buy back home, how do we cook it?
With white wine and olive oil?
With chilli paste?
With curry paste?

vito_corleone SG

imo seafood is best done simple and according to where it came from. for chinese styled seafood better not use olive oil it just doesn’t suit the “asian-ness”. try using veg or peanut oil maybe? fry with your usual asian aromatics like garlic and whatever else? hope that helps!

borgkilla SG

white wine, garlic n olive oil
mix with pasta very nice

BlUe [email protected]|eLd SG

Tink u hve to koe hw to clean it first b4 u cook it. Or else u will be eating sand instead... Cook hw nice oso useless. Wink

Wanda SG

Do you know that when you buy the la la back from the mkt, they are still alive?

Machim SG

How do I clean it? Soak in water?

BlUe [email protected]|eLd SG

Soak in saltwater, for 15 min. Take out. Put back into clean saltwater again. Repeat a few times. it will be clean liaoz! Razz

Machim SG

I see.....but nowadays hard to buy lala from supermarket...NTUC...GIANT....COLD STORAGE......SHENG SIONG.....not selling anymore.....

Machim SG

How do we know whether they alive? If we can't open them means they are alive coz their muscle still strong?

Wanda SG

They move. Smile

foga SG

well wat my mum do was to soak them in water for at leat an hour.

den she'll fried some chopped garlics and "dou ban jiang" in hot oil, den add the lalas in. fried for while til their shells opened up. den add finely chopped chillis for thhat extra punch.

i love it Very Happy