Lokan(Looking) forward to meet you
Once again, a trip to my grandma’s house includes another cooking session with my aunt. This time she is making a favourite of mine lokan (cockles). She asked me to be her assistant and I was happy to oblige 
According to my parents, lokan is only available towards the end of the year and it sold as cheap as RM2 per kilo in our marketplace. Washing the mud from the lokan is quite tedious BUT the hard work is well worth it. The meat is round like scallops…yes, little meat only.
Anyway, the way we usually cook lokan is by stuffing the shells with minced meat, vegetables, and lokan. Here are the steps to make ‘em…
The lokan being steamed
Firstly, the lokan are steamed to cook them. Do not throw away the stock though because it can be used as a base for soups.
Minced meat and vegetables
Aunt hard at work
Next waiting for them to cook, prepare the ingredients to stuff into the cockle shells. My aunt prepared them before I came, so I just roughly tell what is needed.
1.Minced meat
2.Minced white turnip, carrots, spring onions and a Bombay onion
3.Five tablespoons of corn flour
4.Three dashes of white pepper and sesame oil
5. Two dashes of Chinese red wine
6. Two chicken eggs
Minced lokan
All mixed up
The lokan is chopped and mixed together with all the ingredients above…
Uncooked stuffed lokan shells
Now, here is the fun part, scoop and stuff the lokan shells to the brim. Then, steam them again for five to ten minutes.
Finished product
These can be eaten steamed, oven-baked, or fried. It is your choice. Yums… 
yummy…wanna eat….hehe
Haha…if you have decided to cook some…don’t forget to invite me
So when are you going to make some all by yourself for me to makan leh? Hehehehehehehehe!!!!
I already made for you wat….hahaha. Ok ok….next time round I will try to make
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