Baby Aasparagus With Pork Slices

I'm not a fan of black pepper sauce and seems like most of the food outlet here in Singapore likes to sell asparagus and meat stir fry with black pepper sauce. Argh... why can I find 1 without black pepper sauce? In order to satisfy my crave, I decided to cook this dish myself, and use baby asparagus instead.

It's really easy and simple to cook, which is why i like to cook stir fry food. lolz...

Ingredients,
Lean meat , thinly sliced
Baby asparagus, cut into sections
Oil for frying
Roasted white sesames seeds

Marinate;
Baking soda
Pinch of salt
Dark soy sauce

Seasonings;
2 tbsp dark soy sauce
1/2 tbsp tomato ketchup
1 tsp brown sugar
Some water

Method;
Marinade meat slices and set aside for at least 1/2 hr
Blanched asparagus in water with salt and oil, drained and soak in ice
Heat wok, add oil and fry meat till change colour.
Pour in sauce and when it's about to dry, toss in asparagus
Sprinkle sesame seeds and serve.
Enjoy!

Crispy WhiteBait Fish

I had a fun and enjoyable holiday in Hong Kong last month. I went to some of the outlying islands for the great scenery and cultural experience. 

I bought some dried whitebait fish from Tai O, this place is famous for their dried seafood such as fish maw, prawn paste etc...

Method;
Rinsed and drained a handful of dried whitebait fish
Prepare seasoning powder by mixing Garlic Salt, Pepper & Self-raising flour
Toss whitebait fish with seasoning powder, ensure that they are evenly coated
Deep fried in hot oil till golden brown
Drained and serve with chili mix
Enjoy!

Chocolate Banana Almond Cupcakes

It's been a long while since I last bake at home. It' been more than 2 years since my oven spoil and I haven got a replacement till now. However, I have a new 'kitchen toy" now~ a mini cupcake maker! Yeah...

 

With the technology nowadays, baking can be easier and faster. It says that this maker can bake within 5 mins. Ooh...Great!

 Dry Ingredients;
210g self raising flour
Baking soda
10g coco powder
Some cinnamon powder
Pinch of salt

Chopped almonds

Wet ingredients;
2 large eggs
120g sugar
30g brown sugar
3 Tbsp vegetable oil
Lemon Zest
Banana puree ( from 2 large bananas)

Method;
Mix dry ingredients and set aside
Whisk egg with sugar, add rest of ingredients
Fold in dry ingredients and chopped nuts
Preheat cupcake maker, lay paper cups and pour mixture till 3/4 full
Bake for 5-7 mins until skewer comes out dry
Cool on cooling rack
Enjoy!

This recipe is quick and simple, these batches of cakes turned out real moist and yummy. 

Cheezy Potato Chips Chicken Pops

What to do with so leftovers potato chips where nobody wanna eat? Which is y to me, choosing the flavours which majority likes to eat would be best. Now den i realized that no one in my family likes / eat cheese flavour chips. I bought a canister of lay's cheese flavour potato chips and it's been sitting on the table for almost 1 month since it's 'opening'. If dad and brothers like it, it wouldn't even last for a week. :-P

Creative ways of mixing tidbits with food or create new dishes sure works. Since we all love fried stuff, here's my cheezy potato chips chicken pops for dinner.

Ingredients;
Minced chicken  (boneless chicken thighs n chicken breast meat, ratio 3:1) 
Carrots, finely chopped
Onions, finely chopped
1 baby potato, diced n steamed
Crushed cheese flavour potato chipes
Shredded cheddar cheese
Oil for deep frying

Marinate;
Light soy sauce
Oyster sauce
Salt n pepper

Method;
- Marinade chicken well, mix in carrots, onions, potatoes n cheddar cheese.
-Wet hands with water, scoop 1 tbsp chicken mixture and shape into oval shape.
-Toss from 1 hand to another hand ~ to firm the texture of the mixture, pops won't split too easily when deep frying.
- Coat pops evenly with crushed chips and set aside. continue until mixture completes.
- Chill in fridge for at least 30 mins to harden.
- Deep fried on low to medium heat till golden brown.
- Drained on kitchen towel to remove excess oil.
- Serve hot. Enjoy!

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Sandwiched Tau Kee With Shimeiji Mushroom Sauce

Another of my favourite tau kee and I love to sandwich them with fillings, pan fry/ deep fried. Best to cook the 'fried sandwiched tau kee' in laksa hotpot and it my FAVOURITE.

Haven had tau kee for quite sometimes and I cooked this as a 'sidekide' dish for dinner last week.

Ingredients;

Tau Kee Sheets

Shimeiji Mushrooms

Oil for frying

Spring onions, chopped

 

Sauce;

Brown shimeiji mushroom

Oyster sauce

Pinch of salt

Some sugar

Water

Chili Oil

Thickening agent

 

Fillings;

Minced meat

Carrots, chopped

Water cheastnuts, chopped finely

Light soy sauce

Pinch of salt

1 tbsp egg while

Cornflour

Method;

-Prepare tau kee by mixing all ingredients for filling together (except cornclour)

-Let marinate for at least 15 mins, add some cornflour.
-Spread fillings onto 1 sheet of tau kee, sandwiched with another pc, pressed tight.

-Cut into 1 squares. Continue until all finishes.

-Pan fry till golden brown on both sides. Set aside on serving plate.

-Fry mushrooms with some oil for a min, season to taste, add some water and bring to boil.

-Thicken gravy, sprinkle dashes of chili oil, add spring onions.

-Mix well and drizzle over tau kee sandwiches.

-Yummy!

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肉片沙茶酱小炒

I'm back into blogging again... haven had much time writing post snaping on my blog. Oo I've been neglecting my personal blog for soooo long until the other day a kind soul dropped me a message via ekina's paradise to compliment and encourage me in keeping up my good and uique way of writing my blog. 

A sudden thought flash across my mind ~ Hey what have I been doing? Neglecting my blog and become a frequent visitor on facebook? I can't go on like this, i should continue sharing recipes on my "creations" Lolz... 

 Now that i'm back, seems like I will have a long way to 'brush up' mmy blogging skills. Blogger.com seems to change so much, new posting templates, different settings...Gosh, I'm like a newbiz! 

Today, I tried a quick dish but preparations took me quigte awhile as there are so many types of garnishes and condiments. 



Ingredients;

Lean meat slices ( I used pork)

Bell peppers, wedged

Capsicums, wedged

Onions, wedged

Celery, strips

Carrots, sliced

Garlic, minced

Ginger, sliced

Seasonings;

1 tbsp 沙茶酱

!-2 drops dark soy sauce

Brown sugar

Oyster sauce

Pinch of salt

Chili powder

Stock

Oil for frying

Method;

-Heat some oil, fry carrots, celery and onions for 2 mins.

-Add bell peppers and capsicums, fry for another few mins.

-Dish up colourful veggie and set aside.

-Browned some garlic in oil, add pork slices, fry till change colour.

-Add seasonings and 30ml stock.

-Fry for 1 mins / till pork is cook.

-Toss in colourful veggie and serve.

-Enjoy!

风味肉丁

When I've run out of ideas for any meat dish, I would always mix and match a special sauce, taste and add more seasonings, improvising till I get the unique taste of what I like. That's my style...and with the sauce, preferably to toss it with deep fried meat chunks and eat with some crispy garnishes.

Garnishes;
Deep fried shredded popiah skin
Spring onions

Sauce;
Oyster sauce
Tomato ketchup
Sambal
White vinegar
Brown sugar
Stock
-Mix well, bring to boil until thickens.
-Toss with favourite crispy meat and serve with garnishes.
-Enjoy! :-P

Smoked Duck Breast Salad With Mashed Potato

I've come to realize of the formula; Grapes + Red wine vinegar = MATCHED

Grapes are mostly sweet and their skin are usually tongue biting. However, after being coated / seasoned with red wine vinegar, it's sweet and slightly sour with a "sniff" of fragrance seasoning of red wine vinegar where I simply love to the max.

A combination of seared duck breast with hard-boiled egg slices, mashed potatoes with brown gravy, last but not least, iceberg lettuce and grapes drizzled with some red wine vinegar. That's it, a simple but satisfying lunch.
 

Egg Mayo Yu Zhar Kway

Dipping yu zhar kway in hot coffee before eating, serve with congee, serve with dessert, eat it on its own are the few local way of eating yu zhar kway and among all these, my favourite is still to go with the coffee. Imagine hot crispy yu zhar kway soak with hot fragrant coffee, pop into the mouth with coffee oozing out yet there's still crunch of the yu zhar kway.... Wow...simply fantastic. :-P

I have another innovative way of eating yu zhar kway. That is with my favourite egg mayo. I've always love egg mayo toast and this time round, instead of on toasted bread, i stuffed them into yu  zhar kway and topped with some shredded lettuce and tomato slices. Delicious!

Mushroom XO Sauce

Am in the mood to create my own XO sauce BUT using mushroom instead. Cuz I been wanting to get rid of the packs of dried mushroom in the fridge. I bough few packs without realizing that I have another 2 packs in the fridge. Yes, that's a very bad habit! I should have checked my stock, write down a shopping list b4 purchasing anything. Haiz... what done cannot be undone and the easiest way to use up these dried mushroom is to cook a sauce.

These sauces are so useful...Toss it with boiled noodles to enjoy simple lunch, pan fried with carrot cake to have a quick tea break, stir fry with fried tau kua as a dish for dinner... lots and lots more.

Simple ingredients;
Dried mushroom, soaked in hot water, squeeze dry and chopped into small bits 
Chopped garlic
Minced bean paste
Chili paste
Oyster sauce
Stock
Oil for frying
-Fry shallots in oil till golden brown, add garlic and continue frying for a min.
-Add mushroom, fry for a min. (adding more oil if necessary)
-Add bean paste, chili paste and oyster sauce.
-Stir in 1 tbsp stock, bring to boil and simmer until thickens.
-Remove from heat and let it cool.

Alfredo Shroomish Baked Rice

What's for lunch? A quick and easy baked rice reali made my day!

Having left very little bit of alfredo sauce in the fridge, i decided to whip a quick sauce out of it.
Simply prepare;
Fresh shitake mushroom, sliced
Fresh Oyster mushroom, sliced
Button mushroom, sliced
Frozen sweet corn
Butter
Onions, sliced
Pinches of salt
Milk
Alfredo sauce
-Melt butter in pan, fry onions till fragrant, add fresh mushrooms and fry for 1-2 min.
-Add button mushroom and sweet corn.
-Stir in alfredo sauce, milk and season to taste.
-Once sauce boils, remove from heat.

 Pour sauce over plain rice, topped with cheese and till till top browns. Sprinkle some crushed black pepper and enjoy! :-)

That's it! As easy as ABC....

Fried Beancurd Skin Roll with Yam

Preferably to use normal yam instead of mini yam for this dish as the texture of yam would affect the overall dish.Mini yam tends to be soggy after steaming and too soft as too much moisture in it. Unlike the normal yam, they tends to be flaky and firm, bringing a unique taste to the snacks after being deep fried.

Ingredients;
Yam slices, steamed and mashed with coriander & spice powder
Minced pork
Light soy sauce
Chicken power
Rectangular beancurd sheet
-Oil for deep frying
-Marinade pork with light soy sauce and chicken powder
-Mix in yam
-Coat mixture onto beancurd sheet, cut into long strip
-Deep fried till golden brown.
-Serve with chili dips
-Enjoy!

Crispy Pork

A dish suddenly flashed across my mind and I remembered I tried that dish in Malaysia many many years ago and it somehow reminds me on the taste.
I decided to recap the taste and venture out the dish on my own and share the dish with my family.

Ingredients A:
Pork Belly, thinly sliced
Cornflour + Rice flour
Oil for deep frying
-Dust flour lightly into pork belly
-Deep fried until crispy and golden brown
-Drained and set aside

Ingredients B:
1 onion, wedged
3 dried chili, cut into sections
Oyster sauce
Hoison sauce
Tomato keychup
Sugar
Dark soy sauce
-Fry onions for 2 mins, add dried chili
-Bring sauce to boil, thicken
-Toss in crispy pork
-Enjoy!

Ice Blended Yakult with Aloe Vera

I love playing around with drinks....mixing, matching, blending and come up with the taste & feel I love. This is my newly invented unique way of drinking yakult~ with toppings and additional taste.

Ingredients,
Original flavour yakult
Some apple juice
Sugar syrup
Ice cubes
Aloe vera cubes
Honey
-Blend ice cubes, sugar syrup, apple juice and yakult till fine
-Pour into glass jug, topped with aloe vera cubes
-Drizzle with honey
-Enjoy!

I need it...especially on a super hot afternoon in a place like Singapore! Can't stand the heat!!!

Fish Cake Chips

Dun think anyone has yet to come across this unique way of eating fish cake, try it as it reali addictive! The crucial part is in selecting the type of fish cake to use.
Not those kinds usually found in fish ball noodles as those has too much flour as compared fish paste. Best used will be those gigantic fish cake which as big as a size of fist.

 Ingredients;
Giant fish cake, halved it and cut into slices
Oil for deep frying
Seasoning to taste ( I used nori and chili flakes)
-When oil is 80% hot, add fish cake slices and deep fried till golden brown
-Drained and toss with seasoning
-Serve while hot
-Enjoy!

Curry Veggie

A different curry for diner tonight?! Yes, meatless! lolz.... Always the usual classic chicken curry is nothing new and as I have crave for cabbage, decided to cook curry veggie instead.

 Ingredients A:
Oil for frying
Shallots slices
1 glove garlic, chopped
2 tsp chili paste
40g curry powder
1/2 tsp tumeric powder
1/2 tsp corriander power
-Fry shallots and garlic with oil till brown.
-Add chili paste, fry for a min
-Add rest of the ingredients and fry.
-Add more oil if necessary
-Set aside for later use

Ingredients B:
Cabbage, break into small pcs
Carrots, cut into thick slices
Tau pok, cut into pcs
Potatoes, large cubes, steamed
Evaporated milk
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
Water
-Boil cabbage and carrots with water till slightly soft
-Add ingredient A, potatoes & tau pok
-Bring to full boil and simmer
-Season to taste
-Enjoy!

2 more plate of rice please! lolz... best serve with plain rice or blanched noodles, top with an egg. :-)

香蔥肉醬芋餃

Hey readers, I'm finally back! Being away for a year isn't that great and so many unpleasant things happened throughout and being away doesn't mean that I'm no longer cooking. My daily or weekend cooking is as usual, it's only that I dun have the time to bake, prepare dessert and spend times hogging onto PC to post photos, write recipes.

Here's what I have for today! I'm not in the mood to cook seafood dish or pure meat dish hence, I came up with the yam dumplings dish.

Ingredients A:
Baby yam, steamed and mashed
-Add pinch of salt, spice powder, pepper and coriander power to taste.
-Sprinkle in 1 tbsp rice flour, plain flour and cornflour.
-Mixed well and shaped into oval shape, deep fried till golden brown.
-Set aside for later use.

Ingredients B:
1 onion,  wedged
1 stalk spring onion, cut into 3 cm length
Minced pork
1 tbsp oil
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
Some stock stock
1/2 tbsp oyster sauce
1/2 tsp spicy chili paste
-Fry minced pork with oil till meat change color.
-Add onions and spring onion, fry for 2 mins.
-Add all the sauces and stock, bring to boil.
-Toss in fried yam balls and serve.
-Enjoy!

Dinner On 大年初二

往往大年初二的晚餐较丰盛 and after some preparations, Dad and I came up with the following dishes...

金玉满堂

金光闪闪七龙珠

和气发财

年年有余鱼头炉

Refreshing Yakult Green Oolong Tea with Ice Jelly

Lunch On 大年初二

Day 2 of CNY and most of the eateries nearby are still close due to the festive period, i decided to prepare some quick and simple dishes for lunch.

大福大贵乌金 ~ pan fried century egg with thai chili sauce.

天赐良鸡~ steamed chicken drum with thigh, serve with salty sesame drizzle.

如意鲍片翡翠痘苗

Dinner On 大年初一

Other families usually have their hotpot during CNY reunion dinner but our family is unusual! lolz... We always have it on 1st day of CNY.

大吉大利鸳鸯火锅

Assorted balls and yong tau foo...

Home-made fish paste tau kee, fried meatballs...

Our spead with wantons, chicken breast veggie and oops... i forgot to snap pic of the fish and prawns! lolz...

Our soup boiling with most of the food ready. 开动啦!

Last but not least, our drinks! I finally found my fav vita lemon tea in Singapore (Oh, i missed HK) and mum's all time fav red dates longan tea.

团圆饭 2012

To most chinses, CNY reunion dinner which falls on the eve of Chinese New Year is meaningful and normally during this day, the dishes will symbolise good luck and wealth. Our familys' dinner menu are as follows;

吉祥乳猪

黄金虾条

富贵海参饺

翡翠蒜

福气猪肚海参汤

Getting Ready For CNY 2012

Other than spring cleaning and buying new year clothes for CNY, there are plenty of other things to settle before the eve of new year.

Yearly affair of preparing Chinese Leek, which symbolize plenty of $ for us to count.

Bunch of bananas to bring wealth.

My all time favourite pineapple tarts and...

a huge basket of tidbits to much and eat during the festival! haha.. very likely to put on weight during these few days.

A gift box for Tabby and family while I go visiting during CNY.

Wow... loads of 好料 inside! Happy Lunar New Year!

龙年行大运!

It's Chinese Lunar New Year and wishes everyone 恭喜发财，万事如意

It's year of the dragon and here's a description of people who are born in the year of Dragon.

A pair of adorable dragon coin bank for good luck purpose!

Baked Char Siew

I'm BACK!!! It's been awhile since i last update my blog and in fact, it's since i last cook or bake so didn't reali have anything to post. But i do have loads and loads of food pics which i gathered during my eating out session with friends.

Using my all time favourite recipe, i tried baking the char siew instead of my normal way of cooking.

Intersection of the char siew with juice running down while i slice it. Lovely!

I love my char siew with medium fats and lean meat. :-)