Tauhu Goreng

Hi everyone,
Been having the tauhu goreng crave for quite sometimes. I used to buy tauhu goreng every sunday from the coffee shop near my house. But after renovation, the stall owner no longer wants to sell this dish.

Wanting to satsify my crave, i bought the necessary ingredients & make my own version of tauhu goreng.

Hmm...this taste is so familiar, reali brings back memories of the days where i used to eat this dish.

Simple & cheap ingredients;

1 big pc tau gua,deep fried

1 handful of bean sprouts,blanched

1/2 cucumber,shredded

Sauce;

1 tbsp prawn paste

2 tsp sugar

1 tbsp chille paste

200ml assam water

juice from 2 limes

2 big tbsp grounded peanuts (tbsp for soup)

-Mix all ingredients for sauce together, pour over the tauhu goreng. Enjoy!

*The prawn paste that i bought is quite salty, so i add more sugar. U can adjust the taste according to ur own preference.

Mee Siam

Was in the mood to cook mee siam for lunch 2day. Woke up early this morning make preparations so that we can have mee siam for lunch.

This is fantastic, a tip to add on; simply add 1/2 tsp of creamy peanut butter to the mee siam when u eat. It taste different, it adds on a nutty taste.

Ingredients;

For Mee Siam Bee Hoon: (A)

400g rice vermicelli,soak

100g bean sprouts

1 tbsp chili paste

1/2 tsp msg

1/2 tbsp spicy tau cheow

280ml water

Oil for frying

For Spice Paste: (B)

180g shallots,chopped

55g dried prawns,pounded

2 tbsp chili paste

Oil for frying

For Gravy: (C)

1 tbsp spicy bean paste

6 tbsp sugar

150g assam

1500ml water

Method;

To prepare portion (A),simply fry chille paste + spicy tau cheow with oil,add water, bring to boil.

Add in soaked bee hoon,fry till water dries up. When water is bout to dry, add in bean sprouts.

To prepare portion (B),fry dried prawns without oil till fragrant & dry, set aside.

Add oil, fry chilli paste + shallots for about 20mins,add in dried prawns.Continue to fry for about 5 mins.

To prepare gravy; Soak assam with 1500ml water, drained. Bring assam water to boil.

Add in spice paste,boil for about 10 mins.

Stir in spicy tau cheow,boil for about 5 mins.

Off heat & stir in sugar.

Garnish with hard-boiled eggs,chives,bean curd puffs,lime & prawns.

Serve hot.

Fusion Lunch

What's for lunch 2day? Well, i brought food from home as there's nothing new around my office area.

Here it is, my Fusion Lunch pack with baked spring rolls,omelette with onions & chicken,lettuce & cherry tomatoes.

Not bad ya, consisting of carbohydrates,protein,vitamins,iron but not too much of fats. haha....

What a wonderful lunch from home. yummy......

Radish with Spareribs Soup

Hello....
Its been such a long time since i had home cooked soup. Ever since the carrot cake craze, eating radish has been the trend going on in my house.

My mum cooked my favourite Radish & Spareribs Soup last evening.


无花果 has been added to enhance the taste of the soup. Be it lotus roots, watercess or any soup that u would like to cook with spareribs, adding 无花果 brings out the sweetness of the ingredients.Do give it a try ya!

Seng Ni Chou 酸泥醋(Pork Belly with Spicy Sour Sauce)

There was this pc of pork belly lying in our fridge for almost 3 days, therefore i decided to make Pork Belly with Spicy Sour Sauce.

After i'm done with this dish den my dad told mi this dish is called 酸泥醋 in teochew, and its actually a teochew dish, he was rather surprise that i knew how to prepare this dish.

Its so simple to prepare this dish.

Simply;

-Cut 2 strips of pork belly till cooked, rubbed with little bit of sesame oil.

-Sliced them thinly & serve with a spicy sour sauce.

Sauce preparing;

-Squeeze juice of 2 limes, remove seeds.

-Add 1/2 tsp of cider & 1 tsp of fine sugar

-Add in chopped garlic & chilli padi.

-Lastly add about 2 tsp dark soya sauce.

-Mix till the ingredients are well blended.

-Enjoy!

Ba Kwa (Roasted Pork) & Cheesy Ba Kwa Bread

Was at Chinatown last saturday, walked pass Lim Chee Guan & was sttracted to the smell. Its sooo... tempting... i couldn't resist to temptation & bought some ba kwa home to enjoy.
Most of the chinese here in singapore should haf heard or eaten this brand od ba kwa as its a very famous brand here in singapore.

I baked Cheesy Ba Kwa Bread with the "branded" tasty ba kwa.

Simple & easy to do. Normally for this kinda bread, basic sweet dough is being used. However, i used a softer & fluffier pizza bread dough for this bread.

Simply;

-Brush the bread dough with some melted butter,sprinkle a mixture of cheddar & mozzarella cheese over, top with ba kwa slices.

-Toast in a preheated oven toasted for about 15mins.

-Enjoy!

Bird's Nest Dessert

My favourite dessert~Bird Nest Soup. Tis is something which our family eats monthly.Its good for complexion.


s nest in water for about half an hr (depending on the grade of bird's nest u buy, if low grade with bigger heads on the side, its advisable to soak them separately as the heads needs longer time to soak)

-Add hot water,bird's nest & american gingseng into the claypot & double boil for about an hr.

-Add rock sugar to taste, continue to boil for another 15-20 mins until rock sugar dissolve.

-Off heat, slightly warm the bird's nest b4 eating alternatively, stir in bits of honey,chill b4 eating.

Brown Rice Crunch

Hi Everyone,

U all can't believe it,even i myself oso can't believe it. On my way out to buy lunch from the nearby canteen juz now, there's this distributor selling healthy brown rice snack.

I couldn't resist the temptation to pause for a while to read through the details on the phamplets.
And so, i bought some of the products to try out so they are healthier as compared to chips.

See, i bought so much! but onli bought the crunch. Other than the crunch, they oso haf Brown Rice Miso Soup & Brown Rice Miso Porridge

This is the Brown Rice Cheese Crunch. yum yum... i tried the sample & its fantastic. The cheese taste isn't too overpowdering, i'm still able to taste the brown rice flavour.

This is the original taste, onli brown rice, taste much better than the soya flavour.

Recalling back, Adam did mentioned to me that there's this brown rice snack new in the market. Think should be this Healthy ones :-)

Steamed Otah with Egg

The 1st time i ate this dish was in a seafood restaurant in malaysia. when they served this dish, the lst thing that comes to my mind was "since when was otah steam? normally it was grill or bbq mah!"

Wanting to taste how steamed otah taste, i gave it a try. Wow....yummy...the taste is juz rite, not too strong taste of otah as the steamed egg neutralised the strong otah taste.

My neighbour juz came back from muar & she gave our family a pc of fish otah. And so, i prepare this additional dish for dinner last nite.

This dish is very easy to do, all u need is;

1 pkt of muar fish otah

1 egg

1 tbsp water or stock

Spring onions

Method;

-Beat the egg, add in stock

-Pour egg mixture into a plate, top with otah pcs.

-Steam for about 8-10mins or until egg is cooked.

-Garnish with spring onions, serve hot.

Tuna Mayo Sandwich

Hi all,
Wasn't in the mood to eat any rice or noodle for lunch 2day, juz prepare a simple sandwich for myself.

Hmm... getting a bit sianz of tuna, maybe next time can prepare egg mayo or chicken sandwich! yum yum...

Sweet Potato Soup with Ginger

Had a crave for something not too sweet, but with a mild touch of spicyness.Therefore,i requested mum to cook sweet potato soup with ginger.

Y with ginger? well, accordingly to chinese saying, ginger can get rid of the excess wind in the tummy.
Another thing is, sweet potato cause the tummy to be bloated with wind,so its advisable to add old ginger slices when cooking sweet potato soup.

Simply;

-Boil screwpine leave with water.When boils, add ginger slices & sweet potatoes. Cook until potatoes are soft.

-Add rock sugar to taste.

-Enjoy!

Chocolate Dome Cake

In order to celebrate Father's Day, i baked a chocolate dome cake specially for Dad. Butter cream cake brings back sweet memories of my childhood where i will always stop by the confectionery which sells traditional butter cream cake.



Its very simple to do, as for the frosting, i used butter cream to ice the whole cake.

Ingredients for cake;
150g butter
220g castor sugar
250 top flour
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
250ml buttermilk
2 eggs
½ tsp vanilla essence
60g unsweetened coco
100ml boiling water

Ingredients for frosting;
100g butter
250g icing sugar
150ml milk
50g melted unsweetened chocolate

Method;
-Dissolve coco powder in hot water.
-Sift dry ingredients into a mixing bowl.
-Cream fats & sugar till fluffy, add eggs 1 @ a time.
-Stir in essence, fold in dry ingredients, alternate with buttermilk.
-Stir in coco mixture.
-Pour into 2 X 8” greased tin
-Bake at 180ºC for 35mins or until cooked.
-Prepare frosting by beating all ingredients till smooth.
-Assembly cake by sandwiching cooled cakes with frosting, ice the whole cake.
-Sprinkle choco shavings on top.
-Enjoy!

*Cake can be chilled, but gotto leave @ room temperature for awhile b4 serving.

Fried Rice With Olive Veggie

Prepared lots of food yesterday, other than spring rolls, we had fried rice with olive veggie.
U guys muz be wondering what is olive veggie?

Its preserved olive vegetables, this hongkong brand taste much better than the AAA brand.

What u need;

1 tbsp olive veggie

1 tbsp olive oil

1 clove garlic,chopped

2 beaten egg

1 cup cooked rice

Dash of salt

Method;

Heat wok, add 1/2 tbsp oil & fry eggs till scrambled, remove from wok.

Add 1/2 tbsp oil, fry chopped garlic until brown.

Add cooked rice,fry till they are well scattered. Add scrambled egg, olive veggie.

Continue to fry for about 5 mins, add salt to taste.

Serve with green veggie, fried shallots & pork floss.

Enjoy!

However, becoz we dun have pork floss at home, i gotto do something special for adam. This is SPECIALLY for him, its called Adam Facie Fried Rice.

Hmm...yummy dinner ya.

Spring Rolls

Greetings to all,
"Authum" passed & its time for "Spring". Previously i did some authum puffs & rolls, now its spring roll's time. Deep fried spring rolls has always been our family's all time favourite, especially dad. He loves to eat fried spring rolls with fried bee hoon. So party style of food rite? haha....

Popiah wrapping; Simply lay some fillings on top of a popiah skin, fold up bottom layer, fold left over right, roll up the whole thing, seal the edge with beaten eggs or thick flour batter.Deep fried till golden brown and serve.

As for the fillings ingredients, all u need is some shredded turnip,carrots,tau kwa & dried shrimps. Fry everything together, season to taste.

Noodle Delight

Hi all,
Brought Adam to Ichiban Sushi @ AMK Hub for lunch yesterday. After placing our order, realise that it was actually a noodle feast. Most of the dishes we order were noodle dish.

This is Hiroshimayaki,its stir fried noodle wrapped in between 2 layer of fried eggs. Its may looks appealing, but the taste & texture cannot make it. Noodle is tasteless, egg is too hard, & when they served, its not hot at all.

Creamy Seafood Pasta,though its considered not bad, but the veggie taste too green, plus a bit hard & tough.

My all time favourite-Chasoba. This is healthy & not oily! Yummy....

A 'die die muz have' for me when eating japanese food----my favourite pink giner. They are well preserved, not too soggy, have a touch of crunchy~ness in them. They are lovely! .......yummy~licious

Having too much noodle, we ordered some sushi as well, other than this "golden catch" , we oso had "deep impact" & handrolls.

U noe something, we came to a conclusion that afterall, its a better choice to stick to normal jap food like soba, ramen, udon & sushi etc... in ichiban sushi. haha....

Lunch

Hi Everyone,
Guess wat's for my lunch 2day? hmm.... i prepared salad & grill stingray in office.
Fantastic grilled stingray with onions, squeeze some lime juice over, adds a touch of sourness to the spicy chili.

yum yum...wat a wonderful lunch. Everyone staff in the office get to taste my culinary skill! keke...

Salad You Tiao

Dad brought home some youtiao leftover from breakfast this morning and since dunno wat to do with them, i decided to make salad you tiao.

A delightful treat for us.

Our standard of salad you tiao replace sotong paste with prawn paste.

Here's wat you do;
-Remove shell and veins from prawns, minced till paste form.
-Season with salt, pepper and cornflour.
-Cut a slit in the you tiao, stuff with prawn paste.
-Deep fried till golden brown & serve with mayo.
-Enjoy!

Pan Fried Radish Cake

Our family had fried radish cake for breakfast yesterday. I made steamed radish on sat evening, leave it to cool overnite & pan fried them the following day.

My mum prefer the steamed version as she said is soft & tasty. But i beg to differ. Unless its being drizzled with hoisin sauce, sprinkle with roasted sesame seeds & fried shallots. Haha....

My dad & brothers prefer pan fried radish cake served with sambal chilli.As there's a layer of crispyness outside, soft & tender inside. It makes a great supper for us when we were watching euro 2008 match between Portugal & Turkey.
Due to the excitement of euro 2008 season, i can't reali recall the exact recipe as i did the kueh based on agar~ration. keke.....

Low Fat Potato Salad & Grill Chicken Drumlets

Hi all,I prepared some simple dishes 2nite. I made low fat potato salad & grill chicken drumlets for my brothers.

This is a healthy low fat potato salad. i mixed 3 different kind of dressing.

Low Fat Dressing;

2 tbsp fat free natural yoghurt

1 tbsp mayolite

1 tbsp low fat salad cream

-Mix well, tossed potatos ,carrot ham & hard boiled eggs in dressing,

-Scoop well mixed ingredients on well prepared greens.

Enjoy!

p/s: I can finally enjoy potato salad without feeling sinful & guilty coz its LOW FAT!

This dish is so simple, u can get to enjoy within 1/2 hrs's time.

-Simply boil well marinated chicken drumlets with very little water for about 5 mins, drained.

-Grill drumlets in preheated oven at 250 degree celcius for 15-20 mins

-In order for the drumlets to be crispy, brush them with remaining sauce every 7-8 mins.

-Serve with spicy sauce.

Tiramisu....

Had a sudden crave for tiramisu. Wondering wat come over mi & in order to satisfy my crave, immediately after i knocked off, went all the way to a cafe to purchase a tiny piece if tiramisu.
Well, tt's the problwm with mi, whenever i have a crave, i will keep thinking & thinking about it until i ate it. haha....
Taste heavenly.......great!

Eastern Rice Dumplings

Greetings to all,
As dragon boat festival is approching soon, my company gave every one of us a box of eastern rice dumplings to celebrate this festival.

Such a nice packaging, makes a great gift for this special occassion.Each box contains 5 nonya & 5 salted hokkien rice dumplings.

I love nonya, its my all time favourite rice dumplings, even when its not the festival, i will always purchase them for my family.

Abalone Salad in Spicy Thai Sauce

Hello...
I've a sudden urge to eat abalone,but not in the usual way.So i decided to try out abalone with salad in spicy thai sauce.

And the result turn out to be Yummy~licious......Well, i guess tis gonna be the pattern of preparing whenever we are having abalone. keke....

Ingredients needed;

1 can abalone,drained & sliced

3 Baby carrot sticks

Some shredded fresh turnip,iceberg lettuce

3-5 Cherry tomatoes

Some honey pineapple,sliced

Spicy Thai Sauce

1/2 tsp toasted sesame seeds & roasted chopped nuts

To Assemble;

Lay some shredded lettuce on the plate, top with abalone slices

Mix carrots,turnip & pineapple in spicy thai sauce, mix well

Spread the mixed ingredients on top of the abalone slices,sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds

Garnish with remaining lettuce & cherry tomatoes

Enjoy!

Kee Chang

Since my mum made Wu Xiang Bak Chang on sat, i decided to help her prepare Kee Chang on Sunday.

Serve the kee chang with brown sugar. Its delicious! :-)

Things needed;

1 Kee, but normally for about 3 cups of glutinous rice, we use about half the kee.

Glutinous Rice that had been soak overnite,dyed them yellowish with kee juz b4 wrapping

Some bamboo leaves & stings for wrapping

There we are, juz in a while's time , we are done with the whole bundle.

Boil them in hot boiling water over charcoal for about 4 hrs.Kee Changs normally takes a longer cooking time than bak changs.

Wu Xiang Bak Chang

Hi All,

Reached home last sat evening surprised to see a whole bundle of freshly prepared bak chang hanging there & i noe, Dragon Boat Festival muz be round the corner.

Normally during this period, my mum will be busy preparing bak changs.

Looks yummy ya? Indeed it is.