Friday, February 27, 2009
Steamed 白肚鱼 with Spicy Lime Sauce
Ingredients;
1 白肚鱼
Dash of Salt
Juice from 3 limes
1 tsp light soy sauce
1 garlic, minced
1 chili padi, chopped
Some shredded ginger
Some spring onions, chopped
Method,
-Wash & clean白肚鱼 thoroughly, rub with dash of salt.
-Place some ginger on top & bottom of fish.
-Steam for 5-7 mins, depending on the size of the fish.
-Prepare sauce by mixing lime juice, light soy sauce, chili & garlic together.
-When fish is cooked, sprinkle some spring onions on top, cover & let rest for 30secs.
-Drizzle sauce over fish & serve immediately.
-Enjoy!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Chicken Nuggets Sandwich Roll
Ingredients,
3 bread roll
Some lettuce
Chili sauce
Mayonnaise
1 chicken breast
1 egg, beaten
2 tbsp plain flour
Some breadcrumbs
2 tbsp cheese powder
¼ tsp salt
Oil for greasing
Method;
-Mix breadcrumbs with cheese powder & set aside.
-Cut chicken breast into 6 pieces, rub with salt.
-Coat chicken pieces with flour, followed by beaten eggs den into the breadcrumbs mixture.
-Grease a baking tray oil, lay chicken nuggets onto tray.
-Bake in 200˚C preheated oven for 10mins, turn & bake on the other side for another 10mins.
-Remove & cool the nuggets slightly.
-Dip nuggets with chili sauce, serve in bread rolls with lettuce & mayonnaise.
-Enjoy!
Monday, February 23, 2009
Fresh Promfet Soup
Ingredients;
1200ml boiling water
1 medium promfet
8 cherry tomatoes, halved
30g salted vegetables or Sichuan vegetables, sliced
1 ti por (dried flat fish)
½ box silken tofu, cubed
1 pc 2” size old ginger
1 tsp shallots oil
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp msg
Method;
-Prepare promfet by removing bones & cutting them into bite sizes.
-Roast dried flat fish in hot oven till browned & crispy. Cut into small pieces.
-Bring water to boil, add in dried flat fish, salted vegetables.
-When water boils for the 2nd time, add in tofu, promfet, ginger & tomatoes.
-When soup boils for the 3rd time, add in seasoning & shallots oil.
-Serve hot with lettuce.
-Enjoy!
Shroomish Spinach with Baby Corn & Prawns
I bought some spinach & fresh oyster mushrooms the other day, therefore decided to cook a new & different version.
Ingredients;
1 bunch spinach, cut into 4 cm length
1 garlic, chopped
4 baby corn
3 large fresh oyster mushroom
3 medium prawns
1 tsp oyster sauce
3 dried mushroom, soak & cut into strips
½ tbsp sugar
½ cup mushroom water
Dash of salt
Some cornflour water
Oil for frying
Some fried onions
Method;
-Stir fry spinach with garlic & oil, season with dash of salt.
-Remove & set on a serving dish.
- Fry mushrooms till fragrant, add baby corn continue to fry for 2 mins.
-Add prawns, oyster sauce, sugar, mushroom water. Cover for 3 mins.
-Add thickening agent & serve over spinach.
-Sprinkle some fried onions b4 eating.
-Enjoy!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Glutton Salad
Mum asked "how come there's no prawns in ur salad?"
Jesper asked "how come u neh add potatoes?"
Adam asked "jie, y ur salad no eggs?"
I was like "oh gosh....dunno is i eat or they eat?!
Therefore, since tt time onwards, i made a generous salad with lots of ingredients for all the gluttons. haha....now they got nothing to say, except yummy! :-)
Ingredients;
1 head butterhead lettuce
2 baby carrot, cut into sticks
3 hard-boiled egg
1 small potato, boiled & cubed
10 medium prawns
8 cherry tomatoes, halved
120ml thousand island sauce
Juice from 1 lime
Method;
-Boil prawns, remove shells & veins.
-Scattered lettuce on a serving plate.
-Top with tomatoes, potato cubes, egg, carrot sticks & shrimps.
-Mix lime juice with thousand island sauce, drizzle over salad & serve.
-Enjoy!
Prawn Noodle Soup
This moning, dad, mum & myself, we were bz preparing prawn noodle soup as breakfast for our whole family. We had so much fun cooking, laughing together & its definately an enjoyable breakfast.
Did u all noticed that no dark soy sauce was used for the soup base? Well, the original taste of prawn noodle soup doesn't requires dark sauce. The dark tone of colour was created using caramelized rock sugar.
Ingredients;
1 kg yellow noodles
600g medium prawns
350g lean meat
1 pig skin
80g bean sprouts
1 bunch kangkong
200g lard
1/3 cup vegetable oil
½ pot boiling water
Soup base;
1500ml water
1 tsp pepper seeds, crushed
1 cinnamon stick
2 clove
1 star anise
1 clove garlic, minced
1 piece rock sugar, about 3 by 2 cm
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp msg
Method,
-Boil noodles, bean sprouts & kangkong individually, drained & set aside.
-Bring 1500ml water to boil, add in prawns, remove when cooked.
-Add in lean meat slices to boil, remove when cooked.
-Add pig skin to the stock, let it boil till tender.
-Cut lard into bite sizes, fry in 1/3 cup vegetable oil till crispy, drained.
-Add all the spices to the soup, let it simmer.
-Fry garlic with 1 tbsp oil till fragrant, add in rock sugar, let it caramelized.
-Add a ladleful of soup to the rock sugar, mix well.
-Pour rock sugar mixture into soup base.
-Bring to full boil, season with salt & msg.
-To assemble; lay meat, prawns, veggie, pig skin over noodles, serve piping hot soup over.
-Garnish with fried shallots & crispy lard.
-Enjoy!
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Popiah Chips
At that point of time when i had my 1st bite, i was thinking "Y didn't i think of using these simple ingredients to make such yummy snacks!"
The lady who was selling, fries them from home, store in containers & brings to uncle david's restaurant to sell.
Every customer gets to sample them b4 buying. As for mi, cuz i'm the pai seh type. Normally when pple gives mi sample, i will always end up buying them. haha....
Ingredients;
Some sheets of frozen popiah skin.
1 egg white
2 pandan leave
Fine sugar
Oil for deep frying
Method,
-Roll popiah skin into thin tubes.
-Brush with egg white to seal. Leave to dry for 30 mins.
-Cut popiah skin tubes & pandan leaves horizontally
-Deep fried in hot oil till golden brown.
-Drained on kitchen towel to remove excess oil.
-Sprinkle with fine sugar while its hot.
-Store in air-tight containers when its cool.
-Enjoy this yummy tid-bits.
Spicy Garlic Okra
Ingredients;
1 pkt okra, cut into 3cm length
1 tbsp dried silver fish
3 chili padi, chopped
2 clove garlic, chopped
1 tbsp oil
2 tbsp vegetable stock
Dash of salt
Fried Onions
Method,
-Fry silver in hot oil till lightly browned.
-Add garlic & chili, continue to fry till fragrant.
-Stir in okra, fry for 5 mins.
-Add in stock & salt, cover & simmer for about 3 mins.
-Garnish with fried onions.
-Enjoy!
Teriyaki Chicken Steak With Caramelized Onions
This is a healthy way of preparing chicken. Using chicken breasts, cook without oil, serve with onions cooked with balsamic vinegar. Hmm...for ladies who are counting calories, this dish should be quite acceptable!!! I think so lah! haha.....
Ingredients;
2 chicken breasts
½ tsp baking soda
2 tbsp teriyaki sauce
Dash of brown sugar
Some butter
1 onion, sliced
¼ cup balsamic vinegar
Salt & pepper
Method;
-Mix teriyaki sauce with sugar & baking soda.
-Marinade chicken breast for at least an hour.
-Using a non-stick frying pan, pan fry chicken breast for 3 mins on both sides.
-Pour in remaining marinate, let the sauces be fully absorbed by the chicken.
-Place chicken steak on a serving dish.
-Melt some butter in the pan.
-Fry onions for 7-8 mins.
-Pout in balsamic vinegar, season with salt & pepper.
-Serve caramelized onions over chicken steak.
-Enjoy!
Curry Onion Strings
Ingredients;
2 large yellow onions, slice thinly
1 cup buttermilk
5 tbsp self-raising flour
1 tbsp corn flour
½ tbp salt
¾ tsp curry powder
Oil for deep frying
Method;
-Soak onions rings in buttermilk for at least 45 mins.
-On a large plate, mix flours, curry powder & salt together.
-Drained onions, dip in flour mixture, shake off excess flour.
-Deep fried in hot oil till golden brown.
-Enjoy!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Sweet & Spicy Egg Burger
Since there's extra sauce, i use them to make a sweet & spicy egg burger for breakfast this morning.
This is easy....simply prepare some burger buns, egg omelette with onions, slices of ham, cheese, some lettuce, sweet & sour sauce & some sambal chili paste.
Bring the sauce to boil, add some sambal chili paste to it. U may add more if u prefer it to be spicier.
Assemble the burger, top with lettuce, egg omelette, spread sweet & spicy sauce over, add some ham & chesse.
Its sooo..... Yummy! Omelette goes well with sweet & spicy sauce.U can choose to omit ham & chesse, but i find that it adds a different touch to the burger & the overall result is delicious! :-)
淮山排骨汤
It can be taken orally or used topically as a remedy for skin disorders. Also, burdock root can be a diuretic or soothe aching joints.See, there are so many benefits! This root is reali wonderful.
Ingredients;
1 carrot, thickly sliced
1 burdock root, thickly sliced
3 clove garlic, with skin attached
250g spare-ribs
Salt to taste
¾ pot boiling water
Method;
-Wash clean spare-ribs, trim off excess fats.
-Boil ribs & garlic in pot of water for about 40 mins.
-Add carrots, bring to full boil.
-Lower heat simmer for another 30 mins until ribs are soft & tender & carrots not too soft.
-Add in burdock root, bring to full boil.
-Season with salt.
-Enjoy!
This is how burdock looks like.Its reali fresh!
Monday, February 16, 2009
Wild Berry Jammy French Toast
Well,i have a sudden crave for fruit jam last week & since then, i already had more than 5 different flavours of fruit jam. I still love raspberry & wild berry most.
To start my day off, i had a jammy french toast for breakfast.
Ingredients;
2 slices plain bread
Some jam
1 egg
2 tbsp buttermilk
Icing sugar
1 tsp butter
Method;
-Beat egg with buttermilk.
-Spread jam onto bread, sandwich together.
-Dip bread into egg mixture, let sit for 3-5 mins.
-On a non-stick frying pan, melt butter & pan fry bread till browned on both sides.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Wanton Soup
Erm....erm...how come the sudden concern of being healthy & counting calories? Well, in actual fact is tt since CNY, i put on 2 kg! haiz...all thanks to those yummy goodies.Looks like i gotto go on a diet soon.
Ingredients;
20 wanton skin
150g minced pork
1 ti por (pian yu gan)
1 tsp oyster sauce
1 tsp light soy sauce
Dash of salt
1 tsp cornflour
1 tbsp sesame oil
Boiling water
½ pot stock
Spring onions, chopped
Fried shallots
Method;
-Toast ti por in preheated oven until crispy & lightly browned.
-Marinate pork with the remaining ingredients except sesame oil & spring onions.
-Grind ti por into powdery form, add to the minced pork mixture.
-Prepare wantons by wrapping minced pork with wanton skin.
-Boil wantons in boiling water till cooked.
-Drained & toss wantons in sesame oil.
-Pour stock over wantons, serve with spring onions & fried shallots.
-Enjoy this healthy soup!
Just in case u readers dun get wat i meant by ti po, this is how it looks like. Ti po is actually pronounced in hokkien. Its called pian yu gan (dried flat fish) by the chinese.
Grind the to po into powder using the traditional grinder. This was being passed down by my grandmother. Whenever we need to pound spices or dried shrimps, this would come into use.
Potato Slices in Soy Sauce
I loved the softness of the tasty potatoes. Normally the hawkers will deep fried the potatoes slices 1st b4 frying them. I skipped tt step as i prefer a healthier cooking way.
Ingredients;
3 medium holland potatoes, sliced
1 large onion, sliced
80g minced pork
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
Dash of salt
1 tbsp oyster sauce
Oil for frying
½ cup water
Method,
-Add oil to heated wok, fry onions till fragrant.
-Add minced pork, continue to stir fry till meat is 60% cooked.
-Dish up, set aside for later use.
-Fry potato slices in 1 tsp oil for about 5 mins.
-Add water, seasonings & continue to fry for another 3 mins.
-Cover potatoes & let it simmer till soft & sauce bout to dries up.
-When potatoes reaches the softness u desire, return onions & minced pork to wok, fry for about 3 mins.
-Serve with plain rice.
Fishball Kway Teow Soup
As i bought some kway teow from the market this morning, decided to cook kway teow soup for lunch today.
As a child, whenever any kids in the house is sick, mum will bought us kway teow soup from the nearby coffeeshops.Tt's y when we are sick, we get to eat this light & less oily noodle soup.
Ingredients;
100g soy bean
30g ikan bilis
Salt to taste
Boiling water
1 handful kway teow
1 handful bean sprouts
10 fishballs
5 meatballs
1 fish cake, sliced
Some marinated minced pork
Spring onions, chopped
Fried Shallots
Method;
-Wash & clean ikan bilis & soy beans.
-Add boiling water, bring to full boil & simmer for about 40mins to an hr.
-Filter away the cooked beans & ikan bilis, reserve stock for later use.
-Boil kway teow & bean sprouts in another clean pot of boiling water, drained.
-Pour some boiling water over minced pork, drained when its cooked.
-Bring stock to boil, add in fishballs & meatballs, season with dash of salt.
-To assemble, lay fish cake slices, fishballs & meatballs over kway teow. -Pour hot soup over, sprinkle with spring onions & fried shallots.
-Enjoy while its hot!
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Happy Valentine's Day
I believes everyone has more or less heard of Adam & Eve's storey. God created Eve from Adam's rib.
Dear ladies, how romantic would it be if your husbands or boyfriends tells u that u r his missing rib? haha....so sweet rite? Too bad i hasn't found mine! :-p
Wishing all lovers & couples a HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.
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Prawn Omelette with Hoisin Sauce
Have no fear for i am here! Put on my thinking cap & I can always think of an alternative.
Ah ha.....Replace oysters with other ingredients! Prawns sounds good!?!? Isn't it??? Hmmm.......most importantly, it muz taste good & goes well with omelette & hoisin sauce!
Ingredients;
2 eggs, beaten
1 tbsp stock
3 large prawns, halved
Oil for frying
Spring onions, chopped
Sauce;
1½ tsp hoisin sauce
1 tsp oyster sauce
½ tbsp sugar
2 tbsp water or stock
Cornflour water
Method;
-Stir fry prawns in 1 tsp oil till 90% cooked. Set aside for later use.
-Fry omelette in 1 tbsp hot oil till about to set
-Lay prawns in center of omelette & cook until done.
-Mix all ingredients for sauce together, except cornflour water.
-Bring to boil, slowly stir in thickening agent.
-Drizzle sauce over omelette, sprinkle spring onions over.
-Enjoy while hot.
Easy Fried Rice
Not much ingredients needed as it was an easy & simple fried rice.
I once heard from a chef that the most delicious fried rice is fried by using the simplest ingredients of cooked rice, ginger & eggs. But i prefer eggs & prawns! haha.....
Ingredients;
1 cup cooked rice
1 garlic, chopped
1 egg, beaten
2 large prawns, diced
1 tbsp home-made rojak flower chili paste
1 tsp spicy dried shrimp (hei bi hiam)
Dash of salt
Oil for frying
Method;
-Scrambled egg in a greased wok, add in chopped garlic,prawns & fry for a min.
-Add cooked rice, fry till loosen.
-Stir in chili paste & hei bi hiam, continue to fry for about 2 mins.
-Season with salt.
-Enjoy!
Meat Patties in Bittergourd Ring with Spicy Black Bean Sauce
When i was a child, i hate it as i can't stand the bitterness of the gourd. To me its like how on earth muz we eat something so bitter if we have a choice of other sweeter vegetables.
Oh...life is already so miserable & bitter!Oh come god still create such a bitter veggie?! haha....tt's so lame! keke....
But as i matured, i learnt the goodness in it & begin to accept them slowly.Its now 1 of my favourite veggie.
Ingredients;
½ bittergourd, cut into 1.5cm rings
Boiling water
Pinch of salt
Ice water
Fillings;
150g minced pork
3 medium prawns, minced
½ box tofu, mashed
1 tsp light soy sauce
Dash of salt
1 tsp cornflour
Dash of pepper
Sauce;
2 chili padi, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
1½ tsp salted black beans (hiam si), chopped
½ tsp oil
1 tsp chili paste
½ tbsp sugar
2 tbsp water
Method;
-Add pinch of salt to boiling water, add bittergourd & cook for 5-7 mins.
-Remove & cool in ice water.
-Preparing filling by mixing all ingredients together, fill bittergourd rings with fillings.
-Steam for 10 mins or untill meat is cooked.
-Prepare sauce by frying garlic & chili in hot oil till fragrant.
-Add black beans continue to fry for another 5 mins.
-Add chili paste sugar & water.
-Bring to boil & drizzle over bittergourd rings.
-Enjoy!
Braised Beancurd Knots with Pork Belly & Egg
Ingredients;
5 hard-boiled eggs
200g knotted beancurd roll
Hot boiling water
380g pork belly, thick chunks
5 clove garlic
1 cinnamon stick
2 cloves
1 star anise
450ml water
3 tbsp dark soy sauce
Dash of salt
Method;
-Prepare knotted beancurd roll by soaking it in water till it expand slightly.
-Pour hot boiling water over & rinsed for 2 mins.
-Squeezed out excess water, set aside for later use.
-Bring water to boil, add pork belly, eggs, garlic, spices & dark soy sauce.
-Cook for 20 mins, add in beancurd roll & simmer for 15mins or until meat & beancurd knots reaches the softness u desires.
-Enjoy!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Cheesy Omelette Hotdog Roll
Ingredients;
2 chicken franks
1 egg
2 tbsp skimmed milk
1 slice cheese, cubed
1 tsp butter
Some shredded lettuce
Some mayonnaise
Some chili sauce
2 hotdog bun
Method;
-Cut some slits on the chicken franks.
-Pan fry till cooked, set aside for later use.
-Beat egg with skimmed milk.
-Prepare an omelette by melting butter in pan, pour in egg mixture, sprinkle cheese over.
-When omelette is done, cut into half.
-To assemble;
-Lay chicken frank onto omelette, add sauces & roll up.
-Stuff fillings into hotdog bun, serve with shredded lettuce.
-Enjoy!
Sunday, February 8, 2009
香蒜四季豆
Until when i was in primary 3, the very 1st time i shopped for dinner ingredients from supermarket, i saw the name french beans & was curious how FRENCH this bean would look like, to my astonishment,its my favourite veggie!
Since den, i always tell mum that i'm very french as i love french beans. haha... nobody cares to entertain mi as they finds mi so lame! keke.....
Ingredients;
1 handful of french beans
2 baby carrot
2 clove garlic, chopped
3 chili padi, chopped
1 tbsp ikan bilis
1 tbsp stock
Dash of salt
Oil for frying
Method;
-Cut french beans diagonally & carrots into sticks.
-Peel open belly of ikan bilis & remove all internal organs.
-Fry ikan bilis in hot oil till crispy.
-Add in chili padi & garlic, continue to fry till fragrant.
-Add carrots, fry for about 2 mins.
-Add in french beans, fry for about 5 mins.
-Season with salt, add stock & cover for 3 mins.
-Serve with plain rice.
-Enjoy!
蜜汁鸡翅
This recipe can be bake as well, but i prefer to grill them this once as its a faster way.I'm so hungry!!! :-P
Ingredients;
15 middle wings
1½ tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
1½ tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp honey
Dash of salt & Pepper
Hot boiling water
Method;
-Wash & clean chicken wings.
-Blanch wings with hot water.
-Marinate with all the seasonings & set aside in fridge for at least 3hrs or best overnite.
-Heat a non-stick frying pan & grill the wings till browned on both side.
-Blast with the remaining sauce.
-Enjoy while hot!
Friday, February 6, 2009
Dinner @ Teochew City Restaurant
Wow... tis dinner is fantastic, every dish is so yummy. I ate so much that i need to go for a walk after dinner in order to digest the food b4 sleeping time. keke....
Everytime in between christmas time to cny, it will be a time for big feast. There's always so many dinner invitations. Well, its also a time to get FAT! haha...better watch wat to eat!
But i will always tell myself its a once a year event, nvm. Eat 1st den decide how to burn all the fats & calories later! heehee...
Well, isn't that wat all women do? Especially those who couldn't resist yummy food temptations juz like mi! :-P
This Fa Cai Yu Sheng is something different from wat we normally eat. Its served with a special sauce which a mild touch of wasabi.
The yu sheng other than being served with raw fish, we oso had baby abalone! Wow...yummy!This Shark's Fin Soup is my favourite dish of the nite.
Its very very much different in the texture as compared to those crabmeat shark's fin we normally eat outside.
The soup is thick & smooth, with pieces of fins which are being stewed to the correct softness.With the beansprouts, it adds a crunch to the whole dish.Hmm......lovely! I'm loving it!
Something light & healthy~Asparagus with Scallops & Assorted Mushrooms.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Mantou Toasty with Roasted Duck
However, mum bought some roasted poultry this week.As i had some frozen mantou lying in the fridge, decided to make a light snack for dinner.
Simply,
-Halfed the mantou, toast them till browned & crispy.
-Lay some shredded lettuce & roast duck slices onto mantou.
-Drizzle some plum sauce over, sprinkle sesame seeds over.
-Enjoy!