Oreo's Cupcakes

Oreo's Cupcakes

Ingredients

Make 12 medium/large cupcakes

117gm self raising flour, sieved

50gm oreo biscuits - break it into small pieces

115gm salted butter

90gm fine sugar

2 eggs

1/8 tsp salt

Methods

1. Beat butter, salt and sugar till slightly creamy with a mixer for around 10 minutes.

2. Add in egg one at a time, and then fold in flour. Use a spatula when mixing in the flour till it combines.

3. Stir in chopped oreo biscuits and spoon the batter into paper cups.

3. Bake 160-170 F for about 20-25 minutes or till cooked. Check the cake with a cake tester if you are unsure if it is already cooked. Remove tray from oven and left the cupcakes to cool. (Do not leave it under fan as cupcakes might sink)

Purple Buttermilk Icing

Ingredients

120g butter

1/8 tsp salt

70gm icing sugar, sieved

1 tsp of buttermilk essence

1 drop of blue and red food color EACH.

Methods

1 Cream butter, salt and sugar till smoothly, preferably with a mixer at speed No. 2 for around 5-10 minutes, depending on the consistency.

2. Add in food coloring and essence and pipe into the cupcakes.

3. Use your creativity to decorate the cupcakes.

Note: If not satisfied with the food colors, you can add another drop. But start with 1 drop first.

 

Bitter Gourd Chicken

Ingredients

Half of big bitter gourd/1 whole medium bitter gourd, cut into small pieces

3 cloves of garlic, minced

1 btsp fermented soya beans, minced

1 tsp fermented black beans, minced

some small slices of carrots (optional)

light soya sauce/sugar (optional. depends on the taste)

1 whole chicken, cut into small pieces

4 tbsp of cooking oil

1/2 cup of water

Method

1. Heat up oil in a wok. Add in garlic to stir fry till fragrant. Add in fermented black beans and soya beans. Stir fry for a while

2. Add in bittergourd and carrots. Stir fry for a short while.

3. Add in chicken and stir fry till fragrant and almost cooked.

4. Add in water and cover with lid to simmer.

5. Once the sauce thickens or when chicken is cooked, try the sauce. If it is not salty, add in about 1 tbsp or less of light soy sauce. If it is too salty, add about 1/3 tsp of sugar.

6. Dish and serve hot.

Tips: How to choose bittergourd. If you do not like eating bitter ones like me, choose light color ones and wide between those lines on the skin. If the lines are very near to each other, then it is bitter.