Asian's Taste

2 In 1 Steamed Chicken/Soup

2009-07-14T17:51:00.004+08:00

Ingredients (Chicken)

1/2 kampung chicken
A half pot of water

Method
1) When the water has boiled, put the chicken into it and turn off the heat and let it steamed in the water for 5 min. Remove chicken. Repeat this for 3 times.
2) After the 3rd time, remove chicken and cut into pieces.

Ingredients (Soup)
2 Carrots, diced
Corn
2 tomatoes, cut into 4 pieces
2 Potatoes (diced)
2 Onions (chop into a few pieces)
Salt to taste

Method
1) With the pot of chicken stock, add in all the ingredients, and boil for another 1.5 hours on medium or low heat.
2) Add in salt to taste if necessary

Ingredients (Ginger Sauce, mix well)
1 no of shredded ginger
3 or 4 shallots, cut into small pieces
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp chicken stock
1-2 tbsp soya sauce

Stewed Pork With Star Anise and Cinnamon Stick

2009-06-25T16:39:00.003+08:00

Ingredients
200-300gm of pork meat with some fats would be tastier
3/4 tbsp sugar
1 tsp cincalok (fermented small shrimps)
1-2 tbsp dark soya sauce
1 cinnamon stick
1 small star anise
2-3 bowls of water
few hard boiled eggs (optional)

Method
1) Marinate pork meat with all the ingredients for at least 30 minutes.
2) Add in water into slow cooker and place pork meat into it.
3) Turn to high heat and once it is boiled, turn to medium or slow heat. Cook for about 3 hours or until meat is tender.

Stir Fry Cucumber with Dried Prawns

2009-05-22T13:33:00.003+08:00

Ingredients

2 no of cucumber, sliced
A handful or less toong fun, soaked in water
1 tbsp dried prawns, roughly chopped
dashes of pepper
salt to taste, or MAGGI cukup rasa
3 cloves of chopped garlic

Method
1. Heat up oil in a wok. Add in garlic and dried prawns.
2. Add in cucumber and stir fry. Sprinkle some water into the wok.
3. Stir fry for a few minutes then add in toong fun.
4. Add in salt and dish.
5. Dashes of pepper onto the dish and serve.

Chicken with Herbs and Vegetables

2009-05-06T15:04:00.005+08:00

Ingredients
3 cloves of garlic, chopped
1/2 chicken, chopped to four pieces OR 2 chicken drumsticks with thighs, chopped to 4
1 stalk of celery, sliced
1/2 carrots, chopped to cube size
1 small potato, chopped to cube size
1 tomato, chopped to cube size
butter or oil
2 bowls of water (more or less)
Some dashes of Italian mixed herb (marinate the chicken for at least 30 min with this herbs)

Method
1. Fry garlic with butter or cooking oil till fragrant and add in potatoes, carrots, celery and tomato as last ingredients.
2. Fry for a few minutes and dish and set aside.
3. Heat up wok or sauce pan with some butter or cooking oil, and fry the chicken cutlets till the surface is slightly brown.
4. Add in all the fried vegetables and add in water to stew.
5. Cook for 20 minutes or til chicken is cooked.(base should not be too dry or watery)
6. Add salt to taste.

Steamed Large Prawn with Fermented Bean Paste

2009-04-03T23:56:00.002+08:00

Ingredients
2 no large prawns, cut into half
1 whole garlic, blended with 50ml water
1 tbsp fermented soya bean paste
1 tbsp light soya sauce
1 tsp sugar

Method
1) Heat up oil and saute fermented soya bean paste until fragrant. Add in garlic pure and the remaining ingredients and bring to boil. Lower the heat and cook for few minutes.
2) Place the cooked garlic and fermented soya bean paste on the prawns. Steam for 2-3 minutes or until cooked.

Fried Chicken Drumstick/Wings with Nam Yue

2009-04-03T23:49:00.002+08:00

Ingredients:
5 no of chicken wings. Chopped into half to separate the wings
3 pieces of nam yue
1 no of egg
1/4 bowl of ginger juice
3 tbsp of fah tiew wine
2 tbsp cornflour

Method:
1) Marinate the chicken for at least 2 hours with the ingredients except for egg and cornflour.
2) Add in egg and cornflour before deep frying the chicken in medium heat.

Pork Burger/Patties

2009-04-03T23:37:00.003+08:00

Ingredients:
250-300gm minced pork
Half a carrot, finely chopped
2 tbsp finely chopped garlic
2 tbsp soya sauce
Dashes of pepper
3 pinches of salt
1/2 tsp of cornflour
1 no egg

Method:
1)Mix all ingredients (except the egg and cornflour) evenly and marinate for half and hour.
2) Add in egg followed by cornflour. Shape the burger before pan frying it in low/medium heat.

Steamed Large Prawn with garlic

2009-03-24T20:46:00.004+08:00

A friend gave us some large prawn or known as udang galah. It is very big that I only steamed two of it. I prefer to steam large prawns instead of stir fry it.
The meat tastes like lobster and I prefer this type of prawns.

I cut each prawn into half. I didn't defrost all the way because it will be easier to cut this way.

Ingredients
2 no of large prawns
pinch of salt / 1 tsp soya sauce
1.5 tbsp of fah tiew wine
chopped garlic (up to each individual on the amount)
some chopped spring onions
1 tsp of butter
1 tsp of oil

Method
1)Stir fry the chopped garlic and spring onions with oil and butter till fragrant. Dish and set aside.
2)Right before steaming, sprinkle some salt onto the prawn.
3)Pour some fah tiew wine onto the prawn evenly.
4)Pour the fried garlic and spring onions onto the prawn.
5) Steam for about 2 minutes or until cook.

You can also steamed the normal large prawns with this method.

Grilled Salmon with Teriyaki Sauce

2009-03-15T18:52:00.004+08:00

There are few types of salmon when I was in Jusco supermarket,and I bought the Salmon Atlantic. I didn't want to buy the reared salmon as it has some chemicals added to it. I wanted fresh salmon from the sea.

Ingredients

1 slice of grilled salmon
Some salt and pepper
Teriyaki sauce

Method
1. Marinate salmon with salt, pepper and teriyaki sauce.
2. Grilled at 200 C for about 15 minutes or till cooked.
3. Bast with some honey(optional)

Ian loved it so much especially the salmon skin.

Tofu With Dried Prawns

2008-12-27T14:27:00.002+08:00

Ingredients
2 pieces of soft tofu
5 -7 shallots, sliced and fried
1.5 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp dried prawns, chopped

Method
1) Steamed soft tofu for about 2 minutes in a rice cooker while cooking rice at the same time.
2) Fry shallots and dried prawns till brown.
3) Remove tofu from rice cooker and set aside.
3) Pour oyster sauce onto tofu.
4) Pour fried shallots and dried prawns onto tofu.
5) Dish and serve.

Fan Kok Soup

2008-12-27T14:23:00.002+08:00

Ingredients
About 200-300gm of fan kok, remove skin and cut into small pieces
250gm pork bone
1 tbsp gei zhi
15 nos of red dates
2 tbsp peanuts
Salt to taste
Pot of water

Method:
1) Add all ingredients into a pot of boiling water and cook for 2.5 hours on medium to small heat.
2) Add in salt to taste.

Pork Chop a la Chinese Style

2008-12-27T14:00:00.007+08:00

Ingredients:
4 slices of pork chop, pounded with the back of a cleaver
1 tbsp corn flour
1 no of egg
3-4 tbsp cooking oil

Marinate:
1 tbsp teriyaki sauce
1 tbsp light soya sauce
1 tbsp fah tiew wine
Salt and pepper

Method:
1) Marinade pork chop and leave it for at least 2 hours.
2) Add in cornflour and egg and mix well before pan fry.
3) Pan fry on both sides of pork chop on medium heat till tender.

* Do not overcook the pork chop.

Stewed Pork Meat With Egg

2008-12-27T13:54:00.004+08:00

Ingredients
200gm pork meat, sliced
4 nos of boiled eggs, remove shells
1 no of dry tofu (optional)
5 slices of ginger
1 tbsp light soya sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp dark soya sauce
1 tbsp fah tiew wine
2 tbsp cooking oil
1 cup water

Method:
1) Heat up oil in a pot. Add in ginger and briefly fry. Add in pork meat.
2) Add in water and when it is boiled, add in all the sauces.
3) Stew pork meat for about 10 minutes, add in boiled eggs and tofu and stew for another 10 minutes or till the sauce thickens.
4) Add in fah tiew wine and let it simmer for 1 minute.
5) Dish and serve with steamed white rice.

Margarine And Butter

2008-10-17T13:28:00.005+08:00

Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback. So they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back. It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow coloring and sold it to people to use in place of butter. How do you like it? They have come out with some clever new flavorings.

DO YOU KNOW the difference between margarine and butter?

Both have the same amount of calories.

Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams compared to 5grams.

Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% over eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study.

Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods.

Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few only because they are added!

Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavors of other foods.

Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less than 100 years.

And now, for Margarine.
Very high in Trans fatty acids.

Triple risk of coronary heart disease.

Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL cholesterol (the good cholesterol).

Increases the risk of cancers up to five fold.

Lowers quality of breast milk.

Decreases immune response.

Decreases insulin response.

And here's the most disturbing fact.... HERE IS THE PART THAT IS VERY INTERESTING!

Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC. This fact alone was enough to have me avoiding margarine for life and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of the substance).
You can try this yourself:
Purchase a tub of margarine and leave it in your garage or shaded area.
Within a couple of days you will note a couple of things:
* no flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it (that should
tell you something)
* it does not rot or smell differently because it has no nutritional value;
nothing will grow on it. Even those teeny weeny microorganisms will not find a home to grow.

Why? Because it is nearly plastic. Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?

How true can this be?

Braised Spare Ribs With Fermented Soya Bean Paste

2008-09-18T22:23:00.002+08:00

It was a quick decision to cook for dinner and my freezer was out of meat and I still have some left over pork ribs. I got this recipe from a recipe book and modified slightly as I would prefer to have some sauce for the kids. That happens when I cook few dishes and all are usually dry dishes without sauces to go with the steamed white rice.
Other than that,I wanted to try some new pork ribs dishes for a change instead and it tasted like one of my MIL's pork ribs dishes. You may even cook with potatoes.

Ingredients:
400g spare ribs, cut into serving pieces
2 cups oil for deep frying
2 tbsp finely chopped garlic

Marinade:
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp light soya sauce
1 tbsp corn flour

Seasoning:
1 tbsp fermented soya bean paste
1/2 tbsp light soya sauce
1/2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp shaoxing wine
Dash of sesame oil and pepper

500ml water

Method:
1. Mix spare ribs with marinade and marinate for 30 minutes. Deep fry in hot oil for a short while or till slightly brown. Dish and drain.
2. Leave 1 tbsp oil in wok and saute chopped garlic until aromatic. Add in seasoning and fry for 30 seconds. Add in spare ribs and water and bring to boil. Lower the heat and simmer for 45 minutes or until spare ribs are tender or when the sauce thickens. Dish and serve.

Danger of Bottled Water In The Car

2008-09-18T18:06:00.003+08:00

Another email I would like to share with you. Mom told me about the danger of it but I didn't know that it can cause breast cancer in women. But I personally believe that it harms men as well.

Bottled water in your car.....very dangerous, woman!!!!
This is how Sheryl Crow got breast cancer. She was on the Ellen show and
said this same exact thing. This has been identified as the most common
cause of the high levels in breast cancer, especially in Australia .
A friend whose mother was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. The Doctor
told her: women should not drink bottled water that has been left in a car.
The doctor said that the heat and the plastic of the bottle have certain
chemicals that can lead to breast cancer. So please be careful and do not
drink bottled water that has been left in a car, and, pass this on to all
the women in your life. This information is the kind we need to know and be
aware and just might save us!!!! The heat causes toxins from the plastic to
leak into the water and they have found these toxins in breast tissue. Use
a stainless steel Canteen or a glass bottle when you can!!!

Do You Eat Petai?

2008-09-18T17:30:00.003+08:00

Got this from a forwarded email but don't know how true it is.Don't blame me if you smell of petai all day and night.

ADVICE FROM UKM MEDICAL DOCTOR

Little did you know ...... after reading THIS, you'll NEVER look at petai in the same way again!

Petai contains three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose. Combined with fiber, petai gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. Research has proved that just two servings of petai provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder petai is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes. But energy isn't the only way petai can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

Depression:
According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND among people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating petai. This is because petai contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

PMS (Pre-Menstrual Syndrome):
Forget the pills - eat petai. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

Anaemia:
High in iron, petai can stimulate the production of haemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anaemia.

Blood Pressure:
This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the petai industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

Brain Power :
200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by eating petai at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.

Understand that bananas contain lot of potassium too so eat more banana. Just look at those monkeys, they are really active, alert, smart and cunny too!!

Constipation:
High in fiber, including petai in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.

Hangovers:
One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a petai milkshake, sweetened with honey. The petai calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.

Heartburn:
Petai has a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating petai for soothing relief.

Morning Sickness:
Snacking on petai between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.

Mosquito bites:
Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of the petai skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.

Nerves:
Petai is high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.

Overweight:
Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and crisps. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.

Ulcers:
Petai is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.

Temperature control:
Many other cultures see petai as a 'cooling' fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Holland, for example, pregnant women eat petai to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD):
Petai can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer, tryptophan.

Smoking:
Petai can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.

Stress:
Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium petai snack.

Strokes:
According to research in 'The New Engla nd Journal of Medicine, ' eating petai as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%'.

Warts:
Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of petai and place it on the wart. Carefully hold the petai in place with a plaster or surgical tape!

So, as you can see, petai really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrates, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around. So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, 'A Petai a day keeps the doctor away'.

Fish Fillet And Spinach Soup

2008-08-12T22:57:00.001+08:00

Ingredients
200gm fish fillet, sliced
1 tbsp oil, 5 slices ginger
800ml water
300g spinach/choy sum

Marinade
1/4 tsp salt
Dash of corn flour

Seasoning
1 tsp concentrated chicken stock
Dash of salt and pepper

1 deep fried yao char kwai, sliced

Method
1. Mix fish with marinade
2. Heat up oil, saute sliced ginger until fragrant. Add water, seasoning and bring to boil. Add in the remaining ingredients and bring to boil again. dish up.
3. Sprinkle yao char kwai on top and serve.

Steamed Minced Meat With Dried Squid

2008-08-12T22:44:00.002+08:00

Ingredients
200gm minced meat
1 dried squid, soaked and chopped
8 waterchesnuts, peeled, chopped and squeezed out juice
1 egg

Seasoning
1/2 tsp salt, 2 tbsp water
1 tbsp light soy sauce
A little sesame oil and pepper
1 tbsp corn flour

Method
1. Put all ingredients and seasoning into a mixing bowl and mix well. Place onto a steaming tray.
2. Steam at high heat for 12-15 minutes or until cooked. Remove and serve.

Cotton Cheese Cake

2008-07-28T20:52:00.007+08:00

Ingredient A
250gm cream cheese , Philadelphia brand
75gm of butter, I used unsalted
70gm castor sugar
6 egg yolks
40gm flour,sieved
20gm corn flour, sieved
1/2 tsp cream of tartar, sieved
1-3 drops of lemon essence (optional)

Ingredient B
70gm castor sugar
6 egg whites

Method:
1. Melt cream cheese and butter in a big cup (I used stainless steel) in a wok of boiling water. Keep on stirring till it melts completely with a medium heat.
2. Remove the cup and leave the melted cream cheese and butter to cool.
3. Once it is cool, start beating Ingredient B in a mixer on speed 3 for about 10 minutes or till white foam appears (like the bubble in the bath). Leave it aside.
4. Put melted cream cheese and butter into a big mixing bowl. Add in egg yolk one at a time. Add in castor sugar. Fold in flour and cream of tartar.Add in lemon essence. Lastly, add in beaten Ingredient B. Mix evenly.
5. Line a medium square baking pan and pour mixture into it.
6. Fill a big round baking pan with hot water.
7. Place the square pan into the big round pan that is filled with hot water.
8. Bake at 180 C for 1 hour 15 minutes or till cooked.

Notes:
The important method that you have to do it right is beating the castor sugar and egg white in a mixer. Ensure that it doesn't drip when you turn the bowl over.
You many add lemon essence to get a hint of lemon.
You don't need to reduce the sugar content as it is just of the right taste. Not too sweet too.
Remember to preheat your oven!

Spicy Sambal Squid

2008-07-06T16:41:00.007+08:00

4 large squids, sliced into small ring shape
2 tbsp plain chilli sambal
10 no of shallots, blended
1 medium size of serai
2 large onions, cut into 6
8 cloves of garlic, blended
pinch of salt
2 tsp of sugar, more or less
3 tbsp cooking oil

Method
1. Heat up oil in wok. Add in shallots and garlic and fry till fragrant.
2. Add in chilli paste and fry till fragrant/change to darker red color.
3. Add in squid and fry for 30 seconds.
4. Add in sugar and salt and some splashes of water. Fry for another 2-3 minutes or till squid is cooked.

Wai San Soup

2008-04-30T21:55:00.003+08:00

Serve 5-6

Ingredients
10 pieces of dried wai san
1 big handful of hoi jook/yook jok
1 tbsp wolfberries
8 numbers of red dates
300gm of pig's tail bone
Pot of water

Method
1. Heat up the water and add in all the ingredients when it boils. Cook in medium heat for 1 hour and turn to low heat for the next two hours.

Note: Buy Hoi Jook instead of Yook Jook cause it is 'sweeter'.

Steamed Pork Ribs With Fermented Soya Beans & Black Beans

2008-04-24T16:13:00.004+08:00

Ingredients

2 medium/large pork ribs, chopped into smaller pieces
2 cloves garlic, chopped finely
3 tsp cornflour
2.5 tbsp fermented soya beans,(min si) chopped finely
1.5 tbsp fermented black beans (dao si), chopped finely
2 or 3 tbsp cooking oil
1 tsp white vinegar

Method
1. Heat up cooking oil in a sauce pan. Stir fry garlic together with fermented black beans and soya beans until fragrant. Pour onto the chopped pork rib and mix well.
2. Add in vinegar and followed by cornflour. Mix well,
3. Steam for about 20 minutes or till cook.

1. Tell pork seller to choose pork ribs with meat cause you want to steam. (jeng jue yook)
2. Different fermented soya beans is different in saltiness. Try it before you stir fry it. If it is not 'tasty' or salty enough, add another 1 tsp or more.
3. You may add chopped chilli padi to the dish and it tastes really good too unless children are eating too.

Spicy Cabbage With Chilli Padi

2008-04-13T17:11:00.004+08:00

Ingredients

Half of a large cabbage. I prefer the Cameron Highland ones,cut.
5-8 chilli padi
2-3 tbsp soya sauce
3 cloves garlic, chopped finely
3 shallots, chopped
3 tbsp cooking oil

Method
1. Add in garlic and shallots into the hot wok with cooking oil. Stir fry till fragrant 2. Add in cabbage and stir fry. Splash about 1 or 2 tbsp of water at the side of the wok and keep on repeating it for a few times.
3. Add in soya sauce and stir fry till cabbage is soft. Dish and serve.

Potato With Pork

2008-04-13T11:01:00.004+08:00

Ingredients
3 no of potatoes, sliced thinly
50-100gm pork meat, sliced thinly, marinate with soya sauce, dashes pf pepper, and cornflour
1 cup water
2-3 cloves of garlic, chopped
1-2 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp dark soya sauce
1/2 - 1 tbsp cornflour, mix in about 2tbsp of water

Method
1.Pan fry potatoes in a hot wok. When it is cooked, dish into a plate without the oil.
2. Heat up about 2 tbsp cooking oil and add in garlic and fry till fragrant.
3. Add in pork meat and fry till almost cooked. Add in potatoes, and oyster and dark soya sauce.Add in water.
4. Add in cornflour mixture to the wok.
5. Stir fry for a while or till the sauce thickens. Dish and Serve.

Fish Paste With Egg Patties

2008-04-10T09:08:00.007+08:00

Ingredients
300g fish paste
4-5 eggs
1 stalk of spring onion, finely chopped (optional)
1.5tbsp soya sauce
1 small piece of mui heong salted fish (optional)
Dashes of pepper
4 tbsp of cooking oil

Method
1. Mix fish paste with all the ingredients except cooking oil. Mash the fish paste and salted fish.
2. Heat up wok with oil.
3. Pour some fish paste mixture into the wok (depends on how big your wok is). You can separate into two or three sessions.
4. Pan fry on slow or medium heat.
5. Turn the mixture over and keep on pan frying till the fish paste is cooked.
6. Serve hot with best with Kg Koh Chilli Sauce.

Hock Chiew Dishes in Setiawan

2008-03-31T22:13:00.009+08:00

~Kong Po Crab - This is really yummy~

~Pork With Ja Choi~

~Sweet And Sour Fish - I like this dish too~

~Fried Egg With Oyster - My Fav~

~Stir Fry Mixed Vege~

~Soup With Tofu, Egg, Vege - I like this too!~

Seafood Restaurant 23

2008-03-22T21:20:00.010+08:00

Steamed Soon Hock Fish

Scallop With XO Sauce

Scallop With Garlic

Fried Noodle

Lamb Rib

Lobster Sashimi and Cooked In Soup

Fresh Oyster

Bamboo Clams

Baked Oyster With Cheese

Steamed Pork With Salted Fish

2008-03-15T23:56:00.001+08:00

Ingredients
1 piece of medium size tofu, cut into 6 or 8 pieces
Half chinese waxed sausage, cut into thin slices
2 thin slices of salted fish, cut into small cubes
Around 50gm pork, thinly sliced
3 tbsp cooking oil
2 or 3 cloves garlic, chopped into small size

Marinade
2 tbsp light soya sauce
A few dashes of pepper
1 tbsp cornflour

Seasoning
More or less 1.5 tbsp assam jawa juice/sour plum juice(for cooking)
1 tbsp fah tiew wine
1 tbsp light soya sauce
2-3 tbsp cornflour

Method
1. Marinate the pork for about 10 minutes.
2. Fry garlic with salted fish till lightly brown.
3. Mix pork, tofu, waxed chinese sausage and fried garlic with salted fish (together with the cooked oil) in a plate. (Don't mix the tofu roughly or else it will break into pieces)
4. Add in seasoning and mix well.
5. Steamed for about 15-20 minutes or until cooked.
6. Dish and serve.

Note: Before steaming, try the sauce for the taste.Of course you spit out the sauce after trying. :)

Lemon Chicken (Western)

2008-03-12T13:49:00.001+08:00

Ingredients

1 chicken breast, cut into half

More or less 10gm of butter

Some dashes of salt and pepper

About 1/3 of lemon juice

Methods

1. Rub in salt and pepper onto the chicken breast.

2. Add butter in a saucepan till it melts.

3. Fry chicken breast in medium heat till cook. Flip over to other side and vice versa when frying.

4. Add in lemon juice and cook for another minute.

5. Place chicken breast and sauce onto a plate.

Note: You can slice the chicken surface so it will be cooked faster. Don't cook too long if not chicken will not be tender.

Claypot/Rice Cooker Chicken

2008-03-07T03:24:00.001+08:00

Serve 3 adults and two young children

Ingredients

Half a chicken, cut into small pieces

1 no Lap Cheong/chinese sausage, thinly cut

5 no mushroom,thinly cut

2.5 cups of white rice, cook with water

Seasoning

2 tbsp light soya sauce

2 tbsp oyster sauce

1 tbsp dark soya sauce

1 tsp or more of sesame oil

1 tsp or more of cooked oil

Dash of pepper

Method

1. Season chicken and mushroom with seasoning for at least half an hour.

2. Cook rice in the rice cooker for around 20-30 minutes till you see tiny 'holes' on the rice. When it is almost cooked, placed the seasoned chicken and mushroom and chinese sausage on top of rice.

3. Cook rice and chicken for another half an hour or till cooked. Serve hot with cut chilli in soya sauce.

Notes: You may use a claypot with this recipe and same method.

Remember to add less water than you normally would when cooking the rice. If not, the chicken will become too soggy.

Adjust the seasoning as I do not know how much rice you want to cook.

Oreo's Cupcakes

2008-02-21T18:43:00.000+08:00

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

2008-02-12T08:37:00.000+08:00

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.

Klang Pan Mee

2008-01-24T15:56:00.000+08:00

I love it!

If you don't mind travelling far to Klang, you can have this pan mee for lunch or dinner. I don't know Klang's location well, so this is the best 'map' I can give you which is from hubby.

Coming from KL, go down to Berkeley round-about. Turn 3pm, and you will see a row of shops on the right. Turn right and it is situated on the second row, 3rd shop.

Restaurant Hooi Loong

2008-01-22T10:01:00.000+08:00

Yee Sang is a bit tasteless, so hubby went to ask for another half bowl of sauce even though it wasn't that bad.

Phai Kuat Wong, a bit hard

Kangkung Belacan, not bad

Steamed Cod Fish, very fresh and tasty sauce

Sushi Groove

2008-01-20T11:53:00.000+08:00

Sushi Groove are in One Utama and Sunway Pyramid. These two are the outlets I know.

~Ebi Roll~ (Okay lor)

~Tofuna Tower~ (Not good)

~Tori Chicken~ (So so only, the waiter said it was fried rice)

~Bento Chicken Set~ (Not bad la)

~Ebi Tempura~ (Normal lor)

~Fried Mushroom~ (Yucks!)

~Soft Shell Crab Temaki~ (Good)

2008-01-17T16:32:00.000+08:00

Ingredients

200-300gm pork meat, thinly sliced

some pig liver, thinly sliced (optional)

1 or 2 tsp sesame oil

2.5 tbsp light soya sauce

3 or more slices of ginger / ginger juice (spicy)

dash of pepper

fried chopped garlic and garlic oil

1 tsp cornflour

Method

1. Marinate pork and pig liver with sesame oil, light soya sauce, pepper and cornflour for about 15 minutes in a plate.

2. Place ginger on top of pork meat and steam in your rice cooker for about 20 minutes or till cooked.

3. Remove the plate and place garlic and garlic oil evenly onto the pork meat.

Note: You can skip the pig liver and just buy pork meat. Tell pork seller that you want the tender part for steaming.

You may replace sliced ginger with ginger juice if no kids are eating this dish. Ginger juice can be spicy.

Garlic / Cooked Oil = Fry garlic in about 2-3 tbsp cooking oil.

You can steam pork with the liver too but don't eat it. It has gotten a bit hard for long steaming but the juice from it makes the sauce tasty.

Fatty Crab And Joy Bakery

2008-01-16T15:00:00.000+08:00

These two places are located at Taman Megah. If you know how to get to fatty Crab, you can find Bakeri Joy two shops away. It is the shop next to Bake With Yen.

~Deep Fried Chicken Wings~

~A RM10 nasi Lemak~

~Carrot Walnut Cake at RM6~

Steamed Chicken With Spring Onion

2008-01-15T09:44:00.000+08:00

Ingredients
1/2 or 1 chicken
1/2 tbsp chopped garlic
3 stalks spring onion

Seasoning
2 tbsp oyster sauce
2 tbsp light soya sauce
2 tbsp fah Tiew wine
dash of sesame oil and pepper
500ml water

Method
1. Heat up 2 tbsp oil, saute chopped garlic until fragrant. Add in spring onions and stir fry until aromatic.
2. Add in all seasoning, chicken, water and bring to boil. Lower the heat, cover with lid and simmer for 20 minutes until the chicken is cooked.
3. Remove chicken, cut into pieces and arrange on a serving plate.
4. Remove the vegetables from gravy. Bring gravy to boil until it thickens and pour over chicken. Serve hot.

Note: Adjust your taste with more or less or the seasoning if you want to.
To cook this dish, you must use good brand of light soya sauce.

Wong Ah Wah

2008-01-13T15:27:00.001+08:00

~Fried toong Fun~

~Grilled Chicken Wings~

~Balitong~

I started eating Wong Ah Wah's grilled chicken wings since I started going to Broadway to Latin dance with my dad, his friends and my partner. Sometimes, dad or his friends would order the chicken wings and that's how I got to know about Wong Ah Wah. Eversince then, I think after I got back from USA, I would go there once a while with friends to eat the balitong and chicken wings without fail. I have tried other 'balitong' and chicken wings before, but none of them can be compared to WAW. Not to mention the chili sauce that comes with the chicken wings. Oh, by the way, it is located in at Jalan Alor if you have not tried it before.

Stewed Hakka Fried Pork Belly With Black Fungus

2008-01-11T15:11:00.000+08:00

Hakka Nam Yee Sauce

Ingredients

4 pieces nam yee/fermented red bean curd

1.5 tbsp chopped garlic

1.5 tbsp chopped shallots

1 tbsp ginger

1 star anise

1.5 tbsp oyster sauce

1 tsp sugar

3 tbsp Fah Tiew wine

Method

Heat up 3 tbsp oil, saute chopped garlic until fragrant. Add in the remaining ingredients and bring to boil until thick.

Stewed Pork Belly With Black Fungus

Ingredients

600g pork belly, sliced thickly

100g black fungus, soaked

1500ml water

Oil for deep frying

Marinade

4 tbsp Hakka Nam Yee Red Sauce

3 tbsp water

1 tbsp tapioca flour

1 whole egg (add in to marinade before deep frying)

20 shallots juice (add in to marinade before deep frying)

Method

1. Combined pork belly with marinade and marinate for 2 hours.

2. Heat up oil for deep frying, put pork belly and deep fry until brown. Dish and drain.

2. Put all ingredients and water into a stock pot and bring to boil. Lower the heat and continue to simmer for 45 minutes or until the pork is tender.

SS3 Pork Noodle

2008-01-11T15:09:00.000+08:00

It is located behind the Tmn Bahagia LRT in SS3. Go and have a try but don't go too late. The stall gets busy even at 11am especially during the weekends. Busy as in 10-20 bowls to wait before your turn.

Fried Longevity Noodle

2008-01-10T18:56:00.000+08:00

Ingredients
1 packet of longevity noodles
18 shallots
10 cloves of garlic
Vegetables
Small slices of pork
3 tbsp of cooking oil
Small size prawns
4 tbsp soya sauce (more or less)
3 tbsp oyster sauce (more or less)
2 tbsp dark soya sauce (more or less)

Methods
1. Boil a pot of water to cook longevity noodles till al dente. Strain the water and set noodle aside.
2. Heat up oil in the wok and add in shallots and garlic. Fry till brown and add in pork and later followed by prawns. When pork is cooked, ad in vegetables. Stir fry for a while and add in the boiled noodles. Keep on strir frying and add in the soya sauce, oyster sauce and dark soya sauce.
3. Continue to stir fry for a few more minutes. Dish and serve.

Tips : This dish must have lots of shallots and oil so that it will taste better and more fragrant. (heong)

Bayu Timor

2008-01-09T16:53:00.000+08:00

Bayu Timor is located at Tmn Megah, Petaling Jaya. It serves local, Indonesian and Western Food too. Desserts are mostly local kuih muih and cakes.

-Rojak-

-My Nasi Lemak-

-Iris' Chicken Spaghetti-

-Ian's Fish And Chips. Sorry, almost forgotten to take the photo, that's why its all cut up into pieces-

-Hubby's Mee Siam-

The upper floor sells furnitures, probably from Indonesia and if you like Bali, you would love this place. Some of their tables are marbles, glass, glass with sea shells below, long arm chair, wooden chair, etc. They are all different and this is what I like about this place.

2008-01-08T15:57:00.000+08:00

Ingredients
1 medium size chicken, cut into small pieces
2 tbsp oyster sauce
2tbsp dark soya sauce
2 tbsp fah Tiew wine
10 slices of ginger, julienne cut
2 tbsp cooking oil
1.5 rice bowl of water

Method
1. Heat up oil in a wok. Add in ginger and stri fry till fragrant or turning brown. Add in chicken and continue to stir fry till almost cook and starting to turn brown.
2. Still in high heat, add in oyster sauce and dark soya sauce. Mix well.
3. Add in water and when it starts boiling, cover with lid (optional) and let it simmer till the sauce is slightly thickened. Add in Fah Tiew wine from the side of the wok. Dish and serve.

The sauce is up to your liking. If you would like more, add more water and if less, simmer till it thickens.
If you would like to eat more ginger, add more but to warn you, it is slightly 'spicy' for the kids

Jar Choi With Pork

2008-01-07T05:10:00.000+08:00

Ingredients

About 300-500g of pork rib (tell pork seller that you to give you the tender part)

1 whole jar choi (soaked in water for about 30 min or when it is not salty anymore)

2tbsp oyster sauce

2tbsp dark soya sauce

3 tsp sugar

3 tbso oil

3 cloves garlic

2.5 rice bowls of water

Method

1. Heat up oil and add in garlic. Fry till fragrant, add in pork and stir fry till cooked. Add in water, oyster sauce, and dark soya sauce.

2. Once boiled, add in jar choi and sugar. Lower the heat and let it simmer for about 1 hour or till tender. If pork is not tender yet and sauce has thickens, add in more water.

Nam Yee Steamed Pork Belly With Yam

2007-12-20T15:39:00.000+08:00

I cooked Khau Yoke today and it was my first attempt. It was a succesful one except for the oil being too hot so I couldn't deep fried my pork longer.(It was turning 'black' already) It might not look 'nice' like those restaurants, but hey, it really taste good!

Nam Yee Red Sauce

Ingredients
7 pieces nam yee/fermented red bean curd
5 tbsp garlic, blended
5 tbsp shallots, blended
2 tsp chopped ginger
2 star anise
3 tbsp oyster sauce
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp sesame oil
4 tbsp shaoxing wine
500ml water,
Oil

Method
Heat up oil, saute blended shallots and garlic until fragrant. Add in the remaining ingredients and bring to boil until thick.

Hakka Steamed Pork Belly With Yam
Ingredients
1 kg pork belly
500gm yam
5 cups oil for deep-frying

Marinade
1 tbsp light soya sauce
1 tbsp five spice powder

Gravy (mixed)4 tbsp Hakka Nam Yee Red Sauce
200ml water

Method
1. Cut pork belly into 3-4 pieces and mix with marinade ingredients. deep-fry in hotl oil until golden brown. Dish up and rinse with water.
2. Use fork and prick some holes on the skin. Cut into about 1.5cm thick slices.
3. Cut yam into 1cm thick slices and deep fry in hot oil until golden brown. Dish up and drain.
4. Arrange pork belly and yam onto a steaming bowl and pour over gravy.
5. Steam pork belly and yam for 2 hours until tender. Serve.

Note: Use a bowl for the pork belly and yam and then steam it. After steaming, place a plate over the bowl of pork and turn the bowl over and the pork belly will lay neatly onto your plate.

Yong Tau Foo

2007-12-18T08:51:00.000+08:00

-Before-

-During-

-After-

You all have probably tried a lot of yong tau foo out there especially the Ampang one. My recipe is slightly different as it has sauce and does not need to go with chilli or sweet sauce. My kids love it and that's the way to get Ian to eat tofu too.

Ingredients
Chilli, lady's fingers, tau foo pok, brinjal
Fish paste
1 1/2 bowls of water
2 cloves of garlic, minced
3/4 tbsp bean paste

* Cut tau foo pok into HALF. Cut chilli, lady's fingers and brinjals into ALMOST half. Spread the fish paste into the vegetables and tau foo pok.

Deep fry all the vegetables (except for tau foo pok) and chilli last cause other vegetables might get spicy.

Method
1. Heat 2 tbsp oil in wok. Add in minced garlic and bean paste. Stir fry till garlic becomes fragrant, then add in water to boil.
2. Once water is boiled, scoop out about 1 bowl of sauce and set aside. Add in tau foo pok first, brinjals and lady's fingers. Leave the chilli aside first.
3. Let sauce simmer till your vegetables are ready. Dish and set aside. Continue simmering till it thickens.
4. Pour the sauce over the vegetables.
5. Pour the 1 bowl of sauce into work again and repeat steps 2 and 3.
6. Continue simmering until not much of sauce left together with the chilli. Dish and serve along the vegetables.

* You can add in the chilli together with other vegetables and let the sauce simmer together. I seperated the chilli out because my kids can't eat spicy food and the sauce might get spicy too.

Mushroom With Meat/Chicken Feet

2007-12-15T15:31:00.000+08:00

Ingredients
18 numbers of Chinese mushroom, soak in water overnight before cooking
3 dried oysters
150g of thinkly sliced pork
3 cloves of garlic
3 tbsp cooking oil
1.5litre water

Seasoning
1 tbsp dark soya sauce
1 3/4 tbsp oyster sauce

Methods
1. Add in garlic into hot oil in a wok and fry till fragrant.
2. Add in pork and stir fry till cooked.
3. Add in mushroom and dried oyster and stir fry for a minute.
4. Add in seasoning.
5. Add in water and bring the mushroom to boil for about 1 minute.
6. Simmer in slow heat for about 2 hours.

* You may add in less water if you want less sauce.
* You may replace pork with chicken.

Sotong Ball With Vegetables Soup

2007-12-15T15:24:00.000+08:00

Ingredients

Sotong Ball

Some vegetables

1 tsp Bovril chicken/beef

Water for the soup

Methods

1. Add in water and boil in a pot. Add in bovril to make a soup base.

2. Add in all ingredients and once boiled, dish and serve.

3. Add in about 1 tsp or less of fried onions with its few drops of cooked oil into soup.

Chicken Curry

2007-12-14T15:29:00.000+08:00

This is one of my mum's specialty. Try it!!

4-6 servings

Ingredients
1 whole normal chicken (approx. 1kg-1.3kg), chopped into chunky pieces
6 no potatoes, cut into desired size
6 stalks lemon grass, lightly smashed
12 stalks curry leaves, leaves only
1 1/2 no coconut, milk only
1 1/2 cups water
6 tbsp chilli paste
5-7 tbsp oil

Ground Spice Ingredients (combine)
30 shallots
15 cloves garlic

Seasoning
3 tsp sugar or to taste
2 tsp salt or to taste

Method
1. Deep fry potatoes until brown or cooked.
2. Remove and put it aside.
3. Heat oil in a wok, stir fry ground spice ingredients, chilli, lemon grass and curry leaves until
frangrant.
4. Put in chicken and fry for 10-12 min.
5. Add in water and pototoes.
6. Cover wok with lid and let it simmer for about 10 min.
7. Add in coconut milk.
8. Add in seasoning to taste.
9. Cook until gravy turns thick.
10.Dish out and serve hot with steamed rice.

Stir Fry Kai Lan

2007-12-14T15:24:00.000+08:00

Ingredients

Kai Lan, separate the stalks and leaves

Minced pork, marinated with some pepper and soy sauce

2 cloves of garlic

4 slices of ginger

1 tbsp oyster sauce

1.5 tbsp red rice wine of fah tiew wine

1.5 - 2 tbsp cooking oil

Method

1. Add in the cooking oil to a hot wok. Add in garlic and ginger and stir fry for about 2o seconds.

2. Add in minced pork and stir fry till cook and fagrant. Add in the stalks and fry for 20 seconds then followed by the vegetables' leaves.

3. Keep on stir frying and sprinkle some water on the side of the wok so that the vege won't dry out and get burned.

4. Keep on sprinkling water for a few times till see a little bit of 'sauce' in the wok. Add in oyster sauce and stir fry.

5. Add in the wine on the side of the wok and toss for about 2 or 3 times and dish.

Note: You may replaced minced pork with siew yoke or small prawns.

BBQ Pork (Char Siu)

2007-12-14T15:22:00.001+08:00

Ingredients

300gm mm fah yoke (pork meat), cut into small pieces

Marinade

A few dashes of pepper

2 tbsp sugar

2 tbsp soy sauce

1.5 tbsp fah tiew wine

1 tbsp dark soy sauce

1 tbsp cornflour

Methods

1. Marinade the pork meat with all the ingredients and leave for 1 hours.

2. Fry the pork meat in medium heat till cooked or dark brown.

3. Dish and serve.

Sugar Cane Liong Sui

2007-12-14T15:21:00.001+08:00

Ingredients

1 Sugar Cane (jook Jeh), cut into smaller length, remove skin by scrapping it with knife

8 Mak Jou

4 litres of water

Methods

Add all ingredients into a big pot and cook in medium heat for 4 hours.

Note: You may add 10 mak jou if you want it to be sweeter.

Red Wine Mee Sua

2007-12-14T15:21:00.000+08:00

This is prepared by my mother in-law. It is one of the "Hock Chiew" clan's dishes.

4 servings

Ingredients
1kg whole "ayam kampung" or "malay chicken", chopped into small pieces
Mee Sua
3-5 tbsp sesame oil
3 tbsp red wine
6 slices ginge
3 cups wate
Salt to taste

Method
1. Heat sesame oil in a pot.
2. Add in ginger and fry it.
3. Add in red wine and continue frying the chicken for about 10-15 min.
4. Add in water and cook for about 30 min.
5. Add in salt to taste.

*Cook mee sua in a pot of boiling water for 2 min. Drain the water.

To serve
Put required amount of mee sua into an empty bowl.
Pour chicken and soup into the bowl.

Assam Sambal Prawns

2007-12-14T15:17:00.001+08:00

Ingredients

200gm of medium sized prawns, remove skin

10 shallots, blend

10 cloves of garlic, blend

2 tbsp chilli paste

2 stalks of lemon grass, mashed

2 large onions, slice

5 lady's fingers, cut to half

4 tsp sugar

1 tsp salt

About 5 tbsp of cooking Oil

Half rice bowl of water

2 no of medium size lime

Method

1. Blend garlic and shallots and set aside.

2. Heat up wok with cooking oil.

3. Add in blended garlic and shallots, lemon grass and chilli paste. Fry until fragrant (dark red).

4. Add in prawns and onions and toss for about 15 seconds.

5. Add in water and stir fry till sambal gravy is boiling.

6. Add in lady's fingers. Add in sugar and salt and lime. Stir fry till gravy starts to thicken.

7. Dish and serve.

Tips: You may replace lady's fingers with other vegetables or no vegetables at all.

You may replace prawns with squids as well.

If you want more gravy, then blend more shallots and garlic.

If you can't eat it too spicy, you can add in less chilli paste. (Chilli Boh is not too spicy)

You may replace lime with assam jawa.

Fried Stingray With Pelapan Halia

2007-12-14T15:16:00.001+08:00

Ingredients
1/4 of a large stingray or 1/2 of a medium size
1- 1 1/2 tbsp Perapan Halia
Cooking Oil for frying

Method
1. Marinade stingray with Perapan Halia for about 45 minutes.
2.Heat up oil. Add in stingray and fry in medium heat.
3. Dish and serve.

Deep Fried Nam Yee Pork Belly

2007-12-14T15:15:00.003+08:00

300gm Fah Yoke (get some with fat so it will taste better), cut into desired size.
400gm (more or less) for deep frying

Marinade
Half or less bowl of shallot juice
2 1/2 cube of lam yue
2 tbsp fah tiew wine
1 no egg to be added before deep frying
1 tbsp tapioca flour to be added before deep frying

Method
1. Add in marinade into pork and marinade for 2 hours
2. Heat up oil in a pot for deep frying.
3. Add in egg and cornflour into pork and mix well.
4. Deep fry in high heat until golden brown.
5. Dish and drain. Serve hot.

* Do not deep fry for too long if not meat will not be tender.

* You may replace fah yoke with pork ribs or chicken breast meat.

* You can also dip into Kampung Koh Chilli Sauce.

Apple And Pear With Snow Fungus Liong Sui

2007-12-14T15:13:00.001+08:00

Ingredients
3 red apples, cut into half and remove seeds
3 pears (yellow), cut into half and remove seeds
4 mak jou
1 piece of snow fungus, soak in water for about 2 hours or till soft
1.5 litre of water

Method
1. Add in ingredients into boiling water. Let it boil for about 2 minutes, then turn to slow heat and simmer for about 2 hours.

* You may add more or less water depending how much you want to drink.

Dong Bo Pork Belly

2007-12-13T17:23:00.001+08:00

Ingredients
300g pork belly (Mm Fah Yoke)
1 tsp light soya sauce (A)
2 cups oil for deep frying
3 slices ginger
1 small star anise
150ml water

Seasoning
1 1/2 tbsp sugar
3 tbsp light soya sauce (B)
70ml shaoxing wine

Method
1. Blanch pork belly in boiling water until half cooked. Dish up. Rub all over with light soya sauce (A) and marinate for 10 minutes. Deep fry in hot oil unti lgolden brown. Dish and drain.
2. Arranged fried pork belly, the remaining ingredients and seasoning into a wok. Steam for 3 hours or until pork belly is tender. Remove and leave to cool before cutting into slices.

* This dish is supposed to be slightly sweet. You may adjust the taste with the seasoning.

Mee Soya With Anchovies Soup Base

2007-12-12T15:23:00.001+08:00

Ingredients

Some pork meat, sliced thinly or minced, marinade with soya sauce, a dash of pepper, dark soy sauce and some cornflour.

1 chinese rice bowl of anchovies

3/4 of whole garlic, fried till light brown

Vegetables

Mee soya

Cooking Oil

1.4 litre water

Methods

1. Thinly sliced the pork meat and marinade with soy sauce, dark soy sauce(optional) a dash of pepper and cornflour.

2. Heat up pot with about 3 tbsp of cooking oil and add in anchovies and stir fry for about 1 or 2 minutes. Add in water and boil in high heat. Once it is boiled, simmer on low heat for about 30-45 minutes.

3. Dish the anchovies and add in the pork meat and mee soya into the soup and cook till the mee soya is almost done.

4. Add in vegetables and cook for about 1 or 2 minutes.

5. Dish the mee soya onto a bowl and pour soup, vegetables and pork meat onto the bowl.

Note: You may fry the marinated minced pork meat on a pan first and add into noodle later.

ABC Soup

2007-12-12T14:20:00.001+08:00

Ingredients A
400gm pork (tell pork seller it is for soup) / chicken meat
5 sticks of carrots
2 medium size potatoes
2 medium size tomatoes

Ingredients B
2 tbsp fish gravy / salt to taste

* 3 litres water (as a soup base)

Method
1. Boil water in a big pot. Add in Ingredients A.
2. Cook in a high heat for 1 hour.
3. Turn to low heat and cook for another 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
4. Add in Ingredient B.
5. Serve hot.

Deep Fried Crispy Egg Plant

2007-12-02T10:50:00.000+08:00

Ingredients
500 ml oil for deep-frying
* some seasoned flour for deep-frying
500g eggplants, cut into thick strips
2 tbsp dried prawns, soaked, chopped
1 tbsp chopped garlic
1 tbsp chopped red chilli
1 tbsp chopped spring onion

Seasoning
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tsp fish sauce
1 tsp sugar
3 tbsp water

Method
1. Heat up oil for deep-frying, coat eggplant with seasoned flour and deep-fry in hot oil until golden brown. Dish up.
2. Leave 1 tbsp oil in wok, saute dried prawns and chopped garlic until fragrant. add in seasoning and stir well.
3. Add in fried eggplant, chopped red chilli, spring onion and mix well. Dish up and serve.

Tips
Seasoned flour : Mix well 150g corn flour, 1 tbsp plain flour, 1 tsp salt and dash of pepper.
You may cut eggplant into think slices, coat with seasoned flour and deep fry until crispy.

Chicken Soup

2007-12-01T18:13:00.000+08:00

Ingredients
600gm chicken / half chicken, cut into small pieces
Ginger 6 slices, julienne cut
Sesame Oil 1 tbsp
Oil 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
700-800ml water

Method
1. Heat up sesame oil and cooking oil. Add in ginger and fry until fragrant.
2. Add in chicken and stir fry until cook.
3. Add in water and let it boil. Let it simmer in low heat for about 30 minutes.
4. Add in salt to taste. Dish and serve.

Stewed Duck Teochew Style

2007-11-28T23:34:00.000+08:00

My mom and I cooked this today. It is one of our Teo Chew Stew Duck or known as 'Lou Ngap'.

4-5 servings

Ingredient
1 whole duck
5 slices Red Ginger/Nam Kiong
15 slices Old Ginger/Lou Kiong
3 shallots
800ml water

Seasoning
1 1/2 tbsp black soy sauce
100ml soy sauce
1 tbsp sugar, to fry
2 tsp 5 spice herb

Method
1. Boil whole duck with boiling water in the wok for 10 minutes to remove the wax. Dish and drain.
2. Fry both ginger and shallots till fragrant. Remove it.
3. Add in sugar and stir fry for about 2 minutes. Remove it.
4. Place the shallots and ginger into the duck's stomach.
5. Add in water into the wok, followed by the duck.
6. Add in seasoning and and cover wok with lid for about 1 hour.

Turn duck after the 1st 30 minutes of stewing.
If you would like to have thicker gravy, cook duck for longer hours.

Buttered Prawns

2007-11-08T22:27:00.000+08:00

Ingredients
500g medium-sized prawns, trimmed, slit back
4 egg yolks
1 tbsp evaporated milk
5 tbsp butter or margarine
1 tbsp curry leaves
1/2 chopped chilli padi, optional

Seasoning
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
dash of chicken stock granules

Method
1. Heat up oil for deep-frying, put in prawns and deep-fry until cooked. Dish and drain.
2. Combine egg yolks, evaporated milk and mix well.
3. Heat up wok, melt butter with low heat. Slowly pour in mixture (2), keep stirring until mixture form into very fine shreds. Add in curry leaves, chilli padi, seasoning and mix well. Stir until mixture is brown or crispy.
4. Put in prawns and mix well. Dish up and drain off the excess oil. Serve.