Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Last Recipes of the Day

Coffee chicken

Coffee chicken
(1/2 chicken sut into pieces, marinated with 1tbsp oyster sauce, 1tbsp sugar, 1tsp salt, 2tbsp plain flour, 1tbsp custard flour, 1 egg, 1tsp soda bicarbonate for about 1~2 hours) then deep fried and drain, set aside.)
Coffee sauce : 2tbsp Maltose, 1tbsp Lea and Perrins Worcester sauce, 1tbsp sugar mix with 1tbsp instant coffee powder and 1 cup of water. Put all ingredient into wok and let it boil until thick. Pour the fried chicken into the sauce and fried till all the pieces are cover with the sauce. Remove and decorate and serve.

Beef & Veges skewers

Beef & Veges (red & yellow capsicum and shallot) skewers
It was a prefect party food, easy to make and it healthy and delicious..
Just marinaded the beef meat with soy sauce and black pepper for half an hours, then arrange it with the veges into the bamboo stick, apply some butter and honey and pan fry.

Grill Lamb shoulder with Thai Green curry

Vegetable Thai Green Curry..
(Bean, red capsicum, yellow capsicum, carrot, fresh basil, cucumber, thai curry paste, coconut milk)
Grill Lamb shoulder
(Just marinaded the lamb shoulder with some salt, black pepper, and dry rosemary)
Beside the lamb shoulder was grill sirloin steak, it also a prefect match to the thai green curry paste/sauce.

Grill pork belly

Suppose to make roasted pork (Siew yoke) but the pork belly wasn't suitable for this dish because it got too many 'thin' meat instead what we call it 'ng far yoke' - got 5 layer (skin, fat, meat, fat and meat with bone) :p....So I just marinade this 3 layer pork belly with some seasoning (siew hing wine, oyster sauce, sugar, light soy sauce, five spices powder and little bit nam yee) for about 4 hours.


The outlook similar to 'char siew' hehehee...Eat with fresh spring onion and chinese cabbage will be nice too...

Mushroom Stuffed with Cheese and Garlic

Last Sunday I have tried this recipes, I only manage to take one pieces the rest all wallop by Papa :). So yesterday I make it again...

Ingredients:-
White button mushrooms – 1 box (remove stems)
(Stem mushroom to chopped fine)
Lemon juice – 2tsps
Butter - 2tsps
Red onion – ½ (finely chopped)
Chopped garlic -2 tsps
Grated Parmesan Cheese – 100g ( I dont have Parmesan Cheese so I alter to Cheddar Cheese)
Breadcrumbs – 1 cup ( I item I have left out)
Egg – 1 (whisked)
Double cream – 2tbsps (alter to whipping cream)
Tarragon – 3tsps
Italian parsley – 4 tsps (I used dry mint leaves)

Methods :
1) Wash mushrooms, remove stems and towel dry, brush lemon juice on mushrooms.
2) Melt butter in pan, stir fry onion, and garlic, follow by chopped mushrooms stems, continue stir fry for 2-3 minutes. Turn off the heat and mix in cheese, breadcrumbs, whisked eggs, cream and tarragon. Season with salt as filling.
3) Grease a baking tray, pre heat oven at 150degC for 5mins.
4) Stuff mushrooms with filling. Bake them for 12mins, sprinkle Italian parsley on top, serve.

Roasted Steak with Red Wine Sauce

Ingredients :-
Beef steak meat – 12lbs
Marinade :-
Salt – 2tsps
Crushed black peppercorns – pinch

Red Wine Sauce :-
Chopped garlic – 2tbsps
Chopped shallot – 2tbsps
Butter – 15g
Flour – 2tbsps
Broth – ½ cups
Red wine – 3tbsps
Dark soy sause – 1tsp
Crushed black peppercorns – pinch

Methods :-
1) Wash and towel dry beef steak, marinade for 15mins
2) Pre heat oven ar 210degC for 10mins. Put the beef steak on roasting tray, bake in oven for 10mins first and then turn over the beef steak and bake for another 1mins.
3) Take out the beef steak and let cool for 10-15mins.
4) After removing the beef steak from baking tray, pour the gravy into bowl for making red wine sauce use.
5) Heat up fry pan, put in butter stir fry garlic, shallot and crushed peppercorns until fragrant. Mix in flour while stirring, add in broth little by little and the red wine, sugar and dark soy sauce mix with some water. Taste and season accordingly.
6) Carve the beef steak and serve with red wine sauce.

Peanut Sauce for Presoaked cuttlefish

I love this peanut sauce with presoaked cuttlefish + Kangkung. Is so yummy...
I found this recipes in my Asian recipe book, so I give it a try...it come out nice and Kakak said can open stall edi...hahaaa

All you need is :-

Presoaked Cuttlefish - 300g
and Peanut Sauce

Peanut sauce ingredient:-

3tbsp oil
2tbsp chopped shallot
1 stalk lemongrass (chopped)
4tbsp Chilli Boh sauce
5tbsp peanut butter (I used ladychoice brand)
1/2 tbsp sugar
100ml water
1tsp corn flour mix with 1tbsp water (for thickening purpose)

1) Heat up oil, saute chopped shallot and lemongrass until fragrant. Add in remaining ingredients and bring to boil...(that's it, it ready to serve with the presoaked cuttlefish)

2) Blanch presoaked cuttlefish in boiling water for short while. Dish and pour the sauce on top and serve hot..

Asam Laksa..

I love asam laksa. I wanted to try to cook it for so long but I don't have the stock recipe...Hmm...actually I have it but I haven't flip over the recipe book so I can't find it, till last week I wanted to make some asian dessert and I found the asam laksa recipe...'Ting'...
So I grab all the ingredient and start my project...
Tateng...
Hmm...doesn't look like asam laksa hor...because I put too much fish I guess..and I shall pour the soup first before put those cucumber la, onion la, pineapple la, red chilli la, on top. I forgot, I put those first before pour on the soup so ended like this...:p
Ingredient:-
Stock:-
3 litres Asam Water
1 thick torch flower (bunga teratai)
2 slice asam
4tbsp sugar
1tbsp salt
Condiments (pounded - I used blended to blend :p)
230g shallot
2 glove garlic
15g fresh turmeric
4 stalks lemon grass
1/2 tbsp belacan
2tbsp chilli paste
Others ingredient :-
1 big tin sardin (only the fish meat and mash a bit)
2-3 slices pineaple (diced)
500g cucumber (shredded thickly)
120g Onion (diced)
7-8 chilli padi (sliced)
8 red chilli (sliced)
60g pickled chinese onion (sliced)
30g mint leaves
shrimp paste
Pasta:-
Bihun/thick bee hoon/ Cintan mee or others paste as you like.
Method :-
1) Boil the pounded/blended condiments in Asam water. Add the torch flower, asam ans simmer for 20-30 minutes. Season with sugar and salt.
2) Put in the sardin mash into stock and boil for 30min.
3) Cook the pasta in hot water and place into bowl, pour the stock and shimmer with cucumber, onion, pineapple, chili padi, red chilli, mint leaves and shrimp paste. Serve...

Grill BBQ Sauce Chicken Wing


Ingredient:
BBQ Sauce,
1 onion (chopped finely)
1 tbsp chopped garlic
4 tbsp tomato sauce
2 tbsp chili sauce
2 tbsp hoi sin sauce
1 tbsp black vinegar ( can opt for organic brown rice vinegar)
1 tbsp sugar
1tsp salt
Method :-
Heat up 3 tbsp oil, saute chopped onion and garlic until fragrant.
Add in remain ingredient and bring to boil. Remove from heat.
Chicken Wings - 12pcs
Used the BBQ sauce to marinate the chicken for an hour, then bring to oven to grill at 180' for 15min, then used the remain sauce to brush on the wings and bring back to grill for 10mins and turn over the wings and brush again with the sauce and back to oven for another 10mins, repeat step until the wing is golden brown/cooked.

Steam Yam Cake


Ingredients:-

(Filling A)

80g chopped pickled radish

80g dried shrimps

150g minced meatsugar,

salts and pepper to taste


(Filling B)

1bowl fried shallot slices ( around 5biji depend on the sizes)

1/2 bolw diced spring onion1 bolw Hoi Sin sauce ( I opt for Kimball thai chili sauce)


(Batter)

300g Yam, diced and steamed (till cook and soft)

250g Long grain rice flour

250ml Water

750ml Hot watera little five recipes powder.salt and pepper to taste.


Method:-

1) Heat 4tbsps of oil in wok, stir fry (Filling A) ingredients until frangrant. Set aside.

2) Stir water into rice flour and mix evenly, pour in hot water. Season with five recipe powder, salt and pepper. Mix well.

3) Arrange bowl in steamer, add diced yam in each bowl, pour batter in, and steam for 15min.

4) Remove and leave for cool. Unmould the cakes and arrange on a plate, put (A) and (B) ingredients on top and serve.

Grill Nam Yee Chicken


Nam Yee sauce Ingredients;
5pcs shallot (chopped)
Ginger chopped
Garlic shopped
1 pat gok
5cm cinnamon stick
2tbsp oyster sauce
2tbsp Xiau Hing wine
1tbsp sugar
pinch of salt
500ml water

Method :
1) Salute chopped shallots , ginger, garlic until fragrant, add in pat gok and cinnamon stick and remain ingredients, bring to boil for 20min.

2) Use 2-3tbsp of the nam yee sauce to marinade the chicken for about 3 hours.

3) Put the marinaded chicken on baking tray together with the sauces and grill at 200degC at the pre heated oven for 25min.

4) Rotated the chicken and continue grill for 20min.

Variation: You can pan fried the chicken in stead of grill.
You can alter chicken for pork belly, cut it in to small pieces and deep fried, a good
snack to eat with beer..

Curry fish head

Ingredients:
10 shallots, chopped
5 garlic, chopped
1tbsp chopped ginger
2 stalks lemongrass, bruised
1 tbsp curry leaves
10 taufu-pok, cut into half
1 eggplant cut into strips

1000ml coconut milk

3tbsp asam paste, mixed with 100ml water and squeezed out juice

½ fish head (abt 600g)
5 lady’s fingers, sliced
200ml thick coconut milk

Seasoning:
3tbsp seafood curry powder
1tsp turmeric powder
1tsp salt
1tbsp sugar
1tbsp light soya sauce
3-4tbsp oil

Methods:
Heat up oil, sauté chopped shallot, ginger and garlic until fragrant.
Add in lemongrass, curry leaves and stir fry until aromatic.
Add in seasoning, taufu-pok and eggplant, stir well.
Pour in coconut milk, asam juice and bring to boil.
Add in fish head, lower the heat and continue to cook for 10-15min.
Add lady’s finger, thick coconut milk and continue to cook for another 5minutes. Dish up and serve.

Steak au Poivre VertIngredients (serves 4):-

4 sirloin steaks
50ml oil
pinch of salt
50g butter
45ml brand
100ml dry sherry or dry Madeira wine
1 medium onion, chopped
25g green peppercorns, canned
30ml soya sauce
5ml vinegar
150ml single (light) cream
pinch of paprika
5g chopped fresh parsley

Method:-

Trim steaks of extra fat and sinew. Brush with a little oil and season very lightly with salt. Heat the rest of the oil and butter in a skillet and quickly fry the steaks on both sides to sear the flesh for about 2 minutes. Pour in the brandy and set it alight. Almost immediately pour in the sherry or Madeira to put out the brandy flames. Remove steaks and keep warm while cooking the sauce.

To the mixture in the pan add the onion, peppercorns, soya sauce and vinegar. Boil for 4 minutes. Add the cream and paprika and boil briskly for another minute.

Return the steaks to the sauce to reheat for a minute on each side. Serve immediately, garnished with the chopped parsley.

PancakesIngredients (serves 4):-
100g plain all-purpose flour
pinch of salt
1-2 eggs
275 ml milk
lard for frying (we used butter)
2 lemons, quartered
caster sugar

Method:-
Place everything into a mixing bowl and blitz it to high heaven! That's the easiest way :) Mike used an electric hand whisk. Now that the batter is ready, heat up a frying pan and place a knob of butter or lard, if you prefer, and coat by swirling it around the pan. Pour about 2 tablespoons of batter into the pan and twist the pan around until the batter forms a thin skin all over the base of the pan. Cook until underside is golden brown. Toss it (if you are brave enough!) or just use a flexible spatula to flip it to cook the other side. To serve sprinkle pancake with sugar and a squeeze of lemon juice. Roll up or fold into quarters.

Chicken StroganoffThe recipe serves 4.

Ingredients:-

600g chicken breast fillets
2 teaspoons sweet paprika
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium red onion, halved, thinly sliced
2 garlic cloves, crushed
4 rashers rindless shortcut bacon, chopped
400g buttom mushrooms, thickly sliced
3/4 cup chicken stock
250g cherry tomatoes
2 tablespoons light sour cream
2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
cooked fettuccine pasta, to serve

Method:-

Cut chicken into medallions (we just diced the chicken). Add paprika and toss to coat. Heat a bit of oil in a large, deep, heavy-based frying pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook for 2 minutes each side or until browned. Transfer to plate. Heat remaining oil in pan. Add onion, garlic and bacon to pan. Cook, stirring, for 3 minutes or until onion has softened and bacon browned. Add mushroom. Cook, stirring for 2 minutes or until mushroom has started to brown. Return chicken to pan. Add stock. Cover and bring to boil. Reduce heat to low. Simmer, covered for 10 minutes. Add tomatoes. Simmer, covered, for 10 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and tomatoes have softened. Remove from heat. Stir in sour cream and parsley. Serve with pasta.

Roasted Charsiew



1. Marinate pork loin with charsiew sauce, chinese cooking wine, sugar, fish sauce and leave in fridge overnight.

2. Place pork and marinade in foil, and bake covered at 220deg for 20 min. Place a bowl of water at the bottom of the oven (said to result in more tender meat).

3. Open up foil and bake uncovered till slightly charred, turning often.

4. Remove pork and separate from remaining marinade, if any. Brush all over with glaze (mixture of 1tbs dark soy sauce, 1 tbs oil, 1 tbs honey and a drop of red food colouring).

5. Bake for another 10 min or so, depending on how chao tar you like your charsiew.

Verdict: Eddie's favourite dish and he said this was excellent. Sean ate up even though he wasn't happy about it, while Brian loved it. Can cook this in larger batches and freeze for future use.

Malaysian turmeric and honey wings


Source: Rasa Malaysia

1. Marinate 500g chicken wings (mid joints) with ginger juice (from pounded 2" ginger), 1 tbs honey, 1 tbs light soy sauce, 1/8 tsp salt, 1/8 tsp turmeric powder, 1/8 tsp chilli powder, for 1-2 hours.
2. Bake at 375 deg F for 20-25 minutes.

Tip: Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven. Hold wing with tong and grill over stove at medium heat. I did it over my glass-top stove and the wings were grilled beautifully.

Verdict: Everyone loved this. I didn't taste this but reckon it probably tastes like ayam percik, my favourite style of barbecued chicken. Gotta try cooking ayam percik one day.

Easy-peasy Kaya


Source: Various


Easiest kaya recipe ever. As long as you get the proportions equal, ie 1 cup sugar, 1 cup egg, 1 cup coconut cream, you're on your way to kaya success. My slow cooker was a small one, so I only used 2/3 cup of each.

1. Mix beaten egg with sugar (I used Demerara brown sugar).
2. Pour into slow cooker. Pour coconut cream in. Stir.
3. Start slow cooker on low, my slow cooker did not have any dial, so it was probably on medium all the way.
4. Stir constantly. Mixture will thicken in about 2 hours or so.
5. If you do not like your kaya curd-like, blend it (discard any sugar water left i the slow cooker). Kaya will be smooth like those sold in shops.

Ayam Masak Merah (Red chilli chicken)


Inspired by CookingismyPassion

1. Season chicken with turmeric powder, salt and corn flour for at least 30 minutes.
2. Fry and set aside.
3. Use part of remaining oil to fry lemongrass, 3 cloves, half a cinnamon stick and 1 large tomato (or more if desired). Add oil if required as tomato turns to puree.
4. Add chilli paste (I used the chilli paste from this recipe). Stir.
5. Add fried chicken and simmer. Add water if required.
6. Add ketchup, salt and sugar to taste.

Sambal Prawns & Sambal Ikan Bilis



1. Chilli Paste recipe. Soak 20 dried chillies in hot water for 30 min (or boil if you can't wait). Cut chillies in half and remove as much seeds as you want (the more seeds there are, the hotter your chilli paste will be). Drain and blend with 2 large fresh chillies and 1 cm thick or 1 level tbs of belacan (roast belacan in oven first).
2. Blend 14 shallots, 3 cloves garlic and a bit of ginger. Fry this paste in 100ml of heated oil. Stir constantly till this paste turns fragrant.
3. Add chilli paste from No1 and mix well. Reduce heat and slowly fry till the paste darkens to a deep-red brown and oil separates (20 min or so).
4. Add 3 tbs sugar, 1 tsp salt and water (amount of water depends on how thick you want your sambal to be).
5. Add sliced Bombay onion and boil.
6. Add prawns or Ikan Bilis (for ikan bilis, separately fry it first in hot oil till crispy).
7. Stir and add sugar, salt, and other seasoning (eg light soy sauce) to taste.

NOTE: The original recipe calls for assam (tamarind) pulp juice to be added instead of water. I

Tonkatsu




1. Cut small incisions on tenderloins to tenderise. Sprinkle salt and pepper on both sides.
2. Coat tenderloins with plain flour, shake off excess flour, next coat with egg, then bread crumbs
3. Submerge in hot oil for 2 minutes, turn and fry for another 2 minutes, turn and fry another 1 minute. Adjust heat as required.
4. Place on kitchen towel for oil to be absorbed. Cut into bite-sized pieces and add Tonkatsu Sauce (thick Japanese Worcestershire sauce).

Economical Bee Hoon (Difficulty: 2.5)



1. Soak 1/2 packet bee hoon in warm water. I don’t like chewy bee hoon, so I use slightly hotter water. Add 1 tbs each of dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, sugar and sesame oil for bee hoon to absorb.
2. After half hour or more, drain bee hoon, but keep the liquid.
3. Fry 1 tbs garlic. Add vegetables/meat if you like. Do not stinge on the oil.
4. Add bee hoon. Mix well to let bee hoon absorb oil. If too dry, add some of the liquid that was used for soaking earlier.
5. Add 2 tbs dark soy sauce, 1 tbs light soy sauce, 1 tbs fish sauce, 1 tsp kicap manis (optional), salt and msg (optional) to taste. Please note these are all estimates, add according to your own taste.

Barbecue BBQ wings (Difficulty: 2)


Source: Mrs Jones from M4M
1. Pound 4 cloves garlic and 2 slices ginger.
2. Marinate 1kg chicken wings with pounded garlic and ginger, 4 tbs oyster sauce, 4 tbs kicap manis, 3 tbs tomato ketchup, for at least 4 hours.
3. Bake at 190C for 20 min. Leave some marinade for basting. After 20 min, turn over, baste with marinade, bake 20 min on 180C, turn over, baste and bake another 10 min, longer if you like it drier or slightly burnt.

Dried Shrimps Soft Tofu (Difficulty: 2)



1. Soak 50g dried shrimps for 10 min. Drain and mince. Toast/fry with no/little oil. Set aside. Fry 4 sliced shallots and set aside.
2. Place soft tofu gently in boiling water, boil for 1 min.
3. Drain tofu, place on plate. Drizzle 1.5 tbs oyster sauce and 1.5 tsp oil.
4. Add fried dried shrimps and fried shallots.
5. Garnish with chopped chilli and spring onions.

Tau Yu Bak



Source: Improvised from Kuali

Ingredients:

500 gms pork (with skin and some fat), keep pork whole without slicing

For Marinade
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1/4 tsp 5-spice powder
1 tbs oyster sauce
1/2 tsp dark soy sauce
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbs sugar or to taste

4 whole garlic pods with skin on
1 star anise
4cm cinnamon stick
4 cloves
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
2 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp sugar or to taste
Salt to taste
1 cup water
Hard-boiled eggs (optional)

Instructions:

1. Marinate pork for several hours or overnight.
2. Heat claypot or heavy-based saucepan over medium low heat.
3. Put in marinated pork to brown.
4. Add garlic pods, cinnamon stick, star anise and cloves.
5. Pour in half cup of water and cook covered for 5-8 minutes.
6. Add in dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, sugar and salt to taste.
7. Add half cup of wter and simmer till gravy is thick and meat is tender.
8. If gravy is too thick, just add more water. Same if meat is not tender enough, just add water and simmer for a longer time.
9. Add peeled boiled eggs.
10. To serve, cut pork into slices and add gravy to the dish.

REVIEW:
When cooked: Tuesday 6 February 2007
Which meal: Dinner
Which try: I'm sure I've tried this before, but not sure how many times
Missing ingredients: Cinnamon sticks
Exchanged ingredients: Used 2 whole garlic pods instead of 4 (the garlic here is huge)
Difficulty Level: 2.5
Others: Recipe did not have hard-boiled eggs in it. Oh when I bought the pork it was already sliced.

Stir-fried ginger pork



Source: www.aromacookery.com

Ingredients:

400 gms pork loin or tenderloin
1/2 tbsp light soy sauce
1/2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp cornstarch
a few drops of sesame oil
a large knob of ginger, about 80 to 100 gms
2 tbsp vegetable oil
light soy sauce, about 2 tbsp or to taste*
water, about 150 ml or just enough to cover the pork

Instructions:

1. Cut pork against the grain into thin slices.
2. Marinate for at least half an hour with 1/2 tbsp light soy sauce, 1/2 tbsp sugar, 1 tsp cornstarch, and a few drops of sesame oil.
3. Peel the ginger, slice thinly, and cut into fine strips.
4. Heat the wok till very hot. Add the oil and saute the ginger for about one minute, turning constantly.
5. Over moderately high heat, add the pork and stir-fry with the ginger. When the pork starts to change color, add light soy sauce and stir-fry to mix evenly.
6. Quickly pour in the water. When the mixture bubbles, immediately turn the fire off to prevent overcooking the pork. Serve with plain rice.

Braised pork loin steak


Source: www.aromacookery.com

Ingredients:

800g pork loin steak
1 tsp corn flour
1 small bowl chopped shallots
1 whole chopped garlic
5 bruised lemongrass
Some galangal, sliced or bruised
Light soy sauce and dark soy sauce to taste
Water

Instructions:

1. Fry shallots, garlice, galangal and lemongrass till fragrant.
2. Add pork (which has been tenderised with corn flour or with back of cleaver), sprinkle brown sugar generously.
3. When sugar has melted, add light and dark soy sauce.
4. Add just enough water to cover meat (not too much). When boiled, taste and add sugar and light soy sauce if necessary.
5. Cover and braise for 1 hour. Remove cover and if drier version is preferred, remove excess gravy and continue to fry pork on high heat, adding dark soy sauce to make pork darker.
6. Cut pork into bite-sized pieces before serving.

Coca-cola charsiew pork ribs



Source: M4M

Ingredients:

600g prime ribs
2 tbsp charsiew sauce
Corn flour
1 can coca-cola

Instructions:

1. Marinate pork ribs with charsiew sauce and corn flour for 2-3 hours. Fry.
2. Add a can of coca-cola.
3. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
4. Remove cover, cook on higher heat till gravy almost dries up.

Steamed Seabass Hongkong Style


Source: Lai Eng

Ingredients:
1 seabass/pomfret
Ginger (thin shreds)
Fish sauce
Oil
Sugar
Spring onion (thin shreds)

Method:
1. Place fish on a heat-resistant dish. Place ginger on top of fish. I love ginger, hence the generous amount seen above. Steam for 15 minutes.
2. Remove liquid/sauce from dish. Set aside.
3. Boil oil (amount depends on your taste).
4. Pour oil over entire length of fish (be careful, oil may splatter).
5. Sprinkle some sugar. Add spring onion.
7. Add fish sauce.

Easy-Peasy Salmon



Ingredients:
2 fillets of fresh boneless salmon
Olive oil
Tomato (optional)
Spring onion
Water

Seasoning
Dark soy sauce
Maggi Seasoning
Balsamic Vinegar
Lea & Perrins
Dry sherry cooking wine (Hua Tiow Chiew can be used as well)
Sugar to taste

Garnishing
Coriander (optional)

Method:
1. Heat up olive oil. Pan fry salmon.
2. Add dash of dark soy sauce, maggi seasoning, balsamic vinegar, lea & perrins and cooking wine.
3. Let the sauce seep into the salmon. Sprinkle sugar on salmon.
4. Wash and cut tomatoes (optional) and spring onion.
5. Turn salmon over to cook other side.
6. Add tomatoes and spring onion. Add a bit of water (more if you prefer more gravy). Simmer.
7. Garnish with coriander before serving.

Steamed eggs (with coriander and ham)



Ingredients:
4 eggs (add or reduce as required)
Slightly less than 4 eggshells of hot water (water is proportionate to number of eggs)
Chopped coriander (optional)
Sliced ham (optional)
Salt to taste
Light soy sauce to taste
Pepper to taste

Method:
1. Place cloth inside a big pot of water. Cover pot and boil.
2. Chop coriander and cut a few pieces of ham (or sausage, I happened to have ham I wanted to use)
3. Break eggs into a big bowl. Swirl with a pair of chopsticks (try not to do this too hard, so as to minimise bubbles). Add water and continue to swirl till evenly mixed. Add salt to taste.
4. Add coriander and ham, swirl.
5. Cover bowl tightly with aluminium foil or a metal cover and place inside pot. Cover pot and boil for 25-30 minutes.
6. To serve, add light soy sauce, pepper if required.

Waitrose's baked salmon with ginger


Source: Waitrose

Ingredients:
2 fillets of fresh boneless salmon
1 tbsp ginger (chopped)
1 clove garlic (finely-chopped)
Half a lemon
Chopped coriander
Olive oil
Balsamic vinegar
Water cress


Method:
1. Preheat oven to 200°C, gas mark 6. Place salmon on a piece of foil.
2. Sprinkle evenly with chopped ginger and garlic. Squeeze juice of half a lemon over salmon and sprinkle with chopped coriander.
3. Wrap loosely in foil and bake for 13-15 minutes.
4. Serve with watercress, dressed with a drizzle of olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

Braised chicken with onion (Difficulty: 2)



1. Heat 2 tbs oil, fry 1 tsp minced garlic and a few slices of ginger till fragrant. Stir in sliced large yellow onion and fry till slightly soft.
2. Add chicken and fry well.
3. Add 1 tbs oyster sauce, 1 tsp dark soy sauce, a big of rock sugar, 1 tsp hua tiow chiew and 1/2 cup water.
4. Braise over medium heat for 10 mins.
5. Lower heat and simmer for 20 mins (covered). Add salt and pepper to taste.
6. Add spring onions as garnishing if desired. Add 1 tsp sesame oil before serving.

Adhe's oxtail soup

Source: Adhe (Indonesian buddy I met in Frankfurt)

Ingredients:
6 pieces oxtails
5 slices garlic
5 shallots
Tomato
Carrot
Onion
Pepper

1. Boil oxtail with salt.
2. Fry garlic and shallots till fragrant.
3. Add too oxtail soup. Add tomato, carrot, and onion.
4. Pepper to taste.

REVIEW:

When cooked: Long time ago, in Frankfurt
Which meal: Lunch
Missing ingredients: Nil
Exchanged ingredients: Nil
Difficulty Level: 3
Others: It was lots nicer when I ate this at Adhe's place.

Wendy's fried ginger liver

Source: Wendy Aw

Ingredients:
Ginger
Garlic
Spring onion
Dark soy sauce
Light soy sauce
Wine
Sesame oil
Pepper
Sugar

Method:

1. Fry ginger and garlic and spring onion.
2. Add liver (liver cut into small pieces).
3. Add wine, light ss, dark ss
4. Add sugar and water to taste.
5. Add sesame oil and pepper when done.

Beef rendang

Source: Various

Ingredients:
1 kg beef, cubed
2 serai, crushed
2 daun kunyit
3 daun jeruk
3 daun salam
1 tbsp asam jawa
1 to 1.5 l coconut milk
salt to taste

Blend (A)
10 fresh chillies (5 if from Toom)
2.5 cm ginger
2.5 cm kunyit or 1 tsp turmeric powder
2.5 cm lengkuas/galanggal
10 shallots
5 cloves garlic

Instructions:
1. Tumis A with crushed serai/lemongrass, daun kunyit/turmeric leaves, and other leaves (optional) till fragrant. I recently added a few kaffir lime leaves.
2. Add coconut milk. Recipe calls for 1.5l, but 1 l should be enough.
3. Add 1 tbs asam jawa and salt, boil.
4. Add beef.
5. Cook on very low fire till meat turns dark brown (5 hours) and there's very little gravy. If you don't find it sweet enough, add some palm sugar.

Dawn's baked chicken wings



Source: Dawn Wu

Ingredients:

8 chicken wings
4 Tbsp light soy sauce
2 Tbsp wine
1 Tbsp honey
Spring Onion
1 tbsp sugar (optional)

Instructions:
1. Marinate wings with all ingredients, bake at 200 degrees.

Karen's baked chicken wings

Source: Karen Tan

Ingredients:
6 chicken wings
Pepper
Salt
2 Tbsp curry powder
1 tsp coriander powder
2 Tbsp tomato sauce
Oil

Instructions:
1. Marinade chicken with pepper, salt, curry powder, coriander powder, tomato sauce.
2. Rub oil on chicken before baking at 200 degrees.

IF Recipe

Grilled Miso Chicken



Ingredients:-

500g chicken thigh fillets (about 3 - 4 pieces)

3 tbsp miso paste
1 tsp sesame oil
150ml hot water


Method:-

1) Dissolve miso paste in hot water then add sesame oil.
2) Pour miso mix over chicken and marinate in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
3) Preheat oven to 200 C and bake for about 20 minutes or till cooked.
4) With skin upwards, switch to grill function and grill for another 5 - 10 mins or till skin appear brown.


Note:-

1) For better browning effect, spray / apply a little butter over the skin.

Perfect Roast Beef



Ingredients (Serves 6):-

1 - 1.5 kg beef striploin or ribeye roast
1 tbsp coarse sea salt
1 tbsp ground black pepper
2 tbsp olive oil


Method:-

1) Remove beef from fridge at least 30 minutes beforehand.
2) Preheat oven to 180 C.
3) Mix salt, pepper and olive oil in a bowl. Rub seasoning into the beef and place it in a roasting tin with an oven-proof meat thermometer inserted into its thickest part.
4) Slip the tray into the oven and start cooking. Cooking time varies from 1 - 1.5 hours depending on how you want your beef.
5) When done, remove from oven and let meat rest for 10 minutes before carving.


Note:-

1) Very Rare - 49 C - blood red in the centre and barely warm.
2) Rare - 52 C - red in the centre and warm throughout
3) Medium Rare - 55 C to 57 C - pinkish red in the centre and fairly hot
4) Medium - 60 C to 63 C - pink in the centre, greyish brown surrounding, hot throughout.
5) Medium Well - 66 C to 68 C - greyish brown centre, only a trace of pink.
6) Well Done - 71 C - grey in the centre.
7) Because you are roasting a whole piece of beef, you will get different doneness depending on which part of the beef you cut. The outer pieces will be more cooked compared to those in the middle.

Chill Tofu with Century Egg & Pork Floss



Ingredients:-

1 packet silken tofu
1 century egg, boiled and diced
Pork floss
1 tbsp light soya sauce
1 1/2 tsp sesame oil
3/4 tsp chilli oil (optional)


Method:-

1) Mix all sauces together and set aside.
2) Slice tofu thinly onto a serving plate.
3) Pour sauce mixture onto and around the sliced tofu.
4) Top it off with century egg and pork floss. Serve immediately.

Mini Pizza



Ingredients:-

Pizza base:

English muffins
Tomato paste


Pizza toppings (choose any):

Canned pineapple rings, cut into bite size
Capsicum (Red, Yellow), cut into short strips
Cherry tomatoes, sliced
Chicken or pork franks, sliced
Fresh button mushrooms, sliced
Frozen mixed vegetables / Corn kernels
Ham, cut into short strips

Shredded mozzarella cheese (or any cheese of your choice)


Method:-

1) Prepare all desired toppings and set aside.
2) Split muffins into two and spread tomato paste onto each halved muffin.
3) Add desired toppings and sprinkle shredded cheese generously over the topping ingredients.
4) Place the pizzas on a baking tray and bake for 10 mins at 220 C until the cheese melts and turns light brown.
5) Remove and serve pipping hot.

Steamed Minced Pork with Tung Choy on Tofu



Ingredients:-

1 tbsp preserved cabbage (tung choy)
200g minced pork
1 packet silken tofu
Frozen mix vegetables (optional)
1/2 tbsp cornflour, mixed with 1 tbsp water


Seasoning for minced pork:

1 tbsp light soy sauce
A pinch of salt and sugar
A dash of pepper
A few drops of sesame oil
1 tbsp cornflour


Sauce:

1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp oil
1 cup water
Salt and sugar to taste


Method:-

1) Rinse preserved cabbage well to rid of excess salt and dirt. Drain well and chop finely.
2) Combine minced pork, preserved cabbage and all seasoning ingredients. Mix well and divide into eight portions.
3) Half tofu length-wise then quarter it. Lay tofu pieces on a heat proof tray then place a portion of meat on top. Steam over high heat for 15 minutes.
4) Meanwhile, prepare combine all the sauce ingredients in a small pot. Bring to boil for 3 minutes, add mix vegetables. Add salt and sugar to taste, followed by the cornflour mixture and stir well.
5) When tofu is ready, remove from steamer and pour away any water accumulated. Pour sauce over tofu and serve immediately.


Note:-

1) Can reduce the mince pork if prefer to eat lesser meat.

Stir-Fried Asparagus n Mushrooms



Ingredients:-

200g asparagus, cut into 5-cm lengths
100g oyster mushrooms
100g portobello mushrooms
2 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp Hua Tiao wine

Oil
A dash of pepper


Method:-

1) Heat some oil and fry asparagus over high heat for 1 - 2 minutes and set aside.
2) Add more oil if necessary, ass mushrooms and stir-fry over high heat for 1 minute.
3) Add asparagus and fry for another minute. Add oyster sauce, wine and pepper. Toss well and serve.


Note:-

1) For variation, you can add in some prawns or scallops.

Sweet n Sour Hawthorn Berry Pork



Ingredients:-

300g hawthorn berry snack
50g water
50g lemon juice

250g pork neck meat
2.5g five spice powder
A pinch of salt
A pinch of sugar
1 egg
150g corn flour

100g Sarawak pineapple
50g green capsicum
50g zucchini


Method:-

1) Chop hawthorn snack into small pieces. Mix with water and lemon juice and melt it in a bowl over boiling water. Stir constantly and add more water if necessary during the melting process.
2) Cut pork into bite size pieces and marinate with the spices, salt, sugar.
3) Coat marinated pork with egg and corn flour until the pork is not sticky to the fingers and deep-fry in hot oil till crispy and golden brown.
4) Cut pineapple, capsicum and zucchini into small cubes.
5) Pour sauce in the wok and bring it to a boil. Add in deep-fried pork and garnishes. Give it a quick stir and serve immediately.

Fresh Blueberry Mousse



Ingredients:-

2 - 3 sugar roll

250g fresh blueberries
1 lemon (extract juice only)
2 tbsp icing sugar

3 egg whites
110g icing sugar
a pinch of cream of tartar

3 tsp gelatin powder
2 tbsp cold water

125ml thicken cream
125ml light sour cream
100g fresh blueberries (optional)


Method:-

1) Cut sugar rolls to desired thicknest and lay them onto the base of serving bowls or cups.
2) Place blueberries with lemon juice and 2 tbsp of icing sugar into the blender. Blend until the berries become a puree.
3) Beat egg whites with cream of tartar till large bubbles form then gradually add in the additional sugar. Whip till stiff peaks form.
4) Whip thicken cream till double in volume then gradually add in the light sour cream and mix well.
5) Fold in the blueberry pureed, followed by egg whites and the additional blueberries.
6) In a bowl, sprinkle gelatine over the cold water and simmer bowl in a small pot till gelatine dissolves. Allow to cool for 3 minutes before adding to blueberry mixture.
7) Pour mixture over prepared bowls or cups and chilled till set.
8) Decorate mousse with any remaining blueberries and pomagranate seeds. Dust with icing sugar before serving.


Note:-

1) The taste of lemon is quite strong though it compliments with the blueberry very well. Reduce the juice used ff you don't like the strong taste of lemon.

Red Wine & Orange Marinated Lamb Cutlets



Ingredients (Serves 4):-

12 lamb cutlets
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup red wine
3 tbsp raspberry jam
1 tbsp orange juice
1 tbsp Dijon mastard
2 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced
6 springs thyme
1/4 tsp ground black pepper
1/4 tsp salt


Method:-

1) Place all ingredients except the lamb cutlets in a bowl and mix well.
2) Arrange lamb cutlets in a single layer on a baking dish.
3) Remove garlic from marinate, pour marinade over lamb cutlets. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
4) Allow the lamb cutlets to come to room temperature before cooking them.
5) Cook the cutlets on a non-stick pan on both sides, basting with the marinade, until just pink in the centre.
6) Allow meat to rest for at least 5 minutes before serving.
7) Pour remaining marinade onto the pan. Gentle heat it till it bubbles and thickens. Stir or gently scrape the pan so that any charred bits are loosened to flavour the sauce. Serve sauce in a bowl together with the cutlets.


Notes:-

1) Keep the garlic in marinade if you prefer a stronger garlic taste.
2) Use low or medium heat to cook cutlets. Allow the cutlets to cook for 3 - 4 minutes on one side or till you see blood oozing out on surface before flipping over. Meanwhile, control the fire if necessary.

Egg Tofu & Prawn with Luffa Egg Gravy



Ingredients:-

1/4 cup chicken stock
250g prawns, shelled and de-veined
2 tube of egg tofu, sliced into 2 cm pieces
1 luffa, halved and sliced thinly
1 egg, beaten

Olive oil / Corn oil

A dash of pepper
Corn flour

Method:-

1) Mix corn flour and pepper. Coat tofu with flour mixture.
2) Pan or deep fry tofu until all sides are golden brown. Set aside.
3) Heat up some oil, give the prawns a quick stir and remove.
4) Add luffa and chicken stock, simmer for 10 mins. Add in the prawns then the egg and cook for further 5 mins (it should look like soft omelette in gravy).
5) Arrange tofu plate and then pour luffa and egg mixture over. Serve immediately.

Stir-Fried Shiitake with Prawn, Snow Peas and XO Sauce



Ingredients:-

12 snow peas
1 small carrot, peeled and thinly sliced
8 shiitake mushrooms, rinsed
8 prawns, peeled with tails intact
2 tbsp XO sauce
1 tbsp light soy sauce
2 tbsp Hua Tiao wine
2 tbsp oil

A dash of sesame oil


Method:-

1) Heat oil in a frying pan. Add snow peas and carrots and toss for 1 minute.
2) Add shiitake mushrooms and prawns and fry for another 2 - 3 minutes or until prawns are cooked.
3) Add XO sauce, soy sauce and wine. Toss well.
4) Add sesame oil and remove from heat.

Pork Ribs with Pickled Plums



Ingredients:-

300g pork spare ribs
1 tbsp mashed salted soya beans
1 tbsp finely sliced ginger
2 pickled plums
1 tbsp corn starch

Pinch of sugar
1 red chilli, sliced


Method:-

1) Mash pickled plums and mix with mashed salted soya beans into a rough paste. Add pinch of sugar in.
2) Marinate spare ribs with mixture, ginger slice and corn starch. Mix well and set aside.
3) Sprinkle sliced chilli on top of the ribs and steam over high heat for 15 mintues.

Minced Pork on Tofu



Ingredients:-

100g minced pork
1 packet silken tofu
1 tbsp oil
1 tbsp salted soya bean
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp Hua Tiao wine


Method:-

1) Marinate pork with salted soya beans, sugar and Hua Tiao wine.
2) Blanch silken tofu in hot wated for 30 seconds and drains.
3) Heat up oil then add minced pork and fry quickly over high heat for 1 minute.
4) Remove from fire and place minced pork on the tofu.


Note:-

1) Alternatively, you can use minced chicken instead of minced pork for this dish.

Fried Beans with XO Sauce Pork



Ingredients:-

400g french beans
200g minced pork
1 tbsp light soy sauce
4 tbsp oil
1 tbsp chopped tung chai (preserved salted cabbage)
2 tbsp Hua Tiao wine

Dash of sesame oil
Pepper to taste
XO sauce


Method:-

1) Wash beans and cut into 5 cm lengths.
2) Mix pork with say sauce and pepper and set aside.
3) Heat 3 tbsp of oil over medium high heat. Add beans and stir fry until beans are lightly browned and wrinkled. Drain on paper towels.
4) Add remaining oil into pan. Add tung chai and fry for 30 seconds. Add pork and fry for 2 - 3 mins or until port is cooked. Add beans and toss well. Add wine, sesame oil and XO sauce. Remove from heat and serve.

Lemon Baked Chicken



Ingredients:-

8 chicken mid wings
1 lemon

salt and black pepper to season


Method:-

1) Season mid-wings with salt and plenty of black pepper. Marinate for at least 1 hour.
2) Cut lemon into wedges, remove though core.
3) Mix lemon wedges and chicken together. Place chicken in a shallow baking tray spreading out in a single layer.
4) Baked in 220C for 15 mintues and grill for another 5 minutes to crisp the chicken.


Note:-

1) If you prefer a stronger lemon flavour, give the wedges a little squeeze before mixing.

Spinach with White Bait



Ingredients:-

Spinach, roots trimmed
Dried white bait fish

Salt and Pepper to taste


Method:-

1) Give the dried white bait fish a rinse and dry it.
2) Heat up a wok, add a little oil and fry the fish until crisp. Alternatively, you can use a non-stick pan and dry roast the fish. Set fish aside.
3) Cut spinach into segments. Seperate out the stems and leaves.
4) Heat up oil in a wok, throw in the stems and give it a quick stir until the stems turn color. Add in the leaves and fry till leaves wilt.
5) Add a little water and seasoning. Give a quick stir and allow water to reduce.
6) Place spinach and sprinkle fried white bait on top. Serve.


Note:-

1) You may want to go easy on the dried white bait because it can be quite salty if too much is added. However if you have excess, store the remaining in an air tight container. It is nice to eat it on its own or can be used as toppings to fried rice or other stir fried vegetables.

Grilled Miso Chicken



Ingredients (Serves 3):-

3 chicken thighs fillet with skin (about 450g)

2 tbsp miso paste
1 tsp sesame oil
100ml hot water

PAM cooking spray


Method:-

1) Stir miso paste with hot water to dissolve it. Add sesame oil.
2) Put chicken pieces in a deep dish or plastic container and add marinade to it.
3) Cover and leave in the fridge to marinate for at least 2 hours.
4) Preheat oven to 200C and bake for 10 mintues.
5) Spray a laying of oil on chicken skin and using grill function to grill for another 5 minutes or less. Stop grilling once skin is browned.


Note:-

1) I've served my grilled chicken with rice, egg and baked beans ... abit like those western food sold in coffee shop.
2) Alternatively, you can serve this as a dish together with your other meal dishes.

Chicken Mushroom Potato Bake



Ingredients (serves 4):-

6 - 8 chicken thigh fillets, cut into 2 cm chunks
4 - 5 portabella mushrooms, sliced thickly (can use fresh button/brown mushrooms)
1 carrot, peeled and diced
2 hard-boiled eggs, sliced thickly
1 tbsp olive oil
4 large or 8 medium waxy potatoes
1 can cream of mushroom soup
Black pepper to taste
Dried thyme leaves
Mozerella Cheese
Cooking spray


Method:-

1) Boil potatoes until cooked, peel the skin and roughly slice.
2) Heat up olive oil in pan and sear mushrooms over high heat. Add carrots and then chicken, stir-frying over high heat. Sprinkle black pepper and continue to fry till chicken is almost cooked.
3) Add the can of soup and turn down to medium heat. Mix until soup is melted down. Turn off heat.
4) Pour 1/2 the chicken mixture in a deep dish or pie tin. Arrange egg slices of 1 egg on top of chicken mixture. Sprinkle desired amount of moozerella cheese then spread a layer of potatoes on top of the mixture.
5) Pour the remaining 1/2 of the chicken mixture, arrange egg layer with the other egg then top with the remaining potatoes.
6) Sprinkle some dried thyme leaves over the potato surface. Evenly coat the potato surface with cooking spray.
7) Bake in a hot 220 deg C oven for 15 minutes until potatoes get a nice golden crust. Serve with crusty bread.

Prawn, Mango, Pineapple Salad



Ingredients:-

3 - 4 prawns
1 mango, peeled & cubed
1 small canned pineapples, diced
1 small japanese cucumber, diced

Lettuce leaves for garnish
Mango Puree


Method:-

1) Blanch prawns in a pot of boiling water. Remove from heat. Cool prawns before removing shell and slice prawn into 1/2 length-wise.
2) In a bowl, add mango, pineapple and cucumber. Toss them to mix them well.
3) Place lettuce leaves on serving plate. Scope a few spoonful of salad onto the leaves. Place prawns on top of the salad.
4) Drizzle some mango puree sauce over salad.


Note:-
1) For mango puree, I've used ready made ones bought from Phoon Huat.

Baked Chicken Fillet w Cream Herb Sauce



Ingredient:-
(serve 2)

250g chicken breast fillet
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
200ml of thicken cream
1 tsp dried coriander


Method:-

1) Marinate chicken fillet with oyster sauce, salt, pepper for at least 15 minutes.
2) Heat up a non-stick pan and spray some cooking oil (or butter) in it. Place chicken fillet in pan and sear each side till browned.
3) Remove from pan and placed on a baking dish.
4) Heat cream and coriander for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Pour over chicken fillet and bake for 20 minutes at 180C.
5) Serve with desired sides or see below for Prawn, Mango, Pineapple Salad.

Chilled Mango Cheesecake



Ingredients:-

Sponge
250 Optima Flour
2 tsp ovalette
4 eggs (cold)
2 tbsp cold water
1/2 tsp vanilla
45ml corn oil

Mango Filling
200g cream cheese
1 tbsp vanilla essences
55g sugar
200g mango puree
1 tbsp gelatin
3 tbsp boiling water
200ml whipping cream
2 tbsp icing sugar

1 mango (cubed)

Mango Puree Topping
100g mango puree
2 tsp gelatin
3 tbsp boiling water


Method:-
1) Preheat oven to 180C. Grease and flour a 9-inch square cake tray.
2) Beat all ingredients except oil till thick and creamy.
3) Add in oil and mix well.
4) Bake for about 15 mins.
5) Remove cake from tray immediately onto a baking paper.
6) Allow to cool for awhile before turning it over and remove the baking paper. Cool completely before slicing the sponge into 1/2 horizontally.
7) Whip whipping cream with 2 tbsp icing sugar till about 70% stiff or mousse state, keep chilled.
8) Dissolve gelatine powder in 3 tbsp boiling water. Keep warm but not hot for use later. Heat it up in the microwave for about 8 - 10 sec if it cools off.
9) Cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla essences together till smooth and creamy.
10) Add the warm gelatin solution to mango puree and blend well.
11) Stir mango puree mixture into cheese mixture and combine till well mixed. Blend in the whipped cream. Stir in the cube mango pieces.
12) Place a 7 x 7 inch cake ring over a cake board. Place a layer of sponge at the bottom (trim the sides to fit into the ring).
13) Pour 1/2 the cheese mixture onto sponge. Spread out evenly.
14) Place the other layer of sponge on top of the filling and pour the remainder cheese mixture onto the sponge. Spread evenly. Chill for at least an hour.
15) Dissolve gelatin powder with 2 tbsp boiling water and stir this into mango puree. Pour topping gently onto chilled cheesecake. Chill for at least 3 hours before serving.


Note:-

1) To remove the cake ring, place a thin knife in a cup of hot water. Dap dry the knife and slice along the edges. Keep repeating till all sides are 'cut'.
2) For mango puree, I've used ready made ones bought from Phoon Huat.

Hainanese Pork Chop



Ingredients:-

500g pork loin
Breadcrumbes for coating
Potato flour, mixed with a little water
2 tomatoes, cut into small wedges


Marinate for pork loin:
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
A dash of pepper
A dash of 5-spice powder
A few drops of sesame oil
1 tbsp cornflour
1 egg


Sauce mix:
1/2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
6 tbsp tomato sauce
2 tbsp sugar
4 tbsp water
1/2 tbsp vinegar
Frozen mix vegetables
A few drops of sesame oil


Method:-

1) Tenderise pork loin by using a tenderiser or the back of a chopper.
2) Mix pork with marinade and set aside for at least 30 minutes.
3) Coat pork with breadcrumbs and deep fry till golden brown.
4) In a non-stick pan, give the mix vegetables a quick stir. Add in tomatoes.
5) Add in sauce ingredients and bring mixture to a boil. Thicken with potato starch.
6) Pour sauce over the crispy pork and serve immediately.

Lemon Pepper Baked Fish


Ingredients:-

2 snapper loin or any other fish fillets
1/2 lemon
Dash of salt
Dash of cracked pepper
Dash of dried basil leaves


Method:-

1) Marinate fish fillet with salt, pepper, basil leaves and juice from 1/2 lemon.
2) Heat a frying pan with butter and brown both sides of fish fillets.
3) Place in an oven proof ware and bake fish for about 10 - 15 mins or till cooked in a preheated oven at 200 C. Cover baking dish with foil to prevent the fish from drying up.
4) Served with desired side dishes.

Thousand Layered Tofu with Pork Floss



Indregients:-

1 Silken Tofu (for cold dish or miso soup)
2 tsp Miso paste
6 tsp Mirin
2 tbsp Water

Pork floss


Method:-

1) Dry tofu as much as possible with kitchen towel.
2) Cut tofu thinly, length wise.
3) Place 1 layer on a plate and sprikle pork floss generously. Repeat step till all layers are used.
4) When complete, leave it in the fridge & keep chill.
5) Dilute miso paste with water. Mix well.
6) Add in mirin.
7) Pour miso mixture over tofu just before serving.


Notes:-

1) I've cut the tofu using a sponge cake cutter.
2) Miso mixture is based on estimation. Adjust according to taste.

Tiramisu



Ingredients:-

Cake Base
24 sponge fingers

Syrup
45 ml water
45 ml milk
30 ml Bailey's
1 tsp rum essence
1/4 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 tbsp chocolate syrup

Cream
450 g mascarpone cheese
450 g liquid whipping cream
200 g sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
30 ml Bailey's



Method:-

1) Roast the sponge fingers in the oven at 160°C for about 5 minutes.
2) Add 1/2 of the sugar to the whipping cream and whip it till moose state. Place in the refrigerator.
3) Add the remaining 1/2 of the sugar to cheese and mix till smooth
4) Combine whipped cream, cheese mixture. Add vanilla essence and the Bailey's.
5) For the syrup, place all the ingredients into a measuring cup and warm 30 seconds in the microwave.
6) Place a 7" x 7" cake ring on a cake board.
7) Arrange a layer of sponge fingers on the bottom. Sprinkle or spray syrup on the sponge fingers. Wet the sponge fingers to your liking (not using more than 1/2 the syrup).
8) Take a tea strainer and powder the fingers with cocoa. Next, take 1/2 of the cream and pour all over the top of the powdered fingers. Spread the cream all over the surface.
9) Repeat steps 7 & 8.
10) Level well and sprinkle plenty with cocoa. Refrigerate over night.

Mini Steamed Egg White Marble Cake



Ingredients:-

500g egg white
60g evaporated milk
1 tbsp vanilla essence
150g melted butter
225g castor sugar
300g top flour
1 tbsp ovalette
1 tsp chocolate emulco


Method:-

1) Beat egg whites at high speed. Add sugar bit by bit once the egg whites turns bubbly. Continue beating till soft peaks.
2) Using low speed, add in flour, evaporated milk and ovalette. Mix well.
3) Add melted butter and mix till well blend.
4) Split batter equally into 2 parts and add chocolate emulco in one of the splited batter.
5) Using baking cups, scoop 1 spoon of orignal batter into the centre, continue with 1 spoon of the chocolate mixture. Repeat the steps till the cup is about 80% filled.
6) Steam on high heat for about 15 minutes or till done.


Note:-

1) The original recipe uses more than 2 colour. If desired, split the batter into equal amounts and mix in desired colours.
2) If desired, cake could be steamed as a whole cake. Be sure to grease baking pan before adding the batter and steam for 30 minutes or till done.
3) The vanilla taste is quite distinct. Hence if you are not much of a vanilla lover, try reducing the amount of vanilla essence.

Japanese Cheese Cake



Ingredients:-

250g cream cheese
50g butter
100ml fresh milk

60g superfine flour / plain flour
20g corn flour
6 egg yolks
1 tbsp lemon juice
¼ tsp salt

6 egg whites
¼ tsp cream of tartar
140g fine granulated / caster sugar


Method:-

1) Melt cream cheese, butter and milk in a bowl over a pot of water.
2) Cool the mixture.
3) Beat in egg yolks and lemon juice. Fold in flour and mix well.
4) Whisk egg white with cream of tartar until foamy.
5) Add in the sugar and whisk until soft peaks form.
6) Pour into a lined cake pan.
7) Bake in a water bath for 1 hrs 10 mins or until set or golden brown at 160C.


Note:-

1) To make bite size pieces, I've halved the recipe and baked mine in a 9" x 9" cake pan.

Mango with Sago



Ingredients:-

(Serving size 5 - 6)

300g mango cut in cubes
500ml mango juice
1/4 cup of evaporated milk
100g sago

Pomelo / Nata De Coco / Aloe Vera


Method:-

1) Soak sago pearls for 10 mintues in boiling water. Turn off fire and cover pot and leave it for another 10 mintues. Discard water and rinse in ice cold water and drain well. Set aside for use later.
2) Cut the mango length-wise on both sides then cube it. Save the remaining for later use.
3) Use 1/2 the amount of juice and puree it together with the remaining mango. Set aside.
4) Add pureed mango, mango cubes and remaining mango juice in a serving bowl. Ass evaporated milk and pomelo / nata de coco / aloe vera.
5) Mix well and chilled before serving.


Note:-

1) Add more mango juice if you find mixture too thick
2) Alternative, you can add some sugar syrup instead. To get sugar syrup, dissolve 50g of sugar with 125ml of water over low heat. Dissolve 1/2 tbsp of corn flour to 1/2 tbsp of water and add to sugar water when sugar dissolved. Set to cool before use.
3) The amount of pomelo, nata de coco or aloe vera to add it purely up to individual preference.

Sago Pudding



Ingredients:-

200g Sago
Water, enough to cover sago

200g Gula Melaka
150g Water
250ml Coconut Milk


Method:-

1) Use a medium pot and fill 3/4 of the pot with water. Bring water to boil.
2) Pour sago into boiling water and stir continuously while cooking.
3) Boil with medium for 10 mintues.
4) Turn fire off and place cover over the pot. Let sago 'cook' in the pot for another 10 mintues.
5) Remove the cover and give sago a stir to check all had become transparent.
6) Pour sago over a sieve and rinse under cold water till cooled totally.
7) Scope sago and place into moulds / bowls. Chill it till ready to be served.
8) Chop gula melaka into pieces. Place in a pot with water and bring mixture to boil till sugar dissolve. Leave to cool.
9) Serve sago pudding with cooled gula melaka syrup and coconut milk.

Jan Hagel [a Dutch Almond Cookie]



Ingredients:-

Biscuit
100 gram sugar
2 egg yolks
250 gram butter
250 gram plain flour
50 gram corn flour
2 tbsp milk powder

Topping
2 egg yolks
4 tbsp sugar
50 gram slivered almond


Method:-

1) Beat the butter and sugar until soft. Add the egg yolks and bit again until soft. Add the plain flour, corn flour & milk powdered that have been sifted in together.
2) Flatten out the dough on biscuit sheet/tin (35cm x 25cm). Bake for about 20 minutes at 170C. Take it out and cut into 3 x 5cm pieces.
3) Brush the egg yolk on the biscuit then sprinkle on the mixture of sugar & almond. Bake further for approx 15 minutes or until the biscuits are cooked through.

Apple Crumble Pie




Ingredients:-

The crust
125g butter
225g plain flour
1/2 beaten egg

The apple filling
3-4 apples, peeled, cored and sliced
2 tbsp brown sugar
sprinkles of cinnamon powder
some water
1/2 tbsp corn flour

The crumble
70 - 80g butter
1 cup self-raising flour
4tbsp sugar


Method:-

1) Make filling first by cooking the apples with the rest of the ingredients with some water. Add cornflour to thicken.
2) Make the crust by combining the butter, flour and egg to form into a dough. Press dough on to a pie pan.
3) Bake at preheated oven of 180C for about 8mins (or till the base is dry).
4) For the crumble, gently rub the butter and flour to form into crumbs and add sugar and mix well.
5) After crust is baked, pour in the apple filling and sprinkle top with the crumble.
6) Bake at 200C for about 30 - 45 mins or till crust is nicely browned.
Note:-
1) I've used 3 China Fuji apples for this pie and found it just right.

Melting Moments



Ingredients:-

250 g Butter (unsalted)
55 - 60 g
Icing sugar
225 g Plain flour
75 g Corn flour
Pinch of salt


Method:-

1) Pre-heat the oven to 180C.
2) Sift icing sugar, set aside.
3) Sift together plain flour and corn flour, set aside.
4) Beat butter, icing sugar and pinch of salt using mixer until light and fluffy.
5) Stir in sifted flours.
6) Take rounded teaspoon of dough and roll it into a ball with you palm. Place the balls about 3cm apart on a baking tray. (Alternatively, you can place the soft dough into a piping bag fitted with fluted tube to pipe it)
7) Use a fork to flatten the balls.
8) Bake in the pre-heated oven for about 15 mins.
9) Cool on wire racks.


Note:-

1) As you notice, the main ingredient in this recipe is BUTTER ... so use butter that gives nice buttery smell and taste to get great tasting cookies.

Chilled Bean Curd (豆花)



Ingredients:-

500 g Soya Bean ( Soak for 5 -6 hours )
2875 ml Water
125 ml Evaporatd milk
1 tbsp Agar agar power
2 tbsp Sugar
Pandan leaves 3 - 4 pcs


Method:-

1) Liquidize the soya bean with 2000mls of water and sieve twice with "cotton bag ". Top up with water to get 2875 mls of soya milk.
2) Dissolve the agar agar power with 500 mls of soya milk.
3) Pour in to the remaining soya milk, sugar and mix well.
4) Boil with pandan leaves till boil (stir constantly) and continue to simmer for another 10 mins over low heat.
5) Add in the evaporated milk, stir well (DO NOT BOIL) remove and leave to cool slightly for 5 mins.
6) Scoop out the bubbles and the bean curd skin.
7) Pour into container and leave to set.
8) After 10 mins scoop out the bean curd skin in order to get a smooth surface.
9) When cool cover and chilled in the fridge till set.
10) Serve with sugar syrup or gula melaka syrup. Can be kept in the fridge for 3 to 4 days.


For sugar syrup recipes, you can use the following:-


Sugar Syrup

Castor sugar 300 gm
Water 360gm
Pandan leaves 3 - 4 pcs

Mix all and cook till boil, continue simmer for another 5 mins.


Gula Melaka Syrup

Gula melaka 150gm
Brown sugar 150gm
Castor sugar 50gm
water - adjust to suit own sweetness

Mix all and cook till boil, continue to simmer for 5 mins.


Note:-

1) I've halved the recipe when I made it ... just right for my family of 5.

Daifuku (Mochi)



Ingredients:-

Red bean paste
100g glutinous rice flour (for best result, use Jap Glutinous Rice Flour)
180cc water
50g sugar
Corn flour for dust


Method:-

1) Roll red bean paste into balls weighing about 8g each.
2) In a glass bowl, put glutinous rice flour + water mix well to paste, then add sugar and mix till dissolved.
3) Cover with plastic wrap and microwave for 2 minutes. It will be half cook remove and stir well. Cover and return to microwave for 30 sec, stir well (you may need to repeat this step for few time due to heat of individual microwave but each heating should not be more then 30 second at a time or you will over cook or burn it).
4) Use plastic wrap over the chopping board. Sprinkle some corn flour on top.
5) Cut enough dough to wrap round the red bean balls. Give a twist to seal/get rid of excess dough. Gentely press down to flaten a little.

Madeleines



Ingredients:-

2 eggs
100g sugar
100g flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
100g butter - melted and cool
lemon zest (optional, can be replaced by orange zest, chocolate chips etc)


Method:-

1) Beat the eggs with the sugar.
2) Mix it with the sifted flour and baking powder.
3) Add melted butter and lemon zest.
4) Leave the mixture for a few hours or overnight.
5) Heat oven at 180 degree C
6) Lightly grease madeleines pan
7) Put about 1 to 1 1/4 tablespoons (slightly more than half filled) of batter into Madeleines pan and bake them for 15 or 20 mins.
8) Once golden or brown, take it out from the oven and cool.

Chocolate Cheesecake



Ingredient:-

(A)
250g Cream Cheese
60g caster sugar
1 egg

(B)
180g butter
150g sugar
3 eggs
3tbsp cocoa powder
120g self raising flour
1tsp baking powder


Method:-
1) Beat ingredient A until fluffy
2) From ingredient B, beat butter and sugar, add in eggs one at a time. Add in remaining ingredients.
3) Using a 8' square tin, pour in half portion of (2). Then pour in (1). Pour the remaining portion of (2).
4) Baked in oven for 150C for 40 - 45 mins. Cool well then keep cake in refrigerator.

Soothing Pear and Snow Jelly Fungus Tonic



Ingredients:-

2 chinese snow pear (雪梨) or korean nashi pears
1 small piece dried snow jelly fungus (雪耳, 白木耳)
20g bitter and sweet apricot (南杏, 北杏)
honey to taste


Method:-

1) Wash pears and cut into half. Remove sour cores and trim hard stems.
2) Break up snow jelly fungus into small pieces and trim off woody root ends. (This would be easier if fungus is soaked in water till soften)
3) Add pears, fungus, apricot kernels into a large pot with about 2 litres water.
4) Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for an hour or longer.
5) Add honey to taste just before serving.

Steam Moist Chocolate Cake



Ingredients:-

Cake Layer

375 g butter or corn oil (use corn oil for softer cake)
2 cups of castor sugar
1 can of Evaporated Milk
4 Eggs lightly beaten with a folk
2 cups of Plain flour1 cup of Cocoa powder
1 tsp Baking powder
1 tsp Baking soda
1 tsp Vanilla Extract or 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla essence

Chocolate Topping

1 can of Condence milk
1 tsp of Vanilla extract or 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla essence
1/2 cup Corn oil
1/3 cup Cocoa powder,sifted
1/8 tsp Salt


Method:-

1) Combine castor sugar, evaporated milk, vanilla extract or essence and butter in a saucepan.
2) Stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved and butter is melted,off fire and keep warm. If using corn oil, mix everything and stir till well mixed.
3) Add the beaten eggs into the slightly cold evaporated milk mixture and stir till well mix.
4) Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda into a large mixing bowl then pour the eggs mixture over the flour and stir till well mix (cake batter should be runny).
5) Heat up the steamer. Lined and greased a 9 inch baking pan or 2 9'inch sandwich pan. Pour the batter into prepared pan and place the pans into the steamer and cover the top of the pan losely with a piece of aluminuim foil.
6) Steam over medium heat for 1 1/2 hour (45 mins for 1/2 recipe/ingredients).
7) Cool the cake in pan before turning out for further decoration.
8) Combine the sifted cocoa powder, condence milk and oil. Stir over low heat till thicken (stirring all the time).
9) Add in salt and vanilla extract or essence.
10) Cool the chocolate topping a little before spreading on the cooled cake.


Notes:-

1) This recipe yields a very big cake, so I suggest halving the amount.
2) With a metal spoon fluff up the flour in the bag,and lightly spoon it into the measuring cup while held over a sheet of waxed paper or the flour canister. Let the flour heap up and overflow. Do not tap or shake the cup to level it. When the flour is over the top,use the flat side of a knife or spatula to sweep off the excess flour so it is level with the top of the cup.
3) Chocolate topping tends to thicken if cooled too long. Top cake with topping while it is still runny. If prefer a less thick topping, add more corn oil to thin out the consistency.