adicto de alimento\*/ Soul Food to Mind

Kiam Chye Soup

2008-04-08T22:25:00.003+08:00

A light and refreshing soup. I am officially addicted to this sourish and salty soup base!!

INGREDIENTS:

3 pcs of salted mustard lettuce

Half portion of chicken

2 whole tomato

1 small bowl of sliced carrots

2 whole garlic

Pepper

DIRECTIONS:
- Cut the salted lettuce into quarter and soak in water for 1 hour. Keep replacing with new bowl of water.

- Add in the chicken after removing fats and skin to the boiling water.

- Add in the salted lettuce and carrot.

- Let it bowl for 30 mins before adding the tomato.

- Sprinkle a bit of pepper onto the soup before serving.

Busy busty busy

2008-02-19T22:23:00.001+08:00

hahaha...busy like bee....
this bee is busy absorbing the nectar from a flower named "korean series"...kakaka
Will update soon...
I have finally done SUSHI!! HAK!

My Garden Salad

2007-11-23T00:33:00.000+08:00

My 'joy' meal for the next 2 weeks. Basically you can add anything to it, carrots, potatoes, beancurd etc. Anythung with high fibre and protein with less carbo. I'm trying to find other salad recipes which uses lemon juice.

INGREDIENTS:

5-6 pcs of Iceberg lettuce
6 pcs of cherry tomatoes
1 stalk of celery
2 pcs of chicken ham
5 cm of spring onion (thinly sliced)
Thousand island salad sauce
Pepper

DIRECTIONS:

- Tear the iceberg lettuce into reasonable sizes and cut the celery into 5 cm stalk
- Place lettuce on a bowl and add celery and ham next
- Spread the cherry tomatoes around and garnishee with spring onion

- Finally pourdesired amount of thousand island sauce and pinch of pepper.

Long Bean Fried Egg

2007-10-09T11:29:00.000+08:00

One of my favourite dish. This serve really well with hot porridge or rice, even if you don't have the appetite to eat, this dish will surely add some perk to your taste bud. Even kids who are anti-vegetable fan will like dish.

INGREDIENTS

8-10 strands of long bean (finely sliced)
3 eggs (beaten)
2 cloves of garlic (diced)
1.5 tablespoons of oyster sauce
1 teaspoon of light soy sauce
Dash of pepper
Oil

DIRECTIONS

- Add the light soy sauce and pepper to the beaten egg. Stir well.
- Heat some oil on the wok and sautee the garlic. Toss in the long bean. Stir for 2 minutes
- Add in the oyster sauce
- Pour in the beaten egg and turn the wok around to make sure the long bean are covered with egg.
- Flip the egg over and serve when the egg is done.

Ayam Serai

2007-10-06T01:55:00.001+08:00

INGREDIENTS:

8 slices of chicken fillet (diced)
Half stalk of lemongrass (diced)
5 cloves of garlic (diced)
3 tablespoons of oyster sauce
1 teaspoon of sesame oil
Dash of pepper

DIRECTIONS:

- Mix all ingredients in a big bowl
- Marinate it for at least 30 mins
- Fry it for 10 mins and serve

*Optional - Use Seah's Spicy Chicken Frying Flour commonly sold in NTUC

DIY Ice Cream Cake

2007-10-06T01:19:00.000+08:00

Thanks to SuYin's recipe, i did this cake without baking, in celebration of my 6th year wedding anniversary. It's simple, fuss free and nothing beats a self made cake to someone you love!! Plus it's cheaper than to purchase from a bakery!! You can experience with any flavour of cake and ice cream.

INGREDIENTS:
2 Saralee Chocolate pound cake
100 ml of UHT Whipping Cream
half bar of Van Houten baking chocolate
1 tub of Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
1 punnet of fresh strawberries
1 heart shape baking tin

DIRECTIONS:

- Boil a pot of hot water and place a metal bowl on it & switch off fire
- Put in whipping cream and chocolate bar. Stir slowly.
- Wash and drain the strawberries, use a kitchen towel if necessary
- Cut 3-4 pieces of strawberries into slices
- Use the remaining strawberries and coat 3/4 into the melting chocolate and put in the fridge for 10 minutes
- Cut the pound cake into 1cm slices and layer it according to the baking tin
- Add ice cream as the first layer, use a spatula to smooth it
- Place more pound cake as second layer, press slowly to firm the cake
- Add in slices of strawberries as third layer
- Place more pound cake
- Add in more ice cream as the 4th layer
- Cover the top with more pound cake
- Decorate the cake with the coated strawberries
- Let it frost for at least 1 hour

Kueh Ko Swee

2007-10-03T23:04:00.000+08:00

Usually I don't like nonya kueh, especially those cooked with coconut milk. A real turnoff!!! The only kueh that can attract me is the above, maybe because it has to be chilled before serving or the chewy texture that make me fall in luv with it. I got this recipe from my uncle who is very good in making this kueh.

Even though I omitted adding one ingredient (alkaline) from the recipe, since it's quite difficult to purchase and I heard that alkaline is actually illegal. Anyway, the turnout of the kueh is still yummylicious! My colleagues luv the soft chewy taste of it. Try it today!

INGREDIENTS:

10 oz of tapioca powder

10 oz of plain flour

8 oz of sugar

16 oz of gula melaka (palm sugar) - tie into a knot

20 oz and 6 oz of water

3-4 blades of pandan leaves

200 grams of grated coconut

Pinch of salt

*2 teaspoons of alkaline water - optional

DIRECTIONS:

PART (A)

- Boil 20 oz of water with sugar, gula melaka and pandan leaves

- Sieve the mixture and leave aside

PART (B)

- Sift tapioca and plain flour and add 16 oz of water

- Add in alkaline water (* optional)

- Pour mixture under Part A and stir repeatedly

- Stir until the mixture is smooth and free from lumps

- Steam the final mixture for 15 minutes and leave it to cool

- Put in the fridge for 30 minutes

PART (C)

- Add a pinch of salt to the grated coconut

- Cut the kueh into desirable size and coat it with grated coconut

Soup Pindang

2007-09-30T23:01:00.000+08:00

A nice spicy and tangy javanese soup, recipe courtesy of MamaRynz. You can leave the chilli paste out if serving to young children. I give the recipe a new twist by adding blended chilli paste instead of cutting it and the end result is FIERY HOT!

INGREDIENTS:
4 pcs of baby corn (cut into 4 pieces)
1 carrot (diced)
1 potato (diced)
Half cup of cauliflower
2 batang fish fillet
1 stalk of lemongrass (bruised)
1 stalk of large red chilli/lada (cut into 3 pieces)
2 tablespoon of onion (sliced)
1 teaspoon of garlic (chopped)
1 tablespoon of tumeric powder
1 teaspoon of fish stock cube
200 ml of assam water (or 1 piece of dried assam )
500 ml of water
Pepper

Optional:
Chilli padi } blend it
Salt }blend it

DIRECTIONS:

- Cut the vegetables and leave aside
- Sautee the onion, lemongrass and garlic for 5 minutes
- Add in the vegetables, chilli and water
- Add in the fish fillet once the water is boiled
- Put in the fish stock cube, assam water and tumeric powder
- Let it boil for another 10 minutes and add a dash of pepper before serving

*Optional - add the chilli paste for a spicier tangy flavour

Sorry

2007-09-24T23:06:00.000+08:00

Sorry for "temporary" missing in action. I have problems logging in to blogger using my house PC. I can only access if i used my hub's lappy.

There are a few more recipes which i tried and are eager to share you all, so please be patient ah.

To my muslim comrades ; selamat berpuasa!!!

Cheater pound cake

2007-09-24T22:42:00.000+08:00

Hee.. i didn't bake this cake hence the title. Somebody bought this SaraLee vanilla pound cake and instead of throwing it away, i decided to give this poor cake a revamp using whatever ingredients i have in the fridge.

Ingredients:
Sara Lee vanilla pound cake
Hersley's chocolate syrup
Dried apricots

So simple right???

Sliced Fish Soup

2007-05-15T17:06:00.000+08:00

Great remedy for those who are sick and needed something light.

The soup is light and appetisting and fish is the best white meat ever, right? I loved the sweet taste of the fish and the aroma of the ikan bilis. You can either serve this with rice or add in mee sua, perfect for a fast cook meal.

INGREDIENTS:
2 batang fish fillet (sliced)
2 pcs of fish bones
1 small knob of ginger (crushed)
1 teaspoon of ikan bilis powder
1 tomato (quarter)
1 piece of beancurb
2 pcs of iceberg lettuce
Half cup of ikan bilis stock
Cornflour
Pepper
Fried shallots
Chinese palsey or spring onion

DIRECTIONS:
- Slice the fish with a sharp knife to about 1.5cm size.
- Season the fish slices with cornflour and pepper. Leave it aside
- Add the fish bones when the water starts to boil.
- Remove the fish bone after 10 minutes and add ginger.
- Put in the ikan bilis powder and ikan bilis stock.
- Add in the beancurd and the fish slices to a boil.
- Throw in the tomato and switch off the fire.
- Place some iceberg lettuce on a bowl and pour the soup onto it.
- Garnishee the soup with fried shallots and chinese palsey.

Light Beef Soup

2007-05-08T11:19:00.000+08:00

Wanted to try cooking vietamese beef soup but since I don't much some of the ingredients required, I opt for a simple beef soup instead.

My hub said this tasted like kambing soup and the soup is lightly enpowered with the spices. Hahah..Oh you are free to adjust the proportion of the spices if you don't like the soup to have too much spices taste. For me, i just bought the ready packed spices at my supermarket. :)

Another view of the soup

INGREDIENTS:
300 gms of lean beef (diced)
2 sticks of medium-sized carrot (sliced)
1 knob of ginger (peeled & crushed)
5 pcs of shallots (peeled & crushed)
1 teaspoon of black pepper corns (crushed)
2-3 pcs of green cardamom
2 pcs of cinnamon sticks
2 pcs of anise star
4 pcs of clove
1 teaspoon of Chinese pasley (diced)
1 teaspoon of Spring Onion (diced)
Salt
Oil
2.5 cups of water

DIRECTIONS:
- Sautee the ginger and shallots in medium fire.
- Add in the diced beef and stir for 2 minutes
- Add in water and the rest of the spices and carrot.
- Let it boil for 30 minutes and remove and scum layering on the soup.
- Add salt to taste.
- Garnishee with chinese pasley and serve with white rice or rice noodles.

Cinnamon sticks

Clove

Green Cardamom

(commonly used in Nasi Briyani, i think)

Anise Star

Braised Chicken

2007-04-24T11:18:00.000+08:00

I have been craving for this since the week before and I have to cook this no matter what.

Sigh..The taste will be nicer if I have all the ingredients at home and I have to make to with whatever I have. Alternatively, you can grab a packet of spices readily mixed from a Chinese Medical Hall, just tell them it's for "loh kuay"/braised chicken. Note: Instead of cinnamon powder, it'll taste nicer if you use cinnamon stick.

INGREDIENTS:
Half chicken
1 pkt of beancurd (diced)
3 eggs (cooked & shell removed)
3 garlic (whole)
1 bunch of chinese pasley/sop daun
2 tablespoon of sesame oil
3 tablespoon of light soy sauce
3 tablespoon of dark soy sauce
5 tablespoon of cinnamon powder
4 tablespoon of five spice powder
1 tablespoon of salt
800 ml of water
1 tablespoon of cornflour
Dash of pepper

DIRECTIONS

- Rub salt, pepper, cinnamon powder and five spice powder onto the chicken and leave it aside.
- Heat sesame oil onto pan and sautee the garlic.
- Pan fry the half chicken, flip the chicken every 2 minutes.
- Add in water and add in remaining of the seasoning : light soy sauce and dark soy sauce.
- Using a ladle, pour the gravy repeatedly on the chicken for 5 minutes before turning to the other side for another 5 minutes.
- Let it boil for at least 15 minutes before adding beancurd and eggs. Add in cornflour mixture.
- Switch to small fire and let it simmer for another 15 minutes.
- Before serving, chop the chicken and garnishee with chinese pasley.
- To serve with piping hot rice!

Pocket Wantan

2007-04-24T11:11:00.000+08:00

Similar to the Fried Wantan served in the eateries, Puncak/Cahaya at Far East Plaza

Tried these for my dinner theme last friday. Luckily it turned out nice and have plenty left for me to bring over my to my in laws' house the next day for them to try. It's more like a finger food than a main dish. Just remember to serve it while it's hot as it'll turn a little soggy when it's left on the table for long.

INGREDIENTS:
1 small turnip (grated)
1 carrot (grated)
1 bunch of Chinese Pasley/Sop Daun (chopped finely)
2 tablespoon of oyster sauce
1 pkt of wantan skin
1 tablespoon of cornflour
Dash of pepper
Oil
Sweet black sauce/kicap manis (thick) OR
Maggi Chili Sauce

DIRECTIONS:
- Mix the grated turnip and carrot into a bowl and drain away any remaining liquid.
- Add in the seasoning : pasley, oyster sauce, cornflour and pepper.
- Let the ingredients sit for at least 15 minutes. Drain away any remaining liquid.
- Add a teaspoon of the ingredients onto 1 piece of the wantan skin and fold all corners of the skin to resemble a square pocket.
- Deep fry the wantan in hot oil on small fire. Scoop out when it turns golden brown.
- To serve with sweet black sauce or maggi chilli sauce.

Wantan Noodles

2007-04-24T10:45:00.000+08:00

You can also deep fry this wantan as finger food too!

My main course last friday and I must say the addition of the pasley and spring onion brings out the flavour of the prawn. Very frangrant and sweet! I chose to dice the prawn instead of mincing it for better crunchier texture. If you want, you can even add the prawn as it is without dicing or mincing. Even my 9-yo niece who don't take chinese food love this dish but she prefers the fried version. KIDS!!!

This is how it looks on the inside ~ YUMMY!!!

INGREDIENTS:
300 grams of grey prawn (diced)
2 slab of chicken breast (minced)
2 bunch of Chinese Pasley/Sop Daun (chopped finely)
1 bunch of spring onion (chopped finely)
1 tablespoon of sesame oil
2 tablespoon of light soy sauce
2 pkts of wantan skin
Dash of pepper

DIRECTIONS:

- Mix the prawn, chicken, pasley, spring onion into a bowl.
- Add in the seasoning : light soy sauce, sesame oil and pepper onto the ingredients. Mix well.

- Let the ingredients sit for at least 15 minutes.
- Add a teaspoon of the ingredients onto 1 piece of the wantan skin.
- Pull all the corners of the skin and twist, make sure the filling does not break out.
- Add into boiling water for 5 minutes.

- To serve with instant wantan noodles (mee kia), sliced fishcake and blanched Chye Xin/Sawi. You can get the instant wantan noodles from NTUC that comes with the sauce. I shall snap the cover of the noodles and post it up here.

Journal April 2

2007-04-20T14:11:00.000+08:00

The theme for dinner tonight is Wantan and for that we are having Wantan Noodles and Fried Wantan. All different recipes from what I have previously posted here.

The lucky people?? My sis and my bro in law whom I persuaded them to cos Rynz can't make it at the eleventh hour and I didn't want to waste my ingredients. So too bad Rynz, next time for your Wantan craving ah....

Note to myself: Buy carrot

Journal April

2007-04-19T10:40:00.000+08:00

Lately I have been surfing for nice food blogs for new recipes as I am running out of ideas on what to cook!!! It's was almost like a crisis as I am wishing that we can dine out every night and so that my kitchen stove will be like a showroom kitchen. But looking (and tasting lah) at the amount of MSG that are loaded on my dinner or worst fed to my lil gal, I rather suffer depression of lack of recipes than to harm her health.

Ahaha...well I don't really care about our health lah since we have been eating rubbish during lunch every weekday already. Not say totally ignoring my organs but sometimes convenience does wins over every excuse of cooking at home.

I have stumbled upon a few wonderful food blogs and are going goo-goo-ga-ga over the photos. These are what i called great cooks when they can present a nice choreograph of fabulous food, sharp creative angled photos and précised recipes. Ahh...some people are just plain lucky to be able to cook well, bake well and are intelligent to concoct new recipes. Admire..admire..admire...envy..envy....envy... I just don't have the interest in baking nor do i have an oven at home. Why can't i have it all like them and how do I become like them??? Delicate fingers to bake & decor delicious cakes and a sensitive tongue for great cuisines?? A knick to whip up top-chef-like cuisines? *hmmpphmm.....dreaming*

I guess time, persistence and support are what I'm lacking...nevermind, i shall make do with whatever i have...anyway this food blog of mine is for my own recording purposes, perhaps next time i can pass on to my lil gal??? ;p

Easy Cereal Prawn

2007-04-13T10:11:00.000+08:00

The keyword to the success of this dish is Crunchy & Crispy.

Make sure the prawn is crispyfried till you can eat the whole prawn without peeling the skin.

INGREDIENTS:
300 gms of grey prawns (with shells and deviened)
1 tablespoon of butter
Half cup of curry leaves
1 pkt of instant cereal prawn mix
5 tablespoons of corn flour
2 tablespoons of pepper
oil
*Optional - chilli padi (chopped)

DIRECTIONS:
- Clean & remove the head of the prawn, you may keep it intact if you want.
- Marinate the prawns with cornflour and pepper.
- Deep fry the prawns in high fire. Drain and leave aside.
- Add the butter in a clean pan and throw in the curry leaves till they are crispy.
- Once the curry leaves curl up and turns darker, add in the cooked prawns (and chilli padi - optional*)
- Stir for 1 minute and add in the instant mix.
- Switch off the fire immediately.

Pearl Bean Soup

2007-04-12T12:26:00.000+08:00

No salt & no MSG!

INGREDIENTS:
(2-3 serving)

500 grams of chicken (skin removed)
1 pkt of pearl bean
2 cloves of garlic (whole with skin intact)
1 potato (diced)
1 carrot (diced)

This is how a pearl bean looks like.

DIRECTIONS:
- Add the chicken parts into the boiling water.
- Add in the garlic, potato, carrot and pearl bean.
- Let it boil for at least 30 mins.
- You may add a dash of salt if you desire

French Beans with Crunchy Shrimps

2007-04-12T11:33:00.000+08:00

Dried shrimps, the more the merrier!!

My favourite dried preserved food. I often utilised in soups, veg or fry it with rice.

INGREDIENTS:
1 pkt of french beans (sliced slant)
2 tablespoon of dried shrimps (*DO NOT SOAK)
1 tablespoon of garlic (chopped)
½ teaspoon of oyster sauce
Black pepper
Oil

DIRECTIONS:
- Heat the pan and add in the dried shrimp
- Keep frying for 5 mins until it turns light brown.
- Scoop up the shrimps and leave it on a plate.
- Sautee the garlic in medium fire.
- Add in the french beans and switch off the fire after 3 mins in order retain the crunchiness of the veg.
- Place the crunchy shrimps on top of the veg.

Grandma's Veggie Rice

2007-04-02T10:14:00.000+08:00

Another simple and healthy "fried" rice

As promised, I tried out my grandma's receipe last friday. Thank god it tasted the same as what my grandma used to cooked when I was young. One of my favourite dish of all time. I liked the turnout of the taste and texture, the delicious taste of the flavoured rice, the fragnant smell of the dried shrimps and the soft sweet taste of the long beans. All the sudden, I felt like I was being transported to my childhood days.

INGREDIENTS:
1 piece of chicken breast (diced)
1 bowl of long beans (sliced - about 3 cm each)
2 tablespoons of garlic (sliced)
2 tablespoon of dried shrimps
1 tablespoon of light soy sauce
1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
1 teaspoon of sesame oil
Pepper
Half cup of water
2 cups of uncooked rice

DIRECTIONS:
- Add light soy sauce, sesame oil and pepper to chicken and marinade for at least 10 mins.
- Sautee the garlic and add in dried shrimps
- Add in diced chicken and long beans. Flavour it with oyster sauce.
- Stir fry for 5 mins and add in half cup of water.

- Wash the rice and add in the a little extra amount of water than usual in your rice cooker.
- Add in the chicken, long beans and dried shrimps into the rice cooker.- Ready to serve once the rice has been cooked.
- Ready to serve once the rice has been cooked.

Fried Rice Paradise

2007-03-26T16:52:00.000+08:00

A healthier version of fried rice. Only 2 tablespoon of oil are used.

I modified my grandmother's recipe of Vegetable Rice and instead of the original 4-5 main ingredients, i only used chicken and lettuce for this dish. It's also my hub's favourite fuss free dish! I will definitely try out her original recipe soon. The purpose of cooking the fried rice again is to make the rice texture stickier and softer without the oily glazing look.

INGREDIENTS:
300 gms of chicken breast (diced)
400 ml cup full of Wong Bok lettuce (diced)
2 tablespoons of garlic (chopped)
2 tablespoons of light soy sauce
1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
1 teaspoon of sesame oil
2 tablespoon of olive oil
Cooked rice (3 servings)
¾ cup of water
Dash of pepper
Fried shallots

DIRECTIONS:
- Cook your rice and leave it aside.
- Marinate the diced chicken with sesame oil and pepper for at least 10 minutes.
- Heat up oil and sautee the garlic till light brown.
- Add in marinated diced chicken and stir fry for 5 minutes.
- Add in diced lettuce and put in oyster sauce and light soy sauce.
- After 2 minutes, pour in the cup of water and switch off the fire once the gravy starts to boil.
- Pour the whole content into your rice cooker and stir well.
- Cook for another 10 minutes.
- To serve with fried shallots.

Fried Wanton

2007-03-19T14:32:00.000+08:00

Felt like eating wanton and I have leftover grey prawns in the fridge. So i created another version of wanton which can be cook in soup or deep fried. Great as side dish or serve as last min supper dish. Tip: For crunchier taste, use 2 wanton skins instead of one. Double the crunch!

Please don't mind the colour of the wanton, looks a bit burnt as I was cooking something else at the same time and was a little late in picking the wanton, hence the slightly burnt skin.

Inside of the wanton

Dice the carrot if you prefer a crunchy texture otherwise slice the carrot into stripes.

INGREDIENTS:
300 gms of grey prawns (minced)
300 gms of chicken breast (minced)
2 tablespoons of shallots (diced)
2 tablespoons of carrot (diced)
2 teaspoons of sesame oil
1 teaspoon of soy sauce
1 teaspoon of oyster sauce
1 packet of wanton skin
white pepper

DIRECTIONS:

- Mix the minced prawn and chicken breast into a mixture bowl.
- Add carrot, shallots, sesame oil, soy sauce and oyster sauce into the mixture.

- Mix well and let it sit for at least 10 minutes.
- Wrap 1 teaspoon of mixture and place onto the centre of the wanton skin.
- Fold all corners of the wanton skin and twist tightly the top of the skin, making sure that the mixture didn’t overflow.
- Deep fry in hot oil for 5 minutes until golden brown.- To serve with Maggi Chilli Sauce.

Teochew style steam fish with salted veg

2007-03-12T14:40:00.000+08:00

Light and tangy dish - Best served with hot porridge, YUMMY!

You may wish to use any kind of fish or fillet but white pomfret is recommended. You can also replace the salted vegetable with salted soy bean (tau chiu) OR sour plum (not the sng moy you usually eat yah) if you wish.

INGREDIENTS:
1 medium size white pomfret
1 leaf of salted vegetable (sliced)
1 tomato (quartered)
1 teaspoon of chilli padi (sliced)
2 teaspoon of ginger (sliced)
2 tablespoon of sesame oil
1 tablespoon of light soy sauce
1 teaspoon of salt

DIRECTIONS:
- Clean the pomfret and drain. Rub some salt on both sides of the fish.
- Wash and soak the salted vegetable for at least 15 mins.
- Place some ginger and salted vegetables on the plate.
- Put fish on the plate and add the remaining tomato, ginger and salted vegetables.
- Pour the sesame oil and light soy sauce over the fish.
- Steam the fish on medium fire for 15 mins.

Chicken Steaks

2007-02-13T10:37:00.000+08:00

You can change the fries to mashed potato if you want

Wanted something simple, quick and no rice dish, so tada...a chicken steak flavoured with worcestershire sauce. Love the worcestershire sauce, it gave a tangy taste like vinegar yet not overpowering.

INGREDIENTS:

2 chicken breast
1 medium onion (sliced)
1 can of button mushroon (sliced)
1 carrot (julienned)
1 broccoli (julienned)
1 tomato (sliced)
1 medium potato (julienned)
3 tablespoon of margarine
Dash of salt
Corn flour
Olive oil

Marination
3 tablespoon of worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
1 tablespoon of black pepper corns (crushed)
Dash of salt

Sauce
3 tablespoon of worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon of cornflour
1 small bowl of water

DIRECTIONS:
- Add marination to the chicken breast for 15 mins
- Use a paper towel and pat the potato dry and sprinkle cornflour on it
- Deep fry the potato till golden brown and sprinkle some salt. Put aside to cool.
- Boil a pot of water and add a dash of olive oil and blanch the carrot and broccoli for 3 minutes (do not overcook the broccoli) and put aside
- Heat a pan with some margarine and pan fry the chicken breast for 15 minutes, medium fire.
- Heat some oil on another pot and sautee the onion till it turned soft
- Add in half cup of water and button mushroom
- Add in the sauce and once the gravy has thicken, switch off the fire
- In a plate, place few slices of carrot, broccoli, potato and sliced tomato
- Put in the chicken breasts and add some gravy on the chicken.

Red Snapper with Worcestershire Sauce

2007-02-13T10:18:00.000+08:00

Wanted to try whether worcestershire sauce will go well with seafood and it turned out nicely! The worcestershire sauce even covered some fishy smell of the dish. Hee...I have a few strands of spinach left so I just champak into this dish. You can opt out if you want.

INGREDIENTS:

1 red snapper fillet
1 medium onion
1 tablespoon of dark soy sauce
1 tablespoon of fish sauce
1 tablespoon of worcestershire sauce
Few strands of spinach
A dash of sesame oil
Pinch of pepper

DIRECTIONS:
- Mix dark soy sauce, fish sauce , worcestershire sauce and pepper in a bowl
- Sautee the sliced onion in medium fire
- Put in mixture of sauce and spinach
- Once the sauce starts to boil, add in the red snapper
- Garnishee with fried onion

Garlic Mashed Potato

2007-01-15T16:37:00.000+08:00

For garlic lovers only. If not, you can leave the garlic part out BUT what's food without good'o garlic right? After all, it's a must have ingredient in most cuisines.

INGREDIENTS:
2 large Russet Potatoes
4 cloves of whole garlic (peeled)
1 tablespoon of Masterfood Spaghetti sprinkle OR chives leaves
1 tablespoon of margarine
Salt
Black pepper
Olive oil

DIRECTIONS:
- Boil the potatoes till soften
- Add some olive oil on the garlic and put it in the oven and toast it for 5 mins (or 10 mins in boiling water)
- Mash the potatoes.
- Add in margarine, garlic, spaghetti sprinkle, dash of salt and black pepper onto the mixture.

Spaghetti Bolognese

2007-01-08T14:54:00.000+08:00

Can you see the meatballs??

A quick and easy to prepare dish, plus it's my hub's favourite. Even if you don't have the beef or seafood, you can simply add sausages as substitute. Great help if you have a big party to serve.

INGREDIENTS:
200 gms of minced beef
100 gms of tiger prawns (peeled)
1 tablespoon of chopped shallots
1 tablespoon of chopped garlic
1 tomato (diced)
2 tablespoon of Masterfood Spaghetti sprinkle
4-5 pcs of bay leaf
Mozzarella cheese
Prego pasta sauce
Black pepper
Sesame oil
Light soy sauce
Olive oil
Spaghetti

DIRECTIONS:

- Boil the spaghetti with a dash of salt and dab of olive oil
- Season the minced beef with light soy sauce, sesame oil and pepper

- Sautee the bay leaves with garlic and shallots
- Add in the minced beef and stir well
- Add in the pasta sauce and Masterfood spaghetti sprinkle
- Put in the diced tomato
- Throw in the peeled prawn and let it boil for 10 mins

- To serve with cooked spaghetti and sprinkle some mozzarella cheese and Masterfood spaghetti sprinkle

Pancakes with homemade apple sauce

2007-01-01T15:18:00.000+08:00

Tired of chocolate sauce and maple syrup?

Make use of the fresh fruits you have to concoct a new syrup for your family! Using apple will be the best option since apple is sweet by nature and still retain the crunchiness even after you cooked it. You can also try fruits like strawberry or kiwi if you are adventurous.

INGREDIENTS:
1 Fuji red apple (diced)
4 tablespoon of coarse sugar
1 teaspoon of butter
1 tablespoon of maple syrup
Pinch of cinnemon powder (optional)

DIRECTIONS:
- Put the butter into a pan
- Add in the diced apple
- Add in sugar and maple syrup
- Cook it for at least 15 minutes until the sauce is caramelized and sticky
- Add in cinnemon powder
- To serve with piping hot pancakes/waffles

Lotus Root Soup

2006-12-05T12:24:00.000+08:00

Not an appetising pic though, I'll put up another better another time.

This soup is good for hot and humid summer weather as lotus root is known as a "cooling" veg. It has a crunchy texture and has a mild taste, even the kids will like it! The peanut and black beans will add an extra nice and fragnant aroma to the soup. Refreshing and will definitely boost your appetite!

Lotus Root (skin peeled and sliced)

INGREDIENTS:
Lotus Root (washed & skin peeled)
Half kg of chicken (skin removed)
2 cloves of garlic
1 whole piece of dry scallop (optional)
1 bowl of black beans (soaked)
1 bowl of peanuts (soaked)
Salt

DIRECTIONS:
- Separate the chicken parts

- meat parts (breast/chiclen wing) and bone parts (thigh/drumsticks/chicken feet)
- Cook the thigh, chicken feet and drumsticks (all boney meats) in a pot of boiling water
- Let it boil for 5 mins and throw away the water.
- Put the cooked meat, dry scallop, garlic, black beans and peanut in a slow cooker half filled with water.
- Cook for 2 hours till peanut and black beans are soften, to add salt as desired.
- Add in the remaining chicken parts (chicken breasts/wings etc)

Black Pepper Beef

2006-10-26T17:48:00.000+08:00

DIY black pepper sauce.

A simple & easy recipe for black pepper sauce. You can substitute with seafood or chicken if you can't consume beef. Add more peppercorns if you prefer a more pepperish taste.

INGREDIENTS:
500 gms of beef (thinly sliced)
1 onion (sliced)
1 green pepper (sliced)
1 red pepper (sliced)
2 tablespoons of garlic (chopped)
2 tablespoons of black pepper corns
2 teaspoons of oyster sauce
Corn flour
Sesame Oil
Black pepper

DIRECTIONS:
- Marinate the sliced beef with corn flour, sesame oil and black pepper powder for at least 15 mins.
- Press the pepper corns with the back of a knife.
- Sautee the onion and garlic on medium fire.
- Put in marinated beef slices.
- After 5 mins, add in green and red pepper.
- Add in oyster sauce and black pepper corns.
- Add some cornflour mixture and switch off fire once gravy thicken.

Chilli Crab

2006-10-16T10:10:00.000+08:00

Always wanted to try cooking this, Singaporean's favourite dish - CHILLI CRAB but the chi cha stall outside used sambal chilli as base. Knowing that I am too lazy to pound the chilli myself, i tried my cousin's recipe which my fridge will have all the ingredients required. Conclusion? Not bad but not as spicy and fragnant. You can use Maggi Chilli Padi Sauce if you prefers a spicier taste.

INGREDIENTS:
2 medium crabs
4 tablespoons of Maggi Chilli Sauce
3 tablespoons of Maggi Tomato Sauce
2 tablespoons of oyster sauce
2 tablespoons of chopped garlic
1 tablespoon of spring onion
2 eggs
Chilli powder
Black pepper
Half cup of water
Cornstarch mixture (cornflour+water)

DIRECTIONS:
- Season the crabs with chilli powder and black pepper.
- Sautee the garlic in medium fire.
- Put in the crab and stir well. Cover with lid for 5-10 minutes.
- Put the chilli sauce, tomato sauce, oyster sauce, water and pepper in a bowl.
- Add in beaten eggs and stir well.
- Add the cornstarch mixture bit by bit till gravy thicken.
- Garnishee with spring onion

Fiery black prawns

2006-10-06T16:33:00.000+08:00

One of my favourite dish.

Adding the sambal belachan will enhance the dish with a spicy and slightly tangy flavour.

INGREDIENTS:
300 gms of grey prawns (with shells)
1 tablespoon of ginger (sliced)
1 tablespoon of garlic (chopped)
1 tablespoon of dark soy sauce
1 teaspoon of oyster sauce
1 tablespoon of Swan Lake Sambal Belachan (with lime skin)
Black pepper

DIRECTIONS:
- Mix dark soy sauce, oyster sauce , sambal belachan and pepper in a bowl
- Sautee the ginger and garlic in medium fire.
- Put in prawns and stir for 2 minutes
- Add in mixture and stir on high fire till the sauce is dry.

Chalok soup (My version)

2006-10-02T14:53:00.000+08:00

I first tasted this special soup at my MIL's house. She's said this is a simple Boyanese dish but with lots of flavour in the soup. I modify her recipe by adding more ingredients and it still turned out delicious. You can put in anything of your own preference if you wish.

INGREDIENTS:

Soup Base (*Blend into fine paste)
3 tablespoon of dried shrimps
6-7 dried chilli
5-6 shallots
3-4garlic
3 tablespoon of Ikan Bilis
Pinch of salt
1 tablespoon of oil

Cauliflowers
Button mushrooms
Chicken (or any type of seafood)
Potato
Tomato
1 pc of seaweed
Chicken cube (optional)

DIRECTIONS:

- Dice cauliflowers, mushrooms, chicken, potato and tomato.

- Boil a pot of water and add the blended paste (depending how spicy you want).

- Put in chicken (Can use minced chicken meat ball or use chicken parts) and potato into the pot.

- After 10 mins, add in mushrooms, tomato and add a pinch of chicken cube.

- Garnishee with shredded seaweed.

Fried Seafood Roll

2006-09-27T10:58:00.000+08:00

Easy peasy finger food.

Similar to Ngoh Hsiang but this dish does not include 5 spice powder. Must serve while it's hot if not, the beancurd skin will turn soggy and not crispy.

INGREDIENTS:
1 pkt of bean skin (sold in supermarkets)
1 pkt of fish paste with chopped chilli and parsley (sold in supermarkets)
250 gms of fresh prawn (shells removed)
Carrot/water chestnut (diced) - optional
1 teaspoon of light soy sauce

Pepper
Sesame Oil

DIRECTIONS:
- Take about 6-7 pieces and dice the prawn into large pieces. (for crunchier texture)
- Take the remaining of the prawns and flatten them by using the side of a cleaver to form prawn paste.
- Mix the prawn paste, carrot (optional) and fish paste with pepper and sesame oil.

- Place a tablespoon of the mixed paste onto the bean skin.

- Roll the skin twice and cut.

- Put some paste on the bean skin to prevent the roll from opening during frying.
- Gently press on the paste to distribute evenly on the roll.
- Press on the ends of the skin to seal the openings.

- Deep fry for 5-8 minutes in high fire.
- Serve with Maggi Chilli Sauce.

Ikan Kecap (chinese version)

2006-09-24T23:10:00.000+08:00

You can use any type of fish but i preferred leather jacket fish since it's more meaty with less bones. Childfriendly!!

INGREDIENTS:
Leather jacket fish
1 teaspoon of ginger (sliced)
1 teaspoon of garlic (sliced)
2 tablespoons of light soy sauce
1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
Dash of sugar
Oil
Half cup of water

DIRECTIONS:
- Put some cuts on the fish.
- Mix soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sugar and some water in a bowl.
- Heat 2 tablespoon of oil.
- Sautee the ginger and garlic on high fire.
- Add in the sauce and put in the fish. Small fire.

Old Cucumber Soup

2006-09-24T23:04:00.000+08:00

Old Cucumber Soup is a delicious and healthy clear soup which is also very easy to prepare. Good for those heaty days. Wolfberry fruits and red dates have their own medicinal benefits, so don't worry about overconsuming. See below for the write up.

INGREDIENTS:

300g of minced chicken

1 medium size old cucumber

4 red dates (hong zao) -can easily get from NTUC or sinsei shop

A handful of wolfberries (goji) - can easily get from NTUC or sinsei shop

Chicken cube stock
Soy sauce
Sesame oil
Pepper

DIRECTIONS:

- Wash the skin of the old cucumber thoroughly and cut into slices.

- Dig the seeds out with a tablespoon, leaving a hole in all slices.

- Soak the wolfberries and red dates in hot water for 5 minutes.

- Marinate the minced chicken with soy sauce, pepper and sesame oil.

- Fill the cucumber with minced chicken.

- Put in the cucumber in a pot of boiling water, slowly making sure the filling doesn’t drop out.

- Add in the chicken cube stock and let it boil for a further 5 minutes.

- Add in the wolfberries and red dates and boil another 5 minutes before switching off the fire.

Wolfberry fruits are used in many herbal formulas to maintain overall health when suffering from chronic conditions, such as weariness of the loins and legs, dizziness and ringing in the ear, visual degeneration, headaches, insomnia, chronic liver diseases, diabetes, tuberculosis, and hypertension.

Red dates are sweet, neutral, tonifies the spleen, benefits the stomach, nourishes nutritive qi moistens dryness, calms the spirit and harmonizes the harsh characteristics of other herbs.

Ondeh Ondeh Munah

2006-09-19T15:59:00.000+08:00

*Recipe courtesy of RYNZ

It's called ONDEH ONDEH MUNAH..named aft my mum in law when i learnt the crash course frm her recently...

INGREDIENTS:
glutinious flour
water
essence colouring (usually it's green, others can also)
Gula melaka (diced)
Coconut (steam it first)

DIRECTIONS:

- Pour in glutinious flour, water and essence colouring and mix to form a dough (texture should not too hard or too soft)

- Pinch a bit of the dough and roll with your palm into a circle shape
- Press the centre and put a piece of gula melaka

- Boil a pot of water with salt (salt water to give some taste to the plain ondeh)

- Add the ondeh ondeh till it risen to the surface and then mixed with the coconut
- ready to serve

* Option - You can also steam it as an alternative

Cajun Chicken Steak with Mushroom Sauce Pasta

2006-09-15T16:58:00.000+08:00

Alternative, you can opt out for a sauceless pasta and put the Campbell Mushroom soup as the gravy for the chicken chop.

INGREDIENTS:
3 pieces of chicken breast (skin removed)
2 medium potato
Brocooli
Carrot
2 cups of spiral pasta
Half can of Campbell Mushroom Soup
McCormick Cajun Spice
Chilli Powder
Salt
Black Pepper
Margarine

DIRECTIONS:
- Make some cut on both sides of the chicken breast
- Marinate the chicken breast with cajun spice, chilli powder, salt and black pepper. Set it aside for at least 1 hour

- Steam the potato and vegetables separately.
- Put some magarine in the vegetables on a separate bowl. Put aside.
- Mash the potato with some margarine, salt and pepper.

- Cook the pasta with some oil and salt.
- Once pasta is cooked, add in Campbell Mushroom Soup and pepper. Switch off fire once gravy thicken.

- Pan fry the chicken breast with some margarine for 15 minutes.

Cereal Butter Prawn

2006-09-07T12:18:00.000+08:00

Spicy and crunchy bits ... simply superlicious !!

*Recipe courtesy of ABBY

INGREDIENTS:

(3-4 servings)

20 Grey / Tiger Prawns (estimate)

1 tablespoon of Margarine

2 cloves of Garlic (finely chopped)

Curry Leaves

Chili Padi

1 tablespoon of sugar (can also use brown sugar)

Cereal (Nestle Original Nestum)

DIRECTIONS:

- Marinate prawns with tumeric powder n salt

- Heat wok with margarine. Stir fry the prawns till crispy and set aside.

- Heat another spoon of margarine and sautee the chopped garlic.

- Throw in curry leaves and chili padi. Fry till fragrance.

- Add in cereal (up to u how much u wanna pour in) and sugar. Stir evenly. Off the flame.

- Last, add in prawns. Stir evenly.

Tow Suan

2006-09-06T16:42:00.000+08:00

Quick & simple dessert which can be ready in 10 mins! No kidding!

INGREDIENTS:

Half packet of split green beans/mung beans (Soak the split beans overnight or at least 1 hour in cold tap water)

2 fried dough (cut into slices)

1 stalk of pandan leaves (tie into a knot after washing)
Sugar/orange sugar (up to you if you want to add for colour)
Potato starch (add water)

Mung beans soaked overnight

Fried dough

DIRECTIONS:

- Boil a pot of water (3/4 full)

- Add pandan leave

- Add sugar to taste (up to yr estimation, usually sweeter will taste better)

- Once you are satisfied with the sweetness, add in the potato starch to thicken the waterGreen beans

- Steam the split green beans until soft (not mashy)

- Add in the cooked split green bean into the thicken gravy

- Stir and switch off fire

Prosperity Mushroom

2006-09-05T17:34:00.000+08:00

A quick, simple and healthy dish for anyday anytime! NO oil or deep frying involved!!

INGREDIENTS:

(3-4 servings)

Filling

8-10 shitake mushrooms (cleaned & stem cut)

10-15 pieces of medium sized prawns (peeled & minced)

Half piece of beancurd - choose those suitable for steaming (minced)

2 tablespoons of carrot - can be substituted with other vegetables like water chestnut (diced)

2 tablespoon of red chilli - can be placed on top or mixed into filling (diced)

Half cube of Knorr chicken stock (dissolve in hot water)

OPTIONAL* - 1 egg

SEASONING:

1 teaspoon of sesame oil - optional*

1 tablespoon of corn flour

2 tablespoon of light soy sauce

dash of pepper

DIRECTIONS:

- Soak and drain the shitake mushrooms, cut the stem and gently press on the mushrooms to remove the excess water.

- Mix the minced prawn, diced carrot and minced beancurd into a bowl and add the seasoning.

- Use a tablespoon to scoop the filling onto the top of the shitake mushroom. Use your hand to push in any excess filling and make sure the filling doesn't overflow.

- Put the mushrooms on the plate and steam it for at least 15 mins, medium fire.

* OPTIONAL (A) - Add a beaten egg (with some soy sauce) on plate before placing the mushrooms.

*OPTIONAL (B) - Add the dissolved chicken stock on the plate (NOT TOO MUCH WATER). Put some broccoli in between the mushrooms before steaming it.

Chicken Baked Rice (Asian style)

2006-09-05T17:06:00.000+08:00

Definitely will make you eat more...very appetising and filling!

INGREDIENTS:

(2 servings)

1 medium size potato (sliced)

1/2 piece of Chicken breast (sliced)

2 hotdog (sliced)

1.5 cups of cooked rice

1/4 cup of frozen vegetables

Prego cheese & herb sauce

Mozzarella cheese

Cheddar cheese - optional

Salt

Pepper

DIRECTIONS:
- Marinate the chicken with salt and pepper
- Cook the potato, chicken, hotdogs, frozen vegetables SEPARATELY
- After cooking the sliced chicken, put in 4 tablespoon of Prego Cheese & Herb sauce.
- Switch off the fire once sauce thicken
- Place the rice on a casserole plate
- Follow by the frozen vegetables
- Add in hotdogs
- Put in the sliced chicken and sauce
- Add the sliced potatoes
- Place some cheddar cheese and sprinkle the top with mozzarella cheese
- Put the tray in the oven for 10 minutes before serving

Almond Chocolate Crunch

2006-09-05T11:49:00.000+08:00

I am not a baking kind of person so this recipe is the easiest/simplest which I can make for any occasions. NO BAKING REQUIRED! Takes only 1 hour (max)

INGREDIENTS:
A box of cornflakes (*can be substitute with other cereals like Koko crunch but will be a bit sweet)
A block of TULIP chocolate coatingToasted almonds (chopped or use as a whole)
4 boxes of foil cup (comes in 40 pcs a box)
Hundreds and Thousands (rainbow glitters)

DIRECTIONS:
- Place a stainless steel bowl over a pot and boil with low fire
- Cut chocolate into cubes and put into bowl
- Put cornflakes in a ziplock bag and crush it
- Lay out the foil cups in a plate
- Coat a layer of the melted chocolate and place almond on every cup (*see pic 1)
- Add in crushed cornflakes up to 3/4 of cup (*see pic 2)
- Pour in melted chocolate onto cup filling the top of foil cup
- Add in Hundreds and Thousands
- Viola! (*see pic 3)

Sago Gula Melaka

2006-09-04T17:40:00.000+08:00

Actually I don't know whether this dessert was originated from Malay or Chinese cuisines but I definitely know this as Peranankan dessert. MY ALL TIME FAV!!!

Extremely easy to make since only have 4 ingredients and this is only for SAGO lover like me!

INGREDIENTS:

(3-4 servings)

1/2 pkt of small white sago

1 small pkt of gula melaka (about 1/2 big pieces)

1 small pkt of coconut milk

1 small bundle of pandan leaves

DIRECTIONS:

Sago:

Boil the sago till it turned transparent (have to constantly stir it so it won't stick to the pot)

Once cooked, put in a tray or a round bowl

Gula Melaka:
On another pot, boil one cup of water and put the bundle of pandan leaves
Add in the gula melaka
Once the gula melaka have dissolved, set aside and let it cool

Once the sago and gula melaka have cooled down, put in the fridge for at least 1 hour before consumption.

- Cut the sago

- Add in some gula melaka (amount according to your liking)

- Add in some coconut milk (amount according to your liking)

Wanton Soup

2006-09-04T12:46:00.000+08:00

You can always prepare the wanton in the day and cook the same before dinner time.
(The photo might not look appetising but looks can be deceiving!! hee, i took the photo at 4 am leh!)

INGREDIENTS:
1 whole chicken breast (minced)
500g fresh prawn (minced)
8-10 small Chinese dried mushrooms (soak and diced)
2 tablespoon of spring onion (chopped)
1 packet of Wanton skin
1 packet of Cai Xin vegetable (sawi)
1 egg white pepper
1 tsp of light Soy Sauce
2 tsp of Oyster sauce
Diced waterchestnut (OPTIONAL) - for crunchiness
Mee kia/Bee Hoon (OPTIONAL)

SOUP BASE:
1 rice bowl of dried anchovies (to remove anchovies after boiling)
Salt
Pepper
OR (my preference) - Maggi Chicken stock cube

DIRECTIONS:
- Put minced prawn (don't mince too fine for better texture) and chicken into a large bowl.
- Add spring onion, diced mushrooms.
- Add pepper, oyster sauce, light soy sauce and egg white and mix thoroughly.
- Let it season for at least 30 mins.
- Put about 3/4 teaspoon full of the paste onto the center of wanton skin. DO NOT put too much as the paste will spill out/break when you cook it.
- Fold into a triangle and fold in both ends of the corner.
- Twist all ends and make sure the paste does not spill out.
- Boil soup and put in the wanton.
- Once the wanton are cooked and float, put in the cai xin.

Sesame Oil Chicken (Ma You Ji)

2006-09-04T12:03:00.000+08:00

A MUST TRY!

A quick, simple and healthy all time favourite (hubby's fav) Chinese dish.

INGREDIENTS:
(for 3-4 servings)

1 whole chicken (chopped, skinned and fats removed)

1 tablespoon of ginger (chopped)
4 clove garlic (with skin intact)
8-10 dried mushrooms, soak in hot water and remove nip (*can substitute with a small can of button mushrooms)
2 cups of water
1 tablespoon sliced spring onions

Optional: *for those who want a spicy tangy taste
3-4 whole dried chillies (seeds removed and cut into halves)
(Stir these in before switching off the fire)

MARINATION:

1 tablespoon of dark soy sauce

2 tablespoon of light soy sauce
3 tablespoon of sesame oil
2 tablespoon of oyster sauce
1 tablespoon of cornflour (mix with 1/4 cup of water)
1 tablespoon of cooking oil
Pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS:
- Wash and chop the chicken into desired pieces, with skin and fats removed
- Put all the marination onto the chicken and marinate for at least 15 mins
- Heat oil on the wok, medium fire
- Sautee the garlic and ginger. Pour in the chicken (leave the sauce out) for 5 mins
- Add in water. Turn to small fire
- Add in mushroom when it started to boil.
- Pour in the remaining marination sauce
- Taste the gravy, if too salty, add more water.
- Turn off fire once gravy is thicken.
- Garnishee with spring onions and DONE!

ABC Soup

2006-09-01T17:29:00.000+08:00

Since this is my first post, the title should start with "A". =)

I made this tasty and tangy soup for my 2 years old. She luv it so much that she gobbled down a big bowl of rice that day!

INGREDIENTS:
(For 1-2 servings)
1 potato (diced)
1 tomato (diced)
1 carrot (diced)
few leaves of spinach (chopped)
Minced chicken (marinate with sesame oil and pepper)
Chicken stock cube (no additional MSG)
Pepper

DIRECTIONS:
- Put in the diced potato and carrot
- Add in minced chicken
- After 5-8 mins, add in tomato and spinach
- Put a tiny bit of chicken stock cube
- Add a dash of pepper when it started to boil