Fried French Bean

This is such a lovely colorful yet delicious dish, most important is that........ easy to prepare





These are what you need.............


Utensils

Wok


Ingredients

I orange/red capsicum diced
50gm French Bean diced
Small can of luncheon meat diced
2 table spoons of oil
Salt to taste


Instructions

Heat up the wok, put in oil and luncheon meat stir fry till the meat is lightly brown, add in French Bean stir fry for 2 mins add salt to taste, last but not least add in the capsicum stir fry for 10 sec, now is ready to serve.

Tomato Soup

This is the soup that I use to make when I'm having sandwich for lunch, they are perfect match.






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Utensils

pot
blender


Ingredients

500mg tomato cut a cross at the bottom of each of them
1 onion diced
Some coriander for garnish
2 table spoon of cream
2 teaspoon of sugar
Some salt and pepper


Instructions

Boil a pot of hot water, soak the cut tomatoes into it and you will see the skin will curl up at the edge of the cutting, scope up the tomatoes leave to be cold. Do not soak more than 10 sec as it will cook the tomatoes. Peel the skin out from the tomatoes, cut into wedge remove the seeds, put all into the blender, blend into paste form.
Heat up the pot, pour some olive oil stir fry the onion till fragrance, pour in the tomato paste, add in salt, pepper and sugar, bring to boil.
Place the soup to a plate, add in the cream and garnish with coriander, now your soup is ready to serve.

 

Tips : If you would like it to be more acidic, add a big table spoon of lime juice that will surprise your taste buds.

Orange Semifreddo

This is a ice cream like Italian desert, delicious yet easy to prepare especially suitable for our weather here. It could be prepare with various different type of favorite to your liking.


These are what you need..........



Utensils

Electric whisk
Electric blender
2 big mixing bowls
1 loaf tin
cling film
grater


Ingredients

2 big eggs
70mg caster sugar
200ml whipped cream
1 orange
A pinch of salt





Instructions

Use the grater prepare orange zest, to avoid the bitterness from the orange skin, you have to carefully just grate the surface, do not grate the white part which this is the reason of bitterness.
Cut off the orange skin, put into blender, blend till paste with no lump.
Add 2 eggs and caster sugar in a big bowl, whisk till the contain double the size.
Put in the whipped cream into a another big bowl, whisk the cream till soft peak, add in orange paste and egg mixture fold it lightly.
Cover the loaf tin with cling film, pour in the mixture and cover up with the cling film.




Put into freezer for at least 4 hours. When the mixture is frozen, open the cling film put a plate on it
then turn around, shake softly to loosen the Semifreddo and it will drop into the plate, remove the cling film, decorate with orange zest, now your Semifreddo is ready to serve.

 

     

Steam Ikan Kurau

Well....... I don't know to call it Thai steaming or teow chew steaming cause I combine both, should I call it my steam fits fish???? Anyway it really appetising........


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Utensils

Wok
Steaming tray


Ingredients

500mg ikan Kurau
I lemongrass cut into 4 pieces
2 tomato cut into wedge
2 onion cut into wedge
2 salted plum (咸水梅)
30ml chicken broth
Few Kafir lime leave
Salt to taste

Instructions

Put the fish in a big plate, add all the ingredients on it.
Put 500ml water in the wok, heat up with high flame till water is boil.
Put the plate on the steaming tray for 15 mins.
Now is ready to serve.


Tips : you can use any fish that you enjoy most but advisable that the fish is under 600mg, if weight over that the fish flesh will be a bit dull.

Braised Chicken Feet With Pork Belly

Today we try something a little complicated,  anyway by follow the instructions you won't be missed it.






These are what you need.............

Utensils

A big bowl
Wok
Pot or slow cooker


Ingredients

12  chicken feet
400gm pork belly
10 mushroom
4 star anise
6 clove
1 cinnamon stick
1 big garlic
4 table spoons of thick soya sauce
2 table spoons of fish sauce
Soya sauce to taste


Instructions

Use a big bowl soak the mushroom over night. Cut off the stem and squeeze dry. Keep that water.
Garlic roughly chop.
Put all the spice in a tea bag (can get this from Daiso).
Heat up the wok with medium flame with 3 table spoons of oil, stir fry the garlic till golden brown, take out the garlic leave aside.
Put in the pork belly, slightly fry, add in the chicken feet keep frying till fragrance, add in the mushroom then follow by garlic, keep frying for another 10 mins.
Add in the mushroom water till cover all the ingredients if not not e
nough just add plain water in it.
Add in the spices, thick soya sauce, fish sauce and soya sauce, bring it to boil for 10 mins.
If you have time,  transfer everything to a pot braise it for 3 hours. If you don't have time transfer it to slow cooker, cook it with high heat for 4 hours.
Now the dish is ready to serve.

 

Seaweed Fish Ball Soup

This is another simple and easy soup, for female this soup contain of high iron from seaweed which will prevent of having thyroid.



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Utensils

Pot


Ingredients

• Various type of fish ball
• Quarter of seaweed
• 500ml pork bone broth
• Salt to taste

Instructions

Boil the pork bone broth in pot then add seaweed, turn to medium flame keep boiling for 15 mins.
Put in all the fish ball, turn to high flame bring to boil.
After seeing all the fish ball float up, add salt to taste then soup is ready to serve.

Advise : Certain seaweed need to roast and soak before cook, to prepare that just use a non stick pan put the seaweed in it (without oil), keep turning the seaweed while roasting. After smelling the fragrance of seaweed then is done. Leave it till cold then soak in a bowl of water for 15 mins and is ready to cook.

Vegetarian Roast Duck

I like to make my own Vegetarian Roast Duck, as those selling outside tends to be too oily due to they always deep fry with a pot of oil. My recipe will make the vegetarian roast duck light and crispy.


These are what you need............


Utensils

Wok
Frying pan
Scissors
Tooth pick
Microwave


Ingredients

• 2 tofu skin
• 6 teaspoons of sugar
• 6 table spoons of soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon of five spice powder
• 1 table spoon of fish sauce
• A pinch of pepper 
• Oil

Instructions

Use half a cup of hot water melt the sugar.
Pour in the sugar water, soy sauce, five spice powder, fish sauce and pepper into the wok.
Soak the tofu skin thoroughly into the sauce.
Fold the tofu skin into rectangle shape and hold it with tooth pick.
Put into microwave for 20 sec then turn around for another 20 sec. Leave the tofu skin for 1 hour to let it dry, this step is to make it crispy.
Heat up the frying pan with 2 table spoon of oil, turn to very low flame and fry the tofu skin, do be very careful while frying, keep turning the tofu skin cause it can be easily burn. Take out the tofu skin when it turn into golden brown.
Use scissors cut it into small pieces, now the Vegetarian Roast Duck is ready to serve.