Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Stir Fried Bittergourd with Chicken

Ingredients
1 bittergourd - remove cottony pith and seeds and slice thinly
1 small piece chicken fillet - sliced thinly
2 cloves garlic - chopped
1 tsp fermented black bean
2 tbsp vegetable oil
3 - 5 tbsp water

Kung Pao Fish (宫保鱼片)

Ingredients
1 lb fish fillet (i use basa fillet)
5 dried chillies - cut into halves
6 ginger slices
2 cloves garlic - sliced
1 stalk green onion - cut into small pieces
1 tbsp red peppercorns
2 tbsp roasted peanuts
1 tbsp cooking oil
1 tbsp chilli oil
1 tsp sesame oil

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Stir Fried Chinese Red Spinach

Ingredients
i bunch of chinese red spinach
3 tbsp dried prawn shell (ying hua xia)
2 cloves garlic - sliced
sugar and salt to taste
1 tsp sesame oil
1 tbsp chilli oil
1 tbsp vegetable oil

Green Bean with Sweet Potato Dessert

Ingredients
for 2 pax
70g green beans - soaked overnight and drained
1 small sweet potato - peeled and cut into cubes
1 pandan leaves - knotted
1 small piece of dried orange peel
3 tbsp of rock sugar
1 tbsp sago - washed and drained 
1 small pot of water - filled to 1/2 full

Charcoal Grilled Chicken Drumsticks with Sake/Soy Sauce

Ingredients
8 chicken drumsticks (washed and patted dry, make a few slits on the thickest part)

Sake Sauce 
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup sake
1 tsp grated ginger

Agar Agar Jelly with Canned Fruit Cocktail

Ingredients
1 packet rose brand agar agar powder (13g)
150g sugar
1 can fruit cocktail (drained and reserve juice)
water (measure amt of reserved juice and top up to 1 litre (32 oz)  in total quantity
1 tsp vanilla essence

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Kung Pao Prawns (宫保虾)

Ingredients
15 medium sized prawns - washed, deshelled and deveined
5 dried chilli - cut into halves
4 ginger slices
5 garlic slices
2 stalks green onion - cut into small pieces
1 tbsp red peppercorns
2 tbsp roasted peanuts
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp chilli oil
1 tsp sesame oil

Monday, July 18, 2011

Chinese Red Spinach Soup

Ingredients
1 small bunch chinese red spinach - washed, trimmed and separate stalks and leaves
handful of dried ikan bilis
2 cloved garlic - mashed
2 slices ginger
1 egg
2 tbsp wolfberries
4 bowls water for stock

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Claypot Chicken Rice


Ingredients
(rice cup used for measuring)
1 1/4 cup rice - washed and drained
1 cup water
1 chicken leg quarter and 1 chicken wing - chopped into pieces
3 dried shitake mushrooms - soaked, drained and cut into halves
1 chinese sausage - sliced
1 small piece salted fish - sliced into small pieces

Friday, July 1, 2011

Char Siew Mee

Ingredients
1 medium piece char siew (recipe refer to here)
fresh egg noodles - 3 coils for 2 pax
marinade from char siew

Charcoal Grilled Char Siew

Ingredients
2 lb pork shoulder
6 wooden skewers - soaked in water for 20 mins