Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Sweet Potato Patties


Ingredients
2 sweet potatoes - peeled and cut into slices
1 egg
flour
sugar to taste
cooking oil

Monday, November 26, 2012

Broiled Salmon

Ingredients
1 lb salmon fillet
Marinade sauce

Marinade Sauce
1 cup dry sake
1/2 cup mirin (i replace with 1/2 cup sake and 1 tsp white sugar)
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 1/2 tbsp miso paste


Garlic Butter

ingredients
1 stick unsalted butter
3 cloves garlic - peeled and chopped finely
1 tsp dried basil leaves
1 tsp dried oregano leaves
1 tsp sea salt
1 tbsp olive oil

Purple Yam with Glutinous Rice Ball

ingredients
1 purple yam - peeled and cubed
4 glutinous rice balls
2 bowls of water
2 pandan leaves
rock sugar to taste

French Toast

Ingredients
3 pieces of thick white bread
2 eggs
sugar to taste
cooking oil

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Claypot Goat Meat with Beancurd Stick


Ingredients
1 lb goat meat - chopped
2 pcs beancurd stick - break into large pcs, soak till soft and drain
1 carrot - peeled and chopped into big chunks  
3 cloves unpeeled garlic
few slices of ginger
1 tbsp rice wine
2 stalks green onion
cornstarch solution
3 - 4 cups water
1 tbsp cooking oil

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Claypot Chicken with Chestnut

Ingredients
2 chicken wings - separate wings and drummette
2 chicken thigh - chopped into halves
1 large dried mushroom - soaked, drained and quartered
15 fresh chestnuts
few slices of ginger slices
2 cloves garlic - unpeeled and lightly mashed
1 shallot - peeled and sliced
2 stalks green onion - white part only
1 fresh red chilli - remove seeds and cut 
1 cup chicken stock or water
1 tsp sesame oil
cooking oil

Claypot Seafood with Pumpkin

Comfort food for the autumn season - my series of claypot dishes on the way....

Ingredients
1 medium-sized pumpkin (use 1/4 of it) - peeled, remove seeds and cut into large cubes
4 small slices of fish fillet
12 mussels - washed and cleaned
8 squid rings
6 prawns - peeled and deveined, with tail intact
1 cup chicken or vegetable broth
3 tbsp dessicated coconut
1/2 cup coconut milk
few slices of ginger
2 cloves garlic - unpeeled and lightly mashed
2 stalk lemongrass - white part only, lightly mashed
1 star anise 
1 tsp coriander seeds - lightly pound
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
salt and pepper to taste
1 tbsp cooking oil

Purple Yam Dessert with Snow Fungus



recipe adapted from here
Ingredients
1 purple yam - peeled and cut into small cubes
1 small piece of snow fungus - soaked to soften it, then drained
rock sugar to taste
2 pandan leaves - knotted 

Friday, November 16, 2012

Stir Fried Ginger Scallion Chicken


Ingredients
4 chicken wings - chopped
1 knob ginger - peeled and julienned
2 green onion - trimmed and cut into 5cm length
cornstarch solution
1/4 cup water
1 tbsp cooking oil

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Prawn Fritters

 
recipe adapted from here

Ingredients
200 g ( 1 1/2 cups) Plain Flour, sifted
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1/4 tsp Ground Turmeric
1 level tsp Salt
250 ml (1 cup) Water
100 g (1/2 cup) Chinese Chives, trimmed and cut into 4 cm ( 1 1/2 inch) lengths
100 g (2 cups) Bean Sprouts, rinsed
20 Medium Prawns, peeled, with tails intact
Oil for frying

Steamed Pumpkin Rice


Ingredient

 1 cup rice
1 cup water 
1 bowl of cubed peeled pumpkin
1 tsp dried prawns - soaked and drained
1 chinese sausage - cut into small slices
1 small pc dried salted fish - diced
1 shitake mushroom - soaked, drained and diced
2 cloves garlic - chopped
1 shallot - chopped
2 tbsp soy sauce
salt and pepper to taste
cooking oil

BBQ Five-Spiced Babyback Rib

fall off the bone five-spiced rib

Ingredients 
Spices and Seasonings

1 tbsp five-spice powder
1 tbsp soy sauce
3 cloves chopped garlic

1 tsp garlic salt
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp onion powder

Friday, October 12, 2012

Honeysuckle Flower Tea (金银花)


Ingredients
handful of dried jin ying hua
few pcs of gan cao
2 cups of water
rock sugar to taste

Method
  1. Boil all the ingredients together for about 20 minutes.
  2. Filter and serve the drink warm.

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Potato Pancake


very large green onions from H-Mart
freshly picked from his farm....given by a generous craigslist seller when we bought an outdoor table from him. He invited us to pick those ripe, juicy italian plums too :)

recipe adapted from here
Ingredients
3 medium-size potatoes - grated
2 large eggs
1/2 cup cooked corn
1 stalk green onion - chopped
3/4 to 1 cup all purpose flour
salt and pepper to taste
cooking oil

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Braised Pork with Ginger Scallions

Ingredients
3/4 lb lean pork - sliced thinly
1 bunch green onions - ends trimmed, separate white and green parts
1 pc ginger - julienned
1 fresh red chilli - sliced thinly

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Grilled Black Cod in Teriyaki Sauce




Ingredients
1 lb black cod
1/2 packet brown beech mushroom - ends trimmed
1/4 cup teriyaki sauce
some cornstarch solution
cooking oil

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Napa Cabbage Meatball Soup

Ingredients 
1 small bunch nappa cabbage- cut into thick slices
1 small bowl of minced meat
1 tomato - cut into quarters
2 cloves garlic - unpeeled and lightly smashed
2 slices of ginger
3 bowls chicken stock

Steamed Chicken with Chinese Sausage

Ingredients
2 chicken thigh - deboned and cut into bite-sized pieces
1 chinese sausage - sliced
2 shitake mushrooms - soaked, drained and cut into bite-sized pieces (retain water)
1 clove garlic - sliced
2-3 tbsp mushroom water
1 small piece ginger - sliced

Friday, September 21, 2012

Bubur Cha Cha



Ingredients
1 small yam - peeled and cut into cubes
1 sweet potato - peeled and cut into cubes
2 pcs pandan leaves - knotted
2 tbsp sago
1/4 can thick coconut milk
sugar to taste

Stir Fried Leek with Roast Pork


Ingredients
1 stalk leek - sliced diagonally (separate white part and green leafy part)
1 small pc roasted pork - cut into slices
1/2 block beancurd - cut into thick strips and pan fried
3 cloves garlic - chopped
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup water - estimated

dash of sesame oil
2 tbsp cooking oil

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Stir Fried Cabbage with Apple Cider Vinegar


Ingredients
1 small head of cabbage - cut into bite-sized pieces
2 fresh red chillies - remove seeds and sliced
1 cloves garlic - peeled and sliced
2 - 3 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup water
1 tbsp cooking oil

Steamed Chicken Drumsticks with Chinese Herbs



Ingredients
5 chicken drumsticks
4 pieces of dang gui
12 red dates
handful of yuzhu
handful of wolfberries
salt to taste


Monday, September 17, 2012

Yam Spring Roll with Butter



Ingredients
1 small yam - peeled, sliced, steamed and mashed
2 tbsp butter
spring roll wrappers
salt to taste
thick cornstarch mixture or egg wash

Tamarind Duck Soup



Ingredients
leftover roast duck meat
1 small bunch of salted vegetables - soaked for 20 minutes, drained and cut into thick slices 
1 small block of soft tofu - cut into large cubes
1 tomato - quartered
1 small pc ginger - peeled and cut into thin strips
 2 tbsp tamarind paste
2 chilli padi
1 small pot of water