Sweet Potato Patties

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

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

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

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 

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

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

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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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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