Penne with Mushroom and Basil

Ingredients
1 small bowl penne
12 white mushroom - sliced into halves
2 cloves garlic - minced
1 tbsp olive oil
1/2 to 1 cup milk 
1 tbsp flour with some water
handful of chopped basil
salt and pepper to taste

Weber Grilled Roast Pork

 

Ingredients

2 medium slab of pork belly (abt 800g)

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp white pepper

1 tsp 5 spice powder

(for one slab of pork belly, use half of each of the seasonings)

For brining the meat

1 tsp salt + 1 tsp sugar

For scalding the rind

2 cups water + 2 tbsp vinegar

Char Siew Bao

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  piping hot char siew bao

 rough dough

 dough doubled in size

 diced char siew

 rolling out the dough

 char siew fillings with sauce

 wrapping the bao

 resting the wrapped bao

 getting steamer ready

 placing bao in steamer

 steamed bao

 the skin are not as soft and white as dim sum bao...but good enough for us....the char siew fillings are very tasty though

Ingredients

200g all purpose flour
2 tsp sugar
1 tsp vegetable oil
1 tsp active dry yeast
1/3 cup warm water
1/3 cup water (add a few tbsp maybe)
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder

Fillings

diced char siew
char siew sauce
some cornstarch solution

Weber Grilled Char Siew

Ingredients

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

Seasonings
1 tbsp honey
4 tbsp oyster sauce
5 tbsp ketchup
3 tbsp soy sauce
3 tbs dark soy sauce
5 tbsp sugar
3/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp five-spice powder
1 tbsp cooking wine
5 cloves of garlic - smashed lightly and peeled

Spicy Thai Chicken Curry

Ingredients

1 lb chicken breast (boned or deboned) - cut into bite-sized pieces
1 tomato - chopped
3 shallots - sliced
1 stalk lemongrass - white part only - chopped
2 tbsp dessicated coconut
2 tbsp thai red curry paste
1 tbsp sambal belachan
5 thai green chilli pepper
2 dried bay leaves
handful of thai basil leaves or sweet basil leaves
3/4 can coconut milk
3/4 tsp sea salt
2 tbsp cooking oil

Soy Sauce Chicken Wing

Ingredients

10 chicken wings (mid-joint part)

2 stalk green onion - cut into 4 cm length and separate the white and green parts

2 chilli padi - cut into small pieces

1 tbsp rice wine

1 -2 tbsp soy sauce

1/2 cup water

1 tsp cooking oil

Dry Cauliflower Curry

Ingredients

1 small head cauliflower
1 onion - chopped
1 tbsp grated ginger
1 tomato - chopped 
10 cherry tomatoes - halved
1 tbsp coriander seeds - pound
1 tsp cumin seeds - pound
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp garam masala powder
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
1 -2  tbsp cooking oil

Fish Soup with Tofu

Ingredients

1 lb cod fish fillet - sliced

1 packet of soft tofu - cut into large pieces

1 tomato - cut into quarters

1 packet enoki mushrooms - base trimmed and roughly separate them

1 small piece of dried seaweed

2 slices ginger

1 clove garlic - unpeeled and lightly smashed 

1 pot of ikan bilis stock or chicken stock

Seasonings

1 tbsp rice wine

1 tbsp soy sauce

dash of sesame oil

salt and pepper to taste

Garnishings

chopped green onions

1 tsp fried shallot oil

dash of pepper

Ice cream with Blackberries

Summer treat...tasty, creamy vanilla ice-cream with wild blackberries toppings.

Coq Au Vin Pasta

Ingredients

1/2 lb fettucine

Other ingredients

refer to here

Coq Au Vin (Chicken Braised in Red Wine)

Ingredients

3 lbs chicken

3/4 bottle red wine
3 slices of bacon
1 small stalk of leek - sliced 
2 small sticks of carrot - cut into pieces

20 pearl onions - peeled
1 small packet of beech or button mushrooms
2 bay leaves
2 tbsp tomato puree
plain flour for coating chicken
1 tbsp chopped parsley
salt and pepper to taste
cooking oil

Butter Cake

 

deliciously moist and buttery cake....sinfully good....
recipe adapted from rasa malaysia

Ingredients

2 sticks (230g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
7 oz (200g) plain flour/all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
7 oz (200g) castor sugar
4 large eggs
½ tsp salt
 6 - 7 tablespoons fresh milk

 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 375°F.
2. Lightly grease the pan with some butter.
3. Mix the flour and the baking powder together and sieve. Add in salt and mix well. Set aside.
4. Use an electronic beater to mix butter and sugar until well combined or pale yellow in color. (Note: Sugar has not dissolved yet).
5. Add in the first egg. Beat well after each addition of egg until creamy.
6. Scrape down the sides for even mixing.
7. Add in vanilla essence and mix well.
8. Fold in the flour into the mixture and mix well.
9. Finally, add in the milk.
10. Pour the mixture into the greased baking pan. Shake it lightly to distribute cake mixture evenly.
11. Bake until golden brown and cooked, about 40 to 50 minutes. Use a cake tester to test if it’s cooked.
12. Remove it from the oven and let cool on the wire rack for another 5 minutes. Serve warm.

BBQ Pork Back Rib

super tasty, fall off the bones bbq back ribs! no time for more pixs as our 2 guests had arrived.  All gone in a jiffy except the bones.....

Ingredients 

Spices and Seasonings

1 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp dry sage
juice of 1 lemon
dash of garlic salt
dash of pepper
dash of onion powder
dash of chilli flakes

Other
1 can of coke

BBQ Sauce Mix for basting
1/2 cup Kraft original barbecue sauce
1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
1 tsp tobasco sauce