Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Rotini Pasta with Prawns and Wild Mushroom


Ingredients
1 small bowl of rotini pasta
handful of pine nuts
2 cloves garlic - chopped
1 tbsp chopped onion 
5 prawns - peeled
handful of wild mushrooms - soaked, drained and cut into small pieces
8 white mushroom - cut into halves
salt and black pepper to taste
olive oil

Saturday, August 5, 2017

Grilled Tandoori Chicken




Ingredients
12 chicken drumsticks - remove skin
1 packet shan tandoor chicken mix
yoghurt
lemon juice
chilli powder and salt to taste

Turmeric Fried Rice

Ingredients
1 cup leftover rice
1 tsp chopped garlic
1 egg - lightly beaten
1 tsp turmeric powder
salt and pepper to taste
some sliced curry leaves
some pork sausage - cut into small pieces
2 tbsp cooking oil

Grilled Cod Fish with Korean Bean Paste



Ingredients
3 pieces of cod fish steak
3 tbsp korean bean paste
1 tbsp chilli sauce
1 tsp chopped garlic
3 dried chilli
some chopped green onions
1 tbsp oil

Thursday, June 8, 2017

Grilled Striped Bass





 
Summer is here and Hub had started to fire up his weber grill!
Ingredients
1 striped bass - cleaned
1 knob ginger - shredded
1 lemongrass - shredded
1 stalk green onion - shredded
4 dried red chilli
2 tbsp soy sauce
cooking oil
salt and pepper to taste

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Pig's Trotters Bee Hoon (猪脚米粉)





Ingredients
1 pot of Bellevue Brand Pig's trotters (I made my own braised pig's trotters!)
Bee Hoon (dry vermicelli soaked in water)

Pig's Trotters Ingredients
3 large pieces of pig's trotters 
1/2 cup dark soy sauce
1/2 cup light soy sauce
1/3 cup black vinegar
2 cups water or more to cover the pig's trotters
8 cloves garlic
2 slices ginger
1 star anise
6 dried red chillies - soaked in hot water for 5 mins and cut, remove seeds
1 packet of pre-roasted chestnuts
6 dried shitake mushrooms - soaked in water till soften, drained and cut into pieces, reserving the mushroom water.
cooking oil

Cold Noodles

Ingredients
1 packet cold noodle mix
some dried seaweed soaked in water till soften and cut into strips
some toasted white sesame seeds
sesame oil to taste
soy sauce to taste
2 cooked eggs

Fried Prawns with bean paste and ketchup (干烧虾)





Ingredients
20 large prawns - cleaned and deveined
1 tbsp chopped garlic
2 tbsp korean fermented bean paste
2 tbsp tomato ketchup
water
cornstarch solution
salt to taste
cooking oil

Stir Fried Lobster




Ingredients
2 lobster tail - cleaned and chop into pieces
1 tsp chopped ginger
1 stalk green onion - cut into one inch
1 tbsp hua tiao wine
1 tbsp oyster sauce 
cornstarch solution
1/4 cup water or more
cooking oil

Friday, May 19, 2017

Singapore Chilli Crab (辣椒螃蟹)

Presenting......a trio of seafood dishes by Chef M aka The Hub






Ingredients
I large dungeness crab (I bought pre-cooked crab) - washed and cleaned
6 shallots - peeled and chopped
1 tbsp finely chopped ginger
6 cloves garlic - peeled and chopped
2 tbsp hot bean paste
3 tbsp ketchup
2 tbsp yeo's chilli sauce
1 tbsp sambal chilli
juice of 1 lime
2 cups water
2 eggs - beaten
cornstarch solution
salt and sugar to taste
cooking oil