Friday, August 30, 2019

Baked Pepper Pork Bun 胡椒餅




recipe from here
with pictorial steps

Ingredients (makes 8 pieces)
water dough (outer dough)
all purpose flour 320g
yeast 5g
water 200g (about 0.85 cup)
sugar 20g (about 5 tsp)
salt 1/2 tsp
lard 20g 

Thursday, August 29, 2019

Fried egg with oysters



Ingredients
3 eggs
6 fresh oysters from a jar
some chopped green onion
2 tbsp light soy sauce
salt and pepper to taste
2 tbsp vegetable oil 

Wild Vegetable Dish




Some home grown vegetables given by my Taiwanese neighbour, Yu Qin. These edible vegetables which she calls it 野菜 can be found by the roadside and grow in abundance.  She picked these vegetable, roots intact and started to grow them. Edible food around us...interesting!  Might grow them one day...

Ingredients
1 bunch of wild vegetable/home grown vegetables
1 bunch of bean sprouts - washed and tail ends removed
1 tsp chopped garlic
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp light soy sauce
salt and pepper to taste
a little sesame oil
oil for frying 

Otah Recipe





Ingredients
300g fish meat (I used firm cod fish fillet)
1 egg white
2 to 3 tbsp rice flour2 to 3 tbsp corn starch
4 tbsp coconut milk 
banana leaves (defrost the frozen leaves and washed
oil to brush banana leaves
toothpicks to secure wrapped otah

Spice Paste
15 dried chillies
one stalk lemongrass - soft part only, chopped finely
4 lime leaves - sliced thinly
200g shallots - peeled and chopped
20g galangal - peeled and chopped
10 candlenuts
15g belachan
1 tsp curry powder
1 tsp turmeric powder 
1 tsp coriander powder  1/3 cup oil
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt

Sunday, August 25, 2019

Steamed Halibut Fillet with Fermented Bean



Ingredients
1 lb halibut fillet
1 sliced fresh red chilli - sliced
1 tbsp salted fermented yellow beans
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
1 stalk green onion
slices of ginger

Oyster Mee Sua




Ingredients
3 oysters from a jar - rinsed and set aside
1 bunch vermicelli
some minced meat - seasoned with a little soy sauce, salt, pepper and sesame oil.
chopped parsley
1 tsp sesame oil 

Fried Oysters


Recipe adapted from https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/18237/deep-fried-oysters/

Ingredients
12 oz oysters from a jar
2 quarts vegetable oil for frying
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
2 eggs, lightly beaten
3/4 cup fine bread crumbs (I replace with sweet potato flour as I do not have bread crumbs)

Oyster Congee




Ingredients
8 oysters from a jar - rinsed
1 egg
1 cup rice grain - washed
3 cups water
some shredded ginger
some chopped green onion
salt and pepper to taste
shallot oil

Friday, August 23, 2019

Easy Grilled Swordfish Fillet



Ingredients
1 lb swordfish fillet
1 tbsp chopped garlic
2 tbsp chopped green onions

Seasonings
salt and black pepper

Sauce
1 tbsp fermented beans with some sauce
1 tsp light soy sauce 
1 tsp rice wine
drizzle of sesame oil

Grilled Chicken Thigh with Asparagus



Ingredients
1 lb boneless chicken thigh
1 small bunch of asparagus (washed and trim off hard stems)
1/2 large onion, sliced

Seasonings
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tsp dark soy sauce
1 tbsp sake
a pinch of sugar
salt and pepper to taste