Chiu Chow Fun Gor (Teochew Dumplings) 潮州粉果

Enjoying freshly made piping hot delicious dim sum dumplings right at home!

Ingredients
Dough
140g wheat starch (3/4 cup)
180g tapioca starch (1 cup)
60g cornstarch (1/3 cup)
360 ml water 

Fillings
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1/4 tsp salt
40g re-hydrated dried shrimp - roughly chopped
3 re-hydrated dried mushrooms - diced
50g preserved radish
180g minced pork
20g diced pork fat
250g diced jicama
2 sliced shallots
handful of fried peanuts
100g chives - finely chopped
80g celery - finely chopped
120ml soaking mushroom water

Method
To prepare the ingredients

1. Add oil to pan.  Fry sliced shallots till aromatic.  Add preserved radish and fry over medium heat.  Add chopped mushrooms and fry for a while..  Push aside all ingredients.  Add a little oil and fry the dried shrimp until lightly browned and aromatic.  Mix all ingredients and fry to mix well.  Remove from pan and set aside.
2. Add 1tbsp oil to pan.  Fry pork fat for about 1 minute, add pork and continue to fry for a while.  Return the previously fried ingredients to the pan.  Fry over medium heat.
3. Add sugar.  Switch to low heat.  Add oyster sauce, ground pepper, 5-spice powder, soy sauce.  Fry to combine well.
4. Add diced jicama and fry for a minute.  Drizzle shaoxing wine and do a quick stir fry.  Add soaked mushroom water and mix well.  Cover and cook for a few minutes.  Remove cover and check seasonings.  Add salt if it is too bland.  
5. Stir in cornstarch solution and fry to mix well.  Add chopped celery and fry for a while.  Add chives and cilantro.  Turn off heat. Drizzle sesame oil and toss to combine well.
6. Pour cooked ingredients into a large bowl for use in fillings.  When the ingredients are cooled, mix in fried peanuts. 

To make the dough

1. Place all dough flour mix into a large bowl.  Add salt and mix.
2. Pour in boiling water while stirring the flour mix.  Add vegetable oil.  Knead into a dough.  Cover and let it rest for 20 minutes.
3. Roll the rested dough and divide into parts to form into ball shape.
4. Roll out to flatten each ball.  If it is too sticky, sprinkle some tapioca starch on the work surface.  Add 1 tbsp of ingredients onto the centre of the wrapper and fold the bottom half upwards to seal it.  Create pleats on the dumplings. Repeat for the rest of the wrappers.
5. Prepare a steamer.  Place wrapped dumplings on a basket steamer and steam for 15 minutes.
6. Enjoy these delicious dim sum right at home!

Stir Fried Beancurd with Roast Pork

  

My home chef used leftover roast pork to create this super tasty stir fry that went so well with a bowl of rice :PP

 

Ingredients
10 pieces of fried beancurd - cut into halves
handful of roast pork
1 tbsp chopped garlic
half bell pepper - seeds removed and cut into strips
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp rice wine
1 tbsp vegetable oil

Steamed Eggs with Smoked Mussels

 Super Quick and Easy Dish...super tasty!

 Bought some special heirloom eggs, very fresh eggs with deep amber egg yolks.  Add some smoked mussels and a plain egg dish turned into a special dish.  A little smoked flavour brings lots to the taste....yummm

Ingredients
4 eggs
10 smoked mussels
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1/2 cup water

Applesauce Walnut Raisin Cake

Recipe adapted from here

Ingredients
2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/4 cup sugar
1-1/2 cups applesauce
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 large eggs
1-1/2 tsp vanilla
1-1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1-1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup raisins
3/4 cup chopped walnuts

Method

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees f.  Grease and flour a bking pan.  Set aside.
2. Combine all cake ingredients, except raisins and walnuts in a large bowl.
3. Beat at low speed until all the ingredients are moistened.
4. Beat at high speed, scraping bowl often, until smooth.
5. Stir in raisins and walnuts.
6.  Pour into prepared pan.  Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until center is firm to the touch and edges begin to pull away from sides of pan.  Cool completely. 
7. Cut into slices and enjoy the moist and tasty cake!

Steamed Mussels in White Wine

Steamed Mussels with white wine, a classic dish that was easy to prepare and delightfully good! The sweet briny juices of the mussels combined with the rest of the ingredients brings a touch of class to the dining table :)  A tasty appetizer on its own or add pasta for a hearty meal...whatever you choose...you will enjoy this dish to the very last drop of the sauce....slurp :P.....

Ingredients
2 lbs fresh mussels - scrubbed clean under running water
1 cup dry white wine
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp minced garlic
some chopped parsley

Delicious Braised Pork Ribs in a Baguette

slide the tender pork meat off the bone and stuff them into the baguette

add some vegetables pickles for some added taste and texture

open your mouth wide and enjoy all the goodness in a bite!

for recipe to this tasty fall off the bone braised ribs, refer to here

Super Tasty Braised Pork Ribs with Rice and Pickles

Ingredients
braised Pork Ribs
rice
vegetable pickles

Method
Refer to here for recipe.

Braised Pork Ribs with Chinese Spice

Super delicious fall off the bone ribs! One slab, Two Laps...enjoy the flavourful ribs with rice or in a baguette, either way they are just as good ;P

Credit to my home chef for the wonderful meals!

Ingredients
1 slab 3 1/2 lb pork rib
half onion - peeled and sliced into rings
5 dried red chili
3 star anise
2 small cinnamon sticks
1/2  cup rock sugar
1/2 cup huatiao wine
1 cup dark soy sauce
1 tsp five-spice powder
enough water to cover pork ribs for braising
2 tbsp cooking oil

Cinnamon Applesauce Muffins

Ingredients
1 3/4 cups flour
1 cup applesauce, unsweetened
1/3 cup raisins
3/4 cup butter
2 eggs
2 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla