Sunday, September 25, 2011

Baked Pastry with Red Bean Paste (红豆酥)


I had too much red bean paste in my fridge and I wanted to clear them.  That's why these pastries are being stuffed to their fullest!  

Ingredients
makes 15 pieces

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Pan Fried Pork Chop

Ingredients
1 lb pork chop
1 small bunch broccoli - trimmed and blanched
8 - 10 pcs baby carrots - blanched
1/2 onion - sliced
1 tbsp cooking oil

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Luo Han Guo Herbal Tea (罗汉果凉茶)

Ingredients
(makes about 2 mugs)
1 litre of water
1 luo han guo fruit (arhat fruit/monk's fruit)
15g hua qi shen (花棋参)
15g dried chrysanthemum flowers (菊花)

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Baked Red Potatoes

Ingredients
4 organic red potatoes - cleaned and cut into quarters
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp dried basil leaves
salt and pepper to taste
1 tbsp unsalted butter - to be melted

Seafood Noodles

Ingredients
4 coils dry thin noodles
1 small piece basa fillet - cut into slices and marinate with some salt and pepper
2 squid - cleaned and cut into rings
6 prawns = deshelled and deveined
1 small piece lean pork = cut into thin slices
handful of chye sim = washed and cut
2 ginger slices
2 shallot - peeled and sliced
2 cloves garlic - peeled and chopped
2 tsp sesame oil
2 tsp shallot oil
2 tbsp vegetable oil

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Stir Fried Leek with Chinese Sausage (蒜炒香肠)

Ingredients
1 small plate of cut leek (sliced diagonally)
1 chinese sausage
1 red chilli - cut into small pieces

Steamed Eggplant (Brinjal) with Minced Meat (肉酱蒸茄子)

Ingredients
1 eggplant
100g minced pork
50g dried prawns
10 - 15 basil leaves
2 cloves garlic - chopped
cornstarch solution
2 tbsp cooking oil

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Braised Pork Rib with Yam (芋头炖排骨)

Ingredients
1 lb pork ribs
1 yam - peeled, cut into cubes and fried
1 knob old ginger - sliced
3 cloves garlic - peeled and smashed
2 stalk green onion (white part only) - cut into 2 cm length
4 dried mushrooms - soaked, drained and quartered
1 tsp fermented black beans - washed with water and drained
1 tbsp soy sauce
dash of pepper
2 tbsp rock sugar
2 cups water
2 tbsp cooking oil

Stir Fried Leek with Pork Belly and Beancurd

Ingredients
1 stalk leek - sliced diagonally (separate stalk part and green leafy part)
150 pork belly - cut into thin slices
1/2 block beancurd - cut into thick strips and fried
3 cloves garlic - chopped
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup water
2 tbsp cooking oil

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Claypot Chicken with White Mushroom

Ingredients
12 fresh white mushrooms - cut into halves
3 pcs of boneless skinless chicken drumsticks - cut into 1 1/2cm cubes
1 small bunch broccoli
12 pcs baby carrots - cut into bite-sized pieces
2 stalks green onion (white part only) - cut into 3cm length
2 slices ginger
2 cloves garlic - minced
1 tbsp shaoxing wine - for drizzling
1/2 cup water
cooking oil