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Peppers Cheese Omelette with Avocado Salad
2010-10-20 18:10:00
I had this for one of my late dinner. After cooking for the kids and again for my husband, I didn't really have appetite to eat, especially looking at the amount of washing I have to do. Needless to say, I became hunger a few hours later. :P Ingredients for Avocado Salad : 1/2 Avocado, sliced 5 Cherry Tomato, halve Juice of 1/2 lime Same chopped Spring Onion 1 teaspoon Japanese Mayonnaise a dash of pepper How to do it: Mix and toss all ingredients just before serving. Ingredients for Omelette: 2 Eggs, lightly beaten 1/2 teaspoon Cornflour a dash of pepper (optional) 1/2 small Red Pepper 1-2 slices Cheese Oil for frying How to do it: Blister the red pepper by cooking the skin side over fire till all charred. Place the red pepper into a plastic bag. Close it with air inside (like a balloon) and shake it hard to make the charred skin come off. Remove and rinse it with water. Julienne the red pepper and set aside Add corn flour to the eggs and mix well. Season the eggs w...

Sweet Hoisin Wings
2010-10-20 08:18:00
I bought a bottle of Hoisin sauce recently at a recommendation of a friend. I had only used 1 tablespoon of it so far and didn't know what to do with it. :P I decided to use it for one of my wings experiments, again. :) 3 different tastes, sweet, spicy and tangy. This one here uses the Hoisin sauce and it the sweet one. It turn out rather nice. My hubby likes this. I would recommend it for BBQ. Watch out of the other 2, Spicy Wings and Tangy Wings, coming soon. :) Ingredients: 12 Mid-joint Wings 4 tablespoons Hoisin Sauce 1/2 teaspoon minced Garlic 1/4 teaspoon Pepper 1 teaspoon Honey 1/3 teaspoon grated fresh Ginger Juice of 1/2 Orange How to do it: Combine all ingredients together. Marinate overnight. Roast the wings in a preheat oven at 200C for 20 to 25 minutes. Turn the wings in between roasting. Serve immediately. http://feeds.feedburner.com/wokkingmum
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Garlic Fried Rice
2010-10-19 10:02:00
I had to re-do my blog again as I was informed that it was 'out of sort'. It seems that the side widgets are all over the place. It was fine viewing from my computer. Hopefully, it's proper now and do let me know if you find it taking an unreasonable time to load. Thanks! This is my son's current 'favourite dinner'. He as been asking me to cook fried rice almost everyday last week. This is the base of the fried rice and I'll add other ingredients, like sausages, beans, carrots, corn, peas, etc to it. This meant, he had different fried rice everyday; in a way. ;) Ingredients: 1 bowl of cooked rice 4 tablespoon Oil 4 clove Garlic , coarsely chopped 1 Egg Seasoning 1/4 tablespoon Oyster Sauce 1/4 teaspoon Fish Sauce 1/4 teaspoon Sugar a pinch of salt A dash of pepper and ground black pepper How to do it: Add oil and garlic in wok. Fry garlic while oil is heating. This prevent the garlic getting burn to fast and the oil will more fragrant. Drain garlic once it's lig...
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Herbal Black Pepper Prawns 黑胡椒当归虾
2010-10-07 18:07:00
My original plan with to cook the prawns with black pepper sauce. I had some left-over Dang Gui 当归 powder and thought I would experiment combining both the black pepper with Dang Gui 当归. :P It rather nice except, next time I'll leave out the curry leaves (you see in the photo) as it overpowered the Dang Gui. Ingredients: 400g Prawns, shelled and deviened 1 medium Onion, cut into chunks 4 tablespoon Oil for frying 1 tablespoon Oil for stir-frying Marinade: 1 teaspoon Dang Gui 当归 (Angelica Sinensis)Powder 1 teaspoon Ground Black Pepper 1 tablespoon Corn Flour 1 teaspoon Sesame Seed Oil a pinch of Salt Sauce: 1 tablespoon Oyster Sauce 1 tablespoon Light Soy Sauce 1 teaspoon Chinese Cooking Oil 1 teaspoon Sugar 4 tablespoon Water 1/2 tablespoon Ground Black Pepper 1/2 teaspoon Corn Flour How to do it: Coat prawns with marinade. Marinate for 30 minutes. Heat oil in wok and fry the marinated prawns till 80% cooked. Remove and drain. Heat a clean wok with 1 tablespoon o...

Chocolate Viennese Cookies
2010-10-07 06:03:00
I found my old notebook when I was packing my storeroom. One of the stuff that was scribbled in it was a recipe on Chocolate Viennese Fingers. It was really simple to make. No wonder I had it scribbled down. :P The original recipe required a fluted tip to pipe the mixture into 'fingers' and it also asked for the cookies to be dipped in melted chocolate. I did some changes to the recipe as I only have a flower tip and I didn't want to dip the cookies into chocolate as I find it difficult and messy to store. I also added corn flour into the mixture to make to more crunchy. I'm sharing my recipe adapted from the original one. The ingredients for original recipes are shown below in *brackets, if there's a difference. Loved the results as it was crunchy and sort of melt in your mouth. I would have added more sugar (I got sweet tooth :P ) but the kids and my husband said it was just nice. Ingredients: 230g Butter, softened 150g Icing/Powdered Sugar *(110g) 200g Top Flour or jus...
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Roasted Lemon Herb Wings
2010-10-04 09:29:00
I have something to air, before I share my recipe. So bear with me for a just a little while. I have something to said to those who don't like what they see here; again. If you think my blog suck for whatever reasons, you don't have visit again. Just click on the 'X' on the top right corner of your computer screen. It will save you from your agony. Please don't waste time sending me a 'comment', especially if you are going to sign off nameless. Once again, I stress that I blog for my own pleasure, not for you or anyone. I am happy with the amount of love this blog received. I'll do fine without yours. Go love someone else's perfect blog instead. Thank you very much. I'm done. ;)  Thank you for bearing with me. :)  I got 'spat at' twice since last week. Nothing new to me and certainly not the worst compared to the hate mail I received sometime back. I got a feeling it's not going to be the last one.  Some people just have too much time on hand and ar...
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Seasoned (leftover) Fries
2010-09-30 19:09:00
My daughter and I had fast food after her Chinese Enrichment Class yesterday. I ordered a little too much and the fries were left almost untouched. Maybe, it was bland and soggy? :P I didn't want to waste it and brought it home. I sprinkled on some spice and bake it. It turned out slightly crispy on the outside and they tasted so much better. My husband finished them and told me, we I should always do this with fries next time. O.o What I added to the fries were Paprika, Garlic Powder, Parmesan Cheese, Dried Parsley and Salt (optional). Toss them to mix well before baking it at 180C for around 10 minutes, depending on the leftover fries. Mine was soggy, hence I baked it longer. Next time, when you want to toss away the pack of bland or soggy fries, try savaging it by doing this instead. :) http://feeds.feedburner.com/wokkingmum

Roasted Parmesan Wings
2010-09-30 12:34:00
Like the Spice Wings , this is also one of my cooking experiments on wings. Compared to the Spice Wings, some might prefer this as the ingredients used here is much lesser, especially so you don't use spice often. You will like this if you like cheese. I didn't use salt to season the wings as the Parmesan cheese gave the wing the saltiness it needed. Not oil or butter is required to grease the wings or the baking sheet as there will be oil from the cheese and the wings. I would recommend you roast these on rack rather than on baking sheet or foil as the part siting on the baking sheet will be sitting on the oil from the cheese and chicken. Hence, the cheese on the bottom part of the wings will not brown and will be soggy.  If you do not have a rack, make 2 strips of foil and place them below the wings to lift them up. That will do the trick. ;) Ingredients: 6 Mid-joint Wings or Drumlets 6 tablespoon Grated Parmesan Cheese 1 tablespoon Ground Black Pepper 1 teaspoon Garlic ...

Spice Wings
2010-09-28 17:09:00
If you like cooking with spices, you gotta try this! This is one of my 3 'experiments' on wings and I got my husband's stamp of approval for this. Personally, I love it too. ;) Smells great! Definitely will be making more of this. And a good option for bbqs too! I have 2 more bags of wings sitting in 2 different marinades in the fridge. I'll be cooking them tomorrow. Hopefully, they will be as successful as these spice wings. I will share those recipes if they are. Meanwhile, enjoy these! Ingredients: 6 Mid-joint Wings or Drumlets 1 tablespoon Ground Cinnamon 2 teaspoon Brown Sugar 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder 1 teaspoon Curry Powder 1/2 teaspoon Onion Powder 1/2 teaspoon Pepper 1/2 teaspoon Ground Black Pepper 1/2 teaspoon Salt How to do it: Mix all ingredients expect the wings together. Coat wings with the spice mixture. You can do by shaking the wing with the spice mixture in a zip-loc bag too. Sit the wings in the spice for an hour. Grease foil and wings with olive oil...

Rice Paper Spring Roll
2010-09-22 04:34:00
I was making meat patties for my son and had some ingredients left over. I used the ingredients combined with some others to made these 'spring rolls' using Vietnam rice paper. It turned out rather nice and we actually preferred this than usual one using the spring roll skin. ;) Ingredients: 100g Minced Pork/Chicken 60g Fish Paste (optional) 150g Small Prawn, cut into chunks 1-2 Fresh Red Chili, seed removed and chopped finely 1 tablespoon Chopped Coriander Stem part only 1/2 tablespoon Light Soy Sauce a pinch of Salt a dash of Pepper 8 pieces Vietnam Rice Paper Oil for frying Dipping Sauce 2 tablespoon Thai Sweet Chili Sauce 1 tablespoon White Vinegar 2/3 tablespoon Sugar 1 teaspoon Fish Sauce Sprinkle Chopped Coriander Stem & Leaves How to do it: Mixed all ingredients for the spring roll except the rice paper and oil together. Brush rice paper with water or wipe with a clean wet cloth. When it's start to get softer, scoop some meat mixture on it and roll it up as yo...
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Egg, Bacon & Cheese Flan
2010-08-23 19:33:00
Okay, it's actually not a flan. It's egg dish dressed up to look like a flan. :P It's another variation of the usual egg and bacon/ham that we like for breakfast. Except this version is less oily. You can have it as it is or serve it with bread, as a sandwich. Ingredients: 3 slice Streaky Bacon 2 Eggs 2-3 tablespoon Grated Parmesan Cheese Butter Sprinkle of Dried Parsley Salt and Ground Black Pepper to taste How to do it: Spread butter around an oven proof dish. Cut streaky bacon into smaller piece. Either scatter around or lay around the side of oven proof dish. Bake in preheated oven at 180C for 15 minutes. Remove and crack 2 eggs into dish. Season with salt and pepper. Top with Parmesan cheese and parsley. Place oven proof dish in a tray. Fill water in the tray to reach 2/3 of the dish. Continue to bake for 15 minutes or till egg is set. Remove and serve immediately. Note: It is better to bake the egg in water. It is to prevent the egg from becoming tough and rubbery. Yo...

Nitamago aka Lava Egg Part 2
2010-08-18 00:37:00
In my last post on Lava Egg aka Nitamago, I mentioned that I'll be sharing how I 'colour' my lava eggs. This is very much like the Chinese braised egg 蓾蛋 except you don't cook the eggs in the marinade cos you want to retain the runny egg yolk and not to harden it. You just keep the egg in the marinade and let the marinade slowly do its work. I have only marinated the egg you see here for 3 hours. If you want the brown hue to penetrate more into the egg white, you have to keep the egg in the marinade for at least a day. Marinade for 2 Lava eggs: 5 tablespoon Light Soy Sauce 3 tablespoon Water 3 tablespoon Mirin 2 tablespoon Brown Sugar 1 teaspoon Superior Dark Soy Sauce How to do it: Combine all ingredients in a pot and bring to a simmer. Once sugar has melted, let the marinade cool completely. Place 2 lava eggs in a zip-loc bag and carefully pour the marinade into it. Carefully squeeze all the air in the zip-loc bag out so the eggs will be completely in marinade. Mari...
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Lava Egg Part 1
2010-08-17 09:41:00
Last week, Astin, a diner left a message in my chat box asking if I could share how to make hard boiled egg but with a soft york. Some might see this egg served in some Japanese Ramen Restaurant. Some restaurants call this lava egg.  It does looks like oozing lava. ;)  It's commonly known as ni-tamago anyway. I know of one restaurant that charges S$1.50 for an egg!! After reading this, you won't be paying even 50cents for it. :P Buy a dozen eggs and make it at home yourself instead. It's not as difficult as you thought it might be. The important thing to it is timing. Here's what I did. 60g refrigerated eggs, ie, cold eggs, are used here. Boil a pot of water enough to cover the eggs. Reduce heat so that the water is just bubbling. This is important as you do not want the eggs to 'jump' in the process and get cracked. Use a spoon to place the eggs into the bubbling water carefully. Let them cook for 7 minutes, uncovered. Prepare a bowl of ice water. Remove the e...
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Caramelized Pork Rib 焦糖猪排
2010-08-15 19:45:00
This one of my all-time favourite. My husband said it looks like the Roasted Ribs 红烧排骨 that one of the stalls sells in the coffeeshop at my place. ;) I have made this less dry and without the 'burn' bits we all like. It's with a coating of sweet caramelized sweet sauce instead. Ingredients: 700g Meaty Pork Ribs, slightly fatty preferred Sesame Seeds, optional Marinade: 5 tablespoon Light Soy Sauce 4 tablespoon Brown Sugar 3 tablespoon Chinese Cooking Wine 2 tablespoon Apple Cider 2 tablespoon Tomato Sauce 400ml Water  Sesame Seed How to do it: Place ribs in a deep baking dish with the marinade. Cover with foil and bake at 190C for 1 1/2 hours. Bast with sauce in-between baking. Remove ribs and place on a rack. Retain sauce. Bast generously with the sauce and continue to bake for another 10 minutes. Repeat twice. Sprinkle roasted sesame seed and serve immediately. Note: I cut the slab of rib individually. You can cook using the whole slab of ribs instead if ...

French Bean with Salted Egg Yolk 四季豆炒咸蛋黄
2010-08-01 18:51:00
This is my husband and my favourite dish and we will always order this if it's available when we dine out.  However, it super sinful for it's high cholesterol from the salted egg yolks. If you are not afraid of the high cholesterol, try this. You can either sliced the french beans or leave it as it is. And if you prefer to be able to bite into bigger bits of the salted yolks, you can chop it instead of smashing with a folk Ingredients: 500g French Bean , top and tips removed 2 Salted Egg Yolk 1 tablespoon Cooking Oil Salt to taste How to do it: Sliced the french bean diagonally or leave it as it is. Steam the salted egg yolk till cooked. Smash the yolks. Heat oil in wok. Stir fry french beans till just cooked. You'll see the colour of the french beans changed to a deeper green. Stir in the smashed egg yolks. Toss to mix well. Add salt to taste. Dish and serve. Note: I cook the whole salted eggs, like how to do hard boiled eggs.  I remove the yolk from the hard boile...

Fish Tofu with Assorted Veggies 鱼肉豆腐炒什菜
2010-07-28 18:01:00
This is one dish that have everything that the family will like. Sometimes, I'll change the vegetables and it's looks like a new dish for the kids.  The main item here is the fish tofu, which will need a bit work but trust me, the kids even adults will like it. If you are unable to get ready made fish paste, you can make your own. My suggested recipe is here. I'm lucky that there's a stall selling Yong Tau Foo 酿豆腐 in the wet market at my place here. I can buy just the fish paste from them, which in my opinion far more better than those sold in supermarket. Ingredients: 150g Fish Paste 1 tube Egg Tofu 1 clove Garlic, minced 8 Fresh Shitake Mushroom, sliced 12 Sweet Peas, tips removed 1/2 Carrot, sliced 6 tablespoon Broth Salt to taste Oil for frying Cornflour mixture (thickener), optional How to do it: Squeeze the tofu out of the tube. Mix the smashed tofu with the fish paste. You can add a dash of pepper if you like. Oil a deep dish on all sides well. Pour the tof...

Shark's Fin Melon Soup with Sweet Corn 鱼刺瓜玉米汤
2010-07-27 18:52:00
Both my kids have rather different taste. Usually if one like a soup, chances are, the other doesn't. *faint* Although, I still force ask them to drink it whether they like it or not (cos I spend hours making them), I'll still continue to experiment to get just an additional soup that both will like. My son loves Shark's Fin Melon soup, so you guess it. My daughter doesn't. I tweaked my original recipe little by adding corn here for the sweetness. Results ... I don't have to force her to drink it but she didn't quite like it either. Haiz .... Maybe, you'll like this version? Ingredients: 1.2 litre Water 800g Shark’s Fin Melon, skin and seeds removed and cut into chunks 250g pork ribs 8 red dates 1 piece Dried Octopus a handful Wolfberries 1 Sweet Corn , cut to chunks Salt to taste How to do it: Blanch pork ribs. Add all ingredients except wolfberries and salt to a pot of water. Bring it to a boil. Reduce heat and continue to simmer for another 3 hours. Add wolfberries...
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French Bean Salad
2010-07-27 08:48:00
This dish is meant to be a side dish for my husband's salmon dinner. He was held up with work and could only return way pass dinner time. Hence, he skipped dinner and had something light (as supper) when he got home. I added sliced shallot and ate it myself instead. If you are like my husband, who dislike shallot, just leave that out. Try using thinly sliced celery instead. ;) Ingredients: 400g French Bean s, top and tails removed and sliced 1 - 2 Shallot, sliced thinly (optional) Salt and Ground Black Pepper to taste Dressing to mixed well: 1 1/2 tablespoon Olive Oil 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice 1 teaspoon Sugar How to do it: Blanch sliced french bean for 5 minutes or till cooked but still crunchy. Drain and rinse in cold water. Drain well. Toss french bean with dressing to mix well. Add shallot, salt and ground pepper. Toss gently. Serve as side. http://feeds.feedburner.com/wokkingmum
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Cream of Mushroom with Roasted Garlic 蒜蓉奶油蘑菇浓汤
2010-07-16 06:45:00
This soup was inspired by Campell's canned soup of the same name. :P If you like that soup, you'll be surprised how easy it is to make it at home and I dare say, tastier. ;P Basically, it a combo of Cream of Mushroom and Roasted Garlic but I have tweak my Cream of Mushrooma little here. Ingredients: 200g Brown/White Button Mushroom, chopped 100g Shitake Mushroom, sliced 15g Butter 300ml Chicken Broth 250ml Whipping Cream Salt to taste 1 to 2 tablespoon Roasted Garlic How to do it: Saute sliced shitake mushroom with 1/2 the butter till absorb the butter. Dish and set aside. Using the same pan, saute the chopped button mushroom with the remaining butter till it sweat. Pour mushroom into the blender. Add the broth. Blend till desired consistency. Pour into a pot. Add in the previously cooked shitake mushroom and roasted garlic. Bring to a simmer. Stir in the whipping cream. Simmer till garlic has soften. Serve. Note: You can use either white or brown or both button mush...

Roasted Garlic 烘蒜蓉
2010-07-16 05:49:00
My family except my husband loves garlic I will put lots of garlic in my cooking, if my husband is not eating, because the kids always fight for it. :) They especially like fried garlic and and onion too! I always make these two items and sometimes ginger shreds.  I stock them up as you can add them to almost any food. Or for my kids, eat them as it is. :P I prefer to oven roast minced garlic. It's less oily and you can keep it longer as they are much drier than if you fried them in oil. I can also removed those that have turned brown and let the others continue roasting. If you fry them in oil, you can't do that. I spray some oil on my tray, spread the garlic and spray a little oil over the garlic. It's much easier if you use the oil spray but if you don't have one, you can use a brush to brush the tray then toss the garlic with the oil before spreading them flat. Just use enough oil to spread the tray so the garlic doesn't stick to it. You don''t need a lot of oil ...
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Steamed Egg Custard with Clams 蛤蜊蒸蛋
2010-07-11 18:08:00
I bought a kilogram of clams today to cook spicy clams.I decided to set aside 6 of them to steam them with eggs. The clams I bought were rather big hence I only used 6 for 2 eggs as I don't want the egg custard to be only full of the sweetness of the clams. However, you may add more if your like.  You can even remove half empty shell and steam using with the shell with the clam only. I prefer to use the whole clam for easy picking. =) Ingredients: 6 Clams 2 Eggs 160ml Stock a pinch Salt How to do it: Soak clams in salted water to let it 'spit' out sand. Steam clams for 10 minutes or till are slightly opened. Remove clams and reserve liquid. Beat egg lightly in a bowl Add water and liquid from clams together Mix well. Sieve the egg mixture for smoother result. Pour egg mixture in a dish and place clams in it. Cover dish with foil. Steam till egg is set Serve. Note: Timing for steaming depends on how deep your dish is. I divided my egg mixture into 2 single portions and...

Black Bean & Lotus Root with Chicken Feet Soup 黑豆莲藕鸡脚汤
2010-07-07 18:32:00
This is a combo of a few different soup - Black Chicken with Black Bean Soup , Chicken Feet with Peanut Soup and Lotus Root Soup with Peanut. With that, I now have a new soup that everyone at home likes. The soup is dark due to the black beans but don't be deceived but it's outlook, ie, tinted chicken feet, ribs and even lotus roots. It's really light and sweet. Ingredients: 200g Pork Ribs or Chicken Bones 8 Chicken Feet 200g Lotus Root, skinned and sliced 100g Black Beans, roasted for a minute on pan without oil 10 Red Dates, pitted 1 small piece Dried Cuttlefish, cut into strips 2 slice of Ginger (optional) 1.8 litre Water Salt to taste How to do it: Blanch chicken feet.and pork ribs/chicken bones. Put all ingredients except salt in a pot of water. Bring to boil then lower fire and simmer for another 3-4 hours. Add salt to taste. Serve. http://feeds.feedburner.com/wokkingmum

Braised Abalone
2009-10-02 11:12:00
I made this dish during Chinese New Year this year. Yeah, it's that long ago. My husband's friend gave him a few cans of abalone but unfortunately they were rather tough and bland. It's not nice to give them to our parents since we already know how it taste like. We can't throw them away too. I'll be send to Hell if I do that. So the best them to do it to try making them tastier. Well, braising the abalone did helps a lot. I have since kept the rest of the abalone for next year's Chinese New Year's dinner. However I hesitated putting up this recipe. My husband commented that it's too costly and risky for anyone to try out this just with a recipe found on the Net. He is worried people who do try it will try to hunt me down and ask me to pay them a can of abalone. :P Why did I put up this recipe now? Celine, a diner wrote on my chatbox yesterday asking for it as she wanted to make it for her mother-in-law's birthday. How sweet! How can I reject her? But please don't hun...

Butter Cookies
2009-09-30 07:00:00
It''s Children's Day and I thought I'll bake the kids some cookies. I don't want to bake their favourite though but something that they will still like. I wanted to make the cookie bigger but didn't have a big star tip. I used another tip and it didn't turn out as nice. Plus I suck at piping. This cookie is buttery and crumby. I'm glad the kids like it even though the outlook was not as pretty. However, my son said it's not sweet enough for him so I melted some chocolate chips and dip some cookies into it. Kids are so hardto please sometimes. :P Ingredients: 120g Unsalted Butter, soften 70g Icing Sugar 1 Egg 160g Top Flour 1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence How to do it: Beat butter and sugar till smooth. Add egg and vanilla essence and mix well. Sift in flour and mix well to form a soft dough. Refrigerate for 20 minutes. Put dough into a pipping bag with a star tip. Pipe onto a lined baking tray. Bake in a preheated oven at 180C for 15 minutes. Cool before storing in a a...
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Sambal Okra and Squid
2009-09-29 01:06:00
This is one of my favourite dish. I will only make this when my husband is not coming back for dinner. Noone at home eat this. :( I have to coach my son on his work after his dinner so I don't have that much time to cook an additional dish just for myself. Not to mention the additional washing to do. You probably know, I cook separately for my kids as they have their dinner earlier. I don't like to eat cold food hence I'll cook again when my husband's back for dinner. Imagine the amount of time spend just to make dinner. Okay, blame me for being fussy. :P Ingredients: 1 medium Squid 15 Okra aka Ladies' Finger, sliced 5 Cherry Tomato or 1 Tomato, cut into quarters Chilli Paste: 4 Fresh Red Chilli 8 Dried Chilli 6 Shallot 4 clove Garlic 1 stalk Lemongrass 1/3 tablespoon Belacan 1 teaspoon brown sugar Salt to taste How to do it: Remove soft bone and innards of squids. Cut squids into rings. Set aside. Grind all ingredients for chilli paste, except for sugar and salt, togethe...

Grilled Spicy Prawns
2009-09-28 01:30:00
I had wanted to cook Laska but realised that I have forgotten to get a couple of ingredients. -_-" I'm glad I didn't make Laska anyway as my husband had to work late. I won't be able to finish all of it myself. I decided to grilled the prawns instead. I just need to blanch some veggies, a bowl of soup and rice and my dinner is settled. And the good thing is I can repeat the same thing for my husband when he returns home as it's so easy and fast to prepare. No cold and leftover dinner. :) Oh, my kids don't eat this. They eat much earlier and they have their own dinner menu. ;) Ingredients: 10 Medium to Large Prawns, shelled and devien 1 tablespoon Sweet Chilli Sauce 2 tablespoon Lemon Juice Zest of 1/2 Lemon 1 tablespoon Chopped Basil Olive Oil for brushing A dash of pepper A pinch of salt How to do it: Combine all ingredients together. Marinate prawns for 15 minutes. Pierce a wooden skewer or in my case, a stalk of lemongrass through 3 prawns. Brush oil on the grill pan. G...
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Groupa with Fermented Black Bean
2009-09-26 01:35:00
This is another fish dish for my husband. My kids hate it. Seriously, I don't quite like it either. :P It's the fermented black beans. I never like it since young as it reminds me of the eggs of ...... I didn't even dare touch it before. But my husband loves it though. Having said that, there's nothing wrong with the taste especially after adding the dried Tangerine Peel. I just need to get over the appearance of the beans. :P Ingredients: 300g Fish Fillet (I use Grouper here) 2 tablespoon Shredded Ginger 1 1/2 tablespoon Black Bean Paste (Please refer below) 1/2 tablespoon Oil Black Bean Paste: 100g Chopped Fermented Black Beans 1 teaspoon Chopped Dried Tangerine Peel 1 tablespoon Chopped Garlic 1/2 tablespoon Sugar 1 tablespoon Oil How to do it: Heat oil in wok. Add all ingredients except sugar and stir fry till fragrant. Add sugar and stir fry further till ingredients well mixed and fragrant. Dish and set aside. Arrange ginger on a plate. Place fish on top. Spread bla...

Chicken and Bamboo Pith (Thick) Soup
2009-09-25 01:02:00
One of my son's favourite soup but mind you, he doesn't take much of the ingredients in it, which is why I added lots of imitation snow crab meat. I have thicken the soup for variation but you don't have to if you don't like it. Ingredients: 1 litre Chicken Broth 1 Chicken Drumstick or Breast 5 Fresh Shitake Mushroom, sliced 2 Bamboo Pith aka Bamboo Mushroom, soak to soften and cut 5 Imitation Snow crab meat. 1/2 tablespoon Oyster Sauce 1 teaspoon Light Soy Sauce 1/2 teaspoon Chinese Cooking Wine 1 Egg white or whole egg, beaten Cornflour mixture (thickener) How to do it: Cook chicken in broth. Remove chicken when it's cooked. Shred the chicken meat. Add shredded chicken, mushroom, bamboo pith and crab meat to the broth. Bring to a boil and let it simmer for another 15 minutes. Add in oyster sauce, light soya sauce and Chinese cooking wine. When the soup starts to boil again, gradually stir in the cornflour mixture to thicken the soup. Turn off the heat and stir in the ...
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Maple and Herb Lollipops
2009-09-24 04:21:00
Wow! Another long absence. I have been really busy. The kids have more enrichment/tuition classes. Hence, I'm out of the house most of the day and I have to wait around waiting for their classes to finish. Some of you might know, my son is in the afternoon class and so his tuition classes are in the morning when his sister is in school. And when he is in school in the afternoon, it will be his sister's turn to go for enrichment. Now you know why I'm out most of the day. By the time we reach home, it will be time for me to cook for dinner. Oh and not to forget the tons of housework waiting for me to clear too. By the time I finished everything, I'll be too tired to sit down in front of the computer to blog (sometimes too late!). I'm still here though. But I might not be able to reply to your queries. If you really need me to clarify any of my recipes here, you can post them on the chatbox. I'll try to get back as soon as I can. Okay, here's a recipe you can try during the w...

Prawns with Golden Garlic
2009-08-07 00:41:00
Our family loves garlic, maybe except for my husband. My daughter especially love it. She can munch on fried garlic on its own. :PEvery time I cook this, my daughter will eat all garlic on the prawns followed by the other part of the prawn, leaving behind a small ball of white prawn meat. :P Bad habit!! I'll have to coat it with the garlic bits then she will finish it. So I had to cook it with lots of garlic. Otherwise it won't be enough for her.Ingredients:300g Prawns, shelled and deviened10 clove Garlic , minced1/2 tablespoon Chinese Cooking Wine1/2 tablespoon Sugar1/2 teaspoon salt1 1/2 tablespoon Cornflour3 tablespoon OilHow to do it:Marinade prawns with Chinese cooking wine and sugar for 30 minutes.Heat oil in wok.Add garlic when oil is slight hot.Fry garlic in low heat till lightly brown.Drain and set aside.Meanwhile, drain prawns from the liquid.Add salt and cornflour.Mix well.Shallow fry prawn in hot previously use to fry the garlic.When the prawns is 80% cooked, drain.Leav...
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