Thursday, February 23, 2012

Princess Pink Rissotto





Recipe is in old post:
http://yummymungbean.blogspot.com.au/2010/07/chicken-and-mushroom-risotto.html

To make it pink, mix in beetroot juice with chicken stock while cooking.

蛋包饭 Fried Rice




Got extra eggs? This is what you should do...

Walnut and Beetroot Salad with bbq chicken





Ingredients for salad: baby beetroot, walnut, mixed salad leaves, olive oil, vinegar

Malaysian style Dry Egg Noodle with Wonton






Ingredients: whole egg fine noodle, any green veggie, wonton
Wonton ingredients: minced pork, wonton skin, ginger, prawns (optional), Chinese cooking wine, chicken stock, soy sauce (a few drops)
Sauce for noodle: caramel sauce, soy sauce, cooking wine, chicken stock (in powder form ideally), sweet soy sauce, sesame oil

Steps:
1. Wrap the wonton.
2. Cook wonton in boiling water. They float when they are cooked.
3. Blanch the veggie and noodle in hot water.
4. Mix noodle with the sauce.

鲜竹卷 Minced Pork wrapped in Bean Curd skin




Ingredients: Minced Pork, bean curd sheets, bamboo shoot, water chestnut, soy sauce, chinese cooking wine, sesame oil, chicken stock, oyster sauce, corn flour, brown sugar

Steps:
1. Mix minced pork with fined diced bamboo shoot, water chestnut, soy sauce, wine, sesame oil, stock, corn flour.
2. Wrap with bean curd skin. Seal with water. [Some tofu skin needs wetting/soaking, read instructions for each brand]
3. Fry in oil till it turns golden
4. Either first steam, then drizzle sauce on. Or cook in sauce directly for short-cut. Sauce made up with oyster sauce, soy sauce, brown sugar, chicken stock [cook till the skin wrinkle up, i.e. soaked up most of the sauce]

Vegie Soup with Gigantic Bread Dumpling


More info are in old post: http://yummymungbean.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/chicken-and-veggie-soup-with-bread.html

Bread dumpling recipe:
1. Mix 1 cup baking flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, some mixed herbs, and water/milk mixture
Note: Bread dumpling is fluffier and softer if you add more water/milk

Stirfry Cauliflower and Ants (juz kidding... cumin seeds)


Ingredients: Cauliflower, cumin seeds, soy sauce

Steps:
1. Fry cumin seeds in oil till fragrant
2. Add in cauliflower
3. Flavour with soy sauce if needed, add a little brown sugar if you like it sweeter

Stir Fry Chinese Cabbage

萝卜白菜保平安 :)

Ingredients: Chinese cabbage, garlic, prawns, chicken stock, corn flour
Optional: Soy sauce, salt, sesame oil

Steps:
1. Fry the garlic
2. Add in the peeled prawns
3. Add in the chopped cabbage
4. Flavour with salt and soy sauce
5. Add in chicken stock (dry or wet)
6. Add in corn flour+water mixture to thicken the sauce
7. Add few drops of sesame oil


Mini Lion's Head (no lion involved...)



Recipe can be found in my old post:
http://yummymungbean.blogspot.com.au/2011/07/braised-meat-balls-braised-chicken.html

Speedy Curry Prawns







Speedy curry prawn. This dish can be done under 10 minutes.

Ingredients: Prawns, Onion, Shallot (optional), Vermicelli, curry powder, coconut milk (optional, can use normal milk plus water)

Steps:
1. Brown the onion, then chuck in the shallot
2. Soak the vermicelli (vermicelli usually comes dry)
3. Chuck in the prawns, fry till they turn red/pink
4. Add in coconut milk/normal milk/water, and curry powder.
5. Adjust to taste with anything you want, brown sugar, oyster sauce, soy sauce etc. Not very authentic, but speed up the cooking and add taste speedily.
6. Throw in the vermicelli.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Braised Eggplant and Tofu with minced pork

Chicken and Veggie Soup with Bread Dumpling






Stuffed Zucchini Flower

Zucchini flowers are stuffed with prawn minced (with fish sauce, sesame oil, brown sugar)

Caesar Salad with Baby Cos Lettuce

Walnut Chicken Roll


Notes:
- Garlic, use lots of garlic in the walnut mix and chicken.
- For coating, dip in flour, then egg, then bread crumb.
- Frying might takes awhile, to let it cook through. Oil temperature shouldn't be very high, otherwise the outside will be burnt before the inside is cooked through.