Luxury Meal..

No need to find any excuse to cook a Luxury Meal, "Just Do It!" when the feeling come.

Braised Assorted Mushroom with Abalone

Ingredients :-
Button Mushroon
Fresh Pin Mushroom
Carrot : Sliced
1 can : Abalone
& Green Veg of your choice

Garlic : Chopped
Ginger : Sliced

Method :-
- Heat up oil
- Sauted chopped Garlic & Ginger Until fragrant.
- Add in Mushroom, Carrot & stir well

- Add in seasoning and stir well
** 1 tbsp : Oyster Sauce
1/2tbsp : Soya Sauce
1/2tsp : Salt
1/2tsp : Sugar
a dash : Pepper

- Add Abalone and stir well
- Last, thicken with Corn flour water.

Once A Year

I always love Chinese tradition festival, during this time I get to enjoy the tradition food. Out of so many, one of them is “Rice Dumpling -粽子”

There are Variations of Rice Dumpling available, but I personally like “Nyonya Zong (娘惹粽)” - A specialty of Peranakan Cuisine.

Nyonya Dumpling

Filling :
1/2 kg : Mince Meat
10pcs : Dry Mushroom (soaked and diced)
1/2 packet : Candied Winter Melon (Toong Kwa Tong), diced
Dry Shrimp : chopped
10pcs : Garlic (chopped)
10pcs : Onion (chopped)

- Heat oil, fried Garlic & Onion till fragrance
- Add in chopped Dry Shrimp, Mushroom and Mince Meat, fried well.
- Add in Winter Melon Cube
- Add in spices according to your taste buds.
(Five Spice Powder, Coriander Powder, Chili Powder, Pepper, Salt, Sugar)

Rice :
1kg Glutinous Rice, soak overnight, drain well
Red bean : soak and cook till 80% soft.

- Heat cooking oil, fried chopped garlic till fragrance,
add in the Red Bean and Glutinous Rice, add sale to taste
- Upon finish folding all the rice
- Bring a large pot of water to boil (Add 1 tbsp of salt)
- Put in the dumplings and cook for at least 3 - 4 hours

** Water Level must over the dumpling
** Only boiling water can be added in during boiling time

Fried Potato Ball with Sardin Filling

Ingredients :-
3-4 medium size potato, peeled n cooked
1tbsp : Spring Onion (chopped)

Filling :-
1 small can : Sardin
(Mixed well with chopped onion, red chilli and lime juice)

Coating :-
1 egg (beaten), some breadcrumbs

1) Mash cooked Potatoes
Add in spring onion, salt, pepper and mix well

2) Wrap in filling and form into date shape
Dip into beaten egg and coat with breadcrumbs

3) Heat-up oil for deep-frying
Deep fry until golden brown

4) Serve with Mayonnaise or Chili Sauce

Cooling Agent

Hot! Hot! Hot!.... It has been very hot weather for the past few weeks...
hope this Green Bean + White Lily Bulb (Bak Hup) Tong Sui will bring some cooling effect.

Mix n Match....

This is the simplest dish I ever had. No cooking skill needed. Just mix and match whatever u like.
** forgot to buy celery, just add in the Alfafa tat remain in my fridge **

Tuna Salad Pasta

1) Boiled pasta according the packing instruction.
2) Just Mix all the ingredients of your choice with mayonnaise and chill well before serve.

(Tuna flakes - add a dash of pepper onto it, Raisin, Sweet Corn, Pineapple, Celery, Kidney Beans.... or any others )

Stock Clearance

I has been cooking chicken for the past few meals, (not due to "H1N1" flu) but
just to clear all the chicken and the can of "Clam" from CNY Hamper.

Winery Chicken and Baby Clam in clay Pot

Ingredients A :-
2 x chicken whole legs, cut into pieces
1 tbsp oil
8 slices ginger
1 tsp chopped garlic

Ingredients B :-
1/2 can : baby Clam, drained
2 stalks spring onion, cut into 3cm length

Seasoning :-
1 tbsp : Oyster Sauce
1 tbsp : Light Soya
2 tbsp : Shaoxing Wine
1/2 tsp : Salt
1 tsp : Sugar
a dash : Pepper
500ml : Water
1 tsp : CornFour

Method :-
1. Heat up 1tbsp oil in a clay pot,
saute sliced ginger and chopped garlic until fragrant
Add in chicken and stir-fry until aromatic.

2. Add in seasoning and bring to boil, and cook until the gravy is thickened.

3. Add in Ingredients (B) and stir well,
Add in a tbsp of ShaoXing Wine and serve.

Fried Chicken with Garlic Butter

Keeping Chicken thigh in freezer is the best way for any emergency used whenever out of food to cook.

Fried Chicken with Garlic Butter

Ingredients :-
2 x Chicken whole legs, cut into pieces
4 tbsp : Cornstarch

Seasoning :-
1tbsp : Light Soya sauce
1/2tsp : Salt
2tbsp : Water
a dash of Pepper

1) Marinate chicken with 1/2tsp sale and 1 egg for at least 10 mins.

2) Coat chicken with cornstarch and deep-fry in hot oil, until golden brown.
Dish out and drain

3) Melt butter, sauted chopped garlic until aromatic
Add in friend chicken and seasoning and stir-fry until well mixed.

Mothers Day...

I cooked this light dinner for myself on Mothers Day, and Thank You Shirlyn for the lovely Rose.

The "Fresh Mints Ice Lemon Tea" was the perfect drink for this burning season.









Thai Style Chicken Salad

Ingredients :-
4 skinless chicken breasts - slice into 2.5cm pieces

- Heat Oil in a pan and fry the chicken on medium high heat until it is cooked (Do not turn the chicken to often, so a nice, caramelised glazed is achieved)

Dipping Dressing :- (Mix Well)
2 small birds : Chili Padi, finely chopped
3cm cube : Fresh ginger, grated
3 x Lemongrass : Peeled and finely chopped
2tbsp Fresh Ming, chopped
4tbsp : Brown Sugar
3 Garlic Cloves, crushed
4tbsp : Thai Fish Sauce
Juice from 5 lemons

Childhood Favourite

This is one of my favourite food during my childhood. Due to the age gap between me and my sisters, most of the time, I will go to my 3rd Uncle's house and play with my cousins. I will stay there for food whenever my Aunt cook tis...


Asam Prawns

Ingredients :-
Prawns : trimmed and cleaned
3 tbsp asam paste : mixed with 150ml water & squeezed juice
1 tbsp garlic : chopped
1 onion : cut into rings

Seasoning :-
1 tbsp sugar, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp dark soya sauce.

Method :-
1. Heat up oil for deep frying, put in the prawn and deep fry until cooked.
2. Heat up 1 tbsp oil, saute the chopped garlic and onion until fragrant.
3. Add in asam juice, seasoning and bring to boil
4. Add in prawn s and mix well.