Home Alone

last week, I was Home Alone, no cooking.... no driving.....
just....
Eat, eat! Sleep, Sleep!
Walk, walk! Sit, Sit!
Touch tis, Touch tat!


after 2 days, feel so lazy, better find something to do (or else will become lazy bone) and came out tis ..... "Chocolate Fudge Cake"

250gm : Cooking Chocolate (melted)
250gm : Butter
150gm : Castor Sugar
4pcs : Egg
125ml : Full Cream Milk
200gm : Self Raising Flour (add little bit of Baking Powder)

- Cream Butter & Castor Sugar till white and light.
- Add in egg (one at a time)
- Slowly add in Milk
- Followed by (melted) Cooking Chocolate
- Last, add in Self Raising Flour
- Bake at 150C for 40 - 45 minutes

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.