Fried rice with prawns & silverfish

I used a mixture of brown & white rice in this dish. Silverfish on it's own is deliciously saltish, thus when frying the rice, I usually used very minimal or no seasoning at all. U can either fry it together with the rice or crisp it & set aside as toppings.

Instead of my usual garlic, I sauté finely chopped yellow onions with olive oil (We so love the natural sweetness of onions) threw in the prawns & stiryfry briefly before dumping in the rice, precooked scrambled eggs & a little seasoning of light soy sauce, water & pepper. Stirfry for a couple of mins, sprinkle in the springonions & voilà, we are done.

Top it with crisp silverfish before serving.

Stir Fried Liver with Ginger

Stir fried liver with ginger

http://www.cheeseng-oil.com/recipe.asp?id=73&recipe=Stir-Fried-Pigs-Liver-with-Ginger-and-Black-Fungus

Oven Baked Ribs

For the carnivorous me.
I always tell D, "Gimme meat, else I bite".

Curry Chicken with baguette

Curry chicken is a dish that can never quite go wrong. 
Blend the rempah paste if u are adventurous else those instant curry paste off the shelf taste taste just as good.

Pork ball & liver congee

Anything cooked with congee.. i lOike (:
This is the dish which made me hunt high & low for the preserved radish aka Chye Poh. 

The chye poh, mixed with the minced pork resulted in a slightly saltish and crunchy taste.. i lOike (:

Liver, marinated with ginger juice (to tenderize) & soy sauce was lovely... i lOike (:

Overall.. i lOike this dish beri much ^^

Omelette Cheese Rice ( 蛋包饭 )

Lunch for the little boy.
Had a little left over rice from last nite. Fried it with peas, corns, carrots, pineapples & ham.

Scramble egg with a little cornstarch, pan-fry it and add the rice just before it sets entirely (so that edges may seal properly). 
Sprinkle mozarella cheese & fold the omelette.
Top it with ketchup.

ps: I didn't season the rice as the cheese, egg & ketchup will give ample flavour.

Braised Toufu with minced chicken

Wanted to "empty" the fridge before grocery shopping. A packet of toufu, minced chicken, a quarter of cabbage, a can of NewMoon clams..threw them all together and made a claypot of braised toufu.

Sweet & Sour Pork

Cooked this 2 days in a row (partly coz I had half a can of pineapples left & didnt wanted to keep it for long).

Opt out plum sauce & worcestershire sauce the 1st time as I didn't have them. On my second try, I added in both the sauces. The recipe calls for both chinese vinegar & plum sauce and I think the latter gives that tinge of sourness, appetizing yet not too overwhelming.

I replaced the bell peppers with the kids' favourite celery too.

The Ultimate Butter Cake

Its a simple cake. But yet its so darn difficult to get the recipe that is THE ONE.
I have tried & tested numerous recipes. Some are too dry, some too buttery, some too moist..just cant seem to get that taste... u know, that taste, that feel.

Finally, tadah... found this.
Mixed, Baked, Ate, Gasped..... YUM!
Both my munchkins even requested to have this as their birthday cakes this year, they will just decorate the top with some figurines. 
No novelty cakes? Mwahahaha, imagine the amt of $$ I can save.

Pop one into yr oven today.. give it a try (:


http://crummb.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/the-ultimate-butter-cake/

Katsu-don

Tonkatsu = Japanese Fried Pork Cutlet

Marinate the pork with a little oyster sauce & sesame oil for 20mins.
Plain flour, beaten egg, bread crumbs. Dip the pork cutlet in this sequence before deep frying. 
Remember to pound the pork cutlet before marinating if u don't want to end up with a piece of chewy gum :PWhat is it called when u add onions & eggs on top? Katsudon? Tonkatsu-don?

Cook the yellow onions & eggs with mirin & stock, pour it over the Japanese rice. Serve Tonkatsudon together or separately if u prefer yr cutlet crispy (:

Barley with Gingko (白果玉米)

My first time trying to cook Barley with Ginkgo.
Tweak the recipe a little, boiled the barley with minimal water till soft, added in a little lily bulb, red dates, pandan leaves & rock sugar to taste. 
Totally crashed the beancurd skin, boil for 5mins, off fire, add an egg & stir slowly. 
Result looks like the 大麦 dessert... sticky & thick. Chill it overnite.

Just before serving, pour cold soy milk over, add a few ginkgo nuts. 

I love 大麦. So this sticky gooey beancurd skin dessert served with cold soy milk suits my taste perfectly (:

Thnxs Shirley for the suggestion on the soy milk ^^

Char Siew

I love Char Siew.
Chance upon this recipe, tried it and fell in love with it (:

Recipe here:-
http://rasamalaysia.com/bbq-pork-recipe-char-siu/

Enjoy!

Cabbage Soup

Our weekly "detox" soup. 
A bowl of brown rice, drown it with the veg & soup, kids will slurp up every bit (: 
They LOVE it (& it makes momma happy)

Usually, the pot of veg soup will fill our tumtums and all of us turn "vegetarians" for a nite (except for the morsel of chicken off the bone in the soup).

This pot of delight was concocted when I felt lazy, fat and simply wanted to have a huge pot of food which will do justice to my waistline yet fill me up.
The kids loving it came as a pleasant surprise (:

No msg, no salt. This clear broth is bursting with flavors & naturally sweet from the ingredients.


SIMPLY.. CABBAGE SOUP

What u need:-
1.5 litres of water
1 pkt chicken bones
1 x cabbage (slice into quarters, do not shred them)
3 x carrots
A handful of ikan bilis
5-6 red dates (slice it slightly so the pulp may better flavor)
1 pkt silken toufu


1. Trim fats off the chicken bones.
2. Bring water to boil.
3. Add in chicken bones, ikan bilis, red dates & carrots and boil over slow heat for 1 hr.
4. Add in cabbage and boil over slow heat for another 20-30mins (till tender).
5. Add in silken toufu and boil for another 5mins.
6. Serve with rice.

* U can consider adding in fishballs, corn, enoki mushrooms..etc. 
Cabbage is the main ingredient in this dish, the rest can varie according to preference.

Stir-fried pinenuts with corns, carrots and peas

Pinenuts rate highly for its medicinal benefits. To name a few..its high in antioxidants, lowers cholesterol levels, reinforce brain functions and is a good source of protein, vitamins Bl and B3 and magnesium.

This is a simple dish (I got from a web) which neutralizes my past 2 weeks of CNY feasting.


STIR-FRY PINE NUTS WITH CORN, CARROTS & PEAS

What u need:-
2 to 3 thin slices of ginger
2 cups frozen mixed veg, thawed
3/4 cup roasted pine nuts
1-2 tbsp water (optional)
Pinch of salt and white pepper to taste

1. Heat a little oil in a pan. Add ginger and fry briskly till fragrant.
2. Add in peas, carrots and corns and fry quickly till cooked (tender).
3. Add in pine nuts, mix well. If the mixture is too dry, add the water and mix well.
4. Finally, add salt and white pepper to taste. Serve immediately.

Brown Rice with garlic & raisins

Garlic, one of the "miracle" food which I credit for my kids good health.
* Both saw the doc only once in the last 2years. That alone convinced me of the benefits of garlic.
This aint no recipe, just how I cook their daily carbo.


BROWN RICE WITH GARLIC & RAISINS

What u need:-
Brown rice
Finely minced garlic
Raisins

1. Add the raisins in the uncooked brown rice.
2. Cook brown rice accordingly.
3. Once rice is cooked, add in 1 tablespoon of garlic per one cup of rice.
4. Mixed before serving.

The raisins give a tinge of sweetness to the otherwise tasteless brown rice. 
My kids love them (:

* For the extra oomph (& calories), add butter in the rice when cooking. Yum!