Wholemeal Pau with Red Bean Filling
Posted on 30 September 2015
Posted on 30 September 2015
I love eating Chinese steamed buns (pau) as much as I love making them. Making pau is a lot easier and quicker than baking bread. I can even knead it by hand. But, I must confess that mastering the skill is not easy. After spending months in making pau, I still couldn’t get a batch of completely “wrinkle-free” pau, no matter how much care and attention I put into kneading, proofing and steaming them. In my case, “practice does not always make perfect”. I kept wondering whether I have overlooked something. So, I read through some cookbooks and searched the internet, trying every...
Posted on 9 July 2008
Stir-fried brinjal with minced meat
Ingredients:
125g minced meat – marinated with light soya sauce, sugar and cornflour
125g mixed vegetable
1 large brinjal (about 360g) – diced and soaked in salt water (to discard the bitter...
Posted on 8 July 2008
Simplified “Kwai Fa Chee” (桂花翅）
I saw a recipe from a cooking magazine on how to cook the real fried sharkfin. Long list of ingredients and complicated steps. Too difficult for me to “digest” as a beginner in cooking. Hence,...
Posted on 8 July 2008
Steamed egg rolls with fish paste (2)
In my earlier post about steamed egg rolls with fish paste, I took my pictures under poor lighting and the effect was not impressive even after some editings. So I decided to try this recipe again in...
Posted on 4 July 2008
Cream of pumpkin soup
I still remember the first time I made this soup. It was a total FAILURE! I felt so discouraged because nobody liked it including myself. But I couldn’t figure out what went wrong because I had...
Posted on 1 July 2008
Braised chestnut （栗子）with chicken
Ingredients:
200g Chinese chestnuts (fresh)
2 chicken thighs (de-boned & skinless) – marinated with 2 tbsp light soya sauce, dash of sugar and cornflour for at least ½ hour
5 fresh mushrooms
2-3...
Posted on 1 July 2008
Stir-fried french beans with chicken
Ingredients:
100g chicken breast meat
100g french beans (cut diagonally)
50g capsicum (shredded) – about ½ medium-sized
25g carrots (shredded)
2 fresh mushrooms (shredded)
1 small red onion (chopped)
Seasonings:
1...
Posted on 30 June 2008
Ridge/ sweet gourd （丝瓜）with prawn omelette
I always try to introduce as many variety of vegetables as possible in my son’s diet so that he has a more balanced diet but it is not an easy job. For instance, cooking ridge/ sweet gourd is a...
Posted on 29 June 2008
French toast
I am not a big fan for french toast but eating french toast brings back many fond memories during my childhood days. This is my first attempt and the recipe is modified based on this website.
Ingredients:
5...
Posted on 29 June 2008
Pan-fried prawn and minced meat patties
These patties are made by using the remaing ingredients from the dumplings. It turned out to be slightly salty. Therefore, I had made some slight amendment to the original recipe.
Ingredients:
100g prawns...
Posted on 29 June 2008
Homemade dumplings (水饺)
These dumplings are the so-called “joint-venture” products made by both my hubby and myself. I prepared the ingredients and he wrapped and cooked the dumplings.
Ingredients:
100g prawns (peeled,...
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