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 1 June 2008
Butterflied butter prawn
This simple yet tasty dish was cooked by my lovely hubby.
Ingredients:
Prawns (medium size)
Butter
Seasonings:
Sugar
Salt
Cornflour
Methods:
1. Peel and devein the prawns. Reserve the tails. Pat dry.
2....
Posted on 31 May 2008
Corn soup
Ingredients:2 corn-on-the-cob sweetcorns1 large carrot1 white onionHandful of mushroom stems (I had collected these stems from my previous cooking and stored them in the freezer) – optionalFish...
Posted on 30 May 2008
Italian pasta soup
The recipe for this wholesome and tasty soup was adapted from Children’s healthy & fun cookbook (published by DK).
Ingredients:75g pasta bows (I had replaced it with small shell pasta)1 large...
Posted on 29 May 2008
Kiddy “mushroom rice”
This is another variation from the mushroom rice.
Ingredients:
Cooked rice
Chicken fillet (cube) – marinate with light soya sauce, sugar & corn flour
Frozen mixed vegetables
Assorted fresh mushroom
Garlic...
Posted on 28 May 2008
Stir-fried asparagus with prawn
The recipe was adapted from Special quick & delicious vegetable cookbook with its dish called “stir-fried asparagus with chicken”.
Ingredients:
2 tbsp oil
1 onion (peeled & diced)
1...
Posted on 28 May 2008
Chicken and potato stew
My mum taught me how to cook this one-dish meal.
Ingredients:
1 red onion
2 chicken thighs (with or without bone) – marinate with light soya sauce, sugar and cornflour
2 potatoes
1 large carrot
Seasonings:
1...
Posted on 27 May 2008
Liu wei soup (六味汤)
Ingredients:
Group A:
20g 玉竹 (yu zhu)
20g 干百合 (dried lily bulb)
20g 芡实 (fox nuts)
20g 淮山 (huai shan)
20g 湘莲 (lotus seeds)
10 红枣 (red dates) – removed seeds
250g 瘦肉...
Posted on 27 May 2008
Simply pumpkin
Pumpkin is always my son’s favourite regardless of my cooking methods (stir-frying, making soup, making porridge etc).
Ingredients:
Pumpkin (cut into cube)
Black sesame seeds
White sesame seeds
Seasonings:
Light...
Posted on 26 May 2008
Steamed minced chicken with mix veg
Ingredients:
120g chicken breast (minced)
3 waterchessnut (chopped)
30g carrot (chopped)
1 Japanese beancurd (mashed) – also known as egg tofu (玉子豆腐, 蛋豆腐, 日本豆腐)
Small handful...
Posted on 25 May 2008
Mushroom rice
Ingredients:
Cooked rice for 2
350g assorted mushroom (enoki bunch, shittake, white button mushroom)
20g butter
1 tbsp sugar
4 cloves garlics, diced
Coriander leaves (for garnishing)
Seasonings:
4 tbsp...
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