Posted on 10 July 2008 | 12 Comments
I found out this wonderful recipe after reading the post from here. As compared to my previous recipe, this one is lighter and fluffier without adding the wholemeal flour. By adding 2 large fully ripen bananas into the batter, it made the pancakes even tastier and yummy! I had rewritten the steps so that it will be easier to follow.
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups (12 oz) plain flour (or 50% plain flour and 50% cake...
Posted on 9 July 2008 | 3 Comments
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 taste)
1 red onion (about 70g) – chopped
Seasonings:
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp light soya sauce
½ tsp sugar
¼ tsp salt
1 tsp sesame oil
Dash of pepper
¾ rice bowl of water
1 tsp cornflour (mixed with...
Posted on 8 July 2008 | 2 Comments
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, with some tips from my mom, I had derived at my own simple version of “kwai fa chee”. This is also a dish that I managed to “convince” my son to start eating cabbage.
Ingredients:
200g...
Posted on 8 July 2008 | 2 Comments
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 the morning. I noticed that with more eggs and lesser fish paste, I manage to make a better and firmer egg rolls. You can try the following 2 new combinations:
a) 2 eggs and 150g fish paste; or
b) 3 eggs and 200g...
Posted on 4 July 2008 | 10 Comments
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 followed exactly the recipe from the newspaper cut-out. Then after searching for sometimes, I managed to find another simple recipe from Kuali Online. It turned out to be my son’s favourite now (partly because...
Posted on 1 July 2008 | 8 Comments
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 tbsp wolfberries (kei chi – 枸子)
4 cloves garlic (bruised)
Coriander leaves (for garnishing)
300ml water
Seasonings:
2 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp concentrated Maggi chicken stocks(上汤)
Dash...
Posted on 1 July 2008 | 2 Comments
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 tbsp oyster sauce
½ tbsp soya sauce
Pinch of sugar
Dash of sesame oil & pepper
Cornflour (for thickening) – mixed with some water
Methods:
1. Cut chicken into small pieces, use the...