Monday, December 29, 2008

Nutella Swiss Roll


Hahaaa....my swiss rolls 'marathon' is not over yet. I bake a lot of swiss rolls for Christmas give away. And some friends decorate it to make a Christmas log.

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Merry Christmas



Wishing all friends and visitor a very merry Christmas and best wishes for the new year.

Here is my ugly Christmas log that i made today.
Christmas is not public holiday here in Taiwan since most of the residents are Buddhist. My boss treat me a fabulous dinner last night, give away some 'hong pao' too and let me off from work today. Thanks boss for being such...... nice boss of course!! Stay that way :D !!

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Strawberry Swiss Rolls

Another beautiful swiss roll made by me, heheee....
My next attempts is macaron, so just wish me luck.

Ingredients:
3 medium eggs
60 g sugar
80 g cake flour
30 ml corn oil
1 tsp vanilla essence
strawberry jam as required

-Beat egg and sugar till light and fluffy, fold in flour, vanilla essence and corn oil. Bake in preheated oven at 180 degrees for 12 minutes. Spread with strawberry jam and roll up.

Monday, December 15, 2008

Devil's Food Cake With Peanut Butter Chips Frosting


I become chocolate freak again recently. It's only few days ago since i bake beautiful, super rich and sweet chocolate muffin. I'm about to take some pictures of it, and somehow my camera disappear again. Found it out under my messy blanket finally.
Today is devil's food cake again with creamy peanut butter chips frosting.
For peanut butter frosting:

1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup milk
1-2/3 cups peanut butter chips(i use Reese's)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup powdered sugar

-Combine butter, milk and peanut butter chips in medium saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until chips are melted and mixture is smooth. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla. Place powdered sugar in medium bowl. Gradually add chip mixture, beating until well blended. Cool, stirring occasionally, until of spreading consistency (about 1 hour)


Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Stewed Fresh Seaweed


I used to hate seaweed when i was small, i'll avoid any meal with seaweed in it. Till oneday, mom told me that my hair will grow beautifully if i eat a lot of seaweed. I become seaweed lover ever since. And true, the most nicest part of my body is my hair, i have shiny and very straight hair. Coincidence or.....?

Ingredients:
250 g fresh seaweed
2 cloves garlic
2 slice ginger
2 red chili
1 tbsp rice wine
3 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp fish sauce
1 tsp sugar

- Heat 1 tbsp oil, saute garlic and ginger till fragrant. Add 2 cups water, seaweed and all the ingredients. Cover and stew for 20-25 mins till tender.

Sunday, December 07, 2008

Lemon Bars


This recipe had been queue-up for long time in my trying list, but sometime i would prefer trying fancy and not-so-easy recipe rather than the simple one. Yesterday, i went through my trying list again and i attempted to bake it almost immediately hehee....
It is very easy and simple yet awfully delicious. I purposely cut down the sugar to keep the strong sourish lemon flavor, since i'm a big fan of lemon.
Recipe from Stephanie Jaworski at joyofbaking.com

Thursday, December 04, 2008

Chocolate Swiss Roll


Hi hi.... i'm comeback again with my "new skill" in making swiss roll hahaa....how i really excited about it. I made chocolate swiss roll today and the sponge cake turned a bit dense due to over pressing while it is still warm. I should let it cool before rolling next time.
It still taste yummy however. All the ingredients and instruction are same with the previous vanilla swiss roll, i only reduce the amount of flour, adding cocoa powder and extra sugar.

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Vanilla Swiss Roll


Finally!!!! after 7-8 attempts, here come the result. Yes, this is my very first success swiss roll, the rest went to the garbage bin. I was jumping up and down in my kitchen till sister call me seng cing ping hahaa...
Recipe come from Aunty Yochana It called for ovalette/cake stabilizer, but i omit it since i run out of stock, it still turn out beautifully and best of all, this recipe did not require folding method which to me is kinda dreading job.
Yipeee.... i can make Christmas log for this coming Christmas.

Monday, November 24, 2008

Potato and Ham Cream Soup


I love trying many varieties of soup, beside it's easy to make, i can easily run it down the drain without "amused" my annoying sister, if i'm fail. She always laugh at me whenever i failed in baking my cake or buns(most of times are buns and swiss roll hahaa....) and you see, i don't really care about it.
I failed over and over and i just let her laugh over and over too.
This soup contain a lot of low calorie fiber which is good for diet(actually i'm not into diet anymore) and some vitamin c from celery. I won't talk about the potato since all of u already know about carbohydrate and starch hidden in potatoes. So, i'll just write down the recipe

Ingredients:

1 medium potato
1/2 cup diced ham
2 cups diced celery
1/2 large onion, diced
3 cups milk
3 cups clear broth
1/2 cup all purpose flour
salt and pepper to taste

-Put potato, onion, celery and ham in a medium pan, add 3 cups broth and bring to boil, cover pan and cook until potato soft. Mix all purpose flour with milk, stir in to the soup and continue stirring until soup thicken. Taste with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with parsley flake when serving.

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Spicy and Yummy Beef


Actually, this is my 2nd time of cooking this delicious and spicy beef. I did not get chance to capture the 1st one coz it gone as soon as it done (it was dinner time and i have some friends around) and thats doesn't matter at all coz i know i would cook it again and again.
It seems, i'm addicted to spicy food more and more. Meal without spicy "stuffs" is tasteless now, but sometimes when you cook pasta and etc, there's no way you going to serve it with something like.....SAMBAL. Right?
Thanks to Mba Retno for the recipe, and here is the English version with slight modification.

Ingredients:

800 g beef (tender part)
1 tbsp ground corriander
1/2 cup tamarind water

Spice to grind:
15 small red chili
4 big red chili
1/2 big red onion
6 cloves garlic
1 tbsp sugar

-Slice meat into 1 cm thick, then pound it with meat pounder till they're almost flat. Marinate with ground coriander and tamarind
water for 2 hours, then bake at 180° C until color has changed. Deep fry in hot oil till brown and set aside.
Heat a tbsp oil and saute all the spices, add meat and taste with salt. Continue stirring until almost dry. Serve warm with plain rice....yummy.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Quick Spaghetti With Bockwurst


I have either spaghetti or dry noodles for lunch/dinner at least once in a week. I'm a big fan of it. Most of time, i buy it outside since i'm not so good in cooking both spaghetti or noodles.
What about noodle soup? Honestly, i hardly eat it!! In the beginning it's very delicious(especially beef noodle soup) but after 5 minutes passed, it will turn to be something like "worm swam in the water" and it is so yuck.
Back to the spaghetti, here's my quick and easy version recipe.

Ingredients:
250 g spaghetti, cook as directed
2 bockwurst, sliced
3 bacon, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp mixed herbal seasoning
1 tsp chili flake
2 tbsp toasted pine nut
2 tbsp olive oil
salt, as required

- Heat olive oil, saute garlic over low fire till fragrant, add in bacon and sliced bockwurst, stir till bacon dry. Add spaghetti, season with salt, chili flake and mixed herbal, mix well and sprinkle with pine nut. Serve immediately. Best goes with cream soup.

Friday, November 14, 2008

Black Glutinous Rice Cookies


These cookies are modification from my recent cheese cookies i only substitute half of sago flour with black glutinous rice flour, which also very hard to find in Taiwan. So, i attempted to make my own flour, since the rice easily available. Using vitamix high performance blender, it took less than 10 minutes to mill the rice into flour.
I was thinking about milling my own sago flour, but where can i get the sago palm..??? hahaa... kidding.




Tuesday, November 11, 2008

It's Meme Time

I've been tagged by SSB with this meme yesterday, but only got chance to post it today. I'm about to write this last night, when J come up and we have long conversation till midnight and went to bed afterwards. I never write any meme before and this is the 1st one. Thank you SSB.
Here are the rules:

1. Link to my blog (tagger) on your blog.
2. Write seven facts about yourself.
3. Tag another seven bloggers by leaving a comment on their blogs and letting them know they were tagged and listing them (and their blogs) on your blog.

And here are 7 facts about me:

1. I hate TV since i was small, i would rather read books than sitting boringly in front of the tv, and somehow, i'm addicted to tv series titled "篮球火 / basketball fire" now, starred by "good looking" Jerry Yan

2. I love my mom&dad more than anyone else, i used to cry if they are away for more than a day, back when i was in primary school.

3. Couple years back, as a teenager, i love racing so much and crossing red light is become my bad habit. Once, i race with a friend at 2 a.m. and ended up in hospital with stiff neck and blueblack all over my body

4. I love wearing casual outfit rather than formal one. I've been kicked out of office by my boss, when i wear t-shirt and "supershort" short to work.

5. My both hands are trembling and shaking terribly(which i have no clue why), and thats become the main reason of my blur photography.

6. I hate morning wake up, always active in my free time, but feel super tired or sleepy when its working time.

7. I learn and enjoy cooking/baking so much, though sometimes it ended up out of expectation.

And now, i'm going to pass this meme to the following friends(though i know, some of them maybe not really interested in this):

1. Mba Judith
2. Mba Retno
3. Rita
4. Ponpon
5. Kinta
6. Emma
7. Nolla

Repost if you've got spare time and have fun :)


Sunday, November 09, 2008

Cupcakes and Japanese Cheesecake




I bake these cakes few days ago for gathering in a friend house. These are peanut butter cupcake, oreo cupcake and japanese cheesecake. Some of them said, oreo cupcake is my speciality, since i've been bake oreo cupcakes for them couple of times

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Layered Cheese Cake


My second attempts of making layered cake. The layers still messy, not much different with my first one.... i need more and more practice.
Like the first layered cake, this recipe also adapted from Aunty Yochana thank you aunty, for sharing such great recipes.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Cakey Pine Nut Brownies


Compared to the fudgy one, i would prefer this cakey type of brownies. I've try the fudgy brownies few times and it always has strong smell of egg, which i hate most. I don't know, whether it should be that way or i do it in the wrong way.

Ingredients:

65 g bittersweet chocolate
115 g butter
170 g fine sugar
40 g cake flour
100 g pine nut
2 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt

- Melt chopped chocolate and butter in microwave and stir until smooth. Beat egg and sugar till a bit creamy(not too creamy) add salt and vanilla essence, stir in melted chocolate and fold in flour. Pour half of the batter into baking pan, sprinkle with half pine nut and pour the rest of the batter and topped with the rest of the nuts.
Bake in preheated oven at 180 for 25-30 mins

Monday, October 27, 2008

Salmon & Tofu in Miso Soup


I'm fighting flu and severe runny nose for past 4 days. Mouth felt so numb and lost appetite for anything except hot water. And i guess everyone felt the same when they are sick, especially this kind of annoying flu.
This warm and light soup is good when you're in the same condition as me.

Ingredients:

1 block tofu, cubed
salmon (as required), cubed
1 tbsp miso
600 ml water/clear stock
1 scallion, chopped
1/2 celery, chopped
salt and pepper to taste

- Dissolve miso with 2 tbsp hot water. Bring water/stock to boil add miso and tofu, cook for 3 minutes, add in salmon, simmer for another 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat, stir in chopped scallion and celery

Friday, October 24, 2008

Baked Enoki Mushroom and Bacon


Another fast and easy yet delicious dish and it can be ready in less than 15 mins. All u need to do is clean the mushroom and discard the bottom cluster, wrap with a piece of bacon and bake for 10 minutes. When it done, sprinkle with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Some people say, washing the mushroom is not necessary. But since i'm sure it had been touch by i don't know what kind and how many hands, i'll wash the mushroom 5-6 hour earlier and drain it in the dry place, so it won't be too watery when cooked.


Monday, October 20, 2008

Rotini and Veggies Carbonara


This is consequence for being such forgetful person like me. Shop for carbonara stuffs, and out without its main ingredients, a pack of SPAGHETTI. Yeahh...i'm physically 26 but brainly, 75 something.
Since i have a pack of rotini, then i don't need to rush to the store again, and here is the result, yummylicious

Ingredients:
1 cup rotini
3/4 cup cream
2 egg yolk
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
1/2 cup chopped carrot
1/2 cup chopped broccoli
4 pieces bacon, chopped
2 tbsp bacon drip

- Cook pasta with salt and olive oil till done, drain and set aside. Blanch broccoli and carrot with boiling water for few minutes.
Fry chopped bacon until dry and crisp, mix egg yolk with grated parmesan cheese, cream and bacon drip. Return pasta and veggies to the pan, toss with egg yolk mixture and fried bacon, stir quickly and turn off the heat. Sprinkle more grated parmesan cheese and serve hot

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Chinese Chives Flower with Black Bean


Taiwanese name it chang ying thou chai, mean house fly's head vegetable. Though it sounds terribly disgusting, but it absolutely delicious and most important of all, no "real" fly's head added to it.

Ingredients:

100 g ground pork
80 g chopped chinese chives flower
2 tbsp mashed/minced garlic
6-8 red chili, sliced
1 tbsp fermented black bean
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tsp cornstarch
salt and sugar to taste

- Marinate ground pork with 2 tbsp soy sauce, cornstarch and few drops oil. Heat 1 tbsp oil, saute garlic till fragrant, add in black bean and red chili, stir for another minute. Add pork and stir quickly. Season with soy sauce, salt and sugar. Stir in chopped chives and continue stirring for few minute. Remove from heat

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Chicken With Preserved Green Chili


What can i say about this? It's just... taste heavenly!!

Ingredients:

2 chicken thigh, cut into pieces
2 stalk lemon grass, take the white part
2 lime leaves
2 candle nut
4 cloves shallot
2 cloves garlic
8 red chili
3 preserved green chili, shred
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp ginger powder
3 tbsp lemon juice

- Grind all the spices except preserved green chili, heat 2 tbsp oil and saute the spices till it become oily, add in chicken, shredded green chili and stir for another minute. Pour 2 cup water and simmer till chicken tender and gravy almost dry. Add lemon juice and remove from heat.

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Milky Meat Floss Bun


With my magic wand, hokkaido milk loaf turned to be meat floss bun. I made these buns for a friend who just gave birth to a super cute baby boy. Congratz Vv.
Loaf's recipe adapted from Florence, while the filling, i use mixture of meat floss+chopped dried seaweed+toasted white sesame seed. Vv said, the buns remain soft after 2 days



Thursday, October 09, 2008

Yummy Cheese Cookies

I've been dying to bake this cookies since long long ago, and the only problem is the flour. Sago flour is used in this cookies, which i can't get in every corner of baking supply store and supermarkets.
Till last week when i phoned my mom, she told me that hun kwe flour is also made from aren/sago flour. The cookies remind me of my childhood, mom used to buy it for me and brothers and we'll fight over the cookies till the last piece....
Recipe from Stella slightly modified by me

Ingredients:
300 g sago flour/hun kwe
50 cornstarch
50 all purpose flour
225 g butter
125 icing sugar
3 egg yolk
100 g gouda/edam cheese powder
50 g cheddar cheese powder

- Sift sago, cornstarch and all purpose flour together . Cream butter and sugar till pale and fluffy, add in egg yolk one by one and beat till well combined. Stir in cheese powder and sifted flour. Beat in low speed until well combined, fill the dough into piping bag and pipe onto lined baking tray (the top picture was dotted with black cherry jam). Bake at 180 for 20-25 mins or till slightly brown.


Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Indonesian Honeycomb Cake / Bika Ambon


Few days ago, J was talking to me about this cake. Indonesian call it Bika Ambon, originally come from Medan, big city in northern part of Sumatra. I don't know why they call it bika ambon, where Ambon located nowhere in/near Sumatra.
And he challenge me again whether i can make this cake. This time, it's really a "challenge" since i've never eaten bika ambon in my life.
Browse and search the recipe, most people said the process of making this cake is difficult and complicated. Finally i ended up in this site and decide to use their recipe since it's the simplest one compared to others. I substitute the sago flour with hun kwe flour which also made from Aren. Aren is Indonesian name for sago palm.
The cake turned out to be very nice and it has beautiful honeycomb texture, soft and chewy with strong flavor of lime leaves+coconut milk+egg yolk. I couldn't get a nice shot of the cake due to poor lighting in my kitchen (and super cheap digicam too)


Cross cut section

Sunday, October 05, 2008

Layered Cake


My 1st attempt of making layered cake which contain lots of egg yolk. The layers are messy and doesn't seem stick to each other properly. I should get layered cake presser perhaps(which i dunno how it looks).
I went to my laptop when baking the second layer and i've forgotten that i have something to watch in my oven, till my fire alarm screaming loudly, telling me that my cake is BURN. Goshh...i almost burn the whole kitchen and the whole apartment.
For instruction and recipe click here. I do skip the crystalized pineapple and pineapple essence since i dunno where to buy it and substitute the red coloring with pandan essence instead.

Friday, October 03, 2008

Steamed Dumpling


Finally, i managed to make a batch of this dim sum today, after a couple of lazy days. I do nothing in those few days except sitting and browsing in front of my pc and searching some cake's recipe. And ohh...i also read the book that i bought around 4 years ago and leave it untouched in the book shelf. The title is Silence Truth written by Susan Lewis.
So here is dumpling's recipe

For skin:
150 g wheat starch
2 tbsp cornstarch
1 tbsp corn oil
210 cc boiling water


For filling:
100 g ground chicken
75 g minced shrimp
1/2 cup grated carrot
1/2 cup minced cooked bamboo shoot
1/2 cup sliced celery and spring onion
1 small egg
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp garlic powder
1 tsp white pepper powder
1 tbsp sesame oil
salt as u need
(mix all the filling ingredients together)

- Sift wheat starch and cornstarch together, pour in hot water and corn oil , stir until it become soft dough. Knead lightly and roll it into thin round/square shape (just like wonton wrapper). Wrap the filling and steam for 15 mins. Serve with ginger garlic sauce or dumpling sauce.

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Salamz Aidil Fitri and Eid Mubarak



Wishing all the Muslim's friends and visitor a happy Hari Raya Aidil Fitri.
May Lord continue shower His blessing to all of you.

Friday, September 26, 2008

Savoury Garlic and Cheese Scone


Another savoury snack which i love so much. I love scone when it's warm, crispy skin with soft and flaky inside

Ingredients:

2 cups cake flour
45 g icing sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
30 g butter
1/2 cup light cream(or as u need)
70 g grated cheddar cheese
2 tsp garlic granules
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp chili powder
1 spring onion, thinly slice

- Sift flour with sugar, salt, garlic granules and chili powder together, cut butter into small pieces and rub with flour mixture with your finger. Stir in grated cheddar cheese and spring onion, mix well. Pour in beaten egg and cream, stir till well mixed.
Turn dough to floured working table and knead lightly. Use cookie cutter to cut into small pieces or as u like. Bake at 190 degrees C for 20 mins

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Squid With XO Sauce


Ingredients:

100 g mini squid
2 cloves garlic, slice
4 cloves shallot, slice
1 tomato
2 red chili
2 tbsp XO sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 scallion
salt and sugar as u need

- Clean squid and cut into 1 cm ring. Saute shallot and garlic until fragrant, add XO sauce and tomato. Turn to high heat, stir in squid, red chili and oyster sauce, taste with salt and sugar, remove from heat.

Monday, September 22, 2008

Savoury Bacon and Onion Muffin


I've been searching for savoury muffin recipe for so long, but none of them meet my taste so i decide to try this one. I use basic muffin recipe and substitute half of the milk with chicken stock and adding fried bacon and onion. This is perfect for breakfast or dinner(i would prefer rice or noodles and vegetable for lunch )

Ingredients:

2 cup cake flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
115 g unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 tbsp granulated sugar
2 large eggs, at room temperature
½ cup clear chicken stock
½ cup fresh milk
½ teaspoon salt(or more, as u need)
½ large onion, minced
5 pieces bacon, minced
Fresh chopped parsley/ dried parsley for garnish

- Place bacon and onion in a shallow pan, stir fry till bacon crisp and onion soft. Set aside and let it cold.
Sieve cake flour and baking powder and set aside. Cream butter and sugar till light and creamy, add in egg one by one, beat well in each addition.
Mix chicken stock and milk. Add half of flour to the butter mixture then pour in chicken stock , add the rest of flour and stir until well mixed. Fold in bacon and onion. Spoon to paper cup and sprinkle parsley. Bake at 180 degrees C for 20-25 mins.

Friday, September 19, 2008

Devil's Food Cake


It was rare chance that i'm craving for chocolate cake. Yes!! i'm avoiding chocolate as much as i can, since my belly and waist getting thicker and thicker. I usually bake chocolate stuff only for friends. This time is for my sister and me, i finish almost half of the 9" round cake in 2 days!!! Goshh...
Got the recipe from this site the cake turned out to be very soft and light and this is the best choc cake i've ever bake.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Pandan Milk Layered Pudding


The best pudding i've ever made so far, only made with fresh milk and agar powder. Serve it with vanilla sauce and it gone immediately, i don't even get chance to take a shot of it, after poured the sauce over.

Monday, September 15, 2008

Red Bean Flaky Mooncake & 中秋节


中秋节快乐 - happy mid-autum festival for all who celebrate it!!! (it is late, this should be yesterday's entry)
Here is my first mooncake ever, everyone posted their best and cute variation of mooncakes, and this is the best i can do(look at my terrible shaping skill hahaa...). Thanks to aunt Yo again for the recipe.
I am so tempted to make those beautiful mooncakes too, but dunno where to get the ingredients. Poor me...
We (and no one in Taiwan, i guess) don't light up those beautiful lantern and BBQ on the rooftop like last years, due to terrible typhoon and pouring rain outside. A girl was blown away by the typhoon, while another 2 or 3 cars fell down into the river while they drive over the bridge and the bridge collapsed. Till now, nobody knows their fate. Feels so sorry to them and all the typhoon's victims.

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Chicken in Red Wine Sauce


One of my favorite chicken, recipe adapted from 培梅创意家常菜 (creative Chinese home dishes). Original recipe use button mushroom but i skip it, since i don't stock the button mushroom.

Ingredients:
4 chicken drumstick, halved
1/2 large onion, sliced
1 can button mushroom
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tbsp red wine
2 tbsp ketchup
salt and pepper to taste
carrot for garnish

-Heat 2 tbsp oil, saute garlic and sliced onion till fragrant. Add in mushroom and stir for 1 min, add chicken and stir till the color changed, add in red wine and ketchup. Pour 2 cups of water and simmer till chicken tender.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Marble Cake


For the umpteenth times, typhoon swept through the city. Watch the evening news, there was a girl blown away by the typhoon from her 3rd floor apartment. Terrible isn't it?
I and friends planning for hiking this weekend, but the weather just wouldn't compromise heheee. So instead of wandering around in the danger, i'd better stay at home and doing some baking.
Most of my cakes are round and bored looks, it is because i only have 2 kind of round baking pan, and i know nothing about cake decorating(well....i have a lot of cake decorating tools, but no idea how to use it hahaaa...) i should take the decorating classes someday...
Got this recipe from the back of self raising flour package that i bought few days ago. It is soft and not too sweet according to my taste.

Ingredients:
200 g self raising flour
230 g butter
200 g castor sugar
230 g eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
30 g cocoa powder
50 ml milk

-Cream butter with self raising flour into smooth paste. In separate bowl, beat egg and sugar until spongy add egg mixture to the butter mixture, add in vanilla essence and beat until smooth.
Divide the batter into 2. Add milk and cocoa powder to one portion, leave the other one plain. Scoop the batter alternately to the lined baking pan and bake at 180 for 50 mins.


Thursday, September 11, 2008

Black Pepper Beef


Ingredients:

100 g sliced beef(tender part)
1/2 large onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 tsp cornstarch
1 tsp oil
salt and fresh ground black pepper as u need

-Marinate beef with soy sauce, cornstarch and oil for 15 mins. Heat a tbsp oil, saute garlic and stir fry beef quickly, remove from heat and set aside. Stir in sliced onion and fry till fragrant, add in beef and taste with salt and pepper.

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Anchovies With Chinese Pressed Tofu ( 豆乾 )



I get this recipe from nice aunty who worked in the neighborhood restaurant. I only asked what kind of sauce did she use, and she told me the whole recipe. Thank you aunty.

Ingredients:
50 g fresh headless anchovies
50 g pressed firm tofu ( 豆乾/dou gan )
5 sweet green chili
3 red chili
1 tbsp minced garlic
1 tbsp fermented black bean ( 豆豉 /dou ci)
2 tbsp dark soy sauce
salt and sugar to taste

-Deep fry anchovies till dry, set aside. Heat 1 tbsp oil and saute garlic, add sliced pressed tofu stir till tofu turned yellowish. Add black bean, sliced chillies and anchovies. Season with soy sauce, salt and sugar.

Monday, September 08, 2008

Carrot Cake


In past, i would never click on this recipe whenever i browse and looking for cake recipe. It looks bored and not interesting at all. And now i'm addicted to it, the taste is not much different with the Starbucks's one. This is my second carrot cake, the first one is gone before i found my camera who hide itself between my messy books.
Original recipe come from Aunt Yo (again hehee) i just halved the recipe coz i dont have that big baking pan.

Saturday, September 06, 2008

Easy BIG Breakfast


This is super easy and delicious BIG breakfast which can be ready in less than 3 mins.
All u need are:
-1 piece of spring roll skin
-1 egg
-1 big hot dog
-2 slice cheese(kraft singles is good)

-Lightly beat egg, pour over greased non stick pan, cover with spring roll skin cook for 1 min, turn over to the other side, turn off the heat and place 2 slice cheese and top with hotdog. Roll like the way u roll the swiss roll. Cut and serve hot while the cheese melt.

Thursday, September 04, 2008

Fried Silver Needle Noodle


After reading Florence's blog about her silver needle noodle, i was so tempted to make my own noodle. It looks so easy and it's only few days ago when i saw the main ingredients(wheat starch) in the organic shop and it gone now.
Everything seems to be in the same way, it is just stand there for days or months when i don't need it and it gone by the time i need it. I have no choice but get the ready made one.

Ingredients:

200 g silver needle noodle
60 g prawn
50 g shredded chicken/pork
5 dried shitake mushroom, soaked and sliced
1/2 onion, sliced
1/2 cup shredded carrot
2 tbsp fish sauce
1 tbsp light soy sauce
Green vegetable as u need
salt, sugar and pepper to taste

-Marinate chicken/pork with soy sauce, cornstarch and sesame oil for 15 mins. Heat 1 tbsp oil and stir fry chicken/pork for 1 minute, set aside. Heat another tbsp oil and saute onion till fragrant, add mushroom and all the rest ingredients. Season with fish sauce, light soy sauce, salt and pepper. Serve hot
 

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