Creamy Vegetable in a Bread Bowl

I still have some bread dough left in my fridge and i want to used it up today. After flipping through my cooking books, finally i decide to make this cute bread bowl with vegetable filling(original recipe using sourdough bread and creamy mushroom filling). My bread dough is very soft and it resulted in flat bowl instead of tall and round one.

Recipe for creamy vegetable filling
Ingredients:
1 can sweet corn
1 cup diced ham
1 cup diced celery
1 1/2 cup whole milk
1/2 cup minced onion
1/2 stick butter
2 tbsp flour
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
salt and freshly ground black pepper

-Melt butter in a medium sauce pan over low fire, add onion and cook for 3-4 minutes until it turn translucent, add in flour and stir for another minute. Pour milk slowly, mix until smooth, add vegetable, simmer over low fire for about 15 minutes. Taste with salt and pepper, remove from heat, sprinkle with grated cheese.

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.

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

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.

Lemony Chicken with Bell Pepper

I love the beautiful color of the bell pepper, if only i've got the green one, it will be more beautiful :)

Ingredients:

100 g shredded chicken breasts
1 red bell pepper
1 yellow bell pepper
1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons cornstarch
4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 cloves crushed garlic
dash salt & pepper

- Marinated shredded chicken with egg yolk, lemon juice, cornstarch and few drops of oil for 30 minutes. Heat a cup of oil, deep fry chicken and set aside.
Heat another tablespoon oil, saute garlic until fragrant, add sliced bell pepper, stir for 1 minutes. Stir in chicken and add half cup of water. Turn to high heat and stir for another 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper. Serve hot.

Loofah with Egg Crumb

Meals without vegetable seems very wrong. Do you know loofah? It also known as sponge guard, people in my hometown (Surabaya) call it Gambas and it has slight sweet taste. Loofah can be cooked as soup or stir fry.
Once it matured, it can be used for sponge bath scrub or kitchen sponge scrub for washing dishes.


Matured dry loofah. Goshh...how come i eat that scrubber!!!
To make egg crumb, beat egg and strain over hot oil and turn off heat soon(or it'll be burn)

Mashed Potato And Broccoli Butter

It's been 2 months since i quit those junk & oily food (Taiwanese said Instant noodle, KFC, McD, Pizzahut are delicious junk food), i cook my own dinner everyday (except those lazy days) and i lose 3 pounds in this last 2 months. I still break my diet rule whenever i walk over the bubble tea shop. I just can't resist it.
KFC(or McD?) served mashed potato and coleslaw long long ago, around 1999 as i remember. I made mashed potato today and it was so good, i'll try coleslow other time.
Things that i use are 1 large boiled potato-mashed, 3 tbsp cream, 2 tbsp butter, and salt beat together. I use minced garlic and 1 tbsp butter to stir fry broccoli.

How did u eat Broccoli?

Are u broccoli lover or hater? How did u eat broccoli? Steam or juice them up? This is much much better than the tasteless steam/juice. Don't believe me? Give it a try!!
By adding oyster sauce and another seafood or fish/meat ball will give it extra flavor.
A dash of pepper and/or sesame oil will do good too.
I don't juice them up from now on.

Spicy Eggplant - Balado Terong

I've search the web for balado terong recipe, but every person write the different recipe and i got confused which one to use. In the end, i phoned my mom and asking for the recipe. I remember she used to cook sambal terong, long time ago and she told me that both of sambal or balado terong not much different. And here is her version, it really yummyyylicious

Ingredients:

2 purple long eggplant
3 cloves garlic
5 cloves shallot
10 small red chili
2 big red chili
1 tbsp dried shrimp
1 ripe tomato
3 lime leaves
sugar and salt as u need

- Cut eggplant into long strips and then deep fry until soft, drain the excess oil.
Grind all the ingredients, except lime leaves. Heat 1 tbsp oil and saute the ingredients for 1 min, add a cup of water and lime leaves. Continue cooking until gravy almost dry, add eggplant and season with salt and sugar

Water spinach (kangkung) with beef

Ingredients:

1 bundle kangkung
50 g shredded beef
2 cloves shallot
2 cloves garlic
1 tbsp sweet soy sauce
1 tsp vegetable oil
1 tsp cornstarch
salt as u need

- Marinate shredded beef with sweet soy sauce, oil and cornstarch
saute shallot and garlic until fragrant, add beef and stir quickly, add kangkung and stir until done

Gulai papaya leaves

Papaya leaves contains a remarkable enzyme called papain, it used in protein-dissolving. In some places, papaya leaf used to wrap meats to tenderize it.
The enzyme in papaya leaves also breaks down wheat gluten and carbohydrates for extra digestive protection. The taste might be (very) bitter but its enzyme really powerful.
If you suffer from indigestion, give this recipe a try!


Ingredients:
100 gr papaya leaves (chopped and boiled with a dash of salt, rinse well)
small dried fish as u need (fried)
4 cloves shallot
2 cloves garlic
3 sliced ginger
2 sliced galangal
1/4 tsp bay leaves powder
1/2 tsp coriander powder
3 red chili (optional)
1 cup thick coconut milk
Salt as u needed.

- Saute sliced shallot, garlic, ginger and galangal over a low fire until fragrant, add chili and stir for
1 minute. Add bay leaves powder and coriander powder in, pour the coconut milk and put in papaya leaves. Cover for 5 minutes. Last, add fried small fish and season with salt. Simmer for few minutes. Done