Lavender shortcake

Ingredients:

1/2 cup icing sugar
3/4 tbs dried lavender
140g butter
1 tsp lemon zest
13/4 cup all purpose flour
3 egg yolk
1/2 cup sugar (for coating)


Method:

1. Whisk icing sugar and butter till creamy
2. Add in lavender and lemon zest, mix well
3. Add in flour, mix well and add in egg yolk.
4. Place it in fridge for 30 mins
5. Cut with cookie cutter and toss it with sugar
6. Bake in preheat oven (180 degree) for 12-15 mins

Macadania white choco chips cookies

Ingredients

225g butter
120g sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 bicarbonate of soda
1 egg yolk
pinch of salt
200g white chocolate chips
300g self raising flour


Method

1. Mix butter, sugar, vanilla essence, cream of tartar & bicarbonate of soda till fluffy
2. Add in egg, macadania nuts and chocolate chips
3. Add in flour and mix well
4. Cool it in fridge for 15mins
5. Grab some dough, roll and pinch about 2cm big and place it on tray (with parchment paper).
6. Preheat oven at 180 degree, bake it for 12-15mins

Ma bo tofu

Ingredients:

1 pc tofu
150g minced meat (shoulder pork)- mix with 1 tsp cornflour
3 chopped shallots
2 tbs spicy bean sauce
2 tbs light soy sauce
dash pepper
1 tsp chilli powder
2 tbs water
1 tbs sesame oil

Method:

1. Heat up oil, fried shallots.
2. Add in minced pork, spicy bean sauce.
3. Add tofu, light soy sauce, chilli powder, pepper and water.
4. Stir well and cook on slow fire for 3 mins.
5. Turn off fire and add in sesame oil on top.

Deep fried onion rings

Ingredients:

1 large onion
4 tbs cake flour
1 egg
2 tbs water
1.5 cup bread crumbs
1/2 cup cake flour
1/2 tsp baking powder

Method:

1. Sliced onion about 1cm thick, separated the rings and soak in cold water for 30 mins. Drain and dry it with paper towels.


2. Whisk together 4 tbs of flour, egg and water in a bowl.


3. Mix 1/2 cup flour and baking powder in another bowl.


4. Dust onion rings with flour mixture and dip into egg mixture, one at a time.


5. Coat with bread crumbs.


6. Deep fried rings in hot oil until golden brown.

Honey cookies

Ingredients:

120g butter
80g brown sugar
1 egg
3 tbs honey
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
210g plain flour
1 tsp baking soda
Icing sugar

Method:

1. Cream butter and sugar till creamy.


2. Add egg, honey and vanilla extract, mix well.


3. Add flour, baking soda.


4. Chill for 2 hours


5. Preheat oven and bake at 180 degree for 10-12mins, dust with icing sugar.

Almond muffins

yields: 6 muffins

Ingredients:

290g plain flour
1 tbs baking powder
*(can be substitute 290g self raising flour)

230g caster sugar

3 eggs
120ml milk
200g melted butter
1tsp vanilla essence

1/2 cup sliced almond

Method:

1. Mix flour, baking powder and sugar
2. Mix eggs, vanilla essence, butter and milk together
3. Pour the liquid mixture to flour mixture, mix well
4. Pour mixture to muffin cups, 3/4 full
5. Sprinkle sliced almonds on top and get a toothpick swirl a few rounds
6. Bake in preheat oven 180 degree for 25-28mins
7. To check muffins when ready, poke a bamboo stick and pull out, it comes out clean will be ok.

Steam black bean pork ribs

Nasi Lemak chilli

Ingredients

Handful of chilli padi
5-6 red chillies
1 red onion
6-7 shallots
1 knot belachan (abt 1.5 inch)
pinch of salt
2 tbs sugar
2 tbs gula melaka
2 tbs assam juice
3tbs cooking oil

Method:

1. Chopped shallots, red onion, chillies, belachan


2. Heat oil and fried the chopped mixture in slow fire


3. Fried till dark color, approx 15-20 mins


4. Add in sugar, gula melaka, salt, assam juice to taste

*Ingredient to adjust accordingly to individual taste

Butter cookies

Ingredients

250g butter
100g castor sugar
1 egg yolk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp salt
300g plain flour
30g custard powder


Method:

1. Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy


2. Add egg yolk, salt and vanilla


3. Fold in flour and custard powder


4. Shape into balls and use a fork to press it flat


5. Sprinkle some sugar


6. Bake in 180 degree for 15 mins