Sunday, November 2, 2014

Fried green marrow with egg (炒毛瓜)

Ingredients:
1 small green marrow, remove skin and sliced
3 cloves garlic
1 tbs dried shrimps, soaked in water
1 egg
1 cup water
0.5 tsp chicken stock
1 tbs fish sauce
1.5 tbs cooking oil

Method:
  1. Heat wok, add in oil.
  2. Add in dried shrimps.
  3. Add in garlic.
  4. Add in green marrows. then add in water and chicken stock
  5. Add in fish sauce.
  6. Simmer in low heat till marrow soften.
  7. Turn of heat.
  8. Pour in egg and stir together, dish up and served.



Homemade Kaya


Ingredients:
5 eggs
200g sugar
3/4 cup coconut cream
1/3 cup water
6 pandan leaves
1 tbs water + 1 tbs corn flour (corn starch)

Caramel:
75g sugar


Method:
  1. Beat eggs together.
  2. Add in coconut cream, water, sugar, pandan leaves and boil in low heat.
  3. Keep stirring the mixture.
  4. To make caramel, heat up the 75g sugar in a  pan.
  5. Turn off heat once it turns to brown.
  6. Add the caramel into the mixture.
  7. If prefer thicker kaya, add in corn starch mixture.
  8. The whole process will takes around 20mins.
  9. If prefer smoother texture, pour mixture into blender and blend till smooth.

*had made some changes from the recipe here.


Steamed eggs with flower crab

Ingredients:
1 flower crab (clean and remove intestines)
2 Spring onions (optional)
3 eggs 
1 tsp hua tiao wine
1.5 tsp fish sauce
2 cup warm chicken stock
dash pepper

Method:
  1. Beaten 3 eggs together for 20sec.
  2. Add in all seasonings and warm water.
  3. Strained the mixture into a bowl
  4. Put in flower crab, covered it with cling wrap.
  5. Steam for 10-12mins (medium heat).