Monday, October 3, 2016

Fish Soup/ Fish Porridge


Ingredients:

Batam Fish (thin slice)
Sole fish 3 pcs (break into few pcs)
1 handful of ikan bilis
2 tbs dried soy bean
4 cup water
pepper
fish sauce
1 tsp tang choy (冬菜)

2 garlic (slice/ chopped)
1 tsp oil (or just enough to cover the garlic)


Method (2 servings):
  1. Soak sliced fish in salt water (1tsp salt + water + 1tsp corn flour) for 20mins.
  2. Boil ikan bilis,  soy bean and water, when boiled lower heat and simmer for 30mins.
  3. Put garlic and oil in a small ceramic cup, heat up in microwave for 2m (this will be based on individual microwave). The garlic will turn slight brown, add in sole fish, stir and mix together with garlic and heat up another 30s.
  4. Drain out the ikan bilis broth, and boil the broth in another pot.
  5. Drain out the water in the fish and add it into the pot.
  6. Cook for 2-3mins. add in pepper and fish sauce if desired
  7. Turn off the heat.
  8. Pour out the soup in 2 bowls, add in tong choy, sole fish and garlic and serve.
If for fish porridge, pour the soup on to rice and serve.


Saturday, August 13, 2016

Tau Suan II


Ingredients:
2 tbs mung beans
1 pandan leaf


3 tbs sugar
1 pandan leaf
1 cup water
1 tbs sweet potatoes starch (mix with 1tbs water)

Method (Serve 1):
  1. Soak mung beans for 1hr
  2. Steam mung beans with 1 tbs water and pandan leaf (cut into 4 pcs) for 20mins.
  3.  Melt sugar in a pot till light brown.
  4. Add in water and pandan leaf n boil for 5mins.
  5. Add in the steamed mung beans and boil for 10-15mins or till the bean is soft.
  6. Add in sweet potatoes starch, add water if necessary.

Saturday, August 6, 2016

Teriyaki Chicken

Ingredient:
3 debone chicken leg, big cube
2 garlic, chopped
1 tbs oil
sesame seed (optional)

2tbs light soy sauce
1.5tbs sugar
1tbs mirin
1tbs ginger juice (optional)
1tbs sake (optional)
2tbs water

Method:
  1. Marinate the chicken for 2 hrs
  2. Heat up oil in pan.
  3. Add in chicken, skin face down and cover the pan for 3mins.
  4. Turn over to the other side.
  5. Pour in sake, then pour in the teriyaki sauce, add in garlic.
  6. Simmer till the sauce turn thick (approx 2mins).
  7. Sprinkle with sesame seed before serve.

Sunday, July 31, 2016

Pandan Ogaru Cake

Ingredients A:
3 egg yolk
1 egg
50g flour
50g pandan mixture (blend coconut milk with 5 pandan leaves)

20g oil
20g butter


Ingredients B:
3 egg white
40g sugar



Method (6inch pan):
  1. Preheat oven 160 degree.
  2. Heat up oil and butter in microwave for 20sec.
  3. Pour over to flour and mix well to smooth mixture.
  4. Beat egg till pale.
  5. Add in flour mixture to egg yolk, add in pandan mixture and mix well.
  6. Beat egg white till foam.
  7. Add in sugar and beat till firm peak.
  8. Add 1/3 egg white to egg yolk mixture, do not overmix.
  9. Pour mixture to the balance egg white, slowly mix and do not overmix.
  10. Line the pan, and bake at 150degree for 50mins.

Adapt recipe from here after some adjustment.

Friday, June 24, 2016

Yuzu Chiffon Cupcakes


Yields: 7 cupcakes
Ingredients:
2 egg yolk
10g sugar
30g oil
37g yuzu juice
1/8 tsp salt
40g cake flour
1/4 tsp baking powder


2 egg whites
30g sugar


Method:
  1. Preheat oven at 200 degree.
  2. Beat egg whites till frosty, add in sugar n beat till firm peak.
  3. Beat egg yolk till pale yellow, add in sugar and beat till light yellow.
  4. Add in oil n yuzu, then add in the rest of ingredients.
  5. Scoop 1/3 of the egg white n mix into egg yolk mixture
  6. Then add the rest in to the egg yolk mixture.
  7. Pour into the paper cup n left 1cm to the top.
  8. Bang cupcakes 3-4 times on the table to let the air out.
  9. Bake 10mins and adjust to 170degree for another 5-10mins.

Tips:
Firm peak is easier to mix than stiff peak. 
Use hands to mix the egg mixture is easier. Make sure hand is not too warm n wet.
Baking time is adjustable based on individdual oven,
I measure a total 40g sugar and use 1/3 on egg yolk mixture and the other 2/3 on egg white mixture.





Sunday, June 19, 2016

Chinese Steamed Eggs (水蒸蛋)

Ingredients:
3 eggs
1.5 cup water (lukewarm water)
pinch of salt

Method:
  1. Beat all ingredients together
  2. Pour in to a bowl and scoop out bubbles if any. Seal it with aluminium foil or cling wrap.
  3. Steamed in medium heat for 20-25mins

Tips: The water MUST be from boiled water. No mixture form tap water. Had tried many times with tap water and the eggs become ugly with lots of holes inside due to the oxygen in tap water.

Quick Muah Chee Recipe


Ingredients:
1 cup glutinous rice flour
3/4 cup water
pinch of salt
pinch of sugar
1 tbs shallot oil

Toppings:
5 big tbs peanut powder
3 tbs sugar


Method (serve 2-3): 
  1. Mix all ingredients together and microwave high for 3 mins (if use plate may need to adjust timing).
  2. Bring out the dough and cut into small cubes and mix into the mixture of toppings.
  3. Top with the shallots (optional).

Tips: I use shortcut method to add shallots and oil to the mixture and microwave together.