Kuih - Apam Balik/Ban Jian Kuih (Soft kind)

I made this thing cos i feel like eating...lols.....i used to love it...not taht mch anymore but the craving is just unbearable....i mean really..unbearable

Ingredients:

200g of flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp sodium bicarbonate
pinch of salt
50g brown sugar
130 ml milk
120 ml water
1 egg
40g melted butter


1 cup chopped peanuts
more sugar

Preparation Methods:

Mix first group of ingredients and beat till smooth. Heat a non-stick pan (no oil or butter) and put some batter in the middle and spread it out. Sprinkle chopped peanuts and sugar ( i used brown sugar). Fold when cooked and serve

Pork - Bak Gua/Bak Kwa/Bak Poh/Pork Jerky

I had this certain craving the other day...for bak gua or watever it is...anyways....this is how it turned out

Ingredients:

500g fatty minced pork
3 tbsp light soy sauce
3 tbsp Shao Xing Jiu
2 tbsp fish sauce
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp maltose or honey
1 tbsp pepper
1 tsp 5 spice powder
half a handful san cha pia (optional)

Preparation Methods:

Blend minced pork and san cha pia together. Take it out and mix rest of the ingredients together. Put some meat on baking paper and cover meat wif cling wrap and roll out the meat. Flatten it as much as u can. Bake meat for 10 minutes. Take out the meat flip it and get rid of the water produced by meat with kitchen towel. Put a layer of honey or maltose of the meat and bake for another 10 to 15 minutes till brown. Alternatively bbq the meat on grill.

Chicken - Chicken Salad with Rockets, Grilled Pepper and Sweet Mustard Sauce

This is a dish i came up with today. Its extremely filling and has amazingly low calories. I kinda calculated, it did not top 500 calories.



Ingredients:

Chicken:
1 piece chicken breast
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black peppers
1/2 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp chili flakes
1/2 tsp fish sauce

Salad:
Handful rockets
1 red pepper, cut
1 piece gauda cheese , cut

Sauce:
1 tbsp mustard
1 tbsp honey
2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1/2 tsp fish sauce
pinch of salt
pinch of coriander

Preparation Methods:
Marinade chicken for few minutes, heat pan with olive oil and fry red pepper. Fry till pepper is soft, mix together with rockets and cheese on salad bowl.

Pan fry chicken and prepare the salad sauce while frying. Mix sauce with salad in bowl and place on plate. Chicken should fry for about 3 minutes each side. Take out slice and serve!!

Pork - Belachan Pork Ribs

This is when i get bored and i don't know what to cook.


Ingredients:

Pound:
3 dried chili
2 inch belachan
2 curry leaves
2 cloves garlic

Pork ribs:
500g pork ribs
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 egg
1 cup flour

Sauce:
Pounded ingredients
3 tbsp sugar
2 tsp salt
1 tbsp soy sauce
1/4 cup water

Preparation Method:

Marinade pork with ingredients other than egg and flour for 15 mins. Add beaten egg then flour and deep fry till cooked. Remove pork ribs from oil.

In a pan, add 2 tbsp oil. and fry pounded ingredients till fragrant. Add soy sauce water sugar and salt and reduce sauce til nearly dry. Add pork ribs. Stir and cook till suace is dry and coats the skin of the pork ribs. Serve.

Lotus Roots - Fried Lotus Roots with Beef Slices and Celery

Ingredients:

300g Lotus Roots (peeled and sliced)
150g Sliced Beef (marinated with salt and 1 tsp corn flour)
2 stalks celery (cut in 2 inch slices)
1 clove garlic (diced)
3 tbsp soy sauce
salt
pepper

Preparation Methods:

Boil lotus roots in salt water till cooked. Remove

Heat pan with oil, add garlic, fry till brown. Add beef, fry till half cooked, add lotus roots and celery. Fry for a minute, add soy sauce and pinch of salt. Cover and cook for another 2 minutes. Serve with roasted nuts.

Eggs - Poached Egg with Cream Sauce

I had this sudden yearning for egg one day for breakfast. So i made this dish. I was too lazy to make hollandaise sauce so i made something else. Quite healthy i think...

Ingredients:

2 eggs
2 cherry tomatos
Bacon bits or sausage bits
rockets

Sauce:
1 tbsp butter
100g fresh cream
1-2 tbsp flour
dried basil
dried parsey
salt
pepper

Preparation Methods:

Poach 2 eggs. (google how to poach eggs if u don't know how to) Cut the tomatos and rockets. Pan fry the bacon bits or the sausage bits. (Used sausage because there was no bacon in my fridge at the time)

For the sauce, melt butter in a pan with low heat. Add fresh cream and wait to simmer. Add herbs and salt tot taste. Add flour mixed with a bit of fresh cream as thickener. Pour on plated poached egg. Sprinkle pepper and bacon bits and serve.

Asparagus - White Asparagus with Walnut

This is an appetizer i created. Interestingly good and simply. Presumably healthy!!


Ingredients:

1 White Asparagus (skin peeled)
1 handful roasted walnut
Rockets (for salad)
salt
pepper
olive oil

Preparation Methods:

Boil while asparagus boiled in salt water till soft. Remove and cut into slices about 2cm thick. Make a small slit in the middle and stuff roasted walnut. Serve with rockets salad drizzled with salt and olive oil.

Asparagus - White Asparagus Wrapped with Omelette

This is a dish i created quite some time ago....was too lazy to make the sauce so i thought of using egg instead.


Ingredients:

2 White asparagus (skin peeled)
2 Eggs
2 tbsp cheese (any cheese that melts)
Roasted Nuts (walnuts used here)
Rockets (for salad, optional)
Chili powder
pinch basil
salt
pepper

Preperation Method:

Boil Asparagus in salt water till soft. Remove Asparagus.

Beat egg, add pinch of salt, dried basil, pepper and chili powder. Heat pan with oil under low heat. Pour egg and sprinkle cheese on top. Fry till bottom of egg is solid and top of egg is still runny. wrap asparagus with egg.

Serve on top of rockets sprinked with salt and olive oil. Top with walnuts and serve.

Chicken - Ka Chang Ma

This is one dish that we ppl in kch eat when someone just gave birth to a baby. Its a hakka dish and absolutely tasty. Problem is, the herbs are hard to find (i only know where to get it in kch)


Ingredients:

4 chicken drumstick (chopped into pieces)
1 piece Ginger (size of fist)
1 bottle Chinese Rice Wine
1 packet Ka Chang Ma Herbs
3 tbsp Soy Sauce
salt
pepper

Preperation methods:

Shred ginger and squeeze juice out. Heat 3 tbsp oil, fry ginger (without juice) till brown. Add Ka Chang Ma Herbs. Fry for 2 minues (medium heat). Add chicken. Fry till brown, add half a bottle of Chinese Rice wine. bring to boil, and simmer in low heat for 1 hr. Add salt and soy sauce to taste. Before serving, add rest of chinese rice wine and boil for 5 minues. Serve

Chicken - Chilli Sauce Chicken

Ingredients:

Chicken:
500g Chicken
1 cup Flour
1 tsp Soy sauce
1 tsp pepper
1 egg
2 tsp salt

Sauce:
1 onion (sliced)
1 cup water
5 tbsp chili sauce
2 tbsp tomato sauce
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp chinese black vinegar
cornstarch

Preparation Methods:

Marinade chicken with ingredients of chicken for 15 mins. Beat egg, add too chicken. Add egg and mix thoroughly. Deep fry chicken till crispy. Remove chicken.

Mix all ingredients for sauce except onion and cornstarch. Heat 1 tbsp oil and fry onion till soft and brown. Add the mixture and boil till sauce thickens. Add cornstarch to thicken sauce if necessary. Add fried chicken and stir.

Serve