Archive for March, 2010
Mar 31st, 2010 Posted in Vegetable recipes | no comment »

Ingredients:
300g green beans(or white beans)
2 cubes Kaiping fermented beancurd
1pc lotus leaf
Seasoning :
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp ginger juice
1 tbsp cooked oil
2 tbsp stock
Directions:
1.Wash green beans, remove its tops and ends, blanch in boiling water for 1 minute, rinse and then strain.
2.Cut the beans into short sticks of about 2 inches long.
3.Mix fermented beancurd with seasonings into a paste, add it to beans, toss and then set aside.
4.Blanch lotus leaf, line it on a steamer, put beans on it, steam it on high heat for 5 minutes.
Tags: ginger, ginger juice, green beans, lotus, lotus leaf, seasonings, white beans
Mar 30th, 2010 Posted in Rice recipes | no comment »

Ingredients:
2 bowls par-boiled brown rice
1/2 pc red capsicum
1/3 pc carrot
1/3 cup zucchini
1/2 cup corn kernel
2 pcs low fat cheese
1/2 cup non-fat yogurt
1 pc egg(beaten)
2 tbsp spring onion
2 tbsp mint
1 tsp paprika
Directions:
1.Preheat oven to 180℃.
2.Brush a pie dish lightly with oil.
3.Mix all the ingredients, except paprika, and then press into the pie dish.
4.Sprinkle with paprika, and bake for 20 minutes.
Tags: bowls, brown rice, egg, pc carrot, pie dish, rice pie, sprinkle
Mar 29th, 2010 Posted in Seafood recipes | no comment »

Ingredients:
6 pcs medium shrimps
240g peeled shrimp
4 slices bread
1 egg
little crab roe
Seasoning :
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2 tsps corn flour
Directions:
1.Devein peeled shrimp, wash and wipe dry. Mash shrimp, place them in a bowl, add marinade in and mix well. Stir mashed shrimp in clockwise direction to make a sticky paste and chill for 30 minutes.
2.Peel and devein shrimps, wash and wipe them dry.
3.Cut bread into cubes and beat eggs.
4.Take shrimp paste out, wrap a shrimp in, dip some beaten egg and then coat with bread cubes.
5.Heat half wok of oil, deep fry shrimp toast until golden brown and dish up. Place some crab roe on and serve hot.
Tags: beaten egg, bread cubes, chill, deep fried shrimp, dish, eggs, marinade, roe, shrimp paste, shrimp toast
Mar 28th, 2010 Posted in Dim Sum recipes | no comment »

Ingredients:
For Batter
200g chick peas flour
10g chilli powder
5g salt
6 potatos(cooked and mashed)
3 green chillies(fine chopped)
2tbsp coriander leaves(fine chopped)
1/2tsp cumin seeds
1tbsp curry leaves(fine chopped)
1 lemon(extracted)
little salt
Directions:
For Batter
Mix all ingredients to make a smooth batter, keep aside.(Batter should be so smooth that if you dip a spoon in it, it should coat the spoon thoroughly.)
For Filling
1. Heat oil in a pan, add curry leaves, cumin seeds, green chillies to fry with aroma, put potato, lemon juice, salt, coriander leaves and mix well. Transfer to a plate and let it cool lightly, make round balls and ready for use.
2.Heat oil in frying pan again, dip ball in batter one by one and put in hot oil over medium heat until light golden. Drain off the oil. Serve hot.
Tags: aroma, chick peas, chillies, coriander leaves, cumin seeds, fried potato, frying pan, lemon juice, little salt, potato dumplings
Mar 27th, 2010 Posted in Seafood recipes | no comment »

Ingredients:
1 crab
300g imitation shark-fin
1L chicken broth
50g diced asparaguses
1 egg white
50g shredded carrots
little vinegar
little parsley
Seasoning :
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp white sugar
3 tbsps corn flour
1/3 cup chicken broth
little pepper
Directions:
1.Wash the crab. Chop into chunks. Steam the crab over high heat for 10 to 15 minutes. Unshell the crab and obtain the meat.
2.Wash asparaguses and carrot. Dice asparaguses and shred carrot. Blanch. Then rinse in cold water.
3.Bring the chicken broth and thickenings to a boil. Keep stirring until thicken. Add the crab meat and imitation shark-fin. Bring to a boil. Add the carrot and asparaguses. Bring to a boil again. Remove from heat.
4.Add the egg white and keep stirring until done. Serve with some vinegar and parsley.
Tags: boil, chunks, cold water, corn flour, crab meat, egg, high heat, shred carrot, shredded carrots, steam, vinegar, white sugar
Mar 26th, 2010 Posted in Chicken recipes | no comment »

Ingredients:
chicken 900g
carrot 300g
potatoes 400g
tomatoes 600g
water 3,000ml
Seasoning :
salt 1 tsp
Directions:
1.Remove the internal organs of the chicken. Wash, blanch and rinse.
2.Peel the carrot and potatoes, cut into large pieces. Wash the tomatoes and cut into four pieces.
3.Cook the chicken, potatoes and carrot with boiling water for 15 minutes, then turn to medium low heat and cook for 1 1/2 hours.
4.Put tomatoes in the soup and boil for another 15 minutes. Add salt and serve.
Tags: blanch, boil, boiling water, carrot, internal organs, nutritious soup, potatoes, seasoning salt, tomatoes
Mar 25th, 2010 Posted in Seafood recipes | no comment »

Ingredients:
4 medium-sized soft-shell crabs
4 pcs super-thin spring roll wrapper
little organic lettuce, peppermint, basil & coriander(washed & strained)
4 tbsps corn flour
1/2 tsp table salt
1/2 tsp black pepper, ground
1/2 egg yolk
Seasoning :
1/2 cup fish sauce dip
Directions:
1.Soak soft-shell crabs in water to defrost, strain and then put in a bowl.
2.Put in egg yolk, corn flour, table salt and black pepper sequentially and the toss.
3.Place crabs flat, coat with frying batter evenly, shake off excess coating and then set aside.
4. Deep-fry crabs in medium hot oil until hardened, and then strain excess oil.
5.Brush spring roll wrapper with water to soften, add in lettuce, peppermint and other herbs, put a deep-fried crab in the centre, roll up the wrapper to make a spring roll, then transfer onto a plate and serve it with dipping sauce.
Tags: black pepper, brush spring, corn flour, cup fish, dipping sauce, egg yolk, fish sauce, frying batter, hot oil, organic lettuce, soft shell crab, soft shell crabs, spring roll
Mar 24th, 2010 Posted in Seafood recipes | no comment »

Ingredients:
8 mushroom(8cm diameter)
150g octopuses
75g shrimp flesh(diced as 1cm cubes)
55g scallop flesh(diced as 1cm cubes)
little salt & pepper
160g ketchup
80g garlic butter
8g breadcrumb
Directions:
1.Rub octopuses with salt to clean them. Tap with rolling pin to tenderize the flesh. Rinse and soak in cold water for 7 to 10 minutes. Then dice as 1cm cubes.
2.Mix octopus, shrimp and scallop, season with salt and pepper.
3.Clean mushroom and remove stalk. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, stuff 1/8 of fillings into it. Add 20g ketchup, 10g garlic butter and 1g breadcrumb. Place the stuffed mushrooms into oven. Bake in 220℃ for 12 minutes until golden brown.
Tags: amp, breadcrumb, cubes, diameter, garlic, garlic butter, shrimp, sprinkle, stuffed mushroom, stuffed mushrooms
Mar 23rd, 2010 Posted in Pork recipes | no comment »

Ingredients:
240g tenderloin pork
80g sweet preserved cabbage
1 tsp minced ginger
1/4 tsp sugar
1/2 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 tbsp corn flour
2 tbsps water
little pepper & sesame oil
Seasoning :
2 tbsps oil
1 tsp sugar
Directions:
1.Cut pork into strips and then dices. Mince the pork, mix with marinade by stirring unilaterally into a glue.
2.Wash sweet preserved cabbage, soak for 5 minutes, pat dry and then cut into fine dices. Stir in minced ginger and seasonings and mix well. Then steam above water for 5 minutes until sugar melts. Leave to cool and then add in pork to mix until sticky.
3.Place meat cake on a plate, steam above water for 10 minutes until cooked, leave for a while, take it out and a homemade dish is done.
Tags: Cabbage, corn flour, dish, ginger, meat cake, place meat, sesame oil
Mar 22nd, 2010 Posted in Seafood recipes | no comment »

Ingredients:
1 USA (ready to serve) smoked turkey drumstick
1/2lb. ready to serve jelly fish
1/2lb. shredded cucumbers
6 oz. cucumber slices
1 sliced red peper
1 tbs. browned white sesame
Seasoning :
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
2 tbs. red vinegar
1/2 tsp. chicken powder
1 tbs. sesame oil
a dash of pepper
Directions:
1. shred USA smoked turkey drumstick into slices.
2. Place cucumber slices on the side of plate
3. Mix jelly fish, shredded cucumbers,red peppers with seasonings. Add USA smoked turkey drumstick slices and sprinkle with sesame to serve.
Tags: chicken powder, chill, cucumber slices, jelly fish, pepper, red peppers, sesame oil, sprinkle, turkey drumstick, vinegar