Sep 3rd, 2010 Posted in Desserts recipes | no comment »

Ingredients :
1200g winter melon
2 slices ginger
2 cups stock
Seasoning :
1/4 cup stock
1 tsp chicken powder
1 tsp cornstarch
2 tbsp sake
Directions:
1.Peel winter melon, then scoop balls from winter melon flesh. Carve out some leafy pieces from the peel.
2.Bring the stock to a boil, add in winter melon balls, cook for 10 minutes to let the balls absorb the taste, then remove them from the broth and set aside.
3.Heat 1 tbsp of oil, stir-fry ginger slices, add in seasonings and bring to the boil.
4.Return melon balls to the pan, stir thoroughly, then transfer it to a serving dish. Line the balls in the pattern of a bunch of grapes, garnished with some leaf-shape peels.
Tags: boil, bunch of grapes, chicken powder, leaf shape, melon balls, sake, seasonings, winter melon
Aug 6th, 2010 Posted in Seafood recipes | no comment »

Ingredients :
2 pcs mud crab
50g minced pork
2 egg yolks
2 tsps light soy sauce
1/2 tsp water
little sugar
2 tsps oil
1/2 tsp corn flour
little pepper
Seasoning :
little pepper
little salt
Directions:
1.Wash crab and remove the gill. Take the fat out and set aside.
2.Steam crab for 10 minutes, leave to cool and remove meat.
3.Marinate minced pork for 15 minutes.
4.Heat 1 tbsp of oil, stir-fry minced pork until aromatic and remove.
5. Mix minced pork, crab meat, egg yolk and seasonings well and stuff in the crab shell. Steam over high heat for 8 minutes and serve hot.
Tags: corn flour, crab meat, crab shell, egg yolk, egg yolks, mud crab, seasonings, steam
Jul 21st, 2010 Posted in Fish recipes | no comment »

Ingredients :
600g pork belly
1 flounder fish
2 star anises
dried tangerine peel, soaked
1 small slice
20g ginger
spring onion, whole sprig 38g
Seasoning :
to be cooked first 1/4 cup
1/2 cup sauce
1 tbsp saffron flower juice
20g rock sugar
Directions:
1.Blanch whole piece of pork in boiling water, rinse, then strain.
2.Deep-fry flounder fish in hot oil until golden and crispy. Remove from oil, bone, save the bones for later use.
3.Heat some oil, put in star anises, dried tangerine peel, ginger and spring onion to stir-fry until aromatic. Put whole piece of pork on the spices, then pour in wine.
4.Fill in water to cover the pork, add in seasonings, bring to the boil. Lower heat to medium low, stew for about 1 hour until the sauce is reduced by half, then remove the pork from the pan.
5.Cool the pork, cut it up into 4 large cubes, slit a cross of 1 cm deep on the surface.
6.Grind fried fish fillet into tiny pieces. Stuff fish flakes into the cross gently, transfer the stuffed pork to a double-boiler, fill in degreased original stewing sauce, then stew until the meat becomes tender.
Tags: double boiler, fish fillet, fish flakes, fried fish, hot oil, seasonings
Jun 27th, 2010 Posted in Vegetable recipes | no comment »

Ingredients:
20g dried shrimp
320g asparagus
80g shiitake mushrooms
20g carrot(fine strips)
2 slices ginger(shredded)
1 garlic(minced)
1 tbsp XO sauce
Seasoning:
1/2 cup broth
2 tsps oyster sauce
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsps corn flour
little sesame oil
Directions:
1.Wash dried shrimps, strain; drizzle some oil into a wok, stir-fry dried shrimps, transfer to a dish, and set aside.
2.Wash asparagus thoroughly, cut off the coarse skin on its end, and then cut it into sticks. Cut off the roots of mushrooms. Blanch asparagus and mushrooms, rinse, and then strain.
3.Heat 2 tbsps of oil, stir-fry shredded ginger, minced garlic and carrot; add in XO sauce to stir-fry briefly, add in the rest of ingredients and stir-fry thoroughly, add in seasonings, toss well and then transfer to a dish. Ready to serve.
Tags: dish, seasonings, sesame oil, shredded ginger, shrimp
Apr 22nd, 2010 Posted in Seafood recipes | no comment »

Ingredients:
15g dried mantis shrimps
40g cellophane noodles
320g Japanese radish
5 slices carrot
2 cups chicken broth
2 slices ginger(shredded)
Seasoning :
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp sugar
little sesame oil & pepper
Directions:
1.Wash dried mantis shrimps thoroughly, soak in water until tender, cut into chunky dices; wash cellophane noodles, soak in water until tender, strain and then set aside.
2.Cut Japanese radish into thin slices.
3.Drizzle some oil in a wok, stir-fry ginger shreds and dried mantis shrimps until aromatic. Pour in chicken broth, add in Japanese radish, carrot and seasonings and cook until boils; simmer on low heat until radish is cooked; add in cellophane noodles and cook until it boils again. Ready to serve.
Tags: amp, carrot, cellophane noodles, chicken broth, ginger, ginger shreds, japanese radish, seasonings, sesame oil
Apr 20th, 2010 Posted in Pork recipes | no comment »

Ingredients:
80g dried oysters
480g pork belly
3 shallot(sliced)
4 tbsps Chiuchow bean paste
1 tsp Shaoxing wine
1 tsp corn flour
2 tbsps water
Seasoning :
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 1/2 cup water
Directions:
1.Soak dried oysters until tender, wash; wash pork belly, cut into pieces with skin intact, blanch in boiling water, rinse, and then strain.
2.Put 2 tbsps of oil in a clay pot, stir-fry shallot until aromatic, add in dried oysters, toss well, splash in wine, add in pork belly and bean paste, stir thoroughly, add in seasonings, and contine to cook until it boils. Then simmer on low heat until the pork becomes tender, add in thickening sauce, and toss thoroughly. Ready to serve.
Tags: blanch, clay pot, contine, pork belly, seasonings, shaoxing, wine
Apr 15th, 2010 Posted in Fish recipes | no comment »

Ingredients:
Japanese amberjack(100g×4) 400g
mixed herbs 8g
oil 30g
broccoli 12pcs
avocado(destone & cut into 4pcs) 1
bread flour little
butter 35g
salt, pepper little
lemon 1
melted butter 40g
Directions:
1.Spread mixed herbs over fish fleet and press. Allow fish to absorb seasonings for best flavor. Heat pan with oil. Grill both sides of fish.
2.Stir-fry broccoli with 15g butter, add in a little water and cover with lid to cook. Season with salt and pepper when done. Coat avocado with bread flour, pan-fry with 20g butter, season with salt and pepper.
3.Set fish, broccoli and avocado on plate, sprinkle with melted butter, accompany with lemon wedges.
Tags: avocado, broccoli, fish, heat pan, lemon wedges, salt pepper, seasonings, sprinkle
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 18th, 2010 Posted in Rice recipes, Seafood recipes | no comment »

Ingredients:
6 medium-sized prawns
1 cup cooked crab meat
1 cup shredded Vietnamese sausage
1/2 bowl rice
2 tbsps spring onion dices
1/2 cup onion dices
Seasoning :
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp yellow curry powder
1 tbsp prawn head oil
1 tbsp fish sauce
Directions:
1.Fry prawns in oil until cooked, take them out and strain.
2.Put 1 tbsp of oil into a hot wok, shake to spread the oil evenly, stir-fry onion dices, then add in crab meat and yellow curry powder, and toss thoroughly.
3.Add in cooked rice, stir-fry until aromatic, then add in the rest of seasonings and shredded Vietnamese sausage, and stir-fry thoroughly.
4.Sprinke some spring onion dices, then put in cooked prawns on top. Transfer onto a plate to serve.
Tags: cooked prawns, cooked rice, crab meat, cup onion, curry powder, fish sauce, fried rice, fry onion, sausage, seasonings, spring onion
Mar 11th, 2010 Posted in Tofu recipes | no comment »

Ingredients:
200g Mozuku
80g Chinese parsley
300g Tofu
1,000ml broth
Seasoning:
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp corn flour
1 tbsp water
1 tsp sesame oil
Directions:
1.Cut the Mozuku and rinse it with fresh water.
2.Clean and remove the roots and cut the Chinese parsley into sections.
3.Scald and shred the beancurd.
4.Boil the broth.
5.Add Chinese parsley, beancurd and Mozuku. Cook for 3 minutes and add Seasonings. Serve.
Tags: chinese parsley, fresh water, roots, seasonings, tofu