Sunday, June 27, 2010

Winter melon and luo han guo dessert



Her Hau gave a slice of her giant winter melon that Tze Yee planted back at his home. There's problem with bluetooth on this laptop so I couldn't transfer the amazing picture to lappie. Anyway, I don't fancy soup made from winter melon so I am thinking of other things to cook from it. There I found a dessert cooked using winter melon so that's what I made in the photo above. The dessert has all the good things in enhancing, fixing or improving the respiratory system.

Recipe
http://cookingcrave.blogspot.com/2009/05/winter-melon-luo-han-guo-dessert.html

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Sambal asparagus and steamed egg



We had simple yet appetizing lunch today.Steamed egg is one of my childhood favourite because my mom made the smoothest egg and sweetest broth I ever can taste.

Sambal asparagus

Preparation:
Clean and cut asparagus into 3cm length.
Grind 4 tbsp dried shrimps using food processor
4 tbsp cili boh
cut 3 shallots into small slices

Cook:
Heat oil and saute shallots
Add in dried shrimp and saute till fragrant
Add in aspragus and salt
Pour in cili boh and stir fry for 5minutes, add drops of water if too dry
Scoop up and serve hot

Steamed egg
Steps
1.Beat 2 medium-large eggs in a medium nice bowl that you will use for steaming later
2.In a wok, heat up 2 tbsp of oil.
3.Saute shallot slices and stir fry minced pork until brown and add 2 bowls (chinese bowl) of water.
4. Let the ingredients boil for a about 5 minutes to get a perfect broth for the steam egg later. Add adequate salt and pepper.
5. Remove wok from fire and pour in the broth slowly into the beaten eggs while whisking the mixture with the other hand.
6. Boil some water for steaming in a pot. Place the bowl of mixture into the pot and let the bowl sit in the water covering 3/4 of the height.
7. Let the mixture steam slowly for about 20 minutes.
8. Serve hot with rice

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Bak zhang

I made my first bak zhang today. I owned the whole process, not an assistant to my mom anymore. Scream PROUD :D

Anyway, I did something stupid. I didn't know that I should only use the yolk of the salted egg. I throw the white egg in too. But I think it's still nice. Hehe.

As usual the first batch is not as good as later. The total bak zhang from the hard work is about 20+. Not a lot if to say.. Just nice for Sunday and treat for a few friends

There is no need to share any recipe here because everyone can just call home to ask their own mother, right?

Saturday, June 12, 2010

gerbera daisies in the house!

The girly me purchased some gerbera daisies (apart than a lot of PORK) from morning market today. I feel so happy looking at the flowers blooming on my dining table.

Happy Saturday :) They shall accompany me to make some bak zhangs tomorrow.

Sunday, June 06, 2010

Notes to jot over the weekend

A few notes to jot over the weekend

- Klang bah kut teh is still the best. Imagine the big piece of pork and tasty soup under the bridge. My love over Klang bkt will never subside.
- Birthday celebration for the big man of the house, a combination of celebration for parent's day.
- Asam to cure the headache over non stop travel
- Ipoh beansprout chicken rice deteroites in quaility. Beansprout size shrinks and chicken not as smooth due to less greasiness but table and utensils are still oily as always.
- I am unsure of everything

Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Today is the day to dress

Today I have a mission to be accomplished. :D Feeling excited.