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January 26, 2010

Fried Rice ( Nasi Goreng )



Nasi Goreng Or Fried Rice Recipe -

Ingredients :

* 2 Eggs
* 1/4 teaspoon Salt
* 1/3 cup Cooking oil
* 3 cloves Finely chopped garlic
* 1 Finely chopped onion
* 2 Seeded and very finely chopped red chilies
* 1 teaspoon Shrimp paste
* 1 teaspoon Coriander seeds
* 1/2 teaspoon Sugar
* 400g Raw prawns, peeled and deveined
* 200g Rump steak, finely sliced
* 1 cup Long grain rice, cooked and cooled
* 2 teaspoons Kicap manis (sweet soy sauce)
* 1 tablespoons Soy sauce
* 4 Finely chopped onions
* 1/2 Finely shredded lettuce
* 1 Thinly sliced cucumber
* 3 tablespoons Crisp fried onion

 Method :

  • Beat the eggs and salt until foamy. Heat a frying pan and lightly brush with a little of the oil.
  • Pour about one quarter of the egg mixture into the pan and cook for 1 to 2 minutes over medium heat until the omelet sets.
  • Turn the omelet over and cook the other side for 30 seconds.
  • Remove the omelet from the pan and repeat with the remaining egg mixture.
  • When the omelets are cold, gently roll them up and cut them into fine strips; set aside.
  • Combine the garlic, onion, chili, shrimp paste, coriander and sugar in a food processor or mortar and pestle, and process or pound until a paste is formed.
  • Heat 1 to 2 tablespoons of the oil in a wok or large deep frying pan; add the paste and cook over high heat for 1 minute or until fragrant.
  • Add the prawns and steak and stir-fry for 2 to 3 minutes, or until they change color.
  • Add the remaining oil and the cold rice to the wok. Stir-fry, breaking up any lumps, until the rice is heated through.
  • Add the kecip manis, soy sauce and spring onion and stir-fry for another minute.
  • Arrange the lettuce around the outside of a large platter. Place the rice in the centre and garnish with the omelet strips, cucumber slices and fried onion.
  • Serve immediately.
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January 25, 2010

Teochew Duck Steam


Teochew Duck Steam Recipe -

Ingredients :

* 1 duck, 14/5kg
* 1 tablespoon cornflour
* 11/2 tablespoons water

(A)
* 1 teaspoon light soy sauce
* 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce
* 1/2 teaspoon sugar

(B)
* 60g ginger, sliced
* 60g galangal, sliced
* 1 star anise
* 5 cloves
* 4cm cinnamon stick
* 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
* 11/2 teaspoons wine
* 11/2 cups water

Preparation:

  • Season duck with combined ingredients A. Mix cornflour with 11/2 tablespoons water.

Method:

  • Combine ingredients B in a small casserole. Microwave on power HIGH for 5 minutes, uncovered.
  • Pour cooked ingredients into the duck cavity and secure opening with cocktail sticks.
  • Raise duck on a rack in a 4 litre casserole. Cover and microwave on power MEDIUM for 35 minutes.
  • Immediately after the cooking cycle, wrap the casserole with aluminium foil and let it STAND for 25 minutes to finish cooking.
  • Remove duck from the casserole, cut into bite-size pieces and arrange on a serving plate.
  • Add cornflour mixture to the duck juice left in the casserole and microwave on power HIGH for 2 minutes to make up gravy.
  • Pour gravy over the duck pieces and serve.

Preparation time : 10 minutes
Cooking time : 42 minutes
Standing time : 25 minutes
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Chinese Stewed Duck


Chinese Stewed Duck Recipes -

Ingredients

* 1 whole duck (approx 2 kgs)
* 3 inches galangal (lengkuas)
* 8 shallots
* 4 cloves garlic
* 50 grammes 5 spice powder
* 3 tablespoons dark soya sauce
* 2 tablespoons sugar
* salt to taste
* 1 litre hot water
* 4 tablespoons cooking oil


Method

  • Clean duck thoroughly by rubbing it with some salt. Rinse. Rub about 30 grammes of 5 spice powder over the duck and allow to marinade for 1 to 2 hours.
  • Pound the galangal, garlic and shallots separately.
  • Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in wok and saute shallots till aromatic. Remove shallots. Add garlic and saute till aromatic. Remove garlic. Add galangal and saute till aromatic.
  • Return shallots and garlic into the wok and stir together with galangal till even. Add dark soya sauce and sugar. Stir well.
  • Add duck and coat it with mixture. Allow duck to cook and shrink slightly. Control heat so that duck does not burn. Once duck has shrunk slightly, add about 200 ml water and allow it to boil. Continue with another 200 ml and repeat process till 1 litre of water used. The water should be filled up to at least half the duck. Add remaining 5 spice powder and reduce heat to simmer.
  • Stew / simmer for 1.5 hours turning every 10 minutes. Add salt to taste and water if it is drying out.
  • Remove duck and drain off excess gravy. Allow to cool before serving with gravy (sieve gravy to remove spices before serving).
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January 23, 2010

Popiah Cake



Popiah Cake Recipes -

Ingredients

Filling (A)

* 1 bowl belly pork (3 layer pork) (boiled for 5 minutes, cooled and shredded finely)
* 1 bowl shelled prawns (cut into small pieces)
* 1 bowl turnip (cut into fine slivers just thicker than a toothpick)
* 1 bowl french beans (cut into fine slivers just thicker than a toothpick)
* 1 bowl carrot (cut into fine slivers just thicker than a toothpick)
* 1/2 bowl cabbage (cut into fine slivers just thicker than a toothpick)
* 1 bowl firm bean curd (cut into fine slivers just thicker than a toothpick and deep fried)
* 1 bowl bamboo shoot (cut into fine slivers just thicker than a toothpick)
* 1/2 bowl shallots (cut finely)
* 1/4 bowl garlic (cut finely)
* 5 tablespoons oil

Seasoning (B)

* Salt to taste
* Sugar to taste
* 1 teaspoon white pepper powder
* 4 tablespoons light soya sauce
* 2 tablespoons brandy

In(C)

* 4 large eggs ,fried thinly omelette-style in non-stick pan and cut into thin shreds)
* 1 cup bean sprouts (tailed and blanched)
* 1 cup finely shredded cucumber
* 1 cup pork loin (boiled till cooked, allow to cool and shred finely using fingers)
* Lettuce and chinese celery
* 1 cup peanut sugar (toast peanut in wok till brown, remove peanut skin, ground it till almost fine and mix with sugar on 1 peanut:1/2 sugar ratio)
* Sweet flour sauce
* Chilli spread (optional. Blend red chilli with garlic)
* Popiah skin

Method

  • Separate the following into 5 equal portions:- pork belly, prawns, shallots, garlic and cooking oil.
  • Heat 1st portion of oil in wok and fry 1st portion of shallots and garlic till aromatic. Add pork belly and prawns and stir well for 2 minutes. Add turnips and stir till turnips slightly limp. Remove from wok and place in a big pot.
  • Cook the rest of the ingredients (french beans, carrot, cabbage and bamboo shoots) one by one just like how the turnips were cooked above and layer them in the pot.
  • After the 5 main ingredients were cooked and layered in the pot, heat up the pot and add the fried bean curd. Add seasoning and mix the ingredients thoroughly. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Turn off the heat and keep the ingredients warm till required.
  • To serve the Popiah, place a piece of Popiah skin on a flat round plate. Spread a teaspoon of sweet flour sauce (and chilli spread if desired) in the centre of the skin and sprinkle some peanut sugar on the sauce. Tear a piece of lettuce and place over the peanut sugar. Using a tablespoon and fork, place 2 to 3 spoonfuls of filling ingredients (A) on top of the lettuce after squeezing out excess gravy. Arrange the ingredients like a sausage / roll. Top with a little fried egg, bean sprouts, cucumber, pork loin and chinese celery. Fold the sides, tuck in firmly then roll up tightly.
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Tom Yam Seafood


Tom Yam Seafood Recipes -

Ingredients

* 400 gms medium prawns
* 200 gms squid (cut into rings)
* 150 gms oyster mushrooms
* 100 gms baby corn (quarter-cut lengthwise)
* 3 tomatoes (quartered)
* 4 cups prawn / chicken stock
* Salt and sugar to taste
* 2 stalks lemon grass, bruised
* 4 kaffir lime leaves
* 4 fresh birds-eye chillies (cili padi)
* Lime juice to taste
* 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
* 2 onions cut into rings
* 2 tablespoon tom yam paste (can be obtained from supermarkets)

Method

  • Shell and devein prawns. (The heads and shells can be boiled to make prawn stock)
  • .Bring to boil 5 cups prawn / chicken stock. Add all the above ingredients (except prawns, squid, lime juice & coriander leaves) and simmer till baby corn and mushroom are cooked.
  • Add prawns and squid and simmer for three minutes, or just until prawns and squid are cooked.
  • Stir in lime juice to taste, making it nicely piquant. Serve sprinkled with coriander leaves
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