Fresh Ingredients are always the best!

Hubby went for his company's prawning outing in Oct 2010,

Brought back some live prawns, both of us decided to freeze the live prawns so i can handle them.

the prawns were big, even the smallest one was 3/4 of my palm size.

Among biggest prawns with roes..

lay them out neatly after 1/2hr freezing and cleaned.

Seasoned with only sea salt..

Oven baked for around 10mins at 170 Degree C.

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Delicious! Brush aside the excess salt, the prawns taste very very sweet and the roes were 'crispy' and sweet..superb!

Sauce (Optional): Squeeze a small Lime with salt / Small lime with soy sauce.

Verdict: Natural fresh ingredients do no need fancy seasoning or excessive marination..

Battered Finger Food

Deep fry for my stressful days. i'll crave for sinful food during my busy and stressful days

Ingredients:
Bread Crumb
Flour
3 Eggs
8 pcs Fresh Scallop
2 pcs of Fish fillet

Season: a little soy sauce / salt


Method:
1.Cover scallops/ fillet both side with flour.
2. Dip the floured scallops/ fillets into the egg
3. Covered the scallops/ fillet with bread crumbs
4. Deep fried until golden brown.

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Seasoned Zucchini/ yellow peppers and tomatoes with olive oil, a little salt and pepper.

Roast in oven 5-10mins at 150 degree C / until cooked.

CNY 2011

Been so busy, finally had a chance to upload CNY cuisines.
Always look forward to Chinese new year eve,
Mum-in-law always cook up the best meal,
one thing i learned from them: Never save on good food, they are so generous with food and often purchase good quality ingredients.
Nevertheless,I find gathering together and share family times are priceless ^-^




My all-time favourite: Yam and roasted pork
Very flavourful. Can go with quite a few bowls of rice..
Still trying to figure the secret recipe of this dish.


Jezz's recipe on this cold dish from a recipe book:
Top shells, oninions, chillies paddies, garlic,lime, Soy sauce and a little sugar..
GArnish with Japanese Cucumbers.


Fa Choy (a kind hairliked veges/fungus) with mushroom and chestnut.
Mum-in-laws's secret recipe (her mix sauce) again, stew for hours.


Another must have stew dish, Sea Cucumber with Pig Trotters
Sea Cucumbers (specially handled,soaked and cleaned),Pig trotters..Stew for hours.
I must confess this dish seemingly sinfully fatty..but we get natural collagen!
Once a year, who bother to calculate the calories..simply cant resist these sinful food.


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Dishes not uploaded: Abalone, Fish Maw soup(Replace Shark Fin),Stir Fry bamboo shoots and Sweet Pea, Tiger Prawns, Sea Bass with roasted sauce, Chicken with onion sauce dip (Mum-in-law's specialty).

No wonder my husband is so fat, he's really well-fed.
I cant be choosy with food, as these food are cooked with love and so much effort.

Green Curry Chicken

Decided to cook something simple for the lazy P.H


Ingredients:
6 small chicken drumsticks,
50g green curry paste,
240ml evaporated milk,
120ml water,
1 can of straw mushroom,
3 pieces of potatoes,
a few pieces of baby tomatoes (own preference)


1/2 Cabbage/ 1 egg plant/ 5 ladyfingers (own preference& depend on serving)
Can replace chicken with seafood.

Methods:


1. Stir fry 50g of green curry paste in 1 tbsp soybean oil, then add 1 cup (240ml) of coconut/ evaporated milk.


2. Add 200 g of fresh meat and continue cooking.

3. Add another 1/2 cup(120ml) of coconut /evaporated milk and 1/2cup of water, heat until boiling.


4. Add 100g of vegetables and cook until the vegestable soften.


5. Add 1 1/2 tsp of sugar. Taste and season as required.




Suggestion: for milder flavour, 1/2 portion of the curry paste should be used.



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Larval fish soup 银鱼苋菜汤

Fuss free, all in one soup for a lazy Sunday lunch.

Ingredients:
Japanese mushroom ~ 20gm (slice) 日本冬菇片 ~ 20 克
Larval Fish ~ 60gm 银鱼 ~ 60 克
Bryan ~ 1/2kg 苋菜 ~ 500 克
Ginger ~ 6slice 姜片 ~ 6 片
Fresh Scallop ~ 10 pieces 鲜干贝~ 10 粒
Broth ~ 2000ml 上汤 ~ 2000 毫升
Qi Zi ~ 10gm 杞子~ 10 克

Method: Bring broth to a boil in Tanyu soup pot. Place all the ingredients and cook in low heat for about 60mins.

做法：用TanYu 汤埚将上汤煮沸后，加入所有材料用文火煮60分钟， 调味既可。

Benefits: High in protein, suitable for children & eldery.

功效：高蛋白质适合小孩骨骼发育及乐龄人士。




Add in Bryan and Qi Zi after broth boils. 加入苋菜 & 杞子


Scallops and the rest of the ingredients.


Lastly, larval fish. Bring to boil for 60mins. 加入所有材料用文火煮60分钟
（i replaced the japanese mushroom with white mushroom)

Recipe from: 土埚厨师，养生菜飘香 Tanyu Claypot Chef recipe book, healthy & Nutritional cooking book 4

Stewed Chicken with Carrots 淮山焖鸡

Always adore Stew.
Gota buy taijin later, go for clay pot at the moment. :)



Original recipe: Stewed Chicken with Huai Shan
from 土埚厨师，养生菜飘香 Tanyu Claypot Chef recipe book, healthy & Nutritional cooking book

I replace Huai Shan with radish, as Huai Shan's not alway available.

Ingredients:
Chicken 1 (cut into pieces) 鸡~ 1只
Carrot 1 (peeled & sliced) 红萝卜~ 1 条（去皮切块）
Ginger 50gm (Shredded) 姜 ~ 50克 （切丝）
Fresh Huai Shan 200 gm( peeled & sliced)/ radish 鲜淮山 ~ 200克 （去皮切块）
Optional: Dried mushroom ( 3-4 pieces, soaked and rinse, halved if prefered) 冬菇 3-4粒（切片）
oil 2 tablespoons 油 ~ 2 汤匙
water 150ml 水 ~ 150 毫升


Marinade: Shao Xing Wine 2 teaspoons, Soya Sauce 3 tablespoons
腌料：绍兴酒 ~ 2 汤匙， 酱油 ~ 3 汤匙

Corn flour solution: 1 tablespoon, water 2 tablespoons
献料：薯粉 ~ 1 汤匙， 水 ~ 2 汤匙

Method
Marinate the chicken for 30 mins. Fry shredded ginger in Tanyu casserole with a little oil till fragrant.
Add carrot, fresh huai shan / carrots/ radish and chicken and stir fry.
Add water and stew for 30 mins, pouring in the corn flour solution at the end.

做法：先将鸡用腌料腌30分钟。 用 Tan yu 炒锅将姜丝加油爆香， 加入红萝卜，鲜淮山和鸡肉略炒后加水。
焖约30分钟后勾芡便可上桌。