Garnishing Plain White Rice

A plate of white rice may seem boring and dull, but here's a tip on how to make your plain white rice appear to be more tempting..!

Firstly, use a bowl to "shape" the rice into a dome and place it on a plate.
Next, just sprinkle some black sesame on top of the rice and garnish with parsley or coriander leaves or even mint leaves.

Ta-da!

A tempting plate of rice to complement your mouth-watering dishes!

Healthy Vegetable Soup

Here's one of Malaysia's famous recipe of healthy soup...

Some call it ABC soup, because we mix several types of vegetables in the soup.

Here's how it look like...

Ingredients

Anchovies (cleaned)

Potatoes (cubed)

Onions (Cut)

Garlic Cloves (pounded)

Cabbage

Tomatoes (wedged)

Carrot (diced)

Mushrooms (sliced)

A dash of sugar and salt

Chicken stock/granules (optional)

Instructions

1. Put in the achovies and all the vegetables in a pot of water.

2. Bring to boil. Once boiling, turn the heat lower and let it simmer.

3. Add in a dash of sugar, salt or pepper to taste.

4. If you are into more flavourful soup, you can add a little chicken stock.

   * I made mine without the chicken stock.

I opt for a healthier choice of soup for my darling!

♥

Mixed Vegetables in a Pot

Hi everyone!

I'm back...was busy with Chinese New Year stuff for the past few days...

Pheew! Finally it's over...and here I am to share another simple recipe.

This dish was prepared by me..it looked a little boring, that's because this dish was prepared for older guests we had for Chinese New Year.

Mom said that they can't really chew...so the vegetables has to be super soft and easily swallowed.

 Mixed Vegetables in a Pot

Ingredients

Cauliflower

Brocolli

Carrot (sliced)

Garlic (chopped)

Green bean

Other vegetables you have in your kitchen

Instructions
1. Steam all vegetables in a steamer or boil them in a wok. Dish out.
    (this step is taken to soften the vegetables to ease the chewing for old people! )
2. Fry chopped garlic in olive oil until fragrant.
3. Add all vegetables and stir fry. Add 2 cups of water, a little salt, pepper and sugar.
    (Be careful not to add too much salt and sugar for them!)
4. Add some cornflour dissolved in water into the cooking to slightly thicken the sauce.
5. Serve in a pot.

Ta-da! 

A hearty dish for the elderlies!

Spicy squid with french beans

It was a cold day and I wanted to some "heat", so I cooked this for him.

Darlin' said it is sooo appetizing!

♥♥Had a smile on my face! ♥♥
Glad to serve him something hot when he is having flu. 

hot! hot! hot

Spicy Squid with French Beans

Ingredients
Squids (cut into squares and gently make criss-cross pattern)
French beans
2 or 3 tbsp of chilli paste
Some belacan powder
Onions, garlic, shallots (all chopped)
Some tamarind juice (just mix tamarind pulp in some water)
Sugar and salt to taste

Instructions
1. Fry onions, garlic and shallots in a little olive oil until fragrant.
   (I prefer olive oil as it is healthier, you can also use normal cooking oil)
2. Add in chilli paste and a tablespoon of belacan powder, some sugar and salt.
3. Add in a tablespoon of tamarind juice and simmer for a while and add french beans and squid.
4. Stir-fry so that all squids are coated with chilli paste.
5. Serve hot!

Happy trying!

Vegetables with cashew nuts

Hi there...I created a new dish 2 days ago...it's stir fried leafy vegetable surrounded by brocolli, cauliflower and cashew nuts.

This dish was created because of :

1) The leafy vegetable he has in the fridge had almost rotten and the ones I got...only consists of less than...10 leaves..?
2) The brocolli and cauliflowers he has in the fridge was too little to be cooked as a single dish...
3) I didn't want to mix the leafy vegetables together with brocolli, cauliflower etc as it will look like "economy mixed vege"... sure enough I want the best for my darling ♥

So...I created a dish that combines 2 dishes in one for those who encounters problem of too little vegetable to be cooked as 1 dish. Ta-da...

Vegetables with cashew nuts

Ingredients

For the Outer Ring

A few florets of brocolli

A few florets of cauliflower

Cashew Nuts (fried)

Carrots (diced)

Yelow onion (cut into rings)

Shallots (sliced)

Salt, sugar, pepper

For the Inner Part

Leafy vegetables (the one in pic is called choi tam in chinese)
Garlic (sliced)
Some cooking wine
Some cornflour
Salt and pepper

Instructions
1. Fry yellow onion, carrots and shallots in some olive oil until fragrant.
2. Add in cashew nuts, cauliflower and brocolli and stir fry.
3. Put a bowl (upside down) in the middle of a plate.
    (this will be the space you need to reserve for the leafy vegetables later)
4. Arrange the fried vegetables around the bowl.
5. Now, fry some garlic till fragrant.
6. Add in the leafy vegetables, a pinch of salt and sugar.
7. Put in a dash of cooking wine for a more appetizing fragrant.
8. Just before it is fully cooked, stir some cornflour in a little water and add in.
9. Lift up the bowl in the plate and serve this vegetable in the middle of the plate.

There you go!

Don't have to waste leftover vegetables in the fridge again!

I think it's also a suitable way to make your kids to eat vegetables...If vegetables are served in this colourful dish, I believe any kids (or young at heart) will love'em!

psstt!! again, i can't believe, I can cook! 

xoxo

Honey Chicken Wings

Hey guys...i'm back...

wanna share this easy peasy recipe with all of you! It's called

Honey Chicken Wings

Ingredients

4 chicken wings

1 egg

tapioca powder

some salt and pepper

2 tbsp of honey

1 tbsp of plum sauce or tamarind juice

1 tbsp of black vinegar

1 tbsp of sugar

about 4 tbsp of chicken stock sauce

a little salt

Instructions

1. Marinade the chicken wings with egg, tapioca powder and a pinch of salt and pepper.

2. Set aside for half an hour and fry till cooked. Dish out.

3. Mix honey, black vinegar, plum sauce, sugar, salt and plum sauce.

4. Add in a drop of olive oil if you find it too thick.

5. Heat the sauce up in your pan and put the chicken wings in.

6. Stir until all chicken wings are coated with the sauce.

7. Serve and garnish with sesame seeds! (optional)

Happy cookin'!

PS : will be creating a different recipe...for this V-day!!

Sambal Asparagus with Prawn

I have been thinking about cooking something spicy for him the last few days...so I decided to experiment my skill in this recipe called...

Sambal Asparagus with Prawn

Sorry guys, the background looked "blue" because I took the pic with my handphone

Ingredients

A few stalks of asparagus

Some prawns (de-shelled)

2 tablespoons of chilli paste (cili giling in hypermarkets)

1 tablespoon of belacan powder

1 teaspoon of tamarind pulp (disolved in some water)

Garlic and shallots (chopped finely)

Instructions

1. Fry chopped garlic and shallots in a some oil.

2. Add in asparagus and stir fry until half-cooked.

3. Add in prawns, chilli paste, belacan powder and tamarind pulp.

4. Stir fry until all asparagus are fully coated with the sambal paste.

Serve in a nice plate!

Sizzle!!