Watercress, Smoked Mackerel and Pototaes Salad

Today receipe is Watercress, Smoked Mackerel and Pototaes salad for all of you!
It is easy, nutritious and delicious salad to prepare in less than 25mins.
Enjoy and enjoy..

Ingredients

4 pc of red potatoes(scrubbed)
1 bunch of watercress
Peppered smoked mackerel (sliced)
1/4 cup Olive oil

Salad dressing

White wine vinegar
2tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp sugar
1 pinch of salt
1 pinch of pepper

Methods

1) Add all dressing ingredients and mix well. Set aside.
2) Slice potatoes and pan fry until cooked with the surface turned slightly golden.
3) Place watercress on a plate, top with potato slices and mackerel.
4) Pour over with dressing, toss adn serve.

Yummy Hainanese Coconut Kueh

Here is another recipes from Love97.2 which I like to introduce you.
It is a chinese snack with great texture and flavor. Once try, you will love it and won't forget it.

Hainanese Coconut Kueh

Fillings
Ingredients A
Gula melaka : 125g
Water : 25g
Pandan leaf : 4 pcs
Ginger : 1 pc (smashed)

Ingredients B
Grated white coconut : 200g

Ingredients C
Fried Grounded peanuts : 50g
Fried white sesame seeds : 25g

Ingredients D
Plain flour : 1 tbsp

Method:
1) Stir cook Ingredients A over low flame till gula Melaka melted
2) Add Ingredients B, fry till fragrant and dry
3) Mix Ingredients C and stir fry till well combined
4) Add plain flour and mix well, dish up, for use later


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Skin
Ingredients A
Glutinous rice flour : 300g (sifted)

Ingredients B (mixed)
Coconut milk / water : 280g
Sugar : 80g
Salt : 1/4 tsp

Ingredients C
Corn oil : 45g

* Corn oil : 30g (For glazing)

Method:
1) Place glutinous rice flour into a mixing bowl
2) Slowly add in Ingredients B and mix well
3) Add in corn oil and mix to form a soft and smooth dough
4) Cover with cloth and rest for 20 min.
5) Divide dough into 30g each
6) Wrapped in fillings, shape round, put into pre-prepared pandan
leaf box or banana leaf, flatten slightly
7) Arrange on a steamer and steam over medium flame for 10 min
8) Remove, brush with corn oil while it’s still hot

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* Pandan Leaf : about 25 pcs

* Banana Leaf : moderate quantity

Health Discovery - Oatmeal + Flaxseeds

Recently I have big discovery through my colleague. He has been diagnosed with very high cholesterol and advised by the doctor to take medication. However he defaulted it and decided to take matter in his own hands.

6 months later when he went back for his blood test, his medical record surprised even the doctor. His cholesterol has dropped dramatically to a satisfactory level.

There is no huge change in his diet or lifestyle, all remain the same, eat a lot and exercise a little. So what has changed it? The doctor-in-charge also tried to dig out the secrets.

Well, as you may already guess it right. It is the flaxseeds that work the wonder.

Each morning, his breakfast consists of only oatmeal plus flaxseeds. To make it effective, the key is you have to chew on the flaxseeds.

So for those who has a concern over your cholesterol, do give this ‘remedy’ a try and inform others who need it as well.

Good and healthy information are meant to be shared.

Sweet Sour Pork

Ingredients:
1 1/2 pounds boneless pork loin,
(sliced into small piece of a inch thick)
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1/4 glass of lemon
2 tbsp soya sauce
1 tbsp of ketchup
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp cornstarch
2 tbsp of honey

Methods

1) Cut pork slices into strips about 3 inches long and 1/2 to 1 inch wide.
2) To the bowl of pork slices, add the 1tbsp of cornstarch and soya sauce. Mix well with a spoon or use your hand to massage in.
3) Left it to rest for 10 - 15mins.
4) Sauté pork strips in hot oil over high to medium heat until lightly browned; drain.
5) Add the 3/4 cup water, lemon juice, honey, ketchup, 1 tbsp of cornstarch and salt. Mix well.
6) To a clean dry wok, heat up the sauces.
7) Transfer all the pork in step 4 into the wok of sauces under high heat until cooked.
8) Next, add the seasame seeds for garnishing.
9) Serve with rice when it is hot.

Serve sizing: 4 - 6 people.

Hope you will like my recommendation for today.

Enjoy and have a pleasant weekend!

Yummy Stirred fried-steam cabbage rice

This is a dish which my mum will cook when she is lazy or too tired for the day to cook. It is simple and well-balanced Cabbage Rice, commonly known as Kiam Chye Png.
It is famous among the Hokkien dialet group.

Nice and yummy ....

Here is the recipes:

Ingredients: (For 4 - 5 person)

3 tbsp Olive Oil
4 Garlic, finely chopped
4 Shallots,finely chopped
1 handful of Dried Shrimps
200g pork, diced
1 Cabbage, shredded
6 dried mushroooms, cut into pieces
2 cup of rice
2 tbsp of Soya Sauce
1 tsp of salt
1 pc of chinese sausage, sliced thinly

Methods:

1) Heat wok with high heat.
2) Add the olive oil.
3) Stir fry garlic and shallots till fragrant.
4) Then add shredded Hae Bee (dried shrimps) with diced pork, shredded chinese mushrooms and chinese sausage.
5) After ingredients are fragrant, add in chinese cabbage (Koh Lei Cai). Make sure the leaves are chopped till big pieces. Continue to stir fry till cabbage are slightly soft.
6) Add in the washed rice and soya sauce.
7) Stir-fried evenly for 3 min.
8) Transfer the whole wok of rice into a rice cooker until cooked.

For those try it, please share your comments and let me how we improve on the recipes.

Steam Tofu with prawns

Here is another yummy, healthy and simple dish for all of you...Hope you will like my recommendation for today.

Steam Tofu with prawns

Ingredients - (for 12 pieces)
(Shrimp Mixture)
1/2 lb medium shrimp, peeled
1Tbsp Chinese rice wine
1 tsp olive oil
a pinch of sugar
salt and pepper
1/2 Tbsp potato starch
1 ea. egg white

2 Cube of silken tofu
potato starch
lettuce _ for plate lining


(Sauce)
2Tbsp Scallion, minced
1 small piece ginger, peeled and grated
1 clove garlic, grated
2 Tbsps sesame oil
1 Tbsp Chinese rice wine
2 Tbsps soy sauce
a pinch of sugar

Methods:
1)Dry shrimp with a piece of clean cloth.
This is to get rid extra water clinging to it.
2)Mince into a coarse shrimp paste. Transfer it into a bowl.
3)Add the chinese rice wine,sugar, olive oil, small pinch of salt and pepper,potato starch and egg white into a bowl and mix well.
4) Cover the bowl and put it inside the fridge.
5) Cut the tofu equally into 12 pieces.
6) Remove the shrimp paste from the fridge and scoop 1 tbsp of the paste onto the each cube of the tofu.
7) Put the tray of Tofu with shrimp into a steamer.
8) Steam for 10 - 15mins until it is done.

Sauce

Method
1) While the Tofu shrimp is steaming, make the sauce.
2) Heat sesame oil in a small pan until it starts smoking.
3) Pour the hot oil immediately over the scallion, ginger and garlic mixture in a small bowl.
4) Pour the chinese rice wine into the hot pan.
5) Next transfer the rice wine into bowl with scallion ginger mixture.
6) Add 1tbsp of soya sauce and a pinch of sugar to the bowl and mix well.

By the time, tofu is ready.

Serve the steam tofu shrimp with the sauce.

Enjoy your meal...

Healthy Steam Eggs

This is a simple and speedy dish which I believe everyone can do it without much hassle. For those don't cook, you can start off with this.

Ingredients

2 eggs
200 ml water
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp of soya sauce
a dash of white pepper
a tsp of sesame oil
Spring onions for garnishing
Fried Shallots

Methods

1) Add 2 bowls of water into a wok and bring it to boil.
2. Beat eggs, water, soya sauce,and salt with a fork or a pair of chopsticks until it is well-mixed. Sieve it to remove the bubbles.
3) Transfer the mixture into a bowl or a deep inch tray and put it to steam for 10 - 15 mins. A small wire rack is used to raise the dish above the boiling water.
4) Cover the wok during steaming.
5) For garnishing, sprinkle some spring onions and fried shallots.
6) Serve when it is hot.