Thursday, March 29, 2012

Green salad mix


We love salad mix.  They are really healthy, helps in digestion and gives a good skin complexion.

Ingredients
  • Lettuce 
  • Cherry tomatoes 
  • Cucumber 
  • Carrot slices 
  • Green onion 
  • Lemon juice 
  • Olive oil 
  • Salt
 Method
1.  Wash and cut lettuce, cherry tomatoes, cucumber to desirable bite size.
2.  Mix all vegetables in a bowl.  Add olive oil, salt, lemon and green onion and mix.
3.  Serve.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Roast Lemon Wings


I have been trying to bake chicken wings and it turned out quite well this time...

Ingredients
  • 10 Mid joint chicken wings 
  • 1/2 medium onion 
  • 4 garlic cloves 
  • 1/2 lemon (squeeze juice) 
  • 2 table spoon of soya sauce 
  • sugar

Marinade
1.  Crush the onion, garlic and mix with juice, soya sauce and sugar.
2.  Mix with wings and marinade for at least 4 hours.  Best overnight.

Method
1.  Place the marinaded wings in a pre-heated oven of 200 celcius and roast for 40 minutes. 
2.  Serve immediately.

Monday, March 26, 2012

Fried Mushroom with potato & capsicum



White Beech Mushroom
I bought white beech mushroom or Bunapi from the supermarket and decided to cook it with onion, potato and capsicum and it turned out so delicious...you must try this. The mushroom is so tasty.

Ingredients
  • 1 packet of white beech mushroom (Bunapi) 
  • 1 medium potato (peeled and sliced diagonally) 
  • 1 medium onion 
  • 1 slice of green capsicum 
  • chinese parsley 
  • salt 
  • pepper
Method
1. Add oil to frying pan and then fry potato till golden brown.
2. Add onion, capsicum and fry for another 1 minute.
3. Add mushroom, pepper and salt to taste.
4. Stir fry for another 5 minutes and serve.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Hakka noddle



I love Hakka noddles. The ones I eat at the coffee shop is served with char siew and mixed with pork lard oil. It's not so healthy actually. So I decided my very own at home with chicken instead. And it turned out delicious:)
Ingredients
  • Hakka noddles (purchased ready made at the market) 
  • Chicken fillet slices 
  • Garlic (minced) 
  • soya sauce 
  • oyster sauce 
  • pepper 
  • salt 
  • oil
Method
1. Cut chicken fillet into strips/silces and place in boiled water. Let is boil for 5-10 minutes. Remove the chicken, set aside and keep the chicken broth for other use.
2. Fry the minced garlic in oil till golden brown. Set aside.
3. Blance the hakka noddles in boiling water for 2 minutes. Remove and then placed in cool water. Set aside.
4. Mix 1 tablespoon of soya sauce, 1/2 tablespoon of oyster sauce, dash of pepper and salt in a bowl.
5. Add the garlic oil, sauce to the noddle and mix thoroughly. Place the chicken strips and some green onion on top of the noddle and serve.

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Sweet & Sour Pork



This is one of the easiest dish to make. My husband loves this dish.
Ingredients
  • 500g pork (not so lean)
  • one japanese cucumber (sliced side way) 
  • one capsicum (green or red, up to preference) 
  • one medium onion 
  • salt 
  • pepper 
  • corn flour 
  • tomato paste 
  • chili sauce (optional) 
  • 1 tea spoon of vinegar 
  • 1 egg 
  • cooking oil for frying 
  • sugar (optional)
Method
1. Cut the pork to reasonable chuck.
2. Marinade with salt and pepper for 1 - 2 hours or overnight.
3. Before frying, add one egg and then mix with corn flour.
4. Fry in oil till turns golden. Dish out and set aside.
5. In a small bowl mix water with one teaspoon of cornflour, tomato paste, vinegar and a bit of sugar (optional).
6. In the same frying pan, add onion, cucumber and capsicum. Fry for 2 - 3 minutes and then add the mixture. Stir till the sauce is thickened.
7. Add in the fried pork, mix well and then dish out and serve. Enjoy :)