INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION
Introduction

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Rainbow Color Pudding

Rainbow Color Pudding


Ingredients
2 tbsp (20 g) gelatin powder
250 ml water
4 egg whites
160 g caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla
a little red, green, yellow colouring
1 cup desiccated coconut, for coating

Method
1 Put gelatin powder and water into a small pot and boil until dissolved.
2 Whisk egg whites and caster sugar until stiff. Mix in vanilla and gelatin. Divide into 4 portions.
3 Colour one portion red one yellow, one green and leave one portion uncoloured.
4 Pour red portion into a square pudding mould (18 cm) 
        and leave to set in the fridge before adding green, yellow and white portion respectively.
5 Chill in the fridge until firm. Cut into pieces, coat with desiccated coconut before serving.





Curry Mee (curry noodles)


Curry Mee


Ingredients:
280 g mee (noodles)
100 g bee hoon (rice vermicelli) soaked
3 stalks smashed lemon stalk
2 stalks curry leaves
15 g bean sprouts
1 & 1/2 tbsp curry powder
1 liters of thin coconut milk
200 ml of thick coconut milk

Sub ingredients:
1/4 chicken cut into pieces
10 pcs tau pok (soya bean cake)
30 g cockle flesh
cuttle fish (boiled and cut into pieces)
Curry Spices (pounded):
6 shallots
1/2 whole garlic
1 small piece turmeric
15 g galangal
4 pieces candle nuts
A small piece of belacan (prawn paste)
3 tbsp chili paste

Seasoning:
1/2 tsp msg
1/2 tbsp sugar
A little bit of salt

Method:
1 Curry soup: Heat 6 tbsp oil, sauté curry spices until fragrant, add in lemon stalk, curry leaves,
        curry powder and chicken. Keep stir-frying.
2 Pour in thin coconut milk and simmer in low heat until the meats are cooked. Add in tau pok, 
        cook for another 5 minutes, pour in thick coconut milk and seasoning. Bring to boil.
3 Blanch mee, bee hoon and bean sprout until cooked. Drain and put in  serving bowl.
4 Place cockle and cuttle fish on top, then fill in the curry..



Sunday, August 22, 2010

Spicy Chicken Masala

 
Spicy Chicken Masala

Ingredients
Marinate
0.5 kg chicken, washed and cut into medium sized pieces
3 tbsp curds
1 tsp red chili powder (adjust to suit your spice level)
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
salt to taste
Make a paste:
6-7 cashew nuts
4-5 tbsp milk
Dry roast and make a fine powder:
1” cinnamon
10-12 curry leaves
3 cloves

Other Ingredients
3-4 tbsp oil
2 big onions finely chopped
1 large tomato finely chopped
1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
1 tsp coriander powder
3/4 tsp black pepper powder (adjust to suit your spice level)
1/4 tsp cumin powder
(Coriander leaves for garnish)

Method
1 Marinate chicken pieces in chili powder, turmeric powder, curds and salt for 20 min's.
2 While the chicken pieces are marinating, make a paste of cashew nuts and milk. Keep aside.
3 Dry roast cinnamon, cloves and curry leaves for 1 mt and make a powder of them. Keep aside.
4 Heat 1 1/2 tbsps of oil in a cooking vessel. Add the onions and saute till pink. Add ginger-garlic paste and saute further for another 3-4 minutes on medium heat.
5 Add coriander powder, cumin powder, pepper powder and combine well and fry for another minute.
6 Add the tomatoes and let it cook for 3-4 minutes. Combine well and cook till oil separates.Turn off heat. Cool and grind the cooked masala. Keep aside this masala paste.
7 Heat 1 1/2 tbsps oil in a cooking vessel and add the marinated chicken and cook on high flame for 4-5 minutes, reduce heat and cook covered for another 4-5 minutes.
8 Add the ground masala paste, cashew nut paste and ground powder of cinnamon, cloves and curry leaves and combine well. (Add a cup of water for more gravy consistency). Cook till chicken pieces are soft and you get the desired curry consistency. Adjust salt.
9 Garnish with fresh coriander leaves.

Laksa

Laksa


Ingredients A:
400 g wolf herring (ikan Parang) / mackeral
1/2 liter water
1 stalk lemon grass
1/2 tsp salt
300 g laksa noodles

Ingredients B:
60 g tamarind pulp
1 liter water
2 pcs tamarind slices
1 stalk polygonum (daun kesom)
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar

Ingredients C:
120 g shallots
1/2 clove garlic
1.3 cm galangal
1.3 cm turmeric
2 stalks lemon grass
3 red chilies
3 dried chilies
5 g belacan (solid prawn paste)

Garnishing
1 small cucumber
1 or 2 big red onions
1/2 ginger flower
1 red chili
80 g mint leaves
3 tbsp prawn paste

Method
1 Put  bruised lemon grass and salt in boiling water. Cook fish for 5 minutes.
2 Take fish out to cool and remove flesh.
3 Strained fish stock into a new pot, add  ingredients C, ingredients B, simmer over low heat for 30 minutes.
4 Before serving, bring gravy to a boil, and add in half of the fish flesh. Lower heat.
5 Place laksa noodles into a bowl and top up with garnishing.
6 Ladle hot gravy over, top with more fish flesh and serve with (prawn paste sauce)




Friday, August 20, 2010

Nine Layer Cake

Nine Layer Cake
Ingredients1 7 - inch square baking tin
50 g sifted rice flour
120 g green bean flour
220 g sifted tapioca flour
300 ml thick coconut milk
150 ml water
Few drops of food colouring (5 colors)

Seasoning
420 g sifted sugar
300 ml thick coconut milk
150 ml water

Method
1    Mix Seasoning together. Bring to boil and stir till sugar dissolves. Set aside.
2    Combine all ingredients except food colouring. Stir till mixture is smooth.
      Stir in Seasoning (from step 1). Divide batter into 5 portions. Stir in a few drops of
      different food color to each portion to get 5 different colours of batter.
3    Grease baking tin and line grease proof paper. Place baking tin in steamer and steam for 5 minutes.
      Remove baking tin in steamer. Pour in half cup of the first colour batter, return baking tin
      to steamer and steam for 5 minutes.
4    Repeat the layering and steaming with a different colour of batter for each layer,
      steam for 15 minutes to cook through. remove and let cool. Cut into serving pieces.

Japanese Vegetable Pancakes

Japanese Vegetable Pancakes
Ingredients
1/2 small green cabbage (3-4 cups), shredded
3 stalks celery, minced
1/2 onion, diced
1 large carrot, shredded
1 egg, beaten
2 cups whole wheat flour or white flour (you may need a bit more)
1 (10 ounce) can evaporated milk
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons brown sugar
water
1/2 cup left over chicken or fish (optional)

Preparation
1    Mix together the vegetables.
2    Mix together the remaining ingredients to form a smooth batter.
3    Mix the vegetables in the batter - the mixture should be of a consistency that you can spoon the patties on to the skillet.
4    On a heated skillet sprayed with oil, drop spoonfuls of the batter (about 3 tablespoons for each pattie).
5    On medium heat, brown well the patties on one side, then flip and brown on the other side.
6    Serve hot or cold.

Pumpkin Cakes

Pumpkin Cakes
Ingredients
Square or round baking tin (25 cm)
Or small cups for shaping

Batter

600ml water
210g sifted rice flour
1/3 tsp alkaline water

Filling

80g dried mushrooms, soaked
60g dried shrimps, soaked
80g Chinese sausage
60g garlic
60g shallots
450g pumpkin, shredded

Seasoning

3 tsp salt
2 tsp pepper

Method
1    Batter - Blend all batter ingredients till smooth.
2    Filling - Put all filling ingredients except pumpkin in food processor and chopped finely.
3    Heat 2 tablespoon oil in wok. Stir-fry Filling ingredients till fragrant. Add shredded pumpkin and       Seasoning. Stir-fry thoroughly, pour in batter and cook for a while. Spoon batter into greased baking tin.
    Place baking tin on steaming rack and steam over high heat for 15 minutes. Remove and allow to cool.