It's been a while since I last posted a Malay recipe. This is what I made last week with opor ayam (creamy chicken). The pineapple was spicy, sharp and sweet, the chicken was mild and creamy, perfect match. This pineapple curry is one of my favourite curry, very tasty. If you like curry and sweet & sour this is for you.Recipe is quite simple. All you need is a fresh pineapple** and some...
Rabu, 24 Februari 2010
Kidney and liver rice wine vermicelli noodle soup ????
Rice wine and sesame oil vermicelli noodle soup ????? is a celebration dish, very popular with Fuzhou ?? and Hokkien (Fujian) ?? people. Many after-birth mums will eat this, not sure if the doctor will recommend if the mum is breast feeding because it has oodles of rice wine added, for centuries many Chinese mums had eaten this so I don't see how bad it could be. This noodle soup is also com...
Selasa, 23 Februari 2010
Beijing Pizza ????
???? Jiu Chai Hu BingSome people called this Beijing pizza, it's an old Beijing style snack 'xiao chi ??', made with a thin crunchy cornmeal crust topped with Chinese chives (garlic chives), egg and a little dried shrimp for a more savoury flavour. Very tasty.Pictures are a bit fuzzy due to the hot steam.Here is the recipe - make an approx. 1 x 25cm round pizza (pancake)Ingredients: about 80...
Senin, 22 Februari 2010
Fried nian gao (egg fried sticky rice cake)
This is a simple breakfast common during the CNY season. Nian gao will harden after a few days, most people will fry it with egg to soften the cake and also given it a nicer flavour. Sometime if I have sweet potato and/or taro I would use them to sandwich nian goh and dip in egg to fry which is also very tasty too.Here is just a simple fried nian gao with egg. Dead simple to make.Cut some nian...
Minggu, 21 Februari 2010
CNY Day Seven Auspicious food (?? ???)
Most Chinese are very superstitious, I know we are a weird bunch, many of the things we do and eat around CNY can all relate to some meanings, mostly something to bring auspicious lucks. Any thing bad is usually avoided or not permitted like no sweeping around the house during the first few days of CNY, this will sweep away any lucks!. Bad luck food is stir fried squid ?? because another meaning...
Jumat, 19 Februari 2010
What Some Native Chefs Are Cooking
The Mitsitam Cafe�s Mexican Hot Chocolate1 gallon milk1/2 stick mexican or regular cinnamon3 pcs arbol chilies1 pc pasilla pepper, or dried poblano1 cup sugar3 pieces mexican chocolate1 cup cocoa powderHeat milk with cinnamon and dried peppers. Once milk has scalded, removecinnamon and dried peppers, and remove from heat. Break up Mexicanchocolate into small pieces. Whisk in sugar, cocoa powder and Mexicanchocolate pieces. Place the combined chocolate...
Soy Sauce Poached Chicken ??? and Master Sauce ??
I love poached chicken, the meat is so juicy and tender. That is why I love Hainanese Chicken rice. Another of my favourite is soy sauce chicken (See Yau Gai ???). This poaching liquor is a mixture of light soy, dark soy, sugar and spices normally referred to as master sauce (lu sui ??). Chicken poached with this sauce is a lot more flavourful than just poaching with water or plain stock like...
Selasa, 16 Februari 2010
Buddha's Delight or Monk's Vegetables ???
On the first day of CNY many Chinese. especially Cantonese, will go meat free. Many will cook an assorted vegetarian dish using dried vegetables, edible fungi, tofu products and fresh vegetables. This dish is normally referred to as Buddha Delight or Monk's Vegetable, in Chinese is ??? (lo han zai) or simply ?? (zai choi).This dish is the custom in my family for this day every year. My mum would...
Sabtu, 13 Februari 2010
Celebrate CNY Eve with Fu gui Ji ???, aka Beggar Chicken
Our New Year's Eve dinner highlight was a Fu Gui Ji ???, commonly known as beggar chicken (??? chi gai zi) or (??? jiao hua zi). I preferred to called it Fu Gui Ji ??? for this occasion because fu gui ?? means fortune and prosperity.This beggar chicken recipe started a long time ago in Hangzhou ??, China. The story was a beggar stole a live chicken from a village. He was found out and the ow...
Happy Tiger New Year
????!Happy New Year!??????!Greetings from Lucky Tiger!The following phrases are Tiger greetings. May sound a bit stupid translated to English, but quite sweet in Chinese. ????????? Lucky Tiger wishing you rolling in with money in the coming year ????? Properous like a fat tiger ??????? Strong as a tiger ??????? Love life sweet as tiger�s milk ??????? Good lucks many as...
Jumat, 12 Februari 2010
Red bean and coconut sticky rice cake ??????
This coconut flavoured sticky cake/pudding with cooked red beans is another Cantonese favourite for CNY. I made some the other day but I have to say I much preferred the old fashioned plain brownish rice cake. Here is a recipe if anyone is interested.This recipe will make 2 puddings using 1/2 pint (about 250ml) pudding basins (metal or plastic) or other containers.Ingredients:1/2 cup red beans...
Crunchy peanut crescents ???
Yau kok zai ??? are crunchy peanut crescents, a very popular snack for CNY especially Cantonese. I have been making these since I was a kid, it's a must have this time of the year. I like to make mine really tiny, it's labour intensive I quite enjoyed making them.They are crunchy inside out, so can keep for several weeks in airtight container.For this recipe, this will make about 75 tiny...
Rabu, 10 Februari 2010
New Year Rice Cake ??
Rice cake or nian gao ?? is something nearly every Chinese family will have for CNY. The two words ? nian and ? gao rhyme with the Chinese greeting phrase ???? nian nian gao sheng, literally translated as higher year after year or simply you will prosper year after year. So eating nian gao is considered lucky for the coming year.There are different nian gao, the Northerners have white plain r...
Selasa, 09 Februari 2010
Candied lotus seeds ???
During CNY many Chinese will have a box of candied fruits and nuts at home to welcome friends and families when they visit and also given them as gifts. Popular candied stuff like candied lotus root slices, lotus seeds, red dates (jujube), kumquats and winter melon.Candied lotus seeds (tang lan zi ???) are popular especially for any family wishing to have kids because the word lotus seeds in...
Senin, 08 Februari 2010
Chinese dumplings - Jiaozi ??
I love Chinese dumplings and I am sure many of you too. There are hundreds of different kind of Chinese dumplings, from quite small and dainty to golf ball size, so many different methods to wrap, so many different types of pastry and infinite types of fillings. Dumplings can be boiled, steamed, fried or deep fried. And different parts of China have their own different recipes.Southerners'...
Minggu, 07 Februari 2010
Yeung Ji Gum Lo ????
Here is another request from a reader for a recipe.Yeung Ji Gum Lo ???? is a cold Chinese dessert created by some Hong Kong restaurant in the '80. It's quite a refreshing dessert soup which is creamy, sweet and fragrant from mango and pomelo. Very simple to make, all you need is gather the ingredients and mix everything together. The key ingredients are mango, pomelo, sago pearls, mango ice cr...
Kamis, 04 Februari 2010
Zha Jiang Mian ??? - Fried sauce noodles
Zha Jiang Mian ??? is fried sauce noodles, I called it Chinese spag bog. These noodles are very popular in most parts of Northern China, especially Beijing.Koreans are also fan of zha jiang noodles, similar name called jajangmyeon. The sauce Korean used is not the same as Chinese, similar flavour but made with black beans called chungjang.Chinese zha jiang sauce is dark brown, salty, sweet and...
