Breakfast Pancakes  

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Ingredients :

  • 1 cup of all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup of water (use about 90% full if you want your pancakes "thicker")
  • 2 tablespoons of sugar
  • 1 egg
  • Some butter

Directions :

  1. Whisk all ingredients in a bowl until well blended and smooth. Heat up the pan and grease it with some butter. Use a ladle to scoop up the batter and pour it onto the pan. Flip the pancake and cook it to light brown on both sides.
  2. Serve hot with some butter.

Chrysanthemum Jasmine Reduced Pressure Tea (甘菊茉莉花減壓茶)  

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Ingredients :
  • 50 gm chrysanthemum (甘菊50克)
  • 50 gm jasmine (茉莉花50克)
Directions :
  1. Soak chrysanthemum and jasmine in hot boiling water for 30 minutes. (將甘菊和茉莉花用熱開水浸泡30秒左右)
  2. Pour into cup or teapot. Ready to serve. (最后將甘菊和茉莉花茶倒入杯中或壺中即可飲用)

Pineapple Fried Rice  

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Ingredients :

  • 450g overnight cooked rice
  • 4 tbsp oil
  • 250g pineapple, diced
  • 100g small prawns
  • 100g chicken meat, diced
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 3 tbsp fish sauce (Nampla)
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp chicken stock granules
  • 5 bird chillies (cilipadi), chopped
  • Chopped spring onions and coriander for garnishing
Directions :
  1. Heat wok with 2 tbsp oil and saute prawns and chicken meat until cooked. Add eggs and combine well. Mix in rice; add seasoning and blend well. Gradually drip in remaining oil.
  2. Lastly, add pineapple and blend well. Add the chilli and chopped spring onions and coriander. Dish out and serve either in a pineapple boat or on individual serving plates.

Pak Toong Koe (Steamed White Cake)  

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Ingredients :

(A)

  • 125ml lukewarm water
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp instant yeast
(B)

  • 300g rice flour
  • 250ml water

Syrup :

  • 275g sugar
  • 375ml water
  • 1 pandan leaf, knotted
Directions :

  1. For the syrup, bring sugar, water and pandan leaf to a boil to dissolve the sugar. Allow to cool completely.
  2. Combine (B) together to form a dough. Remove a piece of dough the size of a fist from the main dough. Put it in a saucepan and add about 125ml water. Cook over low flame until it turns gluey and starchy, keep stirring as it is being cooked. Leave aside to cool completely, then mix well with the main dough to form a flour paste.
  3. Put lukewarm water in a bowl, add sugar and sprinkle with instant yeast. Leave aside for it to froth, then add this to the flour paste. Blend well and set aside for one to one and a half hours.
  4. Combine sugar syrup with the flour paste and mix well. Leave aside to rest for 10 to 15 minutes.
  5. Pour mixture into a well-greased 22cm square cake pan.
  6. Steam cake over rapid boiling water over a moderate heat for 15 to 20 minutes.
Note :
Wrap the steamer cover with a tea towel to prevent vapour dropping over the cake.

Wintermelon Soup  

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Ingredients :
  • 1 Chicken drumstick, skinned and chopped into bite sized pieces
  • 200g Wintermelon
  • 2 Dried scallops, crushed
  • 1/2 tsp Rock sugar, coarsely blended
  • 9 Chinese red dates, rinsed, seeded and slit to release flavor
  • 1 tsp Dried longan flesh, rinsed
  • 3 pcs Tong sum
  • 9 slices Ginseng
  • 1 tsp Kei chi
  • 2 1/2 cups Fresh chicken stock
  • 1 tsp Salt
Directions :

  1. Skin the melon, remove seeds and pith, cut into small cubes
  2. Steam the dried scallops for 15 minutes or until soft.
  3. Shred finely with your fingers and set aside.
  4. Place all ingredients in a saucepot and bring to a boil.
  5. Divide into 3 portions and place portions in bamboo cups till full.
  6. Cover the cups with their lids.
  7. Place in a steamer and steam over medium heat for 30-40 mins.
  8. Serve soup in bowls.