Snow Fungus Barley Dried Longan Red Dates Tong Sui  

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Ingredients :
  • A big handful of dried snow fungus, washed and soaked in water to soften
  • Barley seeds
  • Red dates
  • Dried longan
  • Rock sugar
  • Pandan leaves
Directions :
  1. Clean and soak the dried snow fungus in some water. Don’t use too much as it expands into quite a bit! Once it’s soft, cut it up into small bite-sized pieces.
  2. Put the barley seeds and pandan leaves to boil in about 1 medium sized pot of water. Skim the foam that collects at the top of the pot.
  3. Throw in a handful of red dates for sweetness and taste.
  4. Once it has boiled, turn the flame down to simmer and watch the barley seeds to make sure they don’t expand till they “explode”.
  5. Add your rock sugar to taste.
  6. When the barley seeds are cooked, add in your snow fungus and simmer just for a short while then turn off the flame.
  7. Add your dried longan and stir it through.
  8. And it’s ready to serve.

Steamed Ladies Fingers With Superior Sauce  

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Ingredients :
  • 10 to 15 pieces ladies fingers (wash and slice off the upper stalk end)
  • 4 cloves garlic (chopped finely)
  • 3 tablespoons palm / peanut oil
Sauce (mix together) :
  • 1 tablespoon warm water
  • 2 tablespoons light soya sauce
  • 2 teaspoons oyster sauce
  • a couple of dashes of white pepper powder
Directions :
  1. Fry chopped garlic in oil till golden brown. Remove garlic and set aside.
  2. Mix 1 tablespoon of the oil (previously used to fry the garlic) with the rest of the sauce ingredients in a suitable bowl.
  3. Place ladies fingers in steamer and steam for 3 minutes. Remove from steamer and place on a serving plate.
  4. Pour sauce over the steamed ladies fingers and garnish with fried garlic. Serve hot.

Chicken Spinach Porridge  

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Ingredients :

  • A handful or approximately 50g rice (washed and rinsed)
  • 300ml water
  • 50g chicken fillet, minced
  • 25g spinach, chopped

Marinade:

  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp light soy sauce

Directions :

  1. Marinate chicken and set aside. Put rice and water in a double boiler.
  2. Steam for about 30 minutes until porridge is cooked. Stir in chicken and spinach, and continue to steam for the next 30 minutes until chicken is tender.
  3. Remove porridge from the double-boiler. Leave aside.
  4. Puree the porridge in a liquidiser, scoop out and feed your toddler right away.

Agar-Agar Cendol  

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Ingredients :
  • 1 packet agar-agar
  • 1 cup water
  • 4 cups cendul
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar (gula melaka)
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 cups santan
Directions :
  1. Boil agar-agar together with 1 cup water and 1 cup sugar.
  2. Melt 3/4 cup brown sugar (gula melaka) with little bit water, then add into 3 cups santan.
  3. Bet the 4 eggs then add into the santan and mixed well.
  4. Combined santan with agar-agar and put to boil then pour into small cute cup and let it cold.

糯米青糕  

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Ingredients :
  • 糯米--500克
  • 粘米粉--250克
  • 薯粉--約50克
  • 糖--300克
  • 椰漿--200毫升
  • 水--(放入蒸鍋後,稍微蓋過糯米)適量
  • 班蘭汁--900毫升
  • 鹽--少許
Directions :
  1. 首先,把糯米、鹽及100毫升的班蘭汁攪勻,再放入鍋內蒸30分鐘,至有關材料成為糯米飯團。
  2. 然後,把糯米飯團平鋪在容器內,作為糯米青糕的低層。
  3. 接下來,把剩餘的材料混合煮濃,再倒入容器內和之前的糯米飯團一起蒸約35分鐘就可以了。把蒸好的糯米青糕攤涼,即可切塊享用。)