Ingredients :
- 2 chicken legs (whole)
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 2 whole bulbs garlic (remove skin)
- Approximately 15 - 20 white peppercorns
- Warm water
- 1 piece star-anise (optional)
- 2 pieces hard-type beancurd (optional)
- 2 large hard-boiled eggs (optional)
Seasoning :
- 2 to 3 tablespoons dark soya sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
Directions :
- Add sugar into a wok / saucepan which has been heated up. Let the sugar caramelise (turn liquid and brown).
- Once sugar fully caramelised, add chicken legs and let it “sear” for 1 minute on each side. Add water to cover the chicken by 1 to 2 cm. Add the rest of the ingredients and seasoning. Once water begins to boil, reduce to medium low heat, cover lid and let it simmer for 30 minutes to an hour.
- To serve, separate gravy from the rest of the ingredients. Chop the chicken to desired size, cut beancurd into quarters and half the eggs.
Ingredients :
- 1 rice bowl measure of ikan bilis (rinsed)
- 1 red chilli (sliced thinly)
- 3 shallots (sliced thinly)
- 3 cloves garlic (sliced thinly)
- 2 pieces lime (juiced)
- 1 ½ teaspoon dark soya sauce
- Sugar to taste
- 5 tablespoons cooking oil
Directions :
- Bring oil to high heat in wok and fry ikan bilis till golden brown. Remove and set aside ikan bilis. Discard used oil.
- Heat 2 teaspoons of oil in wok and fry shallots till beginning to brown. Remove and set aside fried shallots. Add garlic and fry till golden brown. Remove and set aside fried garlic. Add chillis and fried ikan bilis and stir well. Return fried shallots and garlic to mixture, stir evenly and add dark soya sauce, lime juice and sugar.
- Dish out and serve.
Ingredients :
- 750ml watermelon juice
- 250ml ice-cream soda
- Lemon slices
- Lots of crushed ice
- Some mint leaves
Directions :
- Mix watermelon juice with crushed ice and mint leaves, then top up with soda. Give the lemon a twist and drop it into individual glasses.
- Garnish with a triangular slice of watermelon. Make a small slit and insert it into the rim of the glass. A lovely drink with a twist!
Ingredients :
- 8 eggs
- 160g castor sugar
- 160g plain flour, sifted
- 175ml ice-cream soda
Directions :
- Line bottom of a 23cm bamboo rattan basket with grease-proof paper. Place eggs and sugar in a large mixing bowl and whisk until thick and lemon-coloured. Sift in flour and gently fold in with a metal spoon. Beat in ice-cream soda until mixture is well combined.
- Pour mixture into prepared basket and steam over rapid boiling water for 25–30 minutes.
