Colourful Sweet Potato Tong Yuen In Sago Coconut Syrup  

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Ingredients:
  • 200g glutinous rice flour
  • 50g rice flour
  • 150-160ml boiling hot water
  • 130g steamed and mashed orange coloured sweet potatoes
(A)
  • 175g glutinous rice flour
  • 25g rice flour
  • 170ml or just enough boiling hot water
  • 90g steamed and mashed purple coloured sweet potatoes
Syrup:
  • 900ml water
  • 225g sugar
  • 4 screwpine leaves, shredded and knotted
  • 3 tbsp sago, soaked
  • 300ml thick coconut milk
  • ¾-1 tsp salt
Directions:
  1. Put glutinous rice flour and rice flour in a mixing bowl. Pour in boiling hot water and add mashed sweet potato to mix. Knead into a smooth dough. Pinch off small portions and roll into balls.
  2. Combine ingredients (A) together in another mixing bowl and knead to a smooth dough. Roll small portions of dough into balls.
  3. Cook all the balls of dough in a pot of boiling water until they float. Remove and soak in cold water for 5-10 minutes.
  4. Bring water, sugar and screwpine leaves to a boil. Add sago and cook until transparent. Add coconut milk and salt. Once it comes to a boil put in all the dumplings. Dish out and serve immediately.

Kung Po Chicken With Cashew Nuts  

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Ingredients :
  • 4 tbsps cashew nuts, roasted
  • 2 chicken thighs, deboned and the meat cut into 5cm pieces
  • 3 tbsps oil
  • 1½ tbsp Lee Kum Kee chilli bean sauce
  • 6 dried chillies, soaked, seeded and cut into two or three pieces
  • 2 tbsps Lee Kum Kee Sichuan chilli paste
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 5 thin slices of young ginger
  • White part of two spring onions
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp rice vinegar
  • 1 Tbsp water
Directions :
  1. Heat oil in the wok. Fry the dried chillies. Dish out and drain.
  2. Fry garlic, ginger and the spring onion heads. Add the chilli bean sauce and fry till fragrant. Add dried chillies.
  3. Put in the chicken, stir for two minutes, then add rice vinegar, add sugar. Then add water. Let the chicken simmer till it’s moist and sticky. Taste for saltiness before adding any salt
  4. Dish out and sprinkle the cashew nuts on top before serving.

Tempura  

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Ingredients :
  • Any seafood or vegetable of your choice
  • 2-3 prawns, shelled leaving tails intact
  • Fish fillet, sliced thinly into bite-sized pieces
  • Cauliflower, cut into florets and parboiled in hot water for 30 seconds, then drained
  • Lotus root, cut at a slant, parboiled in hot water mixed with a little vinegar

Tempura batter:

  • 250ml ice-cold water
  • 1 egg
  • A few ice cubes
  • 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • ¾ cup plainor tempura flour

Directions :

  1. Put ice-cold water and ice-cubes in a mixing bowl. Break in the egg and beat until frothy. Add bicarbonate of soda and flour and beat until just mixed. (Do not over-beat.) Batter should look lumpy and not too thick. If it is too thick, add a little more ice-cold water.
  2. Arrange all the seafood and vegetables on a tray or plastic container and place covered in the refrigerator to chill until serving time.
  3. Just before serving, dip the pieces of chilled food, one at a time, into the tempura and deep-fry in hot oil. Do not overcrowd the wok as it’s important to keep the temperature of the oil at a moderately high level to achieve good results. The pieces of seafood and vegetables should be fried in the hot oil for about a minute. Serve immediately with ready-to-use tempura sauce.

新鞋磨腳後跟怎麼辦?  

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新鞋磨腳後跟是一件很痛苦的事,動不動就皮開肉綻的. 要解決這個問題,方法有兩個:

  1. 鞋子在穿上之前,先拿塊香皂在與腳跟接觸最多的部分抹上一層薄薄的香皂,鞋跟會因此
得光滑而不再磨腳.
  • 在出門的前一個晚上,揉一圈廢報紙泡好,擠干水後塞進鞋後跟,第二天拿出來,鞋子就不會磨腳了.
  • 傻瓜 - 溫嵐  

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    我懂了她 - 李聖傑  

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    Pan Mee (Flat Flour Noodle Soup) @ Batu 11, Cheras  

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    Decided to visit the very special smooth pan mee with sui kow (dumplings) stall in Taman Indah, Batu 11, Cheras.

    This pan mee place is located in New Village Taman Indah, Batu 11, Balakong. It’s a corner house converted into a makan place. This place is noisy, hot, the ceiling fan doesn't work (just stand fan), and don't even have to look at the floor BUT this place is super crowded during lunch time (not just on working days, even the weekends). Everyone just cannot resist the pan mee, no matter how uncomfortable the place is.

    There are many other places which are popular with pan mee, but this is one of the good ones. From the moment you're served with the steaming hot bowl of pan mee loaded with lot (really a lot) of spinach, some pork bits (trust me, go for the small one, even though the small one also such a big bowl), you will enjoy the taste of the smooth texture of the flat noodle, add some of their special sauce (sour and spicy) to whet your appetite more. Sprinkle some crispy anchovies (ikan bilis), fried onions (shallots) and a little touch of pepper, the smell is heavenly.

    Top up your meal with some nice juicy dumplings and you will have a super satisfying lunch that will remind you to come back for more. They're plumped with prawns inside which you can see the orangey bits under the translucent sui kow skins.

    They only serve soup style pan mee and you can pick either broad or thin noodles. Broad version is torn style. If you have stuffy nose or wind in you tummy come and have a bowl...guarantee you will feel better after that. The clear broth made from anchovies is sweet and definitely no or very little MSG (testimony - not thirsty after this). The pan mee itself is chewy but the thin parts were soft and slippery, absolutely a slurpilicious delight!

    Price:

    The small bowl of pan mee is around M3.80 per bowl.

    A must have:

    A packet of tissue because you'll be sweating like in sauna room....a well worth sauna experience!

    Location:

    Pan Mee @ Taman Indah, Batu 11, Cheras
    Corner house behind corner lot Mamak @ Cheras Maju (beside Ambank)
    Jalan Indah 3/6, Taman Indah, Batu 11, 43200 Balakong, Selangor Darul Ehsan.

    經常晚上洗頭易引起疾病  

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    工作了一整天,疲勞不堪,人體抵抗病痛的能力降低,此時如果又在晚上洗頭,而且沒有擦干,水分滯留在頭皮,長此以往,易導致氣滯血瘀,經絡阻閉,郁疾成患.

    疾病之患初起,頭皮局部有滯障麻木感,頭部巔頂多見,伴綿綿隱痛,或洗頭後第二天清晨,頭痛發麻,且易感冒。年深月久,漸覺頭巔頂部明顯麻木,伴頭昏頭痛,這是慢性頭痛患者的主要臨床表現.

    洗頭是為了衛生,但卻因而洗出病來,所以最好的預防措施是改變晚上洗頭的習慣,若實在要洗,洗後要擦干,或用電風筒吹干.

    Mashed Potato  

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    Ingredients :
    • 800g potatoes, washed
    • 40g butter
    • 140ml hot milk
    • Salt to taste
    • A dash of pepper

    Gravy :

    • 30g plain flour
    • 30g butter
    • 320ml beef stock
    • Salt and pepper to taste
    • 1 tsp prepared mustard
    Directions :

    1. Place potatoes in a pan with enough cold water to cover them. Add 1/4 tsp salt. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 25–30 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Drain the potatoes and put aside to cool slightly.
    2. Peel the potatoes and put them back into the pan. Add butter. Mash the potatoes over low heat until a smooth texture is achieved. Add the hot milk slowly and beat vigorously with a wooden spoon until it turns creamy. Add salt and pepper to taste.
    3. Serve with the gravy or sauce for extra taste.
    4. To prepare the gravy or sauce, heat butter in a non-stick saucepan then stir in flour. Make a roux or allow the paste to brown a little over very low heat, stirring all the time. Do not allow it to burn.
    5. Blend in the stock gradually and allow to cook until it has a thick consistency.
    6. Season to taste with salt, pepper and mustard.

    Vodka Lemon Sorbet  

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    Ingredients :

    • 1/2 cup vodka
    • 1 1/2 cup sugar
    • 3 cups water
    • grated lemon zest
    • 3 1/2 Tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice

    Directions :

    1. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine sugar and water until the sugar dissolves.
    2. Add the lemon zest; stir until mixture comes to a boil; reduce heat to low and simmer 5 minutes.
    3. Place a fine strainer over a large bowl and pour syrup mixture through (straining out any zest).
    4. Add lemon juice and vodka to the strained syrup mixture; stir until thoroughly blended.
    5. Cover and refreeze until ready to serve.
    Ice Cream Maker Method :

    • Transfer mixture to ice cream maker, process according to manufacturer's instructions.
    Freezer Method :
    • Pour into a container, cover and place mixture in the freezer. When it is semi-solid, mash it up with a fork and refreeze again. When frozen place in a food processor or blender and process until smooth.