Tuna Salad  

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Ingredients :
  • 5 unripe mangoes, peeled & shredded
  • 600gm tuna, grilled and flaked
  • 5 shallots peeled and sliced
  • 500ml thick coconut thick milk
  • 3 sliced chillies
  • 3 sprigs fresh coriander, chopped
  • Salt & pepper
Directions :
  1. Mix shredded mango with the salt.
  2. Set aside for 10minutes. Squeeze to remove liquid.
  3. Mix in tuna & all ingredients.
  4. Chill and serve.

Stir Fried Fish Slices With Ginger And Spring Onion  

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Ingredients :
  • 200 grammes white fish (sliced to not more than 1 cm thick, marinade lightly with salt for 10 minutes and dust with corn flour)
  • 5 cm ginger (sliced thinly)
  • 3 stalks spring onions (cut to about 5cm lengths)
  • 4 cloves garlic (chopped finely)
  • 150 ml hot water
  • corn starch (prepare by mixing 1 teaspoon corn flour with 3 tablespoons water)
  • 200 ml cooking oil

Seasoning :

  • 1 teaspoon oyster sauce
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt or to taste
  • ¾ tablespoon of Chinese cooking wine
  • a couple of dashes of white pepper powder
Directions :
  1. Heat oil in wok till smoking hot. Fry fish slices for about 30 seconds on each side taking care not to break them. Remove fried fish slices and set aside.
  2. Remove oil, leaving approximately 1 tablespoon or lesser in the wok. Saute garlic and ginger till aromatic. Add spring onions next. Stir evenly before adding fried fish slices and hot water.
  3. Add seasoning followed by a teaspoon or two of corn starch to thicken the gravy.
  4. Dish out and serve hot with steamed white rice.

Stir-fried Bitter Gourd  

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Ingredients :
  • 1 medium-size bitter gourd , halved, seeded and sliced thinly
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 salted duck egg
  • salt and sugar for seasoning
Directions :
  1. Beat the egg and salted egg together. Cut the salted egg yolk into small pieces with a fork.
  2. Heat the wok and add the oil.
  3. When oil is hot, add in the egg. Toss in the sliced gourd when the egg mixture is still a little runny in texture. Mix thoroughly for about 1 minute.
  4. Cover pan and cook for 2-3 minutes. Do not overcook - leave some crunch in the vegetable.
  5. Season and dish out.

Spinach Soup With Wolfberries  

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Ingredients :
  • 300 grammes of spinach (rinsed and plucked at the stems. Discard old or thick stems)
  • 10 grammes of wolfberries (about 20 to 30 pieces)
  • 100 grammes of minced meat (we use pork)
  • 50 grammes of ikan bilis
  • 3 soup bowls
Marinade :
  • 2 teaspoons light soya sauce
  • a dash of white pepper powder
Seasoning :
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 teaspoons light soya sauce
Directions :
  1. Boil ikan bilis in water for 30 minutes to make stock. Remove ikan bilis when done. Meanwhile, marinade minced meat.
  2. Bring stock to boil again after removing ikan bilis. Scoop minced meat into meat balls using a teaspoon and add into the stock. Cook till all meat balls float to surface. Add spinach and wolfberries and bring back soup to boil. Add seasoning to taste and serve immediately.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge  

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Ingredients :
  • 3 cups white sugar
  • 1 cup evaporated milk
  • 1/4 cup cocoa
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1 tablespoon butter
Directions :
  1. Butter one 9x9 inch pan.
  2. Combine the sugar, evaporated milk and cocoa in saucepan. Stir over high heat until mixture comes to a rolling boil. Lower heat to medium and continue cooking to a soft ball stage.
  3. Remove from heat, add peanut butter and margarine. Beat by hand until creamy; pour into prepared pan. Allow to cool and cut into squares.

Coffee Cocoa Bread  

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Ingredients :

(A)
  • 500gm High Protein Flour
  • 10gm Instant yeast
(B)
  • 80gm Sugar
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 25gm Milk Powder
  • 1 tbsp Instant Coffee
  • 1 tbsp Cocoa Powder
  • 2 tbsp Honey
  • 1 nos Egg
  • 240gm Water
( C )
  • 80gm Butter
(D)
  • 100gm Walnut
  • 100gm Raisin
(E)
  • 1 nos Egg (for egg wash)
  • 50gm Instant Custard
  • 120gm Water
Directions :
  1. Mix A, flour and yeast, mix well.
  2. Add in B, become dough then add in C butter.
  3. Mix for another 15/20 minutes until dough becomes elastic.
  4. Add in D.
  5. Ferment for 40-60 minutes. Dough becomes double size.
  6. Scale at 60gm each. Round up
  7. Intermediate proof for 15 minutes. Put the dough in mould.
  8. Final proof for 40-50 minutes.
  9. Egg washes the dough.
  10. Mix instant custard and water, than do decorating on the dough.
  11. Bake at 210°C for 25-30 minutes until well baked.

Spareribs Lotus Root Soup (排骨藕片汤)  

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Ingredients :
  • Spareribs 500 grams (排骨500克)
  • Lotus root cutted into pieces 200 grams (藕片200克)
  • Carrot 2 roots (胡罗卜2根)
  • Onion and ginger little bit (葱姜少许)
  • Salt 1/2 soup spoon (盐1/2调羹)
Directions :
  1. Cut the spareribs into small pieces, then put to boils for 3 minutes (将排骨切块,用开水煮3分钟捞出)
  2. Adds 1 liter water into all the materials, boils up together, then use slow cooks for 45 minutes (把所有材料加1公升水放在一起煮开后,小火炖45分钟)
  3. Finally puts in the salt (最后放入盐)

Double-Boiled Asian Pear With Chuan Bei  

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Ingredients :
  • 1 Asian pear
  • 8g Chuan Bei
  • 3 red dates
  • rock candy to taste
Directions :
  1. Wash the Asian pear. Slice off the top of the pear. Scoop out the centre of the pear and soak it in hot water for 3 minutes.
  2. Place water and other ingredients into the pear. Simmer for about 30 minutes, and it is ready to be served.* Chuan Bei is good for the lungs. It relieves cough, and hence this dessert is especially beneficial to those who suffer from chronic cough.

Spicy Mixed Vegetable Pickle (Nyonya Acar)  

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Ingredients :
  • 500g cucumber, quartered lengthwise (soft centre removed) and cut into 4cm strips
  • 150g cabbage leaves, cut into 2.5cm squares
  • 150g carrots, cut into 4cm strips
  • 150g long beans, cut into 4cm strips
  • 200g cauliflower, cut into small pieces
  • 50g dried prawns, soaked and pounded
  • 3 red chillies halved and cut into 4cm strips
  • 3 green chillies halved and cut into 4cm strips
  • 50g young ginger slice thinly
  • 3 cloves garlic slice thinly
  • 3 shallots slice thinly
  • 10 fresh chillies grind
  • 5 dried chillies grind
  • 10 shallots grind
  • 5 cloves garlic grind
  • 2cm fresh turmeric root grind
  • 1 tbsp sliced galingale (lengkuas) grind
  • 3 candlenuts (buah keras) grind
  • 2cm cube toasted belacan or 1 tsp belacan powder grind
  • 1 stalk lemon grass, sliced finely grind
  • 100ml vinegar for vinegar mixture
  • 200ml water for vinegar mixture
  • 5 to 6 tbsp sugar for vinegar mixture
  • 1 tsp salt for vinegar mixture
  • 125g crushed peanut candy or 100g roasted peanuts, skinned and pounded for vinegar mixture
  • 4 tbsp roasted sesame seeds for vinegar mixture
  • 600ml water for scalding vegetables
  • 400ml vinegar for scalding vegetables
  • 2 tbsp salt for scalding vegetables
  • 2 tbsp sugar for scalding vegetables
Directions :
  1. Rub cucumber slices with 1 tbsp salt. Leave aside for one hour. Wrap in clean towel or muslin cloth and squeeze out excess liquid. Place cucumber slices on a tray and sun for two to three hours (this makes the cucumber crunchy).
  2. For the other vegetables, sun them separately in trays for one to two hours.
  3. Bring water, vinegar, salt and sugar for scalding vegetables to a rapid boil. Blanch the vegetables, one type at a time: dip cucumber and cabbage in boiling mixture for two to three seconds; scald the rest of the vegetables - except chillies - for eight to 10 seconds. Drain vegetables at once in a colander.
  4. Heat oil in wok and fry the ground ingredients until fragrant and the oil begins to separate. Stir in vinegar and water. Add sugar and salt and bring to a boil, then leave to cool completely.
  5. Stir in dried prawns, ginger, shallots and garlic and all the prepared vegetables. Remove and store in a porcelain jar or a clean, dry glass jar. When about to serve, mix in peanuts and sesame seeds.
Note :
The acar will keep for two weeks in the fridge if peanuts have not been mixed in.

Yam Layer Cake  

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Ingredients :
  • Yam 500 grams
  • Sugar 300 grams
  • Coconut milk 1600 litres
  • Rice flour 300 grams
  • Tapioca flour 200 grams
  • Purple coloring few drops
Directions :
  1. Yam cut into cubes steam till cooked。
  2. Mixed rice flour, tapioca flour, sugar and coconut milk together, bring to a simmering boil until combination thick。
  3. Add in purple coloring, divide batter into 3 equal portions。
  4. Lightly grease a 20cm square cake pan, pour in 1 portion of the batter and place it in a steamer. Steam for 5-10 minutes。
  5. The second portion batter add in cooked cubes yam, steam for 10-15 minutes。
  6. The remaining batter would be the final layer. When all the layers have been completed, steam for 15-20 minutes。