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。)

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.