Beef Rendang Recipes and Cooking Tips

Ingredients :

• 600g of beef
• 6 cloves of garlic
• 10 of dried chillies
• 1 small ginger
• 1 piece turmeric(thumb size)
• 16 cloves of shallots
• 1 tablespoon of corriander seeds
• 2 stalks of lemon grass
• 4 kaffir lime leaves
• 5 slices of galangal
• 300ml of coconut milk
• 2 tablespoon of palm sugar (Gula Melaka)
• Salt to taste

Method :

• Cut beef into small desired sizes
• Chop garlic and ginger into smaller desired sizes
• Remove seed from dried chillies, rinse and soak into warm water till softened
• Cut turmeric and shallots into small pieces and grind corriander seeds finely
• Cut lemon grass sideway, cut kaffir lime leaves into small pieces
• Grind garlic, ginger, galangal, dried chillies, turmeric, shallots and kaffir lime leaves with half a cup of water into a paste
• Heat up 3 tablespoon of cooking oil
• Fry paste till fragrant
• Add in corriander seed powder and lemon grass. Then add in half of the coconut milk
• Bring to boil before added on beef and acup of water
• Boil over low flame for about 30 minutes
• Pour in all remaining coconutmilk to cook for another 20 minutes or the meat is soft and gravy is dry
• Season with palm sugar and salt
• Ready to be serve

Oriental Fried Rice Recipes and Cooking Tips

Ingredients :

• 100g of shrimps
• 100g of chicken
• 2 mushrooms
• Some celery cut into desired cube sizes
• Carrot cut into desired cube sizes
• 3 cloves of shallots
• 2 tablespoon dried shrimps
• 2 bowls of cooked rice
• 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
• 1 tablespoon of minced garlic
• sugar to taste
• salt to taste
• Two eggs

Method :

• Remove veins from shrimps, rinse and pat dry
• Soak mushrooms till softened, pinch dry and remove the stems and cut into dices
• Soak dried shrimps till softened and drain well
• Slice shallots and chillies, cut chicken into small desired sizes
• Heat 3 tablespoon of cooking oil
• Fry shallots and garlic over low heat till fragrant
• Add in dried shrimps, chicken meat and mushrooms fry for 2 minutes
• Stir in shrimps and fry till the colour change then add in carrot and celery. Continue fry for 1 minute
• Stir in the rice with oyster sauce and mix well for about 8 minutes over medium flame
• In the bowl, beat well the eggs and spread even over the rice
• Continue fry for another 5 minutes or until the egg cooked
• Sugar and salt add to taste

Note : It is advisable to use rice (about 85% cooked) to fry rice which will be more tasty.

Green Curry Chicken Recipes and Cooking Tips

Ingredients :

• 300g of chicken breast meat or drumstick meat
• 8 green chillies
• 4 cloves of shallots
• 2 stalks of lemon grass
• 3 stalks of pandan leaves
• 3 kaffir lime leaves
• 3 slices of galangal
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 2 red chillies
• 1/2 lemon peel
• 2 teaspoon shrimp paste
• 350ml coconut milk
• 25 straw mushrooms
• 2 tablespoon palm sugar
• Salt to taste
• 3 stalks of basil

Method :

• Cut chicken into small desired sizes
• Scald with hot water and drain well
• Small chillies cut inot small pieces and sliced shallots
• Lightly smash lemon grass and cut into small pieces
• Pandan leaves cut into 1/2 inches sizes
• Shredded lime leaves and red chillies, peel garlic
• With half cup of water, blend well green chillies, shallots, lemon grass, garlic, galangal, lemon peel, lime leaves and shrimp paste.
• Bring to boil a coconut milk with 2 cups of water
• Add in the pandan leaves and ground ingredient then continue for a second boiling
• Add in chicken and cook over low flame for about 12 minutes
• Add in straw mushrooms and season with palm sugar and salt to taste
• Pour into a bowl
• Add on basil leaves and shredded chillies and ready to be serve

Crispy Chicken Chop Recipes and Cooking Tips

Ingredients :

• One chicken drumstick, deboned and beat with tenderizer
• 2 teaspoons corn flour
• 1 potato sliced
• 1 tablespoon water

Seasoning :

• Salt to taste
• 2 tablespoon ketchup
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce

Method :

• Spread and rub salt all over the chicken drumstick evenly and marinade for 15 minutes
• Spread and rub with corn flour over the marinaded chicken drumstick
• Deep fry till become golden brown
• Dredge out and drain off the oil and put onto plate
• Use hot oil to deep fry sliced potato till golden brown
• Remove and drain off the oil and put onto the same plate
• Heat a little bit of cooking oil, pour in tomato ketchup and oyster sauce, then add in water moderately to thicker the sauce
• Pour all over the chicken chop
• Ready to be serve

Multiple Beans Recipes and Cooking Tips

Ingredients:

• 180g of string beans cut to desired sizes
• 80g of carrot cut into small cubes
• 120g of sweet perserved turnips, cut inot small cubes
• 120g chicken meat, diced
• 100g shrimp, shelled
• 1 grived bean curd cut into small cubes
• Garlic grated and add to taste

Seasoning :

• Salt add to taste
• 1/2 tablespoon oyster sauce

Method :

• Heat up 2 tablespoon of cooking oil and deep fry grilled bean curd till golden brown
• Dredge out and drain off oil, set aside for later usage
• Use a bit of cooking oil to stir fry grated garlic till fragrant
• Add in shelled shrimp and diced chicken meat
• Continue to stir fry till 50% cooked
• Add in string beans, carrots and deep fried grilled bean curd
• Stir fry for 2 minutes then add in seasoning and water
• Continue to stir fry for another 5 minutes and ready to be served

Stir Fried Spicy Clams Recipes and Cooking Tips

Ingredients :

• 600g of clams rinse and drain
• 6 Chillies remove off stems and seed and chopped into desired sizes
• 2 stalks of spring onion chopped into desired sizes
• 5 cloves of garlic peeled and mince
• 1 teaspoon of minced ginger
• 2 1/2 tablespoon of spicy bean paste
• 3/4 teaspoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce or wine (optional)
• 3/4 tablespoon thick soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon of sesame oil

Methods :

• Heat up 4 tablespoon of cooking oil
• Stir fry chillies, spring onion, garlic and ginger till fragrant
• Add in spicy bean paste, sugar and stir fry evenly
• Add clams, oyster sauce or wine and tick soy sauce
• Cover and continue cook for 4 minutes or until all clams are open up
• Stir in sesame oil and ready to be serve.

Vietnamese Lemon Grass Chicken Recipes and Cooking Tips

Ingredients :

• 350g chicken
• 1 small piece of ginger
• 2 chillies
• 5 cloves of garlic
• 3 stalks of spring onion
• 3 stalks of lemon grass
• 4 tablespoon of peanuts
• Salt to taste
• 1/2 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon shredded lemon rind
• 3 cups of stock
• 2 tablespoon fish sauce
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• Few mint leaves

Cooking Methods:

• Cut chicken into small desired sizes
• Slice ginger, chop chillies and peel garlic
• Cut one stalk of lemon grass into slices and remaining cut sideway sections
• Cut spring onion into sideway sections and pound peanuts
• Pound ginger, chillies, garlic, lemon rinds and lemon grass slices into a paste and marinate the chicken for 20 minutes
• Heat up 4 tablespoon of cooking oil, fry chicken about 5 minutes with medium flame
• Add remaining lemon grass and spring onion till fragrant
• Add stock and 3 cups of water
• Bring to boil and simmer for 15 minutes with low flame
• Add in salt, fish sauce and sugar
• Serve with lemon juice and garnish with peanuts and mint leaves

Spicy Hot Pot Recipes and Cooking Tips

Ingredients :

• 20 dried chillies
• 2 chillies
• 3 stalks of spring onion
• 1 small piece of ginger
• 5 cloves of garlic
• 400g poultry intestines
• Few enoki mushrooms
• 1 stalk of leek
• 2 tablespoon of chilli powder
• 2 tablespoon of Sichuan pepper
• 2 tablespoon of spicy bean sauce
• 3 cups of stock
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• Salt to taste
• 2 tablespoon chilli oil
• 450g beef slices (can be replace any poultry meat)

Method :

• Rinse dried chillies and soak into water for about 15 minutes
• Drain off the water and cut chillies into halves
• Spring onion cut sideway as well as ginger into slices but mince garlic
• Rub intestines with some flour and white vinegar or lime juice then rinse well
• Cut off the root of enoki mushroom
• Cut leek sideway into section
• Heat up 5 tablespoons cooking oil
• Fry chillies, spring onion, ginger and garlic over low flame til the spring onion section are browned
• Add in spicy dried chillies, chilli powder and Sichuan pepper and fry till fragrant (chilli powder should be cooked over low flame, otherwise may become bitter if burnt)
• Add in spicy bean paste to mix well
• Pour in 8cups of water and stock
• Bring to boil and continue cook for 1 hour over low flame
• Strain the soup and season with sugar, salt and chilli oil
• Trnafer into hot pot
• Add in the rest of the ingredients and cook through
• Ready to be serve