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

Muar or Ma Po Tofu Recipes and Cooking Tips

Ingredients :

• 2 pieces of tofu
• 2 stalks of spring onion
• 2 chilli
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 1 tablespoon soybean paste
• 1 tablespoon thick soy sauce
• 1/6 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 teaspoon sugar
• 50g minced chicken meat
• 2 teaspoons minced ginger
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch mixed well with 2 tablespoon of water
• Pepper to taste
• 1/4 teaspoon Sichuan pepper

Method :

• Cut tofu into small desired cubes
• Chopped spring onion, garlic and chilli
• Combine soypaste with 2 tablespoon of water, thick sauce, salt and sugar
• Heat up 3 tablespoon of cooking oil
• Fry minced chicken meat till separated and browned
• Add spring onion, ginger and chilli and fry till fragrant
• Stir in soybean paste then add tofu and 1/4 cup of water to cook for about 5 minutes over low flame
• Stir in cornstarch mixture for thickening
• Add in pepper and Sichuan pepper
• Switch off the flame and ready to be serve

Southern Asian Spices and Herbs Cuisines

Hi all, I wish to share some of the Southern Asian spices and herbs cuisines. Spices and herbs playing a weighted role in many Southern Asian cuisines. The method of cooking included pound or grind ingredients such as lemon grass, galangal and kaffir lime leaves in norder to release its nutrients prior to cook with other ingredients. The results of the cooks is amazingly flavoursome and healthy.

Generally, the people who lived in the tropical countries like spicy cuisines especially. The hot weather often causes the loss of appetites but a dilemma that spicy food can resolve. Chillies contain a lot of Vitamin C and they serve to stimulate our parasympathetic nerves and appetites and garlic promotes blood circulation, sweating and digestion where onions encourage sweating therefore, relieve heat; ingredients like lemon grass and kaffir lime leaves contain essential oils that have anti cancer agents.

For the benefit and health of your family's member, let start to pick up some spicy dishes now!

Please follow to this blog for the following week. More delicious and healthy spicy recipes and cooking tips will be introduce to you.....Do't miss it, otherwise you may regret it....

Chinese Cabbage with Fish Ball and Chicken Feet with Peanuts Soup Recipes and Cooking Tips

Soup usually everypne liking but cooking a tasty soup is not simple. Thats included selection and combination of ingredients becoming very important in order to cook a tasty soup. Let me share with you two types of soup recipes and cooking methods.

(A) Chinese Cabbage with Fish Ball Soup

Ingredients :

• 2 pices of chicken bone
• 1 slice of dried squid
• 1 carrot cut in cube size
• 300g chinese cabbage
• 250gfish ball

Seasoning :

• Salt add to taste
• Gound pepper add to taste

Method :

• Boil one liter of water
• Add in chicken bones, dried squid and carrot.
• Continue stewing with high flame then switch to low flame forone hour
• Add in chinese cabbage, fish balls and seasoning
• Cook for another 10 minutes with highh flame
• Remove and ready to be serve

(2) Chicken Feet with Peanuts Soup

Ingredients :

• 250g peanuts
• 4 pairs of chicken feet
• 1 drumstick chopped into 2 pieces
• 4 black mushrooms
• 1 carrot cut to desire sizes

Seasoning :

• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon light soy sauce

Method :

• Soak to soften peanuts with hot water for about 30 minutes
• Rinse and drain off water and set aside
• Soak to soften black mushrooms,drain off water
• Slow cooker fill with 2 bowls of water and pour in the peanuts and simmer for 2 hours
• Add in all others remaining ingredients and continue simmerfor another one hour
• The soup is now ready to serve

Spicy Prawn Recipes

Ingredients :

• 500g fresh prawns (shelled, deveined and wash in salt water)
• 2 tomatoes cut in wedges
• 2 large onions cut in slices
• 4 pips garlic
• 1 tablespoon chilli powder
• Tamrind Juice (1 teaspoon tamarind mixed with 4 tablespoons water)
• 1/2 cup thick coconut milk
• 4 tabnlespoons cooking oil
• Salt to taste

Methods :

• Heat cooking oil in the saucepan and fry the garlic and onions for 3minutes over medium flame
• Add in chilli powder
• Add in tamarind juice and tomatoes
• Fry till forms on the surface
• Add in the prawns, thick coconut milk and salt to taste
• Bring to boil over low flame
• Continue cook for about 8 minutes
• Remove from fire and read to be serve

Garlic and Marmite Chicken Recipes and Cooking Tips

Today I wish to share my 2 favourite chicken cooking style in garlic and marmite. Try it now and you will like most of the time. (especially children)



(1) Garlic Chicken


Ingredients :

• 300g chicken (half bird) chopped in small pieces


• 5 cloves garlic, sliced


• 1 tablespoon cooking oil

Marinade :

• 2 tablespoon light soy sauce


• 2 teaspoon thick soy sauce


• Ground pepper add to taste

Decoration :

• coriander cut into desired sizes
• chilli cut into desired sizes
  

Method :

• Marinade chicken meat with marinated ingredients for 25 minutes


• Heat up one tablespoon of cooking oil


• Stir fry garlic slicves till fragrant


• Add in marinated chicken meats and continue to fry for 3 minutes with high flame


• Add in 2 tablespoon water and continue fry for another 6 minutes with medium flame


• Place onto a plate and garnished with coriander


• Ready to be serve.

.........To be continue edit with marmite chicken recipes and cooking tips tomorrow.

Hi, Lets continue with the Marmite Chicken as promised to you yesterday...

(2) Marmite Chicken

Ingredients :

• 2 chicken drumstick cut into 8 pieces

Marinade :

• 1 1/2 tablespoon marmite
• 2 teaspoons honey
• 2 teaspoons corn flour

Decoration :

• Coriander cut to desired sizes
• Chilli cut to desired sizes

Method :

• Marinade the chicken drumstick with marinated ingredients for 15 minutes.
• Fill wok with cooking oil which can completely cover chicken meat
• Deep fry chicken meat till 20% cooked over medium flame
• Switch to low flame and continue deep fry the chicken until golden brown
• Dredge out and drain off the oil
• Garnished with coriander and chilli
• Ready to serve

Vegetarian Loh Han Zhai Recipes & Cooking Tips

Eat more vegetable and save the earth....Today, I wish to share one of the chinese popular vegetarian dish called : LOH HAN ZHAI.

Ingredients :

• 8 dried mushrooms
• 4 asparagus shoots
• 180g cauliflower
• 5 small chinese cabbage
• 1/2 carrot
• 10 button mushrooms
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• 1 tablespoon extra origin olive oil
• 3 strips of ginger

Seasoning :

• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon mushroom sauce
• 2 teaspoons sesame oil
• A pinch of salt
• A pinch of pepper
• A pinch of sugar

For Thickening :

• Blend 1 teaspoon cornflour with 4 tablespoons of water

Method :

• Soak the mushrooms in warm water until soften
• Cutoff stems and season with above seasoning
• Wash and cut vegetables in desired sizes
• Place carrot, cauliflower at the base with small chinese cabbage at thetop in the saucepan
• Add in 2 tablespoons of water
• Scaldfor about 6 minutes over medium low flame
• Heat up the cooking oil and fry ginger until fragrant
• Add in seasoned mushrooms, button mushrooms follow by vegetables
• Pour in the cornflourwith water
• Mix well and the dish is ready to serve

Curry Fish Head Recipes and Cooking Tips

Curry Fish Head! A lot of people like but to cook a hot yet delicious curry fish head is not easy. Belows are the unforgettable simple and easy cooking tips of curry fish head. Woh.....Lets do it now!

(A) Ingredients :

1. 500g whole fish head or cut into pieces
2. 4 tablespoon cooking oil
3. 1/2 cup thick cocunut milk
4. 1 cup diluted cocunut milk
5. 5 ladies fingers
6. 1 tomato cut into 4 pieces
7. 1 onion cut into 4 pieces
8. 1 binjal cut into desire sizes
9. 1 cucumber cut into desire sizes
10. 2 pieces chilli cut into slices
11. 2 stalks lemon grass

(B) Curry Paste :

1. 2 tablespoon curry powder
2. 8 stalks dried chilli
3. 7 pieces shallots
4. 2 pips garlic
5. 1.4cm blachan
6. Item 2 to 5 grind finely

Methods :

• Heat a saucepan with cooking oil and fry curry paste over medium to high flame
• Pour in diluted coconut milk
• Turn to low flame, add in (A) Ingredients 5 to 11 and cook for about 15 minutes till it boils
• Add iin fish head follow by thick coconut milk
• When its started to boil, switch off flame
• Add salt according to taste
• Ready to be served with plain rice

Please follow through another good delicious recipes and cooking tips tomorrow........Vegetarian Vegetables called Loh Han Zhai...

Potatoes Fried Rice Recipes

Today, I wish to introduce a simple and easy but delicious Potatoes Fried Rice.

Ingredients :

• 1 potatoes cut in cubes
• 1 onion cut in cubes
• 2 eggs beaten
• 2 plate of white rice
• 180g medium sized prawn, remove the shell
• 120g chicken meat, cut in cubes
• 1 teaspoon garlic, grated

Seasonings :

• 1/4 teaspoon Ground pepper
• 1 teaspoon thick soy sauce
• 1.5 teaspoon soy sauce

Methods :

• Heat 2 tablespoon of cooking oil and pour in the beaten egg
• Stir fry evenly
• Add in potatoes, chicken meat, onion and prawn sequentially
• Stir fry till fragrant
• Pour in white rice, addi in seasoning
• Continue to stir-fry for another 5 minutes
• Ready to serve.

Stir Fried Sting Ray With Bean Paste and Stir Fried Chicken

(1) Stir Fried Sting Ray with Bean Paste

Ingredients :

• 350g sting ray fish cut into pieces
• 1 piece ginger, shredded
• 2 red chili, shredded
• 2 1/2 tablespoon bean paste

Seasoning :

• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon light sauce

Method :

• Heat 3 tablespoon of oil
• Stir fry shredded ginger, chili and bean paste until fragrant
• Pour in fish and seasoning
• Continue stir fry for another 6 minutes
• Add on 1 cup of water and continue to cook for another 6 minutes with medium heat...then serve

(2) Salty Fried Chicken

Ingredients :

• 1/2 chicken about 325g, chopped into small pieces

Marinade :

• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon five spices powder

Dipping Sauce :

• 2 red chili finely chopped
• 5 shallots finely chopped
• 2 tablespoon sour plum juice
• 1/2 tablespoon balacan powder
• Sugar add to taste

Methods :

• Marinade chicken with marinated ingredient for 20 minutes
• Heat one bowl of oil,pour in marinated chicken and deep fry with high heat till golden colour, dredge out drain off the oil
• Mix well all the ingredient for dipping sauce for 10 minutes
• Ready to serve together with deep fryied chicken.

Recipes and Cooking Tips for Salad Prawn and Teochew Steam Fish

Today I am sharing some classical chinese dishes called Salad Prawn and Teochew Steam Fish.

(A) Salad Prwan

• Ingredients :

1. 300g prawn with shell
2. 1 pc of watermelon cut into cubes
3. 1 pc of honey dew cut into cubes
4. 1 pc of mango cut into cubes (optional)
5. half apple cut into cubes (optional)

• Seasoning :

1. 1/4 teaspoon salt
2. 5 tablespoon salad cream

• Methods:

1. Season prawn with salt and steam for 5 minutes
2. Off the heat and leave to cool
3. Pour the prawn and other ingredients and well in the mixing bowl
4. Add in 1 tablespoon of water into salad cream and mix well
5. Add in all the well mixed ingredients
6. Preserved in refrigerator for one hour, then serve.

(B) Teochew Steam Fish

• Ingredients :

1. 600g garoupa fish
2. 6 slices ginger, shredded
3. 2 preserved plum, crushed
4. 1 large tomato, cut into 4 pices
5. 2 pcs pickled swatow mustard cabbage,shredded

• Seasoning :

1. 1 teaspoon light so sauce
2. 1 tablespoon cooking oil

• Methods :

1. Rinse the fish and put onto metal plate
2. Steam the fish for 2 minuteswith high heat, pour off the whitish liquid
3. Spread ingredients all over the fish
4. Mix in 2 tablespoon of water into seasoning
5. Pour over the fish
6. Continue steam for another 8 minutes and ready to serve

Note :

Steaming time may be longer depending on fish size. If the fish size bigger then longer steaming times is required.

Cholesterol Determination and Health Drink

Why LDL Cholesterol remained high despite Total Cholesterol and HDL Cholesterol already improved? Why? Why? Have you asked yourself on cholesterol checking and determined annually?
Potential person for a heart attack, high blood pressure, stroke and/ or various abnormalities resulting from prolonged faulty circulation usually is a personnel with high blood cholesterol. At such, the determination of our annual blood cholesterol for every individual, regardless of age believe needed. Immediate action to lower it should be taken, if this figure found to be above 180 milligrams. Innumerable suffering and untold premature deaths may be avoided were such a procedure followed.
Though, there was lacked of statistical data nor analysis to show that cholesterol alone causes general atherosclerosis, heart attack or a strokes, but an elevated blood cholesterol invariably accompanies these abnormalities. Neither is a gas gauge on a car responsible when the tank is empty, but it indicates trouble ahead which can be prevented.

Health Tips...You may want to try! I believe it work! No harm to try......

• Squeeze a lemon dry,
• Mix with water 1 litre, keep in the refrigerator,
• Pour 80ml to a glass and mix with 80ml warm water and drink with empty stomach.
• Repeat similar steps every morning until finished.
• Good to have 10 to 20 minutes exercise thereafter. by;
• Slowly tilt up and down both toes,
• Similar time, swinging both arms front and back.

Note : The above action may be repeat once per month.

Eating Healthy, Living Healthy

Let's eat right health food to keep fit and live healthily! There are many people not feel well because of not eat right food can be one of the aspect. The statistics of illness are always too depressing over most of country. for example: illness in allergies, ulcers, arthritis and so on. The illness of heart disease, diabetes, cancer and strokes are the most rapid increasing illness. The significant change too quickly to be accurate.
Nutritional research being carried out in almost every medical institute, university and pharmaceutical laboratory worldwide. There are about 7,149 in 1960 alone, original scientific studies in nutrition are published the summarized in Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews. Therefore, any health sharing or nutrition book in acquisition of knowledge on how to build and live healthy via nutrition and eat right becomes greater demand each year.

.......Please keep an eye for more sharing tomorrow!