Lazy Mum - Yummy Bites

Yummy Baked Chicken

2011-05-25T20:19:00.000-07:00

Lazy Mum with her yummy baked chicken. Simple, fast and no fuss to prepare. Just marinate the chicken drumsticks and allow it to sit in the refrigerator for about 3 hours and then allow the oven to do the cooking...Voila! A yummy set meal.

The ingredients that I have used to marinate the chicken to produce a yummy well blended savoury taste are : CHOPPED GARLIC, CHOPPED FRESH CORIANDER, TUMERIC POWDER, OYSTER SAUCE and SALT. Generously rubbed on the surface of the chicken drumsticks (make 2 slits on the surface of the drumstick) and allow it to marinate for 3 hours before baking for 50mins at 250 deg C.

I have laid some cut carrots on the baking tray and arranged the marinated drumsticks on top, cover the top with an aluminum foil and remove the foil after 30 mins of baking and continue to bake for another 20 mins. This is to prevent too much moisture lost from the chicken and also to get a nice roast. Served with fresh cucumber and lettuce and lightly baked sausages. No Fuss and nutritious! Enjoy..

Croissant with Chicken Ham

2011-05-19T23:29:00.000-07:00

Lazy Mum with yummy bites for lunch today...simple, easy, fast to prepare and most of all nutritious. Bought the ready made croissants from the bakery and DIY a simple meal for lunch. Look at those beautifully rings of onion lying on top of the chicken ham coupled with lettuce and slices of tomatoes and compliments with drops of thousand island sauce....wow, the big boys simply loves it...Yum! Yum!

Have a happy meal.........

Batik Agar Agar (Jelly)

2011-02-17T19:15:00.000-08:00

Lazy mum's sweet memories jelly dessert. It is known as "batik agar-agar" as it is adopted from
the art and craft technique of dyeing fabric with mixtures of well blended colors. A creative way of designing the fabric and it is classic. Batik made into clothing for men and women are largely used as an official function attire in Malaysia.

Easy and simple to make. Making this jelly or agar agar in bahasa malaysia brings back sweet memories of my home science class at school during our lower secondary years....wow, those were the days....

Simple steps :

First boil 20gms of agar-agar strips with 1.5 cups of water till the agar-agar is completely dissolved.
Add 1 box (200ml) of the coconut milk and mix well. Pour the mixture into a tray and allow it to set. When the agar-agar has set, just cut it into small shape of your choice. Set aside

Next, melt 50gms of gula melaka (palm sugar) in a saucepan over a low heat till it completely becomes liquid.

Then, boil 1 packet of 37.5gm agar-agar strips with 4 cups water. To give it a beautiful aroma, add 3 pieces of screwpine leaves (pandan leaves) when boiling the agar-agar.. Ensure the agar-agar is completely dissolved, then add in the melted gula melaka and stir well to mix. Pour the agar-agar into a tray and allow it to slightly set for 10 mins.

After 10 minutes of setting time, drop the cut pieces of coconut milk agar agar, just like the
photo below. Once that is done, allow it to completely set, chill it before cutting.

Homemade Cookies for Chinese Lunar Year

2011-02-10T04:19:00.001-08:00

GONG XI FA CAI - HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR
TO ALL OUR FAMILY MEMBERS
AND FRIENDS

Happy to share some of the homemade cookies for the New Year 2011
by my dear daughter. It is the first time she tried her hands on
the Chinese New Year biscuits/cookies and am proud to share her success

Well Done Girl!

Spring Roll with Meat Floss

Oatmeal mixed fruits cookies

Crispy Seaweed Crackers

Fish Porridge

2010-11-04T00:05:00.000-07:00

Here comes lazy mum delicious warm bowl of fried fish porridge for the family, fast , easy to prepare and good to eat.....yummy! Yes it is nice to have soft diet once a while. The porridge taste great with lots of fried chopped garlic and chopped fresh coriander.

Simply go through this process and enjoy a delicious home cooked porridge with no MSG...

Serve 4 person : 1.5 cup rice, 1 medium size fish

1. First have a medium size fish of your choice, cut into pieces, drain dry, rub a little salt on the surface and fry it till golden brown. Set aside

2. Steam the rice or cook it in the rice cooker with slightly extra water to get a soft texture

3. Scoop the cooked rice into a pot, add water about double the amount of the cooked rice and bring it to boil over medium heat till the rice grain looks "open up". It will take about 10-15 minutes
of boiling time depending on how soft the cooked rice is.

4. Add in some salt and the fried fish cutlets and allow it to boil for 5 minutes. Scoop it into bowl to serve and garnish with fried garlic and chopped coriander or alternatively spring onion and a dash of pepper

Sarawak Laksa

2010-09-28T23:34:00.000-07:00

Yummy, yummy Sarawak Laksa. Simply delicious and it taste so good..just love it. It has a nice blended flavor of assam laksa and curry laksa. The hot steaming soup whets ones appetite.

With the ready to cook Laksa paste from Sarawak, this bowl of laksa can be easily prepared within an hour and ready to be served. If you do not have the paste then you need to gather these ingredients and get it blended - garlic, shallots, galangal, dried chilly, lemon grass, belacan and add tamarind juice, pounded groundnuts and coconut milk.

All I need to do is to boil the chicken and prawn stock and add in the paste and blend it with coconut milk and evaporated milk to smoothen the taste. Lime juice can be added to boost the aroma of the soup. Then garnished the bowl of noodle with shredded chicken, prawns, shredded omellette, cucumber and beansprout plus chopped corriander....... Wow truly Nice!

Yam Beehoon (Vermicelli) Soup

2010-09-10T23:40:00.000-07:00

A yummy soup meal prepared by lazy mum for the family. This is Yam soup with Beehoon (vermicelli), garnished with fried shallots, spring onion and strips of omelette. A very easy and simple dish to prepare with little fuss. I have used the thick vermicelli that needs soaking for about an hour before blanching, alternatively you may used the thinner version for this dish too.

The base of the soup is made up of dried prawns and yam pieces. See the photo below.
This tuber root plant is obtainable from the fresh market. It's skin is rough and a bit hairy and the inner layer is a little slimmy. Just put under the running tap water to rid the slimmy feel before cutting into pieces.

To prepare soup : Serve 4 person

1 small yam - cut into pieces
50gm dried prawns
some shredded ginger
salt & pepper to taste

1. Heat a little oil and saute the shredded ginger and dried prawns till aromatic, add 1.5 litre water and allow it to simmer over medium heat for the next 20 minutes. Add the yam slices to allow it to soften. Add salt to taste.
2. The soup is ready once the yam has soften.

Next....

1. Blanched the soaked vermicelli till it is soften
2. Serve the blanched vermicelli in a bowl, pour the hot yam soup over it
3. Garnished with spring onion, fried shallots and omellette strips
4. A dash of pepper would taste good

Chicken Porridge - Congee

2010-09-02T00:05:00.000-07:00

Lazy mum presenting a simple and easy to prepare meal, chicken porridge. I just love to cook porridge simply because it is easy to prepare and nice to eat. I have garnished this chicken porridge with strips of roasted seaweed and fried chopped garlic.

All you need : Serve 4

1 big piece of chicken thigh
1.5 cup rice
2 slices of ginger
1/2 clove chopped garlic
some seaweed for garnishing - optional

Simple Process :

1. Put 2 litres of water to boil with the chicken thigh and ginger slices over medium heat for 30 minutes.
2. Remove the cooked chicken and set aside to peel the meat into strips
3. Add in the washed rice and allow it to boil for the next 30 minutes, keep stirring occasionally
till porridge looks starchy
4. Add salt to taste, add in the chicken strips
5. Serve with fried garlic and seaweed strips

Black Pepper Onion Chicken

2010-08-19T23:25:00.000-07:00

A simple and easy to prepare lazy mum's version of black pepper onion chicken. It turns out yummy! The wonderful aroma from the green chillies and onion really makes this dish mouth-watering. The dish looks pale as i have omitted the dark soy sauce as my son is trying to avoid taking dark soy sauce due to a fresh scar on his face. Well, color can be deceiving, it taste just as good, anyway. Try it * v *

What you need :

1 piece of chicken breast meat - cut into small think slices
2 big onions - cut into slices
2 green chilly - cut into slices
grounded black pepper - amount is your choice
1 Tbs cornflour
1 Tbs oyster sauce
1 Tbs dark soy sauce
1 Tbs chinese cooking wine
salt to taste

Simple Process :

Marinate the chicken meat with the cornflour, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce and cooking wine for 30 minutes before cooking
Heat the oil in the pan, saute the onion and green chilly till aromatic
Add in the marinated chicken meat and stir fry till chicken meat turns white, sprinkle the grounded black pepper and mix well
Add a little water, lower the heat, and allow the chicken to simmer till cook
Ready to serve within 20 minutes of cooking time.

Baked Salted Herbal Chicken

2010-08-14T01:36:00.000-07:00

Look at this delicious baked chicken. Yes, it is simple and easy to prepare especially for those who enjoy no fuss cooking and short preparation time. All you need to do is just clean and drain dry the chicken, rub it with salt all over and let the chicken sit on some fine gingseng roots or alternatively I do use "tangkwei" (another blood nourishing herbs), sometimes. Then, wrap it up well with tin foil or baking paper.

Heat the oven at 250 degrees celsius and baked the wrapped chicken for 45 minutes.....that's it!

When it is cooked, you get to smell the beautiful aroma of the herbal chicken.

I have it served as a set meal for the family. I served it with Garlic Fried Rice...Look at this.... :))

Simple and a delicious Set Meal for the family, try it!

Spore Fried Bihun

2010-07-29T00:17:00.000-07:00

Here comes a simple and easy to cook fried vermicelli or "bihun". Ermm, some named it Singapore Fried Bihun and how the name came about, I am not too sure... Anyway, my kids labelled it as Tomato Sauce fried bihun... * v *

Simple Ingredients : serve 4

1/2 packet of bihun - soaked in water for about 15 mins to soften
some shredded carrots
1 cup beansprout
2 big red onions - cut into half ring
2 pieces beancurd
200gms shelled prawns

sauce ingredients : 2 Tbs curry powder + 4 Tbs tomato sauce + 1 Tbs fish sauce, add with 1/2 cup water

Simple Process :
1. Heat the wok with some oil and fry the cut pieces of beancurd till golden brown, dish out
2. Heat the wok with some oil and saute the cut onion till aromatic, add in the prawns and stir fry for 1 minute.
3. Add in the soaked bihun and the sauce ingredients, add 1/2 cup of water and stir to mix well with the sauce, lower the fire and close the lid of wok for 5 mins
4. Add in the beansprout, shredded carrots, fried beancurd and mix well with the bihun, stir fry for 4 - 5 mins
5. Ready to serve and garnish with chopped parsely. You may squeeze in the lime juice to boost the flavour.

Kampung Fried Rice

2010-07-19T20:12:00.000-07:00

Hi there... here I am... Thank you so much for continuously visiting my Blog and a special thanks to Amy B for your encouraging words... Wow, it has been quite a while staying "inactive"...

And to start off, here is a simple and delicious meal called Kampung Fried Rice. "Kam-pung" means Village. This fried rice is commonly served in Indian Muslim food outlets and it easy to prepare and taste great... Have fun cooking when you have left over rice at home....

When you cook at home, you can control the level of oil for healthy eating....

Look at this....simple and easy to cook.....just simply vegetables & eggs..

Simple Ingredients :

2 bowls of cooked rice

2 Eggs

Handful of shredded Cabbage, Carrots, Sawi (green leafy vege)

6 pcs Chilly Padi (small + spicy + nice aroma)

1 chopped onion

1 tsp anchovis granules

1 tbs dark soy sauce

Simple to Prepare :

1. Heat 2 Tbs oil in a wok and saute the chopped onions, chilly padi till aromatic

2. Add in the shredded vegetables and stir fry, next add in the anchovis granules, dark soy sauce, mix well

3. Put in the rice and stir to mix well till even coloured, a pinch of salt to taste

4. Push aside the rice, add few drops of oil and break the eggs in, allow the eggs to be slightly cooked at the sides

5. Finally, bring the rice on to the eggs and give it a good stir to mix well

6. Ready to Serve...Hot + Delicious!

Will Be Back Soon...

2009-11-19T04:55:00.001-08:00

Thank you for visiting my Blog. I have been busy of late and have not been updating my Blog.

Will be back once I have the time......... Happy browsing for those Recipes that you like and enjoy a good meal at home....

See you soon..

Chinese Style Fried Vermicelli

2009-10-30T23:36:00.000-07:00

A simple and easy to prepare delicious meal, free from MSG. This is a simple Chinese style fried vermicelli and takes less than 30 minutes to get it cooked and ready to eat...steaming hot! Great isnt it, and most importantly everyone have a good and happy meal :))

All you need: serve 5

3 pieces of vermicelli - soak for 20 minutes
150 gm prawns
1 pc of chicken breast meat
2 stalks of green leafy vegetable
50 gm beansprout
1 clove of garlic
2 Tbs fish sauce
2 Tbs light soy sauce

Simple Process :

1. Heat the wok and saute the chopped garlic till aromatic
2. Add in the prawns and chicken meat and stir fry till prawns turn pink and meat turns white
3. Add in 1/4 cup of water, fish sauce, light soy sauce and allow it to simmer for 3 minutes
4. Drop in the soaked vermicelli and green vegetables and cover the lid of wok, lower the heat for 5 mins
5. Lightly stir to mix the vermicelli with the ingredients for the next 3 minutes
6. Lastly add in the beansprouts and stir to mix well till beansprout soften for the next 3 minutes.
7. Ready to Serve

Have a Good Meal at Home!

Yum Yum Vegetable Nuggets

2009-10-27T19:36:00.000-07:00

This is a plate of tasty vegetable nuggets cooked with dark soy sauce and the wonderful curry leaves which gives a beautiful aroma to the dish, it's Lazy Mum's latest creation. Simple and taste good. The vegetable nuggets is made up of soy beans and mixed vegetables. My kids simply loves this dish and when served it is "now you see it, now you dont" :)) Wow.. it is fun to see the kids really enjoying this simple dish at the dinning table.

All you need:

a packet of vegetable nuggets
3 sprigs of curry leaves
2 Tbs butter
1 Tbs dark soy sauce
4 Tbs evaporated milk
4 pips of chopped garlic

Simple Process :

1. Lightly pan fried the vegetable nuggets till golden brown, set aside
2. Melt the butter in the pan and saute the garlic and curry leaves till aromatic
3. Add in the dark soy sauce, evaporated milk and stir in the pan fried vegetable nuggets till it is well coated with the sauce.
4. Once the sauce has thickens, dish out and serve out with warm rice.

Have a happy meal free of MSG at home!

Stir Fry Fish

2009-10-22T05:14:00.000-07:00

A delicious fish dish for the family. We love stingray cutlets as it has soft bones and most importantly the meat is tender and fresh. I had it stir fried with dried chilly and onion and complete it with dark soy sauce and oyster sauce.... So Yummy! It goes well with warm rice.

All you need :

2 pieces of stingray cutlets - cut into small pieces
4 dried chilly
1 big onion - cut into wedges
1 Tbs oyster sauce
2 tsp dark soy sauce

Simple Process :

1. Heat the wok with a little oil and saute the dried chilly together with the onion till aromatic
2. Add in the fish and stir fry for 3 minutes, add in the oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, 3 Tbs water
3. Mix well and allow it to simmer over low heat
4. Allow it to simmer till gravy has thickens
5. Ready to serve

Have a healthy meal at home, free from MSG!

Fried Yam Bean Roll

2009-10-12T19:15:00.000-07:00

Look at this delicious fried yam bean (bangkuang) roll aka fried sar kok. This speciality comes from Ipoh and can be found in food stalls that sell "Yong Tau Foo" with its well known smooth hor-fun aka rice noodle.

This is my first attempt making this delicious piece and was overwhelmed as it turns out just beautiful and taste great! After all, it is not that difficult to make and I am so happy I have finally know how to make it, thanks to the The Star Metro publication featuring the Perak state kopitiam fare not so long ago. I have modified the recipe slightly to suit our own taste.

All you Need :

1 yam bean (bangkuang) - about 500gm
150 gm fish paste
100 gm plain flour
1/2 cup fried shallots
2 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
some pepper
3 sheets of beancurd skin - 18 x 20 cm

Simple Process:

1. Chopped the yam bean coarsely
2. Next, mixed together the chopped yam bean with the fish paste, flour, fried shallots, salt, sugar and pepper
3. Scoop 5 large scoop of the mixture and lay it on top of the cut beancurd skin, then roll up the mixture tightly on the beancurd skin. Seal the edge of the roll with flour paste. The diameter of roll can be approximately 5 cm in size.
4. Heat the steamer on high heat and steam the roll for 8 minutes, allow it to cool before cutting into pieces. The size can be around 1 to 2 cm thick, it is your preference.
5. Next, heat the wok with some oil and pan fry the cut yam bean roll till golden brown or till it is crispy.
6. Drain the oil before serving hot.

The End Product....Tasty Fried Sar-Kok

Have Fun trying it out, no MSG eating at home!

Dried Spinach Noodle

2009-10-05T00:58:00.000-07:00

Hey...look at this bowl of delicious dried spinach noodle with crispy chilly anchovis. It is a simple meal for the family and it taste great.... I have garnished the noodle with minced meat, japanese sea spinach, half boiled eggs and a spoonful of sambal ikan bilis.. Yum! Yum!

The purpose of the half boiled egg is to enrich and smoothen the blanched spinach noodle. Spinach noodle comes in a dried pack and easily obtainable from hypermarket or the grocery stores.
Simple Process :

1. Stir fry the minced meat with some chopped onions adding light soy sauce, oyster sauce to give it a good flavour, set aside
2. Prepare the half boiled eggs and set aside
3. Soak the japanese sea spinach to soften it, no cooking is required
4. Just blanched the dried spinach noodle, garnish it with the half boiled eggs, cooked
minced meat, japanese sea spinach, add 1 Tbs crispy chilly anchovis and serve

This is how the plate of noodle looks like when it is all mixed before eating....so rich and delicious!

Have an Enjoyable n Happy Meal!

Seaweed Anchovis Fried Rice

2009-09-30T01:57:00.000-07:00

Wow...this Fried Rice really taste good, if you like fried baby anchovis (baby ikan billis). I just love fried rice as it is can be easily "transformed". All you need is to acquire the skill of frying rice and there you are... a simple and easy home cook meal for lunch or dinner. My kids say "yum! yum!"

Look simple but smell great! Japanese Seaweed is nutritious...

Enjoy a Good Meal. For the recipe, just browse through my earlier post - Garlic Fried Rice.

Flower Bun

2009-09-25T06:05:00.000-07:00

Look at this beautifully twisted HOME MADE flower bun and look at its glow. Yeah! Good work ... :)) This is a contribution from my hubby. It taste wonderful and goes so well with curry chicken. Looks simple, but taste great.

All you need :

300 gms of plain flour
40 gms sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1.5 tsp instant yeast
150ml warm water
2 Tbs shortening

The Process :

Sieve flour into large bowl and add salt
Mix warm water, sugar and instant yeast together in a bowl and rest for 5 mins
Next pour the mixture into the flour and mix it together
Add in the shortening and start to knead till it becomes a non stick dough
Next, rest the dough for 1 hour to double the size, cover with a cloth
Once the dough has doubled, re-knead it for 10 minutes
Leave it to rest for 10 - 15 minutes, cover with a cloth
Next, roll the dough and cut it into required size, flatten it into a rectangular shape
Prepare Ingredient 2 for applying on the rectangular dough

Ingredient 2 - 2 tbs shortening, 1 tbs sugar and mix well. Use this mixture to apply on
the flatten rectangular dough before "twisting" it into bun like.

** oops, I miss the photo of "twisting"...sorry..

Before steaming... the dough is resting..

After "twisting" the dough just like above photo, rest it for 10 minutes before steaming for 15 minutes.

Phuhyo....what a long process....hahahaha!
But it taste so nice, soft and tender, it is worth his effort after all!

Dried Wan Ton Noodle with Siew Yoke (Roasted Pork)

2009-09-22T01:02:00.000-07:00

Wow, look at Lazy Mum's "fast food" for the family :)) - No, it is not Instant Noodle but it's Wan Ton Noodle, fresh from the market. It is simple and fast to prepare. Yah, it is Dried style wan-ton noodle served with "ready-made" roasted pork or siew yoke (bought from the market place). Dried Wan Ton noodle is easy to prepare, just blanched the noodle in boiling water, drained, then just mixed it with a little sesame oil, dark and light soy sauce. Just garnish with blanched nice green bayam or spinach, add on with the pieces of roasted pork.

Just another idea of serving a simple and wonderful meal for the family.

Have Fun eating at home and have a healthy meal!

Aromatic Spicy Seaweed Beancurd

2009-09-16T00:54:00.000-07:00

I just love the beautiful aroma of curry leaves and gave this dish a boost in flavour by frying it together with the chilly paste. This is lazy mum's newly created dish for the family labelled as Aromatic Spicy Seaweed Beancurd, simple to prepare and taste good! My kids love seaweed beancurd and this is one way of preparing a delicious dish for them. See the rich beautiful color of the chilly paste which has been well coated on the lightly fried beancurd.

All you need :

a packet of seaweed beancurd
5 red chilly
1 Tbs grounded dried chilly
1 big onion
thumbsize young ginger - cut into small cubes
3 sprig curry leaves
1 tsp dark soy sauce
some sugar + salt to taste

Simple Process :
1. Grind the red chilly and onion together and add the grounded dried chilly paste
2. Heat a little oil in the pan and lightly fry the seaweed beancurd till brown, set aside
3. Heat a little oil in the pan and saute the young ginger cubes for a minute before adding in the grounded chilly paste together with the curry leaves
4. Saute the ingredients till fragrant, add 3 Tbs of water, 1 tsp dark soy sauce, add sugar and salt to taste
5. Lastly, put in the lightly fried seaweed beancurd and coat well
6. Serve hot with steamed rice

Enjoy a hot happy meal!

Sui Kow Soup

2009-09-14T03:08:00.000-07:00

We all love this simple soup meal and Lazy Mum is all set for it. Yes, this is Dumpling Soup or Sui Kow Soup. It is rather filling, I filled each bowl with 6 pieces and it makes a complete lunch for each of us... :)) Easy and healthy eating for the day. It is fast to prepare and great to eat!

The soup is made of anchovies which I have lightly stir fry with ginger before boiling it with water.

The filling for the dumpling is the same as Siu Mai - Dumpling, my earlier post, just click to check. Steam the dumpling for 10 mins before putting it into the boiling soup, bring to a quick boil and ready to serve.

Have a Happy n Healthy Meal!

Turmeric Fried Bittergourd

2009-09-11T03:20:00.000-07:00

It is nice to indulge in fried stuff once a while and this is what Lazy Mum has come up with. It is a simple to prepare dish and taste great when eaten hot. Hmm...this is also one way to get our boys to enjoy eating bittergourd :)).

The bittergourd is first cut into slices and rubbed with salt, allow it to sit for a while, rinse and drained dry . This process is required to reduce the water content of the bittergourd. Lastly just coat the dried bittergourd with Hup Loong Wonder powder and some turmeric powder sprinkle on and fry it with some oil till bittergourd turns golden brown. Drained it and serve immediately!

A beautiful golden fried bitterourd

Have a Good n Happy Meal..

Stir Fry Dried Noodle

2009-09-09T04:54:00.000-07:00

A delicious lazy mum stir fry dried noodle with shrimps and fishpaste strip. It is simple and easy to prepare and within 20 minutes the meal is served....Voila! Since it is so easy to prepare, so there is always a good reason to stay home for a healthy and MSG free meal. Yes, eat healthy! I find that dried noodles taste better than fresh noodles except we need to blanched it before stir frying.

Let's look at the simple way of preparing this meal....

All you need :

a packet of the dried noodle
a clove of garlic - chopped
some prawns and fish paste strips or fish ball
some green leafy vegetables
1 Tbs oyster sauce
1 Tbs light soy sauce

Simple Process :
1. Blanch the dried noodle till slightly soft before stir frying
2. Heat some oil and saute the garlic and add the prawns and fish paste strips
3. Stir fry till prawns turns pink, add in the green leafy vegetables and a little water
4. Add in the blanch noodle, oyster sauce, soy sauce, close the lid of the wok for 2 mins
5. Stir fry till noodle turns dry and fully absorbed all the gravy
6. Serve hot

That's it, have a happy n healthy meal at home!

CKE Sushi

2009-09-07T02:20:00.000-07:00

We had a happy and wonderful weekend at our residence. The house were filled with hefty laughters, little girls mischieviously running around with their young uncles (my boys) and screaming with joy, music filling the background and smoke from the BBQ set in the garden, yah it's a mini barbeque party.

My lovely niece came over to prepare her 1st time ever sushi-making and it turns out beautifully done and taste real good too....not bad eh for a 1st timer! Well done CKE...the sushi rice taste real good! It's very encouraging to hear from her two little cuties "hmmm..mummy it is nice" and needless to say, my big boys and girls were busy helping themselves and enjoying every mouthful... :)) so do I..oops! I never knew it was so easy to make until I saw her doing it.... so proud of her and here is her recipe to share.... thanks to my niece for sharing. We can now enjoy a clean and hygienic sushis at home.

All you need : To Make the Rice : 2 cups rice + 1 cup of glutinous rice (pulut), 100ml rice vinegar, 100ml sugar

Simple Process : 1. Boil the rice and allow it to cool, then mixed it with the boiled vinegar and sugar Next...just add your choices of topping or add your choice of ingredients and roll it up with seaweed

Fried Rice with Barbeque Meat

2009-09-04T01:55:00.000-07:00

A colorful and flavorful chinese style fried rice aka Yong Chow Fried Rice. Lazy Mum enjoy cooking this super delicious and easy to prepare meal for the family ^_^ The BBQ meat aka "char siew" is being coated with edible red coloring prior to barbeque, thus it gives a nice reddish color to the fried rice....Beautiful right? The BBQ meat is easily obtainable from the chicken rice shop.

All you need : Serve 4

1.5 cups rice - cooked overnight
1 clove of garlic - chopped
1 big piece of barbeque meat - cut into small cubes
200gm small prawns
2 chinese sausages - cut into thin slices
2 eggs - stir fried and set aside for garnishing
1 sprig of spring onion

Simple Process :

1. Heat the wok with some oil and saute the chopped garlic till fragant
2. Add in the prawns and stir fry till it becomes pink, add in the chinese sausage and bbq meat
3. Stir fry and mix the ingredients, put in the rice, add a few drops of sesame seed oil and stir fry to ensure the rice is clear of lumps
4. Add salt to taste, when the rice is already well mixed with the ingredients and clear of lumps, drop in the fried eggs and mix well
5. Garnished with chopped spring onions and ready to serve

Enjoy Your Meal!

French Bean in Oyster Sauce

2009-09-02T05:27:00.000-07:00

Look at this beautiful fresh green french beans which Lazy Mum have it simply stir fry with lots of garlic and oyster sauce. Yummy, it is crunchy and taste simply delicious. This green green french beans was purchased from beautiful cool Cameron Highlands, and it is real fresh and taste sweet with just a simple way of serving it... :))

Simple Process :
1. Heat the wok with a little oil and saute the chopped garlic till fragrant
2. Add in the carrot and french beans and give it a good stir
3. Add 2 Tbs of oyster sauce, a sprinkle of water to keep the wok moist
4. Close the wok lid for 1 min and give it a final stir
5. Ready to serve - crunchy n delicious

Have a healthy n happy meal!

Onion Chicken

2009-08-31T20:25:00.000-07:00

Here is Lazy Mum simple and easy to cook delicious and aromatic Chicken dish. Yes, it's a yummy yummy aromatic dish, thanks to the great onion. A simple dish using onion as the main ingredient to give the great taste to the chicken and it's yummy gravy. My family enjoy this dish with hot steamed rice. To add color, garnish with spring onion when the dish is ready to serve.

All you need :

half chicken - chopped into pieces
2 onions - cut into wedge
1 sprig spring onion
2 Tbs dark soy sauce

Simple Process :

1. Heat the wok with a little oil and saute the onion till aromatic
2. Add in the chicken and stir fry till chicken turns white
3. Add 1/4 cup water, 2 Tbs dark soy sauce and simmer the chicken over low heat for the next 25 minutes
4. When chicken is cooked, add the spring onion and give a quick stir, dish out and serve hot

Have a Happy Meal!

Yumi Bread Pudding

2009-08-27T05:39:00.000-07:00

What to do with so many leftover bread **???..oh yeah, another recycle piece... here comes lazy mum quick to make bread pudding for an afternoon teabreak. It's yummy and good to eat. Simple and nice :))

All you need :
6 to 7 slices bread - spread butter on it
2 eggs
200 ml milk
2 Tbs sugar
some raisins

Simple Process:
1. Cut the slices of bread and lay it on baking plate
2. Sprinkle the raisins all over the bread
3. Whisk the eggs with sugar and add milk
4. Pour the mixture onto the bread, soak it well
4. Sprinkle sugar on top
5. Bake it at 200 degC for 20mins or till brown

Here U are..have a Healthy Teabreak!

Golden Pumpkin

2009-08-26T00:51:00.000-07:00

We love pumpkin, do you? Pumpkin is very nutritious and we just love the good natural sweetness from it. My family enjoy having a "non-meat" dish once a while and I have this dish created with whatever I have in my fridge. Yeah, it is steamed pumpkin together with lightly fried "tau pau" or soft beancurd roll covered with gravy made from oyster and dark soy sauce and garnish with strips of black fungus aka woodear mushroom. A simple and easy to prepare dish for the family.

A short extract to share :

Health Benefits extracts from "HowStuffWorks"

The distinctive bright orange color of pumpkin clearly indicates that it's an excellent source of that all-important antioxidant beta-carotene. Research shows that people who eat a diet rich in beta-carotene are less likely to develop certain cancers than those who fail to include beta-carotene-rich foods in their diet. Pumpkin also has another carotenoid, beta-cryptoxanthin, which may decrease the risk of lung cancer in smokers.

1. Cut the pumpkin into thick slices and steam for 8mins (or till soften)
2. Cut the soft beancurd roll into pieces and lightly fried both sides

This is the packet of soft beancurd roll which I obtained from the vegetarian grocery stores

For the Gravy :
1. Heat a little oil in a pan and saute the chopped ginger till aromatic
2. Add in 1/4 cup water, 3 Tbs oyster sauce, 1 Tbs dark soy sauce
3. Optional - add in the slices of black fungus and bring it to a boil
4. To thicken the gravy, add 1 Tbs cornstarch

Have a Healthy and Happy Meal!

PoPiah - Chinese Spring Rolls

2009-08-19T07:14:00.000-07:00

Look at this yummy chinese spring roll aka popiah (chinese dialect) which I have prepared for my family. We had a wonderful time preparing the popiah together and it's fun....yah, cooking with passion. I strongly believe that if we cook with passion, the end results are sure great! It was a dream come true as we longed to taste my hometown popiah for a long, long time and it was wonderful that I finally managed to get the spring roll skin (made from rice flour) from a stall. Different states in the country makes different filling for the spring roll but I just missed my mum's simple and delicious recipe..... It is easy to prepare and taste so good!

The main filling consist of shredded yam bean aka bangkuang stir fry with garlic and prawns, fried bean curd cut into fine pieces. Never miss putting the fried shallots before rolling up the spring roll, it gives a great booster to the taste. Spread some sweet sauce, chilly paste on top of the spring roll skin, put a piece of green lettuce, 1 spoonful of the cooked yambean with prawns, fried beancurd, fried shallots and just roll it up! To serve, just cut it into half or smaller pieces.... ** Optional - crab meat can be added too.

Voila!...... a yummy tasty Chinese Spring Roll also known as "PoPiah"

Have Fun and Enjoy a Delicious and Healthy Meal

Double Delight

2009-08-17T05:20:00.000-07:00

Here comes a combination of cauliflower and broccoli in a plate where kids would sure love the great taste - yep fried stuff...where kids cannot resist, goes the same to my big boys and girl at home. It is an extremely simple dish to prepare, no fuss at all and an added variety in the menu for the family. It is not spicy and has great flavor...

I got this wonder powder from my SIL and found it wonderful to use for coating vegetables like cauliflower, abalone mushroom and bittergourd, to name a few. I have added turmeric powder and a sprinkle of curry powder to make the fried cauliflower and broccoli more flavorful..

Simple Process : Just add some water to this wonder powder together with 1 Tbs of turmeric powder and 1 tsp of curry powder and make it into a batter. Coat the cut cauliflower and broccoli with the batter and fry it till golden brown on a non stick pan...Serve immediately.

Simple and Easy Delightful Dish....Enjoy!

Dry Curry Vegetarian Fish

2009-08-15T23:15:00.000-07:00

Here comes an aromatic dry curry vegetarian fish. We just love eating vegetarian fish which is made of beancurd and wrap with seaweed. It is healthy to eat and also an added variety to the meals served. A simple and fast to prepare dish for the family and good for lazy mum like me. A little spicy though and very appetizing to go with steam white rice. The most essential ingredients for this dry curry is the curry leaves which gives a wonderful aroma to the dish.

Aromatic Curry Leaves

All you need : A piece of the vegetarian fish (made of beancurd wrapped with seaweed), a small packet of the fish curry powder, 2 onions, 2 sprigs of curry leaves, 2 tomatoes, 5 ladies fingers.

Simple Process : Mixed the curry powder with the blended onion. Saute the curry paste together with curry leaves till aromatic, add 1/2 bowl water, salt, a little sugar to taste. Add in the cut tomatoes, ladies fingers, cut onion rings and allow it to simmer till ladies fingers has soften. Pour it over the lightly fried vegetarian fish.

Wow....An appetizing dish, Fast to cook n Delicious to Eat!!

Enjoy Your Meal!

Nyonya Lam Mee (Noodle)

2009-08-10T23:46:00.000-07:00

I considered myself as one of those lucky ones to have learnt from my mum on how to prepare Nyonya Lam Mee . Lam Mee literally means "pour soup over the noodle". This special dish is normally served during a birthday celebration for the elders. Long long time ago, we only get to eat this Lam Mee during our grandmother's or grandfather's birthday. The noodle will be served in a gigantic enamel plate and beautifully garnished with red coloring strips of egg omelette. Red is considered important for an auspicious occasion like birthday celebration.
My kids are much lucky as they now get to taste this noodle as and when they feel like eating as mummy can accord to their request. :))

Nyonya Lam Mee has to be eaten with Sambal Belacan in order to boost the wonderful taste of soup. So with the added Sambal Belacan (Chilly pounded with roasted shrimp paste n lime juice), this is how beautiful the bowl of noodle appears to be....

This "flat fish" is one of the most important ingredient to be added to the soup as it gives the soup it's unique taste. It is boiled together with pork belly or chicken and prawns to make the tasty soup for the noodle.

All you need to make the soup are :

1/2 chicken or 2 pcs of pork belly
1 kg medium size prawns -boiled and use the water to add to the meat stock
1 piece "flat fish"
2 litres of water

Garnishing for the Noodle :

5 beaten eggs to make omelette - then slice it finely
cooked prawns - cut into small pieces
cooked meat - cut into small pieces
fried shallots
chopped spring onions or blanched chives

Simple Process :

Lightly pan fried the flat fish before putting into the water to boil with the meat over medium heat for at least an hour
Add the boiled prawn water into the meat stock to give it a rich taste
Get those ingredients for garnishing on standby
Blanched the noodle or vermicelli and just pour the soup on top of it
Ready to serve with the toppings..

Enjoy a Happy Meal...

Roasted Chicken in Pita

2009-08-08T02:56:00.000-07:00

A day for Lazy Mum to relax and no wokking at the kitchen. Yeah, going for a fast, simple and a healthy meal for lunch. We love Pita or "pocket bread" and it's stuffed pita with roasted chicken for a change, something savoury. Wow... simple and fast to prepare, I just love it. A complete healthy meal......complement with a bowl of pumpkin soup..Voila!

Simply cut the pita bread into half and stuff with roasted chicken (hand tear into pieces) and add slices of cucumber or lettuce.... Simple isnt it?

Have an Enjoyable and Healthy Meal !!

Sweety Shrimp Roll

2009-08-06T01:21:00.000-07:00

My big boys and girl just love this vegetarian shrimp roll and lazy mum surely enjoy cooking it as it is so simple and fast to prepare... yeah :)) Little kids would love it too, as it ain't spicy and it has a bit of sweet-sour savoury flavour, goes well with steamed rice. This vegetarian shrimp roll is obtainable from the hypermarket and it is basically made up of beancurd skin wrapped with strips of carrot and yam bean (bangkuang). Yes, eat healthy! It is very simple to prepare as it is just cooking a simple sauce and pour it over the lightly fried roll. Yum! Yum! Dish is ready within 20 minutes.

All you Need :

a packet of the vegetarian shrimp roll
2 onions - cut into wedges
2 Tbs oyster sauce
3 Tbs plum sauce
1/2 cup water

Simple Process :

Heat the pan with a little oil and lightly fried the shrimp roll - dish out and drain
Heat the pan with a little oil and saute the onion wedges till aromatic, add in 1/2 cup water
Add in the sauces and allow it to simmer till thicken slightly
Pour sauce over the shrimp roll and garnish with tomatoes
Ready to Serve

Have a Healthy n Happy Meal !

Home Made Tortillas

2009-08-04T00:01:00.000-07:00

A beautiful and taste good home made tortillas. Yes, it is easy and simple to prepare, we just love it very much. Since I got this recipe from the website allrecipes.com, I have been making tortillas at home, voila! And the most beautiful thing is we can have different fillings of our choice. I just love the home made tortillas as it taste rich and soft unlike the packed ones.

The simple recipe to make tortillas are 1.3/4 cup flour, 1/4 tsp baking powder, 4 Tbs vegetable oil, pinch of salt and 1/2 cup hot water. Just knead into a dough and set aside for 15 mins before cutting into small rounds and rolling it flat to make pieces of tortilla. Heat the pan (no need oil) and brown both side of the dough. Here you are : Home Made Tortilla!

As for the filling, it is a mixture of :

chopped spinach - blanched it over boiling water
baby tomatoes
tuna chunks
slice of cheese

Just baked the tortilla with the filling for 20 mins at 200 C and it taste so yummy with the melted cheese! What I have learnt, baked tortillas with fillings are called "burrito" (mexican)........ Wow! It is good to eat and a wonderful discovery...

ooOOps! It was all gone before I could snap photos of the Burrito.... Photos shown are before baking.......

Yummy...... and healthy too! Enjoy your Meal

Golden Seaweed Beancurd

2009-08-01T02:04:00.000-07:00

Look at this beautiful and colorful dish, yes it comes with a good flavour too. I have created this flavourful dish called Golden Seaweed Beancurd. The seasoned beancurd wrapped with seaweed is labeled as vegetarian fish. I felt it's good to add vegetarian varieties on the dining table once a while. As usual for a lazy mum like me, I would go for something fast and simple to prepare. Kim Chiam is dried lily bud and obtainable from any grocery stores. It need to be soaked to soften prior to cooking. The soaked lily buds are stir fried together with the grounded fresh turmeric, onion and coriander leaves and add as a topping on the steam seaweed beancurd. I just love the freshness aroma of the turmeric and coriander....hmmm yummy and nutritious too!

All you need :

a packet of the beancurd with seaweed (vegetarian fish)
1 thumbsize fresh turmeric
1 onion
1 sprig of coriander leaves
30gm dried lily bud (kim chiam) - soak till soften
salt to taste

Simple Process :

Steam for the beancurd for 5 minutes and set aside
Heat a little oil and saute the grounded ingredients - turmeric, onion, corriander leaves - till aromatic
Add in the soften lily bud, add some water, salt to taste and allow it to simmer for 5 minutes
Lastly, put the cooked toppings on the steamed beancurd
Ready to Serve

** You may add more water as the beancurd soaks up the gravy very fast

Have a Healthy and Happy Meal

Dried WanTon Noodle

2009-07-30T18:41:00.000-07:00

This is my simple version of Dried WanTon Noodle. Wanton noodles are made from wheat flour. We love WanTon Noodle that is "springy" in taste when cooked. There are some that goes "soggy" when blanched in boiling water. No wanton (dumpling) is served in this meal instead I have some cooked minced meat in dark soy and oyster sauce with asparagus mushrooms instead. Simple to prepare and great to taste, good for days where I have tight work schedule and still keep the family happy with a healthy meal at home....

All you need:

packet wanton noodle
some minced meat
dark soy sauce
oyster sauce
some asparagus mushroom
some green leafy vegetables
sprig of spring onion - chopped
6 pips of garlic - chopped

Simple Process :

1. Heat the wok with a little oil, saute the garlic till aromatic, add the minced meat
2. Add the dark soy sauce and oyster sauce, a dash of pepper, stir fry
3. Add a small bowl of water to allow the meat to simmer for 10 minutes, add in the asparagus mushroom or other choices of mushroom
4. Add a little cornstarch to lightly thicken the gravy. As the noodle soaks up the gravy very quickly, do have extra gravy to standby

Next....
1. Blanched the wanton noodle in boiling water till it has soften - drain dry
2. Standby a plate with 1 Tbs dark soy sauce, 1/2 Tbs sesame oil, the green leafy vegetables
3. Put the drained noodle and mixed well with the mixture on the plate
4. Serve with the cooked meat and mushroom toppings on top

Eat Healthy at Home and Be Happy!

Rendang Vegetarian Mutton

2009-07-27T08:08:00.000-07:00

Going for a simple n easy dish....A beautiful appetizing dried curry or rendang vegetarian mutton. The vegetarian mutton is a product of well seasoned mushroom stems which is obtainable from the vegetarian grocery shop or at the frozen rack at the hypermarket. I have been exploring how to cook the dried curry without using onions and glad that I have it done perfectly using blended cabbage as an alternate to give it a thick sweet taste. Yeah..I have found it! I learnt it from a friend who is superb in preparing vegetarian dishes.

All you need :

a packet of vegetarian mutton
half boiled potatoes - cut into cubes
2 tomatoes - cut into wedges
1/4 piece of cabbage - blanched till soft and blend
4 Tbs curry powder for meat
2 sprig of curry leaves
100 ml milk

Simple Process :

1. Lightly pan fried the vegetarian mutton in oil - set aside
2. Mix the curry powder with the blended cabbage
3. Heat the wok with a little oil and saute the curry powder mixture and the curry leaves till aromatic
4. Add in the milk, half boiled potato, salt to taste and allow it to simmer till potato soften
5. Add in the fried vegetarian mutton and stir well into the mixture, add the tomatoes
6. Ready to serve

Have an Enjoyable & Healthy Meal!

Fish Potato Cutlet

2009-07-22T00:27:00.000-07:00

This is my yummy tasty fish potato cutlet which I have "recycled" from left over steamed fish. Great thing to do, no wastage as I have converted it into a yummy dish for all to enjoy. I used to buy fish potato cutlet from Lotus Restaurant (a famous indian cuisine restaurant in KL) as I love the aromatic spice in it. I love it so much and now I have recreate a close to similar recipe and now can enjoy it at home... :)) So it is a home cook fish potato cutlet.... the difference is more fish meat than potatoes as compared to the commercial ones. I find it simple and easy to prepare and happily everyone in the family love it.

All you need : make 12 pcs

1 medium size fish (any fish that has plenty of flesh) - steam
4 large potatoes - boiled n mashed up
2 onions - chopped
1 sprig spring onion
2 Tbs curry powder
1 Tbs turmeric powder
dash of pepper, salt
1 egg
some cornflour - for coating before frying

Simple Process

Get started by steaming the fish and let it cool, debone and set aside the fish meat
Boil the potatoes and mashed it up
Put all together in a large bowl - fish meat, mashed potatoes, chopped onions, chopped spring onions, curry powder, turmeric powder, salt, pepper and beat in the 1 egg and mixed it all up into a "dough" like
Pat some cornflour on your palm and make small flat round pieces from the mixture
Heat the wok with some oil over medium heat, coat the fish cutlet with cornflour and fry till golden brown, drained the oil
Ready to Serve

Happy Trying and Enjoy A Simple Dish!

Jolly Rice Noodle

2009-07-17T05:19:00.000-07:00

This is my new creation for fried "shorty" rice noodle aka loh si fun and my family love it - it's jolly good to eat! :)) It is simple to prepare and fast to cook, served within 20 minutes. I have it fried with cut pieces of dried chilly, chicken meat, cabbage with dark soy sauce and garnish with fried baby anchovis..... It is not spicy hot but just to add a nice aroma from the dried chilly. The fried baby anchovis gives an added flavour to the noodle!

All you need : Serve 3

a packet of rice short noodle (loh si fun)
a piece of chicken breast meat - cut into cubes
some cabbages - cut into strips
4 pcs of dried chilly - cut into 2 - 3 cm in length
1 clove garlic - chopped
handful of baby anchovis
1 sprig of spring onion - chopped
fish sauce n dark soy sauce

Baby Anchovis - wash, drain dry and fry till crispy

Simple Process :

Wash, drain dry baby anchovis before frying it till golden brown, set aside for garnishing
Heat the wok with a little oil and saute the dried chilly for 2 minutes, add in the chopped garlic and saute till aromatic
Add in the chicken and stir fry till fairly cooked, add cabbage and stir fry
Next, add the rice noodle and a few drops of dark soy sauce and fish sauce in it, stir to mix evenly
Keep stirring well for next 5 minutes and dish out
Ready to serve, garnish with the fried baby anchovis and chopped spring onions

Have a Happy Meal!

Coconut Candy

2009-07-14T05:00:00.000-07:00

Let's go for something real SWEET..Yes COCONUT CANDY! It is a long time since I last made this delicious candy...well, nice to indulge in something sweet once a while. This coconut candy is kind of creamy in taste and sweet. It is made up of grated coconut, full cream evaporated milk, sugar and butter. Kids would love this very much, it's up for grabs..hahaha!

All you need :

2 grated coconut
250 gm evaporated milk
400 gm sugar
50 gm butter
pinch of salt
edible colouring (optional)

Simple Process :

Add the sugar, milk, salt together with the grated coconut in a non stick pan and stir over low heat
Keep stiring till sugar dissolved completely and till you see the content started to crystallized at the side of the pan. Add butter and keep stirring.
Total time required is about 40 minutes of constant stirring to avoid burnt at the bottom of pan.
Pour the candy into a greased plate and pat it evenly on the surface
Leave it to cool and refrigerate for few hours before cutting into pieces for storing into containers

Enjoy a Sweet Candy!

Chai Kueh - Vegetable Dumpling

2009-07-10T21:20:00.000-07:00

This is a beautiful vegetable dumpling or fondly known as "chai kueh". Look at the beautiful opague skin and its softness. Cheers to my dear hubby for his first attempt in making this delicious vegetable dumplings for us. Somehow he is good in "kueh" and has all the patience to knead the dough... great effort, muuuach! The skin recipe was adopted from a cookbook by Agnes Chan - Nyonya Kueh. The shape and filling of the dumpling has been modified totally to our own preference. This vegetable dumpling goes very well with garlic chilly lime.. taste so good!

This is the same vegetable filling found in my post for Green Croissant

What do you require for the Dumpling Skin ? About 30 pieces

150 g wheat starch aka "tang mien" flour
150 g tapioca flour
1/2 tsp salt
400 - 450 ml boiling water
2 Tbs shortening

1. Put wheat starch, tapioca flour, salt into a bowl, pour in boiling water and stir quickly
2. Cover and leave aside for 15mins. Add shortening and knead into a dough
3. Roll dough into a long cyclinder and divide into pieces
4. Flatten each piece with a rolling pin, roll it thin
5. Fill the flatten dough with the vegetable filling and pleat to seal the dumpling
6. Steam with high heat for 10mins till dumplings are translucent
7. Remove and brush with cooking oil
8. Serve with chilly sauce

Taste so Good!

Yummy Gravy Rice

2009-07-08T07:45:00.000-07:00

Look at this simple to cook yummy rice. A delicious thick gravy poured over the cooked rice and served hot... wow! Lazy Mum enjoys cooking something simple and good to eat for the family and most of all it is being appreciated.. :)) That's wonderful!

All you need for the Gravy :

some fish balls - slice thinly
some fish cake - slice thinly
1 pc chicken breast meat - cut into cubes
1 carrot - slice thinly
1 pkt sweet green pea
some chinese cabbage - cut into pieces
2 eggs
6 pips of garlic - chopped
3 Tbs cornflour - mixed with 1 Tbs water
500 ml water
1 Tbs cooking wine **optional

Simple Process :

Heat the wok with a little oil and saute the garlic till aromatic
Add in the chicken, fish ball and fish cake and stir fry till chicken turned white
Add in the 500 ml water, chinese cabbage, salt to taste and let it simmer over medium heat for 15 mins
Next, add in the carrot and sweet green pea and allow it to simmer for 5 mins
Stir in the cornstarch, bring to a quick boil, add the cooking wine. Lastly, drop in the beaten egg and a quick stir, off the heat.
Pour the gravy over cooked rice and serve

Have a Wonderful Meal ^ _ ^

Chinese-Fried Noodle

2009-07-06T05:03:00.000-07:00

A simple and easy to prepare Chinese Fried Noodle. It looks rather plain but taste simply great to eat along with Sambal Belacan (chilly pounded with roasted dried shrimp paste). This style fried noodle is a speciality from the northern part of Malaysia. As in the central part, the noodle used is fat and looks like Udon and fried with dark soy sauce. The fresh noodle is fried with prawns, meat, beansprout and green leafy vege. It is good to have during days when lazy mum has a busy schedule as it is fast to cook and good to eat..... :))

All you need : Serve 4

a packet of fresh noodle - wash before use
some medium size prawns
some chicken or pork
some beansprout
some green leafy vegetable
1 clove garlic - chopped
1 big onion - chopped
sambal belacan ** (home made or buy it from the shelf)

Simple Process :

1. Heat the wok with some oil, saute the garlic and onion till fragrant

2. Add the prawns and meat, stir fry till meat is lightly cooked

3. Put in the washed noodle, add 1/2 bowl water, close the lid of the wok and let it cook over medium heat for 5 mins

4. Add in the vegetables, beansprout and stir well till the gravy thickens within the next 10 minutes

** dark soy sauce can be added if you wish to have a dark color noodle

Enjoy Your Meal!

Fried Meat Dumpling "Sui Kow"

2009-07-02T19:50:00.000-07:00

Fried Meat Dumpling or Fried Sui Kow a dish where everybody loves to eat, simple to make and good to eat... Get a good quality "wanton skin" from the fresh market which gives a good crispy bite when fried. This dish shared the same tagline of Chipsmore biscuits "now u see it, now u don't"...hahaha! Using this same recipe, you may also cook dumpling in soup. The soup base can be from anchovis or chicken. The waterchest nut are added to give extra sweetness to the dumpling and also provides a crunchy feel when it is bite on just as the black fungus too.

All you need : for 2o pieces of Dumplings

200 gms of minced meat - pork or chicken
2 sprig of spring onion - chopped finely
5 waterchest nut - chopped finely
1 large black fungus / woodear mushroom - soaked and chopped finely
1 Tbs sesame oil
dash of pepper
salt to taste
2 Tbs cornflour
20 pcs of round Wanton skin

Simple Process :

Mixed all the ingredients together and put a spoonful into the wanton skin
Wet with water at the edge of the skin and fold into half, ensure it stick together
Heat some oil in the non-stick pan (just covering the pan) fry the dumpling till lightly brown on each side
Dish out and drain the excess oil
Ready to Serve

Have a Happy Meal....

Fish Maw Chicken Soup

2009-06-30T20:03:00.000-07:00

This is one of my family favourite clear soup, it is Fish Maw Chicken Soup...yummy! Simple to cook and it is nutritious. Fish Maw is nutritious, check the link here to read more about the fish maw and how to prepare the fish maw prior to cooking. The soup is very tasty as it has its original sweetness from the chicken, fishmaw, cabbages and carrots. I have added on abalone slices to make it more flavourful and it looks like a soup for the festive season - served during the Chinese Lunar New Year...wow!

Simply put all the below ingredients together in a pot of boiling water and cook it over slow fire to get the great tasty soup. Abalone slices will be added last when the soup is ready, boiling it too long will make it very tough.

All you need :

2 pcs chicken breast meat or 2 big drumstick - chopped into pieces

some fish maw - soak and boiled before used

1/4 cabbage

2 carrots

2 clove of garlic

some white peppercorns

salt to taste

abalone slices ** (optional)

Simple Process :

Boil 1.5 litre water and drop in the chicken, garlic, peppercorns, lower the heat to medium and let it boil for 25 mins

Add in the cabbage, carrots, fish maw and allow it to slow boil for the next 20 minutes

Add salt to taste and finally, add in the abalone slices and bring it to boil

Ready to serve

** Tips : To get a clear soup, always use slow fire to boil the soup

A Flavourful Fish Maw Chicken Soup.....

Have an Enjoyable and Happy Meal!

Red Wine Vermicelli

2009-06-29T23:44:00.000-07:00

Wow...this is a real tasty bowl of "red wine vermicelli" or "ang chiu mee sua", which is greatly eaten among the hokkein clan in the chinese community. The chinese red wine is made from fermented pulut or sticky rice plus some herbs added on. I was given a bottle of this chinese red wine by a friend who specially made it for me. According to the old mother's tale, this "ang chiu" or red wine is very nutritious and good for the body.

I just cannot resist to make it into a hot chicken soup to eat with vermicelli aka mee-sua. It taste really, really good with fried shredded ginger and chopped spring onion as garnishing... I find it great to be able to cook at home as I find the Red Wine Mee Sua sold at stalls has lots of MSG in it....feeling real thirsty after a good gulp of the soup in the bowl.... :((

It is very simple to prepare and this is how it goes :

All you need:

1/2 chicken - chopped into pieces
2 pcs breast meat for the chicken stock
lots of ginger strips
1 bowl of chinese red wine
2 Tbs dark soy sauce
salt to taste

Simple Process :

Boil 1.5 litre water with the 2 pcs breast meat over medium heat as chicken stock for 30 minutes. Add salt to taste.
Heat the wok and saute the ginger till golden brown, dish out half and set aside
With the balance ginger in the wok, drop in the chicken pieces and stir fry, add a little water and allow the chicken to simmer for next 15 minutes over low heat
Next, when liquid is almost evaporated, add the 2 Tbs dark soy sauce, stir well and allow it to further simmer for 5 minutes
Finally add the 1 bowl chinese red wine into the cooked chicken, give a quick stir and dish out and mixed into ready cooked chicken soup
Blanched the dried vermicelli and just serve with the cooked red wine chicken and the chicken soup, garnished with chopped spring onion and fried shredded ginger...

Have a Good and Healthy Meal!

Tomato Fried Rice

2009-06-26T22:24:00.000-07:00

Beautiful and colorful fried rice...yes, it is Tomato Fried Rice. Simple, easy to cook and a healthy meal. Good blend of savoury and sour flavour, hmmm....good for the appetite. This recipe comes from one our son, they love tomato ketchup and was giving me the idea of cooking fried rice with tomato ketchup and with added fresh tomatoes to give the Fried Rice a real tomato taste. Well, alright, it taste wonderful, good try! As always, wishes granted by Lazy Mum...

All you need : Serve 4

1.5 cups of rice - to steam and leave aside to cool before using or just use overnight cooked rice
some prawns / shrimps
1 pc chicken breast meat - cut into cubes
3 Tomato - diced it
10 pc French beans - cut into small pieces
1 big onion - chopped
3/4 cup tomato ketchup

Simple Process :

Heat the wok with some oil and saute the chopped onions, add the chicken meat and prawns, stir fry till meat is cooked
Add the french beans and give a few stir, add in the cooked rice
Drop in the tomato ketchup, sprinkle of salt and give a good 10 minutes stir ensuring rice leaves no lumps and well absorbed with the tomato ketchup over medium heat
Lastly add the diced tomatoes and stir mix well
Ready to Serve

Enjoy a Simple n Healthy Meal!

Spicy Pan Noodle

2009-06-25T20:37:00.000-07:00

Wow...look at this bowl of dried style wheat noodle or dried Pan Mee, it is so delicious and "versatile" - can eat it as non spicy or turn it into a spicy bowl of noodle within seconds. Hmmm... Yum! Yum!

The noodle is blanched and mixed with 1 Tbs shallots oil to keep it moist and to give an added flavour to the noodle. The toppings are 1 half boiled egg, meatballs or other choices like fried anchovies and meat plus some greens, in this case, I have used dried japanese-spinach and chopped spring onions. Simple to make and good to eat!

This is the dried pan noodle & dried japanese spinach used

To give a spicy taste to the dried pan noodle, just add 1 Tbs of this Crispy Prawns Chilly, obtainable from hypermarket or grocery store

This is a bowl of SPICY PAN NOODLE....wow! Yummy!

some called it "Ma Lat Pan Mee"

Have an Enjoyable Meal

Japanese Pancake - Okono miyaki

2009-06-24T05:50:00.000-07:00

This is a yummy and simple to make japanese pancake, it caught my interest when I was browsing thru U-Tube recently and found it interesting...lazy mum wants something new to serve. I notice there are many versions of making this Japanese pancake and as usual, I sort for the most easiest and simplest form. No worries, I have tested it out and I find this recipe taste good with a slight modification on the amount of eggs.

So, here it is... this is what I have produced and the kids mumbled "Hmmm...Nice". I simply described it as Taste wonderful. Pancake is just make up of batter mixed with chopped cabbage and lots of chopped spring onions plus any ingredients of your wish. I have added in slices of crab sticks as my choice.

Well, eventhough the shape is kind of odd but nevertheless it taste good ^ _ ^ hahaha. A friend of mine shared the recipe of making the sauce especially for this Japanese pancake, it blends so well...can you see the brownish red sauce which has been spread ontop of the pancake?
All you need : Make 7 pieces - about 10cm diameter size

1.5 cup plain flour or 22ogms flour
500ml water
6 eggs
salt to taste
1/4 chopped cabbage
6 stalks of chopped spring onions
10 pc of crab stick

The Special Sauce for the Pancake

3Tbs Worchestershire LP sauce
3Tbs Tomato sauce
2 Tbs light soy sauce
2 Tsp sugar

Simple Process :

Put those ingredients marked *red* in a bowl and make it into a smooth batter.
Leave it for an hour in the refrigerator
Add in the chopped vegetables into the batter
Use a non stick pan with a little oil and start frying the pancake, about 1 cm thickness
Add in the slices of crab stick on top
Turn over once the bottom of the pancake starts to get browned
Turn over again when pancake is slightly brown,next spread the special sauce on top of the crab stick surface, dish it out and serve hot

Look at my creation!!

I noticed the Japanese had it together with noodles, so I re-create it as below...hmmm, we like it and enjoyed a good meal!

Served with steamed hotdogs and baked beans....mmmm!!

Have an Enjoyable Meal! :))

Fusion Pasta in Soup

2009-06-22T05:51:00.000-07:00

This is truly yummy and for a change, it is Pasta cooked in local style...yeah, another Fusion food - Pasta in Soup. It is nice to "re-create" for a change. I got this simple to cook recipe from my good buddy's sister many years back when I attended his Hari Raya Open House and infact I have lost the recipe note, so its a little bit of self creation...anyway it taste yummy, though it may not taste the same as the original recipe...hahaha. Anyway, I am very happy as all at home appreciates this great taste meal :))

I describe this beautiful dish as having a good blended taste of local spices and aromatic lemon grass and I sum it as real appetizing... WoW!

All you need : Serve 4

3 small bowls of pasta - boiled to soften, set aside

2 chicken breast meat - cut into cubes

2 Tomatoes - cut into cubes

some cabbage - cut into small pieces

some button mushroom - cut into slices

1 Tbs chilly paste

5 shallots & 1 thumbsize shrimp paste (belacan) - grind together

1 Tbs meat curry powder

3 lemon grass - use end 6cm length

1/2 bowl milk

toasted bread cubes - optional

Simple Process :

Heat the wok with a little oil and saute * ingredients in red * till aromatic, add in the chicken meat

Add 1.5 litre of water and allow it to simmer over low heat

Add in the cut cabbage, tomatoes and lemon grass, button mushrooms and allow it to boil till cabbage becomes soften

Lastly add in the milk and ready to serve with the boiled pasta

Enjoy a Nice Aromatic Fusion Pasta in Soup

4th Award Received for 2009

2009-06-19T18:55:00.000-07:00

First and foremost, I am very delighted to receive this Award. This Award was given to me by Nath. Thank you Nath for sharing this beautiful award and indeed it is an honour to receive it.

As a standard rule, I take this opportunity to share this beautiful Award around with some of the Blogs which I enjoying following.

The rules for the awards are:1) Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link.No objections to this one but it sounds funny that acceptance of the award is a must.

2) Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.Here you go :

Rina

Shrimp Fried Rice

2009-06-18T20:59:00.000-07:00

Look at that, nice delicious Shrimps Fried Rice! Fried Rice is the most easy to prepare for a filling and complete meal for lunch or dinner. I have big and small shrimps in store, so this Fried Rice is simply made up of big, small shrimps, scrambled eggs (without milk version), chopped tomatoes and spring onions, garnished with slices of cucumbers. Simple isn't it? I normally steam the rice early in the morning, let it cool before turning it into fried rice.

All you need : Serve 4

1.5 cups rice - can be cooked overnight or just steam it and allow it to cool before cooking
200 gms small shelled shrimps
16 big shrimps with shell
2 eggs
2 tomatoes - diced
2 sprigs spring onions - chopped
5 pips garlic + 1 big onion - chopped
2 Tbs fish sauce
1 Tbs dark soy sauce

Simple Process :

Heat a little oil in wok and drop the eggs and quickly stir it up, just like making "scrambled eggs" - set aside

Using the same wok, add some oil and saute the chopped garlic and big onion till aromatic

Add all the shrimps and stir well till shrimps turn pink, add in the diced tomatoes, cooked rice

Add the fish sauce, dark soy sauce and give it a good stir to ensure the sauces are evenly covered the white rice. Add salt to taste.

Keep stirring for the next 10 minutes over low heat

Lastly, dropped in the spring onion, cooked "scrambled eggs" and give a finally stir

Enjoy a Good Meal of Fried Rice!

Malaysian Pancake with Creamy Corn

2009-06-17T18:53:00.000-07:00

Look at this easy-prep chinese pancake. I used to enjoy eating plain chinese pancake when I was a kid, my dad has a good set of skills making his signature pancakes... wow, those were the days..fond memories.

This is simple as ABC and it makes a good breakfast or for tea time, my kids love it. To add color and extra flavour, I have the creamy corn as topping. Toppings can be of individual preferences, sometimes I just dropped few slices of bananas on top....it taste great too! :))

This is how I fry the pancake using a ring mould on a non stick pan, no oil is required. It is fast to cook....looks simple yeah! If you have no rings, just go "free-hand", use a small ladel and drop the batter in the pan, it works too...

All you need : makes 15 pieces

1 cup flour + 1.5 tsp bicarbonate soda
1 cup milk
3 large eggs
pinch of salt / sugar
1.5 Tbs oil
1 can of creamy corn or 4 ripe bananas ** your choice

Simple Process :

Mix all the ingredients together and turn into a batter
Refrigerate for 1 hour
Fry the pancake on non stick pan over low heat. No oil is required.
When bubbles start breaking on the surface, lightly lift up the ring and flip the pancake over for a few seconds and turn back to add toppings accordingly
Ready for serving

Have Fun and Enjoy.....

TomYam Soup with Vermicelli

2009-06-16T18:22:00.000-07:00

If you enjoy a bowl of sour flavour soup with vermicelli, then go for this easy to make Tom Yam Soup with vermicelli (TomYam Beehoon Soup) . If you cook it yourself you can control the level of sour and spicy flavor. Simply add more if you enjoy real spicy and sour stuff - just add in a few pieces of chilly padi (small green chilly) and to increase the sour taste, just add more tom yam paste or just add extra lime juice to it. I find this a taste good process though some may prefer the long process of grinding the "many fresh ingredients" to make their own tomyam paste...but not me :) lazy mum has some easy way out.

Voila....a nice home cook Tom Yam Soup with Vermicelli. Find my recipe on simple steps to prepare the beautiful flavour sour soup - Tom Yam , a Thai Speciality.

Happy Cooking!

Lotus Roots Soup

2009-06-14T21:36:00.000-07:00

A nice beautiful soup for a hot weather. Well, this is Lotus Roots Soup and you can cook it with either Chicken Meat or Pork Ribs, it's your choice as both taste just as good too. Lotus Roots has good nutritious value , as extracted in my earlier post...check it out! It is so easy to prepare, just dropped in all the ingredients in a pot of water and boil over low heat for an hour and a half and it is ready to serve.

To make this soup, these are the ingredients you required : Some chicken meat or pork ribs, 2 long lotus roots - cut into slices, a handful of dates, 1 piece of dried squid - cut into small pieces to add extra aroma to the soup, salt to taste.

Put all into the pot filled with 1.5 litre water and cook till lotus roots soften. It should take about 1.5 hours cooking over low heat.

Enjoy a hot bowl of nutritious soup

Greens Croissant

2009-06-09T22:45:00.000-07:00

Being Asian we eat mostly rice or noodles most of the time and as for today it is going to be something light. Yep, something fast, simple to prepare and healthy, ah ah, that's Lazy Mum... Got this fresh croissant from the bakery and decided to have vegetable filling by simply frying the shredded yam bean and carrots with dried shrimps or you can use fresh shrimps chopped into pieces, yeah, it is a nice wonderful vegetables filling, kind of fusion...hahaha.. No Tuna, No Egg Mayo to go with...

All you need for the filling : for 6 croissants

1 yam bean (bangkuang) - shredded
2 carrots - shredded
some dried shrimps or some chopped fresh shrimps
1 big onion - chopped
salt to taste
some green lettuce to garnish

Simple Process :

Heat the wok with a little oil, saute the chopped onion and dried shrimps till aromatic
Add in the shredded yam bean and carrots and stir mix, add salt to taste
Add some water, simmer over medium heat and cook for next 20 minutes till most of the water has been absorbed and keep it a little moist.

Just fill the croissant with the fried vegetable........Beautiful!

Have a Healthy n Enjoyable Meal!

Seafood Curry Noodle

2009-06-08T00:01:00.000-07:00

I do miss a good bowl of curry mee or curry noodle once a while...so, it is time to cook this dish and pamper my tummy...hahaha. In the central region, most of the hawker stalls serve curry mee with curry chicken but I was yearning for some other toppings so I thought, why not, let me get my own favourite topping - seafood! Cooking at home means I have full control of the amount of coconut milk to be used as my stomach could not agree with too much coconut milk... The toppings added are prawns, pieces of fish - stingray, fried beancurd (taufo pok), taugeh and some leafy greens. My kids love to have hard boiled eggs, so that's a request. The soup is pretty simple and easy to prepare too. The soup will appear "chilly red color" once you add a spoonful of the cooked chilly paste into the soup... Did you see a spoonful of the cooked chilly paste besides the lime in the bowl? Just add more chilly paste if you wish the curry mee to be real "hot"...

So look at this beautiful bowl of Seafood Curry Mee.. There are various cooking version of curry mee and I fancy Penang style, as the soup is not too thick, less coconut milk and it consist of simple toppings like cockles (see ham) and cuttlefish, fried taufo pok and beansprout (taugeh) and a nice cooked chilly paste to go with...yum, yum, yum!

Here you are...Lazy Mum's version of Curry Mee .....

All you need : Serve 5

Making the Curry Soup

2 pcs of chicken breast meat

Blend together 3 big onion, 3 stalks lemon grass (serai), thumbsize shrimp paste (belacan)

Add 3 Tbs corriander powder (ketumbar), 4 Tbs chilly paste

2 boxes of 200 ml Coconut Milk (add extra if you want it creamy)

Simple Process : Boil the chicken breast in 2.5 L water . Next, mix the blended paste with the corriander powder and chilly paste and saute with some oil till aromatic, then just add the sauted mixture into the chicken stock, add a little salt and boil over low heat for next 30 minutes. Half way through, add the fried beancurd (taufo pok), prawns, fish into the soup. Lastly, add the coconut milk and bring to boil. Soup is Ready. Dish out the prawns and fish and set aside.

Making the Chilly Paste (optional)

5 Tbs chilly paste
1 clove garlic - grounded

Simple Process

Heat some oil and saute the chilly paste together with the grounded garlic till aromatic or till the chilly oil floats on top of the chilly paste

How to Serve a bowl of Curry Mee

Blanched the fresh yellow noodle or vermicelli
Blanched the beansprout and green leafy vege
Add the cooked prawns and fish
Pour the hot curry soup onto the bowl
Add 1 spoonful of cooked chilly paste (optional)
Lime is optional

Wow! Yummy and Delicious! * _ *

Yummy Pizza

2009-06-04T22:41:00.000-07:00

I called it Yummy home make "speedy" pizza ^ _ ^ !! Yes anyone can do it too, simple and no fuss at all. Sure, it taste better than the frozen ones from the hypermarket. This speedy pizza takes only 8 minutes to bake at 220 degC. Good for those who are like me - enjoy no fuss cooking and do not have the passion to bake...hahaha

Well, not all of us have the talent n passion to bake and I have to admit I am one of those... I cannot even make a perfect dough... :( Nevertheless, I never felt deprived as I love exploring for new ways of doing things and still able to enjoy to eat some good stuff made in my kitchen...hehehe.. Truly I am a lazy mum, I prefer no-fuss cooking but would cook something good, healthy n yummy for the family. My big boys and big daddy review on this pizza are : "It's nice mum, taste good, something different.." :)) LoL

Simple Process :
I use Pita as the base. Pita are good healthy stuff, I have tried using plain pita, garlic pita and found both are just as good. As for the filling, it is a free choice of tuna + button mushroom + tomato cubes or ham + crabstick + button mushroom and generously spread cheese on the pita itself and on top of the toppings. I use the tomato paste similar to my recipe for spaghetti sauce or you can just get a bottle of tomato paste from the hypermarket. I prefer my homemake sauce as I can manage the sour flavour. Anyway, you can always cook more and store the balance in the freezer, just thaw it as and when you want to make pizza.

The below pizza has been cut into 4 pieces before serving....easy for the kids to handle..

ENJOY a good and healthy Home Pizza.....

Double Decker Egg Ham Sandwich

2009-06-03T07:09:00.000-07:00

Once a while it is fun to go for something simple and fast to prepare. I have this double decker toasts (3 pieces to go with 1 mouth bite...hahaha ) sandwiched with a layer of ham, a layer of omelette and garnished with pieces of lettuce, cucumber and tomatoes...... Great and good to eat... It is good for lazy mum when she needs to rush for an appointment. ^ _ *

Occasionally, my boys will prepare Instant Mushroom soup or Miso Soup to complete their lunch meal. Wow! That's a beautiful delicious lunch for the day........

Have a good and happy Meal..

"Siu Mai" - Meat Dumpling

2009-06-01T02:36:00.000-07:00

Voila...this is my hubby's contribution, a tasty delicious "siu mai" or meat dumpling. It was his first attempt after watching AFC a few weeks ago and surprisingly it turn up beautifully. Wow...praises from the kids and mummy... Look at it.... it is beautifully wrapped with wanton skin and the meat filling is great. Thanks Daddy...you are marvellous!

The meat and prawns are minced and added to chopped water chestnut and spring onion with added salt, pepper and 1 Tbs cornflour. Yes, so simple as that. Using the round wanton skin, 1 Tbs spoon of filling is put in the centre of the wanton skin and the skin is carefully pulled upwards and ensuring the filling stays in the centre, just like the photo below...yep, a little skill is needed here. Once it is ready, it is put into the steamer to steam for 15 minutes.. :)) Ready to Eat!

So what do you require :

300gms minced meat
200 gms prawns - to minced
8 water chestnuts - chopped
some chopped spring onions
salt n pepper - to taste
1 Tbs cornflour

Mixed all the above and put the filling into the wanton skin....that's it, Simple and Yummy!

Enjoy this beautiful Siu Mai with your family

Kerabu Egg - Egg Salad

2009-05-29T21:32:00.000-07:00

A simple Nyonya dish known as "Kerabu Egg". Kerabu means salad. I love all kerabu dishes very much and am glad I have managed to pick up several Kerabu dishes from my grandma and mother. No cooking is required here, just a good mix of sambal belacan (pounded chilly with roasted shrimp paste), lime juice, roasted dried prawns on hardboiled eggs - cut into small pieces. I remembered very well, whenever my grandma prepares this dish, she would picked up her peppermint leaves from her backyard garden and serve with this kerabu...oh, it is truly delicious. The beautiful aroma of the peppermint leaves blends well with this, kind of "fishy-smell" salad. Alternatively, it blends well with cucumber too. This dish is also my girl's favorite and it is always in her request list... :))..just like mummy.

Happy Exploring....n Eat Healthy

Spinach Noodle Soup

2009-05-27T23:41:00.000-07:00

This is Spinach Noodle Soup. I just love this noodle as it is smooth and has great taste. It comes in dried form and obtainable from any grocery store. It need to be boiled to soften before serving. The soup for the noodle is simple and easy to prepare as it just consist of dried shrimps and eggs with a good spread of chopped spring onions upon serving. The dried shrimps and eggs makes the soup very tasty. Well, the noodle looks simple but most important it gives us great values upon consumption - Yeah, eat healthy!

Look at the great values of spinach which I have extracted from Antioxidants-guide.com

Extract from antioxidants-guide.com

The health benefit of spinach. Spinach...yes a staple diet of Popeye. Unlike the cartoon character it won't give you big muscles and great strength instantly...but it has an extraordinary high nutritional value especially when fresh, steamed, or quickly boiled, and contains vital antioxidants. Click here to read more on the values of spinach

All you need : Serve 4

a packet of dried spinach noodle
a handful of dried shrimps (hae bee)
2 eggs
ginger - cut into fine strips
salt - to taste

Simple Process :

Saute the ginger strips together with the dried shrimps till aromatic
Once its ready, drop the ingredients into a pot of 2.5 litre water and let it boil over medium heat for the next 20 minutes
Next, break the eggs into the soup and give a quick stir and bring to boil
Soup is ready for use
Boil the dried spinach noodle till it soften and is ready to serve with the ready made soup
Garnish with chopped spring onion over the noodle

Have a Healthy Meal

Red Bean Sweet Dessert - Tong Sui

2009-05-26T20:18:00.000-07:00

Simple Ingredients : 300 gms of red beans, 30gms of sago (optional) & 4 screwpine leaves & 80gm sugar (your preference) with 2.5 litre of water (Serve 8)

Red bean sweet soup or red bean "tong-sui" is a beautiful and simple to make dessert. I love adding sago into the soup as it gives a shiny pearl look. It can be taken hot or chilled. My kids love taking it cold, so I would normally store in small cup containers in the refrigerators for them. Alternatively, I do use red beans to prepare a savoury soup by boiling with chicken meat and salt to taste.

Red beans has lots of nutritional values and one of the known qualities is it helps regulate energy in the body and good nourishment for the red blood cells.

Simple Process :

Boil the red beans and screwpine leaves in 2.5 litre over medium heat. It would take about 2 hours + for the beans to soften. Or, just use the slow cooker and let it cook at "high".
Add the sago and sugar after 1 hour boiling time, if much water has evaporated, just add some hot water into it
Once the beans has open up and soften, then it is ready to serve

Courtesy from chineserecipes.com : "Red beans - there are two types of red beans: the big and small ones. Red beans tastes sweet and ‘neutral’ in nature. Red beans is made into sweet paste used in pastry and mooncakes as filling. High in vitamin B, it’s good for beriberi patients. Red bean sweet soup with preserved tangerine peel is used by the Chinese to drive away ‘dampness’. Elderly previously suffering from swelling feet as the result of water retention can eat congee with red beans regularly to prevent symptoms from recurring.Read more about beans

Enjoy a good Dessert

Dried Soy Noodle n Dried Rice Noodle

2009-05-25T19:34:00.000-07:00

The short rice noodle aka loh-si fun is fun to eat. It is kind of slippery and easy to chew, kids would love it. Here is another variety of serving the dried style rice noodle. It is simple and easy to prepare, just right for a lazy mum like me. Alternatively, I also uses the soy noodle for this simple chicken mushroom recipe. The toppings are made up of chicken cut into strips and straw mushrooms which is easily obtainable from the store.

All you need : Serve 4

2 pieces chicken breast meat - cut into strips
1 can of straw mushroom
2 Tbs oyster sauce
1 Tbs dark soy sauce
5 pips of garlic - chopped

Simple Process :

Heat a little oil in a wok and saute the chopped garlic
Add chicken strips, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce and stir mix
Add a cup of water and allow it to simmer till chicken is cooked - abt 15 mins
Add in the straw mushroom and stir mix.
Just make sure gravy is sufficient, you may add in some water if you need more gravy
To thicken slightly the gray, add a little cornstarch.
Blanch the soy noodle till soften, dish out and drip a few drops of cooking oil to avoid soy noodle from sticking together.
Serve with the soy noodle or blanch rice noodle with the chicken mushroom topping

Have a Happy Meal ^ _ ^

Happy Bun

2009-05-21T22:50:00.000-07:00

We have been longing to have this "Happy Bun" (to be exact I dont know the name of the bun) for a long long time. We last had it many years ago in a restaurant in Ipoh. I was overwhelmed when I came across this awesome delicious bun while shopping at a frozen goods store, yeah, I found it! For those of you who are good in making bun or dim sum pau, I believe this happy bun can be easily produced at home...oops, but not me cos' I am very poor at dough making...

Anyway, this is the easiest and fastest meal I have ever prepared. We all like mackerel in tomato sauce. So it is just purely, smashing up the mackerel and add chopped onions with lime juice and spread on this "happy bun". I have another variety, that is using the spicy pork cubes from the can. Cucumber and green lettuce are added too.

So this is another new meal by me - a lazy mum, for sharing...... You agree it looks like a happy bun on the plate... ^_^

Beautiful and appealing !!

Simple yet Yummy!

Mami Fried Rice

2009-05-20T23:06:00.000-07:00

This is one of my simple recipe for fried rice. There are many ways to prepare Fried Rice and this happens to be my boys favorite. It contains simple ingredients like prawns, chicken meat and garnished with omelette strips and chopped spring onions. Sounds simple right?

Fried Rice can be made from overnight cooked rice or cooked rice that has been cooled.

Simple and tasty, these are all you need to prepare this Fried Rice.

All you need : To serve 4

cook 2 cups of rice

2 pcs of chicken breast meat - cut into cubes

300 gm prawns - shelled n leave tail

3 eggs - make into omelette n cut into strips

spring onions / scallions - chopped

1 big onion - chopped

5 pips garlic - chopped

3 Tbs fish sauce

1 Tb dark soy sauce

Simple Process :

Heat the wok with a little oil and saute the onion and garlic till aromatic

Add in the meat, prawns and stir fry till chicken is cooked

Add in the cooked rice, fish sauce, dark soy sauce and dash of pepper (optional)

Stir fry the rice and mix well with the sauces and ingredients for the next 10 minutes over medium heat

Dish out, garnish with omelette strips and spring onions

Wow! A simple Tasty Meal.....

Vegetables Fritters

2009-05-19T00:41:00.000-07:00

To one of the "Anonymous" who has dropped by my post of Penang Mee Rebus recently and requesting for the recipe of making Vegetables Fritters or cucuk, here is your request :) Enjoy trying and perhaps if you have a much more interesting way of making, do share with me, I love to explore too. This is my mum's recipe so it all goes by bowl no weighing machine...hahaha...

All you need :

1 bowl of wheat flour / tepung gandum
3/4 bowl of water
1 tsp of bicarbonate soda
some beansprout
some spring onion - chopped
1 big onion - chopped
salt and sugar to taste

Simple Process :

Put the flour and bicarbonate soda in a bowl and add the water slowly and mixing it well to ensure no lumps
Add in the vegetables and sugar, salt to taste
Heat some oil, enough to cover the spoonful of batter when deep in
Just deep in 1 spoonful of batter each into the hot oil and fry till golden brown
Dish out and drain oil on kitchen roll

** alternatively, you can buy Adabi brand cucuk powder from hypermarket and just add the vegetables and deep fried

Happy Trying ^ _ ^

Second and Third AWARD Received

2009-05-19T00:08:00.000-07:00

Post Edited on 19 May

2nd Award on April 16 by Nath

This 2nd Award was given to me by Nath on April 16. Thank you Nath and I appreciate. My apology for posting late, :)) it is better late than never. Nath has been my ardent follower and I like her blog too as it is full of interesting recipes from Indonesia, something we dont get from the cookbook. Once again, thank you Nath and hope you enjoy trying all those recipes you like in my Blog. Cheers to you! Below is a short extract of Nath..

About Nath of Eats Time with Nath

My favorite hobbies are cooking (but not an expert), swimming, and my newest hobby is blogging. I have many recipes collection and I have been thinking how to organize my recipes? So It's a such a good idea if I organize and share them in the same time in my own blog..Thank you for stopping by and don't forget to leave a comment if you like my post...^^

3rd Award on 17 May by Tammy

I felt extremely delighted to received this beautiful award from Tammy of Frugal Southern Mom. Tammy is one of my followers. She too has a wonderful blog and below is a short extract of her. To Tammy, thank you once again and enjoy exploring my simple, easy, delicious Chinese home cook recipes, good luck!

About Tammy of Frugal Southern Mom

Hey my name is Tammy! Welcome to my southern blog. Together I hope we can learn to save money with garden fresh veggies,herbs and frugal tips. My daughter and I love to cook and will be sharing a few southern recipes with you daily.Also a few daily freebies will be listed. You may even find a southern tale to read along the way. Come on by, I would love to hear from you!

These are some of the blogs I enjoy following :

Actuate Life

Breaking Mindset

Modern Vegetarian Recipes

Penang Mee Rebus

2009-05-17T21:08:00.000-07:00

Beautiful Colorful PENANG MEE REBUS

Penang Mee Rebus is just beautiful and rich in color and I would say it IS SO YUMMY - mixture of sour and savoury in taste. The noodles and beansprouts are first blanched and the thick sweet potatoes gravy are then poured into the noodle. The toppings are simple - it consist of fried beancurd, boiled potatoes and eggs then finally garnished with a piece of lime, spring onion and chillies. The famous Penang Mee Rebus can be found at Penang CRC. Mee Rebus is in Bahasa Malaysia, it means blanched noodle.

What makes a good Mee Rebus - it all comes from how well the gravy are being prepared. The northern Mee Rebus is rich orange in color. The gravy are made up of sweet potatoes, tomatoes and is not spicy. The kids can also enjoy a bowl of this noodle without feeling "the chilly hot" in their little mouth.

There are many varieties of Mee Rebus with different cooking styles and ingredients coming from different states of Malaysia - northern, central, southern part. There are times where Penang Mee Rebus is mistakenly identified as Mee Jawa. The difference is Penang Mee Rebus uses no meat.

I have been diligently exploring recently and I finally produce my own mix recipe and I am extremely delighted with the results, what a discovery! I just feel it is an achievement and its worth my effort of exploring deeply and able to produce the results which I called it "almost there" ^ _ * - minus the chilly sotong (dried cuttlefish cooked in chilly) and its coconut fritters. So here it is, the recipe that I am happy to share with those who are far away and longed to eat Penang Mee Rebus... My family gives me a *high 5* :) and hope you like it too...

Instead of the normal coconut fritters served in the Penang Mee Rebus, I have my vegetables fritters instead. See, it taste very good. It is made up of flour batter with chopped onions, spring onions, beansprout, a little salt and sugar.

Below are the toppings for the Penang Mee Rebus. They are fried beancurd, hard boiled eggs, boiled potatoes. To make the Penang Mee Rebus complete, lime juice is a must and garnish with chopped spring onions and red chilles.....

So what is in the kuah or gravy? Try this and see if you like it (serve 5) :

500 gms sweet potatoes (pale orange species), 2 large tomatoes, 1 big onion

Simple Process :

Boil the sweet potatoes till soften, keep the sweet potatoes stock *
Boil the tomatoes and onion till soften , keep the stock *
Blend the soften sweet potatoes, tomatoes and onion
Put all the blended stuff into the sweet potatoes, tomatoes, onion stock *
Add a little salt to taste

Lasty : To boost the flavour to the kuah/gravy, you need a small amount of the following :

ground together a small piece of lengkuas or galangal, 3 chillies and small piece of shrimp paste
Heat a little oil and fry the grounded stuff till aromatic, then add it into the sweet potatoes, tomatoes and onion stock.
To thicken the gravy, add a little cornstarch (to your preference)

^ _ ^ Have a Enjoyable Meal.....

Soft Beancurd with Baby Anchovis

2009-05-14T20:40:00.000-07:00

This is one of the simplest dish to add on when you run out of ideas what to have with rice. I usually have a spare pack of this soft beancurd (soft taufu) in my refrigerator...hahaha, just in case, yep... It is fast and easy to prepare.

All you need to do is just put the soft beancurd in a steamer for 3 minutes and put aside. Next just prepare the sauce and fry the baby anchovis for garnishing. Simple as it sound, right?

The sauce consist of : 4 shallots - sliced it, 1 Tbs oyster sauce, 1 Tbs dark soya sauce + 2 Tbs water

Simple Process :

Fry the baby anchovis till golden brown and dish it out
Heat a little oil, saute the shallots till aromatic, add in the oyster sauce, dark soya sauce, a little water and bring to boil
Pour it over the steamed soft beancurd
Garnish with the fried baby anchovis and chopped spring onion

^ _ ^ So Simple and Yummy! Eat Healthy too...

The Bread n Egg Affair

2009-05-12T20:12:00.000-07:00

Well, am glad my kids dont just need to depend on instant noodles when they are hungry, at the least they are able to prepare a healthy meal to overcome their hunger...
good initiatives...

It is a bread and egg affairs as the picture tells.... The Egg Mayo Sandwich is my girl's masterpiece and the Half boiled eggs on Toast is my twin boys' masterpiece.... :) Well, it is an effort the kids has contributed and mummy appreciates and feel proud to have it posted in her blog... Yes! Simple and Yummy, makes the Tummy happy... Good as breakfast or tea-time.. Enjoy ^ _ ^

Half Boiled Eggs on Toast with dash of pepper and drops of soy sauce

Egg Mayo is made up of hard boiled eggs, smashed up, goes with a dash of pepper and salt, some butter and mayonaise to mix with, spread on the bread and garnish with slices of cucumber and tomatoes.

Be Happy and have A Happy Meal........

Fried Rice Tom Yam

2009-05-11T21:41:00.000-07:00

I got this nice porcelain plate from my SIL recently and just cant help to use it immediately... :)

Yum! Yum! Yummy! Simply Delicious....

Yum, yum, this is lovely! If you like something sour and a little spicy, you must go for this dish :) TomYam Fried Rice. It is simply delicious and easy to prepare. My family just loves it and I know I always have something to opt to if that "laziness" creeps in once a while....hahaha, yeh, - Tom Yam Fried Rice..... The same tom yam paste which I used for Tom Yam Fried Beehoon in my earlier post. If you have small kids at home, minus the amount of tomyam paste and add a little sugar, anyway, it is not that spicy after all, unless you add in chilly padi.

All you need : Serve 5

2 cups of cooked rice - cool it before frying
some prawns
1 pc chicken breast meat - cut into cubes
3 eggs - beat to make omelette
1 big onion - chopped
6 pips of garlic - chopped
3 Tbs tom yam paste - add 2 Tbs water
some fish sauce, salt to taste

Simple Process :

Heat some oil in a pan, get ready the omelette, when cool, cut into strips - set aside for garnishing

Heat some oil in a wok, saute the chopped onion and garlic till aromatic

Add in the prawns, meat and stir fry till meat is cooked, add in the tomyam paste and stir mix

Put in the rice, few dashes of fish sauce, some salt to taste, lower the heat

Stir fry the rice and mix well, dissolving any lumps of rice found in wok and mix well with the ingredients for next 10 minutes or till fried rice is dry.
Here you are, Fried Rice - Tom Yam!

Enjoy A Wonderful Meal......

Tapioca in Palm Sugar Syrup

2009-05-10T02:24:00.000-07:00

Well.. it is nice to indulge in this sweet dessert once a while. I remember when I was a kid, right behind my grandfather's big backyard, we have plentiful supply of tapioca plants and my mum will cook this sweet dessert for us, wow, so yummy. I love the thick yummy coated gula melaka (palm sugar) on the soft tapioca. This is my 1st attempt, though not that perfect, but it taste okay lah! I felt the palm sugar is not thick enough, perhaps if its slightly thicker it would be marvellous...... anyway, good try! ^ _ *

Look at this tapioca which I got from the hypermarket...try to pick the thin ones, so that it cook easily....

Simply, wash and peel off the skin of the tapioca and boil it with some water till it soften..the picture shows it is almost ready, it took about 35 minutes..

Once it has soften, get ready the melted 2 pieces gula melaka (palm sugar) with 400 ml water and add into the pot of soften tapioca. Let the palm sugar syrup slowly coat the tapioca over low heat. Keep turning the tapioca around the syrup till it is completely thickens.

Use low heat to avoid burnt, once the syrup is well coated on the tapioca, it is

READY TO SERVE!

Enjoy it!

Goodie Fish Ball Noodle Soup

2009-05-08T22:08:00.000-07:00

It is a long time we have not had fresh noodles aka yellow mee for lunch. So as it came as a suggestion from the kids, I just go for it, hmmmm, why not? ^ - ^..lazy mum as usual, going for something quick and simple to prepare. Aha... here comes the beautiful fishball noodle soup that I have prepared for them... yes two types of fishballs, white and brown ones. The brown ones are fried fishballs. I have boiled the chicken breast bone together with the fishballs as the soup for the noodles.

Look at the colourful bowl of noodle, it is a must to have the fried garlic and garlic oil in order to give the soup a great boost of good flavour. The bowl of noodles were garnished with chopped green lettuce and red chilly slices....looks beautiful isnt it?

All you need :

1 packet of fresh noodle - serve 4
15 fresh fishballs and 15 fried fishballs
1 pc chicken breast
2 clove garlic - 1 clove for the soup - 1 clove chopped finely for fried garlic
some green lettuce

Simple Process :

Heat 2 litres of water in a pot and boil the chicken breast bone with 1 clove of garlic, some salt to taste over medium heat for 30 minutes
Add in the fishballs when soup is almost ready and bring to boil or till fishballs are cooked
Heat some oil and fry the chopped garlic till golden brown - dish out for garnishing
Blanched the noodle and add the cooked fishballs, garnish with chopped lettuce, and most essential, the fried garlic. Add in adequate soup to the bowl of noodle

....Serve the Noodle Soup hot! Enjoy your Meal........

Chicken Garlic Bean Soup

2009-05-07T02:59:00.000-07:00

Look at this "clear soup"...simple and easy to cook and taste good. According to my mother and late grandmother, this is a very nutritious soup as the "red skin beans" has plentiful of nutrients that helps to strengthen our backbones....hahaha...my nephew-pharmacist would be asking - any scientific proof? Oops...if you are reading in KW, sori! Anyway, we have been drinking this great soup since small and ahem..so far so good, guess it works..who knows, hahaha! No harm trying. Well, just in case you see this red skin bean in the local market, do give a try. The beans taste good when cooked with chicken and garlic and its very aromatic... good to try!

Have you seen these beans before and wondering how to cook it, try this Chicken Soup recipe...

All you need :

2 pcs of chicken breast meat - chopped

some of the redskin beans

1 clove of garlic

some peppercorn - optional

Simple Process :

Boil 1.5 litres of water in a pot, drop in the chicken, garlic and beans over low heat for 40 minutes or till beans soften. Add salt to taste.

Happy Trying....

Roti Bak - Bread with Minced Meat

2009-05-05T06:48:00.000-07:00

Roti Bak or Bread with Minced Meat - it can either be pork or chicken meat. The one in this photo is chicken meat and it is one of my signature dish. It is easy to make, comes with a simple recipe...sandwich loaf, minced meat with onions and eggs...... Just spread the minced meat on the bread, coat with beaten eggs and fry it. I cant help telling you that it is extremely appetizing especially if you were to dipped in LP or worchestershire sauce with chopped chilly padi and fine slices of shallots.....yummy, yummy!

Anyway dipping in LP sauce is optional as the minced meat itself has the sauce in it. What makes this Roti special is the LP sauce, without it, it is incomplete. This is suitable for home parties.

All you need :

1 sandwich loaf - about 12 pcs

2 pieces of chicken breast meat - minced

2 big onions - chopped

3 Tbs LP sauce

1 Tbs cornstarch

4 eggs - beat it up

Simple Process :

1. Heat some oil in the wok and stir fry chopped onions and minced meat

2. Add a little salt, 3 Tbs LP sauce, a little water and let it simmer for 10 mins or till meat is almost dry, add in 1 Tbs cornstarch - Dish out to cool

3. Spread cooked meat on bread and used woodpicks to hold the 2 pcs of bread together

4. Dip bread into the beaten eggs, ensuring sides of bread are coated with eggs too

5. Fry the egg coated bread on a pan with a little oil only.

6. Dish out the bread once it is golden brown

Have a Happy Meal!

Pancake with Mushroom Chicken

2009-05-04T05:43:00.000-07:00

I have been wanting to prepare this delicious pancake for quite sometime and finally I have it made. Well, though I didnt managed to get the crispy look pancake just as much as I wished, but it does not matter as I felt it still taste wonderful. The reason for the "non crisp" is because I have reduced the amount of bicarbonate soda to be used....oops! ran out of stock... issshh! Alternatively, you can use self raising flour.

We had a good meal - brunch - and everyone enjoys it, something for a change :) It is a simple recipe and fast to get it prepared. And...it is truly filling.

These are the ingredients for the mushroom chicken :

2 pcs of chicken breast meat - cut into small cubes
1 carrot - cut into small cubes
some button mushrooms - cut into small pieces
some frozen corns or peas
1 big onions - cut into small pices
3 pips of garlic
a packet of instant mushroom soup or 3 Tbs of canned mushroom soup (add 1/4 cup water)

All you need for the Pancake : Make 8 pieces

100 gms flour or self raising flour (then no bicarbonate soda)
2 tsp bicarbonate soda
250 ml milk
2 beaten eggs
1 Tbs oil

Simple Process : Mushroom Chicken

1. Heat a little oil, saute the chopped garlic and onions till aromatic

2. Add in the chicken meat and stir fry till white, add the carrots, button mushrooms and corns

3. Stir fry all together for another 5 minutes, add in the mushroom soup mixture and allow it to simmer over low heat till gravy thickens

4. Dish out and next prepare the Pancake

Simple Process : Pancake

1. Mix the flour by pouring in slowly the milk and the beaten eggs

2. Mix it well till batter is smooth, add the oil in

3. Heat the pan and pour in the batter, making thin pieces of round pancake, take it out once it is golden brown

4. When pancake is ready, put some of the mushroom chicken onto the pancake and fold into quarter

5. Must Serve Immediately...

Enjoy Your Meal !

Fried Marcoroni

2009-04-29T00:19:00.000-07:00

This is a yummy easy to make simple dish - chinese style. All you need to do is boil the marcoroni and fry it with garlic, a little chilly paste, some prawns, beansprout and sum up with an egg. Isnt it simple? Simple to cook and it has a great taste and appealing color too. If you enjoy eating fry spicy stuff, dont miss trying out this dish.

All you need:

Some marcoroni - boil till soft and drain

some prawns or chicken meat

some beansprouts

4 pips garlic - chopped

1 Tbs red chilly paste

2 eggs

chopped spring onions or chinese celery for garnishing

Simple Process :

Heat some oil and saute garlic and chilly paste till aromatic, add in the prawns or chicken meat and stir fry till cook

Add in the boiled marcoroni, 1 Tbs dark soya sauce, 1 Tbs light soya sauce and stir well to mix with the ingredients

Add in the beansprout and stir for a minute, then break the eggs and put it into the centre of the wok, let it cook for a minute then stir well to mix with the marcoroni

Yes it is ready to serve....garnish with the spring onions or chinese celery

A simple Meal cook within 30 minutes!

Hunger & Hope

2009-04-28T05:14:00.000-07:00

In support of BLOGGERS UNITE FOR HUNGER AND HOPE ON April 29, I wish to contribute my sharing. I am very blessed as I have never experienced hunger since the day I touched down this planet earth. However in the journey of my life I have seen and came across people who have no food at all and I have seen how my grandparents have helped these unfortunate people in one way or another.

This is a true story about being hungry.

I once had a staff in my team who has 5 little school going age kids and they have gone without solid food for days except drinking condensed milk and eating plain bread. Her husband was out of job for months and has been borrowing heavily from money lenders aka "loan sharks" who charges exorbitant daily interest. As he has no money to pay his daily interest, he was on the run all the time, hiding at secluded village leaving his poor wife to manage the family. As this matter was brought to my attention, I contributed my minimum by buying her some food essentials for her. I can feel how the kids are going through having no solid food for days, (as I have my own growing up boys who ate a lot) they would be feeble and no way able to be attentive in school. Since it is going to be an on-going affair till she and her husband settle their financial standings, I decided to made an arrangement with our in-house canteen operator (caterer in the manufacturing plant) not to dispose of left overs, instead packed them and make a contribution to this staff, for as long as the caterer could. I am strong believer in "what goes around, comes around".

What can each and every one of us contribute in a small way towards "Hunger & Hope"?

In my opinion, as within each household, I believe parents should play the important role to instil good values to their children. Children should be nurtured since young not to waste food, take what is enough or eat what has been taken and not to throw them away. I have seen some wealthy couples pampering their ignorant kids at fast food outlets by ordering so much and leaving behind left overs. Thus, firstly, it is essential to create awareness of what the unfortunate children in the world are suffering, make them see how is it like to be hungry and shared with our children how blessed they are to have food on the table and to value them dearly. My kids do not throw away breadcrust which has been sliced out from their home made sandwich, instead it is shared with our little doggie for her tea time..

Secondly, if we have a small garden, we can grow some greens for self consumption too.

As for the corporate communities, it would be great if companies would pursue in corporate social responsibilites like contributing fifty cents to a dollar for each products sold and this collection shall be donated to the NGOs for food supplies to the needy people. Perhaps, bakeries or food manufacturers could contribute a small percentage of their items to those who need them. Just like the story of the late honourable Mother Theresa, a very compassionate being who wait patiently every day behind the village bakery to pick up the thrown away bread and buns and distribute them to those in need of food and prevent them from hunger. She is a great figure to be remembered and to be honoured, needless to say a good examplary figure for us to follow. Can the Corporate communities do the same?

Let's pray together for the well being of those who are in hunger and may they be blessed with food and able to live happily without having to be hungry!

Fried Vermicelli - Vegetarian Style

2009-04-27T23:23:00.000-07:00

I just love to prepare this simple fried rice vermicelli aka fried beehoon as it is the most easiest way to prepare with just purely vegetables. I normally add chinese mushrooms or shitake mushrooms as these mushrooms produces a very nice aroma to the fried rice vermicelli.

I do not use MSG at home, to add flavor to this dish, the sauces used are dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, pepper, sugar and salt to taste. This is one of my favorite dish for home party.

Serve 5 : 2.5 bundle of dried rice vermicelli

Look at all the simple ingredients listed...chopped ginger, slices of carrot, cabbage, green leafy vege, chinese mushrooms and vegetables crackers (optional) for garnishing.

Simple Process :

1. Soak the dried rice vermicelli in cold water for about 10 minutes, drained dry

2. Heat a little oil and saute the chopped ginger together with the slices of chinese mushrooms till fragrant

3. Add in the carrots, cabbage and 1 cup water, stir to mix, close lid of wok for 5 minutes allowing the vegetables and mushrooms to soften slightly

NEXT.....

5. Add in the green leafy vege, the soaked rice vermicelli together with 2 Tbs dark soy sauce, 1 Tbs light soy sauce, few dashes of pepper, 1 tsp sugar and salt to taste

6. Lower the heat, close the lid of the wok and allow the steam to further soften the rice vermicelli for about 5 minutes

7. Stir well to mix the sauces with the rice vermicelli and continue stirring lightly to avoid breaking the vermicelli into pieces, till the pot of vermicelli is dry

FINALLY, the Fried Rice Vermicelli is ready to Serve....garnish with fried vegetables crackers...left handside of top photo

Does it look appealing to you?

Simple Recipe and Eat Healthy!

V-Soy Pudding with Fruits

2009-04-26T04:08:00.000-07:00

This is a beautiful dessert. I finally discovered a good replacement for "tau fu fah" aka soy pudding which is a nice soft, smooth dessert made from soy milk. My kids love tau fu fah very very much and as per mum's advice, too much tau fu fah is not good for the kidney as it contains calsium sulphate which is an agent that helps the soy milk to coagulate. Tau fu fah is taken by adding in syrup made of either white sugar or brown sugar.

I have attempted twice the recipe after reading from Elin's blog (thanks to her) on her recipe Jelly Soy Pudding and finally I got the preferred softness of this pudding and it taste just like tau fu fah minus the syrup. I have slightly modified the recipe based on my preference and daddy and kids says it is super delicious....hehehe. Btw, this brand V-Soy Original is excellent, it is creamy, sugar content is not high and nice aroma.

These are 3 ingredients I need to prepare the mixture

All you need :

serve 10 small bowl (refer photo) or small cups

1500ml V-Soy Milk (1.5 box)

2 Tsp Jelly aka Agar-agar powder

Canned Lychee / pineapple - as toppings (or your perference)

Simple Process :

Boil the V-Soy Milk in a pot over low heat

Add the Agar-agar powder and stir well to dissolve

Bring to boil, sieve it into the bowl/cups and allow it to cool and set

** It takes about 2-3 hrs to set - add the toppings and chill it

Serve Cold......Truly Yummy!

Garlic Fried Rice with Seaweed

2009-04-23T23:36:00.000-07:00

One of the easiest way to "re-cycle" left over rice is to prepare fried rice. I love to prepare fried rice as it is very "flexible", there are so many ways of getting it done. It can be prepared in various ways, from normal to hot and spicy, with some ingredients to lots of ingredients added in.

I find this garlic fried rice is the simpliest form, simple to prepare and taste good, perfect for a busy and lazy mum like me. To add some color and taste, I have included pieces of cut seaweeds into the rice. My kids simply like seaweed, so it suits their tastebuds. I adopt this menu from one of the eatery outlets and create my very own version. Goes well together with a hot bowl of Instant Miso soup... :)

All you Need : Serve 4

Overnight Rice

1 clove garlic - chopped, some french beans, some seaweed, 3 eggs

3 Tbs Fish Sauce, light soy sauce, a dash of pepper. No MSG added.

Simple Process :

Heat some oil and fry the beaten eggs and stirring it as it cooks, just like making scrambled eggs - set aside

Using the same wok, add some oil and stir fry the chopped garlic until fragrant, add in the beans and stir for 2 mins

Next, put in the rice, a MUST to add- Fish sauce, light soy sauce, dash of pepper, stir fry the rice over medium heat for the next 10 minutes, mixing the rice well with the ingredients

Lastly, add in the eggs and stir in, spread the cut pieces of seaweeds all over rice and mix

The fried eggs and seaweeds
are to be added last....

THE FRIED RICE IS READY TO SERVE.......Yum! Yum!

Enjoy a Happy Meal!

Delicious Dried Soy Noodle

2009-04-22T22:04:00.000-07:00

Got this great idea of cooking "dry style" for this tau-chiam aka dried soy noodle from my SIL. Well, all I can say it taste wonderful, so delicious and my kids loves it..something new for this soy noodle preparation. Shared with them, idea came from "ku-ku"...they exclaimed "Wow" - Nice! :)

So these are the ingredients I cooked for the toppings:

minced chicken breast meat
some button mushrooms
1 big onion - chopped
1 sprig spring onion - chopped
some oyster sauce / pepper
1 Tbs cornflour

Simple Process :

Heat a little oil, stirfry chopped onions till aromatic, add in the minced chicken and stir well

Drop in the oyster sauce, 1/2 cup water, button mushroom and let it simmer over low heat, add salt to taste
Just make sure the gravy is sufficient, you may add in more water if you prefer more gravy.
Minced chicken should be cooked within 20 minutes, before dishing it out, add 1Tbs cornstarch to thicken the gravy
Dried Soy Noodle : Blanched in boiling water till it softens, dish out and sprinkle few dashes of oil or sesame oil to prevent the soy noodle from sticking together
Serve with the blanched soy noodle (tau chiam) with the cooked chicken-mushroom topping
Garnish with chopped spring onions........Voila!

Thanks "ku-ku"...for the idea, lots of LoVe from us!

Dark Soy Sauce Chicken Rice

2009-04-21T23:38:00.000-07:00

I just love this simple recipe to cook "all in 1 pot" dark soy sauce chicken with chinese sausages. There are days when we are really running after time and this easy to cook meal is the best for all in the family. This pot of rice will not be complete without the fried shallots and its nice aromatic oil. So remember to add the homemade fried shallots and its oil before serving.

This is the simpliest "all in 1 pot" chicken and chinese sausage rice as you do not need to stir fry the rice before cooking. The marinated chicken and chinese sausages are laid on top of the almost cook rice in the rice cooker and allow it to cook by itself. When the rice cooker button auto-switch to Ready, this chicken rice is ready to be served. Simple as that! Done within 40 minutes or less.

All you Need :

1/2 chicken - chop into pieces
3 chinese sausages - soak n peel off skin
6 shallots/small onions - slice thinly
a spring of spring onion/scallion
2 cups of rice

Simple Process : Serve 4 - 5

Marinate the chopped chicken with 2 Tbs black soy sauce, chinese cooking wine, salt, pepper for 20 minutes
Soak and peel the chinese sausages and cut into fine slices
Wash the rice and cook with hot water in the rice cooker
Around 10 minutes, the rice will be almost dry, lay the marinated chicken and chinese sausages on top of the rice, add in 1 Tbs thick dark soy sauce and let the rice cooker continue to cook the rice and the chicken for the balance 10 minutes.
Keep the rice in the rice cooker for another 5 minutes, then ready to stir rice to mix well to ensure even color (all covered by black soy sauce).
Serve with fried shallots and its oil, garnish with chopped spring onion

Fried Shallots - heat some oil over medium heat and fry sliced shallots till golden brown, dish out together with the oil for serving.

** Using hot water, we speed up the cooking time of the rice and you'll have nice grains of rice when cooked.

Enjoy this Simple and Easy to cook recipe....