Yum Yum Vegetable Nuggets

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!

Aromatic Spicy Seaweed Beancurd

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!

Turmeric Fried Bittergourd

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..

French Bean in Oyster Sauce

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!

Golden Pumpkin

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!

Double Delight

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

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!

Sweety Shrimp Roll

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 !

Golden Seaweed Beancurd

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

Rendang Vegetarian Mutton

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!

Greens Croissant

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 :

1. Heat the wok with a little oil, saute the chopped onion and dried shrimps till aromatic
2. Add in the shredded yam bean and carrots and stir mix, add salt to taste
3. 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!

Sweet Sour Vegetarian Prawns

It is good to add a dish of vegetarian on the dining table once a while, just to have varieties. This is the most simpliest vegetarian dish I have prepared. It takes less than 30 minutes to dish out this sweet, sour flavour dish. Kids would love the gravy as it is not spicy at all.



I got this packet from the hypermarket. The packet of this "vegetarian prawn" is made of beancurd skin wrapped with yam bean (bangkuang) , carrots and some spices.

I once ate this at a vegetarian shop and it is cook just like "kam-heong" (dried spicy) prawns style.... it's nice except a bit oily..

What do you require :

• 1 packet of Vegetarian Prawn (beancurd roll)
• 1 big onions - dice it
• 3 Tbs chilly sauce
• 3 Tbs plum sauce
• some shredded carrots and chopped spring onions - for garnishing

Simple Process :

1. Heat the pan with a little oil and pan fried the beancurd roll till light brown and drain the oil off
2. Heat a little oil and stir fry the onions till fragrant, add in a litte water together with two types of sauces and bring to boil
3. Next, pour the sauce over the fried beancurd roll (vegetarian prawn)
4. Garnish with shredded carrots and spring onions

***... Enjoy your Meal....***

Vegetarian Steak-Green Peas

For a change, no meat for this post, let's go ve-ge-ta-rian..... I take a different approach to prepare this "mock" mutton, the norm which we find in vegetarian shops is Mutton Curry. Let me called it Vegetarian Steak...hahaha, does it look like "steak"? Not too worry, just a name to identify the dish...that's all!

Accordingly to the Nutrition Facts found in this frozen pack, these are actually mushroom stems, seasoned and processed and end results "become" Vegetarian Mutton.

Let's look at this simple to cook recipe and perhaps you may like it too as it has a good refreshing smell of the green peas (from the can)....oh so good to my sense of smell! I love it..

What do you require :

• 1/2 pkt of frozen vegetarian mutton (obtainable from hypermart)
• 2 onions - cut into rings
• 1 can Green Peas
• some oyster sauce
• salt and sugar - to taste

Simple Process :

1. Defrost the vegetarian mutton before cooking
2. Heat a little oil and stir fry the vegetarian mutton for 2 minutes, dish out
3. Next, heat a little oil and saute the onions till aromatic, add some water (as the gravy), the green peas, oyster sauce, salt and sugar to taste, let it simmer over low heat
4. Let the green peas cooked slowly till it is soft and well soak into the gravy, finally, add in the the vegetarian mutton, stir well and ready to SERVE....eat with hot steam rice!

Have Varieties and enjoy a good meal!