Oreo Muffins & Banana Muffins

Seems like i am in a muffin season. I made another batch of muffins. This time i added oreo for some & banana for the rest.

Pierre Herme's Materclass

Last week I attended Pierre Herme's culinary master class during the world gourmet summit. He taught us 2 desserts. First one was called Révélation ~ tomato puff pastry, tomato and strawberry compote, mascarpone olive oil cream and pieces of dried olive
Next was the Tarte Mogador ~ sugar dough tart shell filled with milk chocolate and passion fruit ganache, roasted pineapple, flourless chocolate cake.

Assorted Muffins

I made some muffins today. There's blueberry, banana, cheese, coffee. I think the banana muffins are the most popular ones.

Muffins just out of the oven.

Black Pepper Beef with Linguini

I cook this black pepper beef with linguini for for my family. I have some crab stick in the fridge, so i just add it in. U can also add some seafood and omit the beef. I used the lee kum kee black pepper sauce.

Pumpkin Kueh

I made this pumpkin cake last week. Its similar to the yam kueh that i posted earlier on.

Ready to be sliced up :)

Lemon Chicken

The lemon sauce added to the fried chicken can be quite refreshing.

Home Made Fish Cake

We like to make our own fishcake at home. It looks quite similar to the previous post on mashed tou kan with prawns.

Fried Hong Kong Noodles

Our family like to eat this fried hong kong noodles. I add eggs, prawns, bean sprouts, dried mushroom & char siew inside. Yummy :)

Beancurd with Ginko Nuts

This is a cooling dessert. Its nice to eat it when its warm.

Ingredients :

30g barley seeds

30g beancurd sheet

200g ginko nuts (i buy the one in the can)

1 egg (slightly beaten)

1.5 litres water

5 tbsp sugar (add more sugar if you like it sweeter)

1-2 pandan leaves

Method :

1) Boil the barley and pandan leaves with water for about 10 mins.

2) Break up the beancurd sheet into smaller pieces, then soak in water till soft.

3) Add the beancurd sheet into the barley water and boil till soft.

4) Add in the ginko nuts

5) Add in the sugar to sweeten up.

6) Off the fire, leave it for just a while, then add in the eggs & stir.

Mashed Tou Kan with Prawns

This is another of my family's favorite dish. I mash the tou kan, mash some prawns, add chilli, water chestnut, onions, spring onion & i fry it.

Yam Cake

My mother in law taught me how to make this yam cake. Its very good. There's dried prawns, minced pork, dried sausage, dried sausage, yam cubes. Although she is no longer around, she will always be in our hearts forever. Thank you mummy for teaching me. :)

Cut up slice for you.

Yam cake ready to be cut up.

Sweet and Sour Pork

This is one of our family's favorite dish, sweet & sour pork.

More Strawberry Hearts Jelly

Today i made more jelly for my friends. These are the strawberry hearts jelly are ready to be served.

Ready to be served !!

Cut out the heart shapes form the strawberries.

Placing the strawberries on the cream.

Strawberry Hearts Jelly

I made this strawberry slice jelly for my CG. For base i use digestive biscuit, for the middle portion i used melted marshmallow & cream and for the topped portion i cut out some heart shape strawberry & cover with jello. I hope my friends will like it. :)

Tiramisu

I made another tiramisu for my friends to try. Enjoy :)

Happy Valentine's Day !!

I made this heart shape tiramisu for my hubby. Happy Valentine's Day !! :)

A cut up slice for you :)

Popiah !!

My Papa made popiah for CNY. Its is very very good. Best popiah in Singapore !! Papa & Mama drove all the way to Joo Chiat to buy the popiah skin. Both Papa & Mama spend a lot of time slicing up the bang kuang and cookng it, pounding the chilli, garlic, frying the eggs, frying the dried sausage, grinding the peanuts. Thank you Papa & Mama for making the popiah for all of us to eat !!! Excellent !!

All the ingredients are ready, we enjoy making our own popiah.

Rolled up popiah, ready to be eaten :) Yummy !!

Kueh Pie Tee

My Papa & Mama made kueh pie tee for CNY. Its very nice, for the filling they fry bang kuang and prawns and put it into the kueh pie tee shell, and we add dried sausage & a little fried eggs. Yummy !! :) Thank you Papa & Mama !!

Ready to be served. :)

Pineapple Tarts

I tried making the pineapple tarts after Elizabeth taught me. Turn out nicely.

Pineapple tarts in the bottle.

Roasted Lemongrass Chicken

I got this recipe fron the straits times. I tried cooking it. It turn out quite well. The recipe uses 4 chicken drumsticks, but i used half a chicken instead.

Cornflakes Cookies

Elizabeth made these cornflakes cookies & gave us a bottle. Its very crunchy & not too sweet. Thanks Elizabeth for sharing with us your cornflakes cookies. Yummy :)

Pineapple Tarts !!

Elizabeth taught me how to make pineapple tarts, it is very nice & the dough is very light and it looks very pretty !! Thanks Elizabeth for teaching me & sharing with us your delicious pineapple tart :)


Pineapple tarts just out from the oven. You can omit the cloves if u don't want to put.

Cornflakes Cookies

My friend Vivien gave me this cornflakes cookies. Its very nice & crunchy & it has rasins inside. Yummy : ) Thanks Vivien for sharing your cookeis with us !!

Blueberry Cheesecake

I got this cheesecake recipe from my friend Vivien. It taste very nice & creamy. Thanks Vivien for sharing your delicious reciepe with me !!


A slice for you :)

Thai Style Deep Fried Dou Fu

I got this recipe from Ellena's blogsite. I cooked this thai style deep fried dou fu for dinner last night. Its very nice & appetising, the tou fu is crispy on the outside, soft inside. best eaten when its hot. Thanks Ellena for sharing your recipe with us.

Ingredients:
1 Packet of Pressed Doufu,板豆腐
3-4 Tablespoon Cornstarch
1 Beaten Egg

Methods:
1. Soaked the whole box of doufu in water for about 1-2 hours(this is to harden to doufu for deep-frying purpose).
2. Remove the doufu from the packing then cut into 12 equal pieces then use kitchen paper towel to dry it well.
3. Next coat the doufu pieces with some cornstarch then dip in beaten egg and coat with cornstarch again.
4. Set it aside for 1-2 minutes before deep-frying it in hot oil for 2 minutes or until golden brown. 5. Drain and set aside.

Ingredients For Salad Base:
1 Japanese cucumber
1 Medium Carrot
1 Red Apple/Mango
1 Medium Tomato, cut into wedges
Rind Of 1 Lemon

Methods:
1. Wash all the above, shred them finely, mix well and place in a mixing bowl.
2. Set aside in the fridge while you prepare the doufu.

Sweet & Spicy Sauce:
2 Tablespoon Thai-style Sweet Chilli Sauce
2 Small Red Chilli, finely chopped
1 Tablespoon Drinking Water
2 Tablespoons Thai Fish Sauce
1/2 Teaspoon Sugar
2 Cloves Of Garlic, finely grated
Juice Of Half Lemon
1/2 Tablespoon Finely Chopped Coriander

Methods:
1. Mix all the above ingredients together in a small bowl and stir till well combined.
2. Set aside for later use.(you can prepare it ahead and place in the fridge)

Assemble The Dish:
1. Remove the salad from the fridge.
2. Arrange the tomato wedges around the plate.
3. Place the fried doufu on the plate, then put the salad on top, then drizzle the sauce evenly on the doufu and salad, serve hot.