Simple Cooking Ideas

My daughters are curious if cuttlefish can be fried till it is crispy to taste. Well, here is the recipe to try out. If the cuttlefish is big, u can cut it into bite sized pieces.

Ingredients

1 kg. cuttlefish
100gm rice flour
100 gm cornflour
Oil for frying

Seasoning:

1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 tablespoon light soya sauce
1 teaspoon pepper
2 teaspoon chill powder (optional)

Method:

Clean cuttlefish. Drain and leave aside. Mix rice flour and cornflour together. Marinate cuttlefish with the seasoning for 15 minutes.

Put sufficient oil in a wok. Heat oil till hot. Put the mixed flour in a clean plastic bag. Pour in the cuttlefish pieces and hold tight to shake vigorously. Slowly put the pieces of cuttlefish into the hot oil. Fry till golden brown. Scoop up and drain in kitchen paper.

Ready to serve.

Kampong chicken, also known as village chicken, is usually reared in village and rural areas. There are four types of kampong chickens as explained below:

1)The most common type and usually cheaper is the skinny and smaller variety which the chinese use to make chicken herbal soup.

2)’Wu so kai” in Catonese, or translated as “bearded chicken” has a “beard” beneath its beak, hence its name. This variety is more commonly used for steaming the whole chicken or plunge in the hot water and simmer till cook. It is popular in preparing chicken rice and noodles dishes.

3)”Holland Chicken” or “ho lan kai” in Chinese is bald without feather around its neck. They can be cooked in many ways too. Their flesh is firmer compare to the white feather chicken. This variety is also commonly used for steaming the whole chicken or plunge in hot water and simmer till cook. it can used in stir-fried dishes and noodles.

4)Finally, the black skin chicken with white feather is smaller in size. The Chinese likes to use it to double-boil with herbs and is most nourishing. It is called the black skin chicken because the whole body is black and even its bones are black too.

Chinese usually boil herbal soup with chicken for its medicinal and nourishing value. Drink chicken soup frequently can increase your energy and strengthen body immune system.

Potatoes are especially popular among children. Well, french fries is not particularly healthy, why not mashed it instead. Learn this recipe and you don’t have to buy it from KFC again! My grandchildren simply love this!
Ingredients:

300 gm potatoes
25 gm butter
100 gm milk
1 teaspoon chicken stock
salt and pepper to taste

Method:

Cut peeled potatoes into smaller parts. Put in the pot and boil till soft. Drain and put the potatoes in a mixing bowl. Mash the potatoes till creamy and smooth. Heat the milk and butter till hot and add in the chicken stock, salt and pepper to taste. Blend the ingredients well before serving.

If you are busy after work and running out of time to prepare dinner, this simple and healthy dish goes well with rice.

Ingredients:

1 fish (pomfret)
3 dried chinese mushrooms, soaked, washed and sliced thinly
2 inch ginger minced together with half clove garlic
2 tablespoon white soya sauce
1/2 teaspoon dark soya sauce
1 teaspoon chicken stock
1 stalk spring onion, cut into 1 cm length
1 sprig coriander leaves, cut into 1 cm length
2 tablespoon oil and 1 tablespoon seseme oil
3 to 4 tablespoon water
salt to taste

Method:

Clean fish and rub with salt and lime juice. Wash again. Place fish on heatproof dish.
Steam fish over boiling water for 10 mimutes.

Meanwhile, in a sauce pan, add the mixed oil and fry the minced ginger and garlic. Add
in the mushrooms and stir-fry a minute. In a bowl add in water, soya sauce, chicken stock and salt to taste. Simmer for 10 minutes. Remove cover of steamer, pour gravy over fish and continue to steam for a further 5 minutes.

Remove and garnish with spring onion and coriander leaves.

Don’t you just hate the fishy smell after you have done cleaning fish or prawn? Even after you have washed time and again, the smell seems to stick to your hands. Fret not. Just clean your hands with lime juice, rinse, and no more fishy smell!

This simple cake recipe is great for afternoon tea. Simple and Easy. You notice that I use Green Love Rice Bran oil. I like to use this as it adds a great taste to the cake as well as it is simply a heathier oil. If you like, you can replace rice bran oil with butter.
Ingredients

250 gm plain flour
250 gm minced carrot
250 gm castor sugar
1 cup raisins
1 cup walnuts
200 gm Green Love Rice Bran oil
3 big eggs
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp bicabonate soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1 tablespoon UHT milk

Method

Sieve flour with dry ingredients together and put in a mixing bowl. Beat eggs and sugar until well mixed. Pour into mixed flour. Make a well in the center. Add in minced carrot,chopped raisins, walnuts and vanilla essence. Lastly add in the oil. Mix well and add a table spoon of milk if the mixture is stiff. Pour the mixture in the cake tin, greased and lined with paper. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees C. for 1 and a quarter hour.