Steamed yam cake is just a simple rice cake with yam. It is mostly eaten at breakfast or tea time to the Chinese. As for me. I make a tray of steamed yam cake and eat the whole day. You need toppings to enhance taste and fragrance of fried onion and five-spiced powder.You need prawns, meat cubes, preserved vegetables, ‘mui choy’or 1 packet of preserved chopped radish if you cannot get the preserved vegetables. Chilly strips and chopped onions are to garnish and can leave out as they cannot stay longer when the cake is lay on the table for … read more

Glutinous rice cake or ling gou in Cantonese is made from the glutinous rice flour. You can find ling gou selling in the markets and stalls before the Chinese New Year. The Chinese New year is over now, and most of the Chinese homes will have these hard brownish rice cakes in their homes and some of you may find them so sweet that they just put in a corner of the fridge for later use. Recently I found out how to fry ling gou puff. You can eat these puff as snack.

Ingredients:

1 small ling gou, cut into … read more

Here is a quick and simple meal to do in a jiffy. Chives, cheeese and potatoes have to buy to stock in the fridge and use it when ever you need them. These are some of the ingredients to prepare for savoury pancakes.

Ingredients: serves 4

50 cents chives, chopped
1/2 piece carrot, peeled and grated
3 raw potatoes, peeled and grated
1 big oinion, peeled and chopped
1/4 cup grated cheese of your choice
3 beaten eggs
2 cups plain flour
salt and pepper to taste
oil for frying

Method:

Mix all ingredients in a mixing bowl. Stir to combine and … read more

These bars are easy to make. Make them and store them in a container and can keep for a month without refrigeration. Can be eaten as breakfast, teatime and supper.

Ingredients:

4 cups quick cooking oats
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/3 cup creamy peanut butter

Method:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9×13 inch baking pan.
Combine the oats, butter or margarine, brown sugar and press into the bottom of the prepared pan.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 10 to 12 minutes.
Melt the chocolate chips … read more

This is a simple recipe which is suitable for breakfast and snack. You can make and store them in a container and can last two to three weeks. These chewy bars are more enjoyable as snack for the young people to bring to work and children to bring them to schools to eat at intervals.

Ingredients:

2 cups uncooked rooled oats
1 1/2 cups wholemeal flour
1 cup chopped black currant and raisins
1/2 cup chopped almonds or cashew nuts
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoon maltose
1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup vegetable oil ( Canola)

Method:

Preheat … read more

This recipe need not spend so much time to prepare. You can do it in just half an hour.I like to prepare it for tea-time. A cup of tea or coffee to go with this fritters are just satisfying for the urge you need something to eat.

Ingredients:

250 prawns, shelled, deveined and chopped
300 gm plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
salt and pepper to taste
1 teaspoon kunyit powder
1 1/2 cup water
1 big onion, chopped
2 tablespoon ‘Kuchai’, chopped
1 red chilli, chopped
enough oil for deep frying

Method:

Mix baking powder, turmeric powder into flour and sift. … read more