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How To Make Homemade Fish Fingers

Fried “Ngaku” Chips

“Ngaku” as it is called in Cantonese and is also called the arrowheads. You can find them in abundant in the hypermarkets at this time of the year. You will find crowds of Chinese men and ladies busy choosing and packing ‘ngaku’ into plastic bags. Ngaku chips are now popular selling in cake shops, grocery stalls and market stalls. For the busy mothers, you can buy them. For some who prefer to fry themselves, here is the recipe. It is also the kids’ favourite!

Igredients:

1 kg ‘ngaku’
1 kg cooking oil for deep frying
Fine salt

Method:

Soak and clean … read more

Oaty Chocolate Bars

Eating chocolate biscuitS or bars make from oats are tasty and nutritrious for the kids. Some kids dislike oats which is so difficult to ask them to eat such as a porridge of oats. Here is a recipe using oats cut into bars coated with chocolate.

Ingredients:

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

Method:

Preheat oven to 180 degree C.Grease a 9×13 inch baking tin. Combine the oats, butter, brown sugar and white sugar and press into the bottom of the prepared pan. Bake … read more

Chocolate Fudge with Nuts

If you have a sweet tooth, this mouth- watering chocolate desert would be a taste treat for your palate. It is easy to prepare and would certainly a yummy for kids and your family.

Ingredients:

400 gm castor sugar
50 gm golden syrup
50 butter
1 small can sweetened condensed milk
25 gm Vanhouten Cocoa
4 tablespoon water
75 gm chopped nuts

Method:

Well greased a tin. Put sugar, cocoa, water, golden syrup, butter and milk into heavy sauce pan. Heat slowly, stirring all the time until sugar dissolves and butter melts. Bring to the boil and cover with a lid for 2 minutes … read more

Tuna Cheese Pizza

Nowadays kids love to eat pizzas. Simple pizzas can be prepared at home even to busy mother. Here is the recipe to try. It just take you less than an hour to prepare.

Ingredients:

1 frozen pizza base
1 tin tuna flakes, drained and mashed
6 button mushroom( the canned type)
100 gm mozzarella cheese, grated
2 tomatoes, sliced
1 small onion, finely chopped

Method:

Place frozen pizza base on a baking tray. Coat the base with tomato paste and sprinkle with chopped onion. Line with the mashed tuna and sliced tomatoes. Cover the top with grated mozzarella cheese. Bake in … read more

Fish Fingers

Children today like to eat fast food more such as fried chicken, pizzas, burgers and hot-dogs. These foods are unhealthy and many parents end up treating their children to these foods in the restaurants or fast food chains. They can enjoy these foods occasionally but not too often. It may take a lot more effort to cook a good meal to bring up healthy kids. Do try this simple fish fingers.

Ingredients:

300 gm sole fillets
2 beaten eggs
100 gm flour
100 gm breadcrumbs
salt and pepper to taste
enough oil for frying

Method:

Cut the fish fillets into … read more

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