Sit-fried watercress is ‘chow sai yung choy’. This vegetable is very common and can easily buy in the market. Buy 1 kilo for 5 persons. You will only fry the young shoots. Pluck towards the end for better taste, the young shoot only. Normally I boil the coarse stalks with water and add brown sugar or ‘mugchoe’ and bring to boil for 2 hours. Cool and drink. Good for heatiness.

Ingredients:

1 kg watercress, only the young shoots
2 tablespoon cooking oil
1 tablespoon minced garlic and ginger
50 gm minced meat or chicken
1 tablespoon cornflour mix with 2 tablespoon … read more

Asparagus has a lots of goodness with vitamins and minerals. It is an expensive vegetable. It is delicious when stir-fried with chicken or other meat and sea-food. Try this dish with medium-sized prawns.

Ingredients:

300 gm asparagus
150 gm medium-sized prawns, deveined and shelled.
2 tablespoon cooking oil
1 tablespoon chopped ginger and garlic
1 tablespoon spoon oyster sauce
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon cornflour mixed with a little water

Method:

Marinate prawns with a pinch of sugar and salt plus a little cornflour. Heat some water in a wok and bring to boil. Blanch asparagus … read more

Simple stir-fried kailan vegetables is quicked to cook with roasted pork. Soak the vegetables and washed clean. Cut into 2 inch lenth and put aside. Cut the meat into thick slices of 1 cm long and put aside. when the ingredients have prepared, is easier for the final stage to stir-fry and serve at once.

Ingredients:

1/2 kg kailan, cleaned and cut into 2 in lenth
300 gm roasted pork, cut into 1 cm thick
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
1 teaspoon oyster sauce
2 tablespoon cooking oil
1 teaspoon corn flour mixed with little water

Method:

Add water to a wok and … read more

It is a long time, I did not prepare some salad to eat. Always stir-fried vegetables. Now for a change, try this dish of salad with mustard dressing. You can prepare salad dressing earlier and keep in the fridge. Use it when needed.

Ingredients:(Serves 4)

500 gm potatoes, boiled and peeled
50 gm red pepper, sliced thinly
250 gm young French beans, slice slanting
50 gm green peas

Salad Dressing:

1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 tablespoon Bragg’s apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon brown castor sugar
salt and pepper to taste

Method:

Cut boiled potatoes into … read more

You can get cauliflower easily and stock up in the fridge. For a quick dish you can bake it and top with cheese. you can choose any type of cheese. Here I use Mozzarella cheese.

Ingredients:

400 gm cauliflower
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
1 large onion. sliced thinly
2 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 cup Mozzarella cheese or Parmesan cheese
salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon chopped spring onion and parsley

Method:

Soak the whole cauliflower for some time. Rinse and cut into florets. Preheat oven to 200 degrees C. Bring water to boil on a gas stove and blanch cauliflower … read more

Selesih or ‘yee heong’ is a herb that can be easily obtained in the wet market and can even grow in your garden. It has a strong fragrant smell that I like it very much. I add woodear strips which can be bought in a vegetarian shop. Here adding more ingredients to cook the green peppers will make you eat more rice.

Ingredients:

3 medium-sized green pepper – cut into strips
1 bunch selesih – 50 cts – pluck the leaves only
150 gm streaky pork – cut into strips
20 gm woodear strips – soaked in water to soften it
2 … read more