Saturday, March 13, 2010

Brown Sugar Fa Gao



Ingredient:
self-raising flour 250g
bp 1 tsp
brown sugar 150g
egg 1
water 200ml
butter 50g


Method:
1. Melt brown sugar and water, set aside to cool.
2. double boiled the butter, set aside to cool.
3. Beat egg with fork then add into 1, sift.
4. add 3 and butter into shifted flour and bp, beat the mixer.
5. boiled the water, pour the mixture into container. Put the sugar as a "X" on the top of the mixture.
6. steam with 大火 for 15-20 mins.

Source:
chingkitchen


Notes:
1. this is the most successful recipe we have got after a few attempt. The percentage of getting a good fa gao is 100% (according to 3 attempt)
2. I like the taste of the brown sugar, its not too sweet. some pandan leaves can be added while melting the sugar to enhance the taste.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

homeade sushi plate

we got a big n fresh salmon. so we decided to make sushi for our dinner. Also as a celebration for bee for passing his driving test. Here are the outcome. Enjoy~

overview of the sushi


tempura shrimps sushi


salmon sushi





salmon shashimi with mayo

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

cny cookies 8 - milk sticks

Ingredient:
Plain flour 100g
sugar 10g
olive oil 25g
condensed milk 20g
milk 20g

Method:
1. Mix shifted flour and sugar, then add in olive oil, condensed milk and milk accordingly.
2. mix the mixture using hand to form a dough. ( avoid mixing for a long time)
3. Put the dough into a plastic bag and roll into a thin sheet (of ard 0.3 mm thick).
4. Put the dough in the fridge for 30 mins.
5. Cut off the plastic bag and cut the dough into sticks.
6. Put the sticks on baking tray and bake at 120 degree C for 10-15 mins.


Notes:
1. After cutting the dough, the sticks can be put into freezer, so that it is easier to move to the tray.
2. don't overbake the biscuits.The colour should be light brown instead of golden brown.
3. The olive oil can be changed to other oil. if using butter, need to be melted first.

Version 2:
海苔milky sticks

Ingredients:
Plain flour 100g
Sugar 10 g
olive oil 25g
condensed milk 20g
milk 20g
海苔粉 2tbsp

Version 3: (without condensed milk)


Ingredients:
Plain flour 100g
Sugar 10 g
olive oil 25g
milk powder 20g
milk 30g

Version 4: chessy milky sticks

Ingredients:
Plain flour 100g
Sugar 10 g
olive oil 25g
condensed milk 20g
milk 20g
cheese powder 2tbsp

cny cookies 7 - cheddar cheese cookies






Ingredient:
Butter 360g
grated cheddar cheese 200g
icing sugar 160g
flour 600g
bp 1 tsp

Method:
1. Beat butter, sugar and cheddar cheese.
2. Add in shifted flour and bp.
3. mix into a dough.
4. take out a small portion of the dough and roll into a thin sheet of 3mm
5. cut the cookies using cookies cutter.
6. put onto greased pan and bake at 170 degreeC for 15-18 mins.


Note:
1. The dough is quite soft. so it can be put in the fridge for ard 30 mins before rolled into a sheet.
2. i have decreased the sugar so that it doesn't taste too sweet.


source: http://hslingkitchen.blogspot.com

Monday, February 8, 2010

Bread pudding



Ingredient:
bread(tear into small pcs) 3
egg 1
milk 1/2 - 3/4 cup
sugar 1 1/2 tbs
cinnamon pinch
raisins (presoaked in milk)
butter (for greasing)

Method:
1. grease the mould ( can be pyrex pan or ceramics cup) with butter
2.mix egg, milk sugar and cinnamon and beat lightly.
3. put hte bread and raisins in the mould. Pour in the egg mixture.
4. Bake in water bath at 170 degree C for 20-25 mins.


Notes:
1. The pudding can be served hot or cold, both taste good.
2. The ingredient are not precisely measured. everytime we make we just "agak-agak". If u put more egg, it will be harder; if u put more milk, then it will be softer.
3. Water bath is to put the mould/cup in a baking tray fill with water. This is to make sure the pudding is not overbaked.

Source:angelcookbakelove.blogspot.com

cny cookies 6 - Horlick doggy cookies



Ingredient:
Butter 200g
Horlick 80g
icing sugar 3tbsp
hk flour (can use plain flour) 200g
corn flour 25g
milk powder 25g

Decoration:
choc chip, choc rice, coco crunch

Method:
1.Beat butter n sugar, add in horlick and mix well.
2.shift in flour, plain flour n milk powder. Roll into dough.
3. Divide the dough into 10g balls. put 2 pds of coco crunch as its ears, choc chip as nose, choc rice as eyes.


Notes:
1. this cookies is 100% cute and also yummy.
2. the decoration can be varied accoding to your imagination. u can make a cat, pumpkin....

Source: potatomoon.blogspot.com

cny cookies 5 - polka dot cookies


Ingredient:
A
butter 240g
icing sugar 75g

B(stir lightly)
egg 1

C (sifted)
plain flour 240g
soda bicarbonate a pinch

D
quick oats 100g

D(slightly roasted & mix until combined)
white sesame 40g
black sesame 40g

Method:
1. Cream A until light. Add in B gradually
2. Blend in C followed by D n E.
3. Chill the mixture for ard 15 mins.
4. Roall a tsp of dough into balls. Place on baking tray and press the balls lightly to flatten them.
5. Bake at 180 degree C for 15 mins.




Adapted from: Oat Delicieux by Evelyn Lai

Saturday, February 6, 2010

cny cookies 4 - cookies without recipe

These are some of the CNY cookies without recipes (as i forgotten which recipe did i follow)

1. black sesame biscuits. this is a fried biscuits/kuih. it taste like 麻花卷 but is crunchier.
3. cashew nut cookies. this is a common cny cookies and i think you can find hundreds of different recipe. this is one of them but i forgot which.

3. orange raisin crunch. This is the crunchy n crispy cookie made of orange juice and raisins



German butter cookies

Ingredient:
Butter 125g
sugar 40g
potato starch 125g
hk flour 80g

Method:
1. Beat butter with sugar.
2. shift in potato starch and hk flour. mix into a dough.
3. divide the dough into small balls and press lightly with fork.
4. bake at 150 degree C for 20 mins. Don't need to bake until golden colour.

Reminder:
1. the taste is really great with rich butter flavour.
2. the cookies is very fragile so handle with care.
3. my cookies are finished before i got the chance to take the photos. so this recipe will not have photo for the moment.

CNY cookies 3 - milky balls


Ingredient:

butter 50g
sugar 30g
egg yolk 10g
flour 50g
corn flour 50g

Method:
1. Cream butter with sugar, then add in egg yolk.
2. shift in the two type of flour and mix well.
3. divide the dough into small balls and pressed lightly on the pan.
4. bake at 160 degree C for 15 mins.
5. shift on icing sugar on the top of the cookies after they turn cool.


Reminder:
1. we had forgotten to shift on icing sugar but the cookies still taste great. i think the icing sugar will sugar improve its flavour.

source: forbidden garden

CNY cookies 2 - almond cookies


Ingredient:
a. Butter 100g
icing sugar 50g
salt 1/4 tsp
b. egg 30g
flour 150g
almond powder 25g
c. bp 1/4 tsp
egg white 15g
whole almond 50
Method:
1. Cream butter, sugar and salt.
2. add in egg and continue to beat.
3. shift in flour, almond powder and bp. fold the batter.
4. put the batter into fridge for 30 mins.
5. divide the batter into 10g balls. brush on egg white and press the almond lightly on the balls.
6. bake for 170 degree C for 25-35 mins.


Reminder:
1. We had forgotten to put the dough into fridge but the cookies still turn out alright.
2. We did rebake the cookies on the following day as we feel that they are still too soft.

Source: annie's lovely kitchen

麥香黃金蝦

【麥香黃金蝦】
材料:
草蝦12隻、即食麥片50公克、蒜末2大匙、蔥花3大匙、辣椒1支。
醃料:
低筋麵粉2兩、蛋1顆、糖2兩。
調味料:
鹽1小匙、白胡椒粉1小匙、無鹽奶油1大匙
做法:
1草蝦去頭、去腸泥後,在背上劃刀變成蝦球狀,辣椒切末。
2麵粉、糖混合加蛋拌勻,慢慢加水調至蜂蜜般的黏稠度。
3蝦子放入麵糊攪拌均勻後,放入油鍋中炸熟取出。
4鍋中加入無鹽奶油融化後,放入蒜頭小火炒香,加入辣椒末、蛋汁炒成蛋鬆狀,放入即食麥片翻炒一下,關小火加入鹽、白胡椒粉、炸好的蝦子、蔥花拌炒均勻後就好囉~


Source:生活好事儿-黃景龍

Thursday, January 21, 2010

CNY cookies 1 - Parmesan Cheese Cookies



Ingredients:
butter 60g
sugar 30g
parmesan cheese powder 35g
egg 1
low p. flour 120g

Method:
1. Beat butter, add in sugar, bet until fluffy white /light yellow batter.
2.add in egg and then cheese powder.
3. fold in flour.
4. put the dough on cling wrap, rolled into a cylinder/ rectangular cube. freeze at least 1 hr.
5. cut into 0.5 cm pcs.
6. bake at 150-160 degree C for 15-18 mins.

Note:
This one looks good but I don't like the taste as it is too sweet and you can't taste the flavour of cheese. Maybe should increase the parmesan cheese.