Recipe : Chinese Water Dumplings 水餃

As per request, today I post my chinese water dumplings recipe :D

Fried or steamed, soupy or dry, whatever you choose, it is still my fav dish. Since I get this recipe originally from my mom…so I don’t have any measurement on it. So in order to make sure that it tastes good, I just try it directly tho it is still raw hahaha :P

• 1/2 pack of minced pork
• 1/2 pack of minced chicken
• 8 prawns ( either minced or can cut it into half)
• 1 egg
• 1 pack dumpling skin
• spring onion (finely chopped)
• water chestnut (finely chopped)
• sesame oil
• salt and pepper
• fish sauce or soy sauce

1. Lets do the mixing…minced pork + minced chicken + minced prawns + finely chopped spring onion and water chestnut  + seasonings
2. Place a teaspoonful in each skin and wrap it  and stick it with the egg ( can google on how to wrap it as my mom’s method is slight different so the that’s why mine doesn’t look like gyoza hehe)
3. You can either deep fried it or steam it or boil it into salt water. And always garnish it with sesame oil especially for steamed and boiled dumplings.
4. Yummy yummy and enjoy your hot yet juicy dumplings :D

Recipe : Bacon spinach quiche

Weekend especially Sunday is our super duper lazy day where we love to stay at home…sleep till noon…watch movie at home…and go out (if necessary) on nite time ( sounds like vampire :P). So we try to cook every Sunday for our brunch so we can enjoy our day at home :D ~ HomeDay
20.03.11 ~ I cooked Bacon spinach quiche + Nachos + Mushroom cheesy white sauce with spinach gnocchi

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• 7 ounces spinach
• 2 large eggs
• Puff pastry (I use the frozen one – save time :P)
• 2 strips Bacon + chicken sausage
• Cheese : parmesan and mozzarella
• options : button mushroom and onion ( sauté it with butter first and garlic) and 3/4 cup milk or 2 tsp condensed milk ( I forgot to put milk on my quiche but it tastes great :D)

1. Unfrozen the puff pastry and preheat the oven 170 C.
2. Steam the spinach with salt water, drained it and coarsely chopped
3. Cook the bacon and sausage till crispy. While whisk the egg mixtures along with spinach, salt and pepper(options: put along with the cooked mushroom and onion and milk together)
4. When the puff pasty is unfrozen, lightly butter it and roll the pastry on the oven pan. Gently pinch and press it into the bottom and side of the pan.
5. Bake the pasty on the central oven rack for 15 minutes.
6. Remove it from the oven and set it on a cooling rack for a while
7. Slowly fill he mixtures evenly in the pastry shell and sprinkle the crispy bacon and sausage and cheese on the top of it.
8. Bake the quiche at 170C on the centre oven rack for about 50 minutes until golden .
9. Serve warm and enjoy the healthy yet yummy bacon spinach quiche :D

Recipe: Indonesia Tahu Goreng (Fried Beancurd) with peanuts sauce

Love love tofuu…I always either order tahu goreng or gado-gado if I happen to eat in Indonesia’s restaurant. Imagine, I never order ayam penyet every time I went to Ayam Penyet Ria hahahaha…weird rite?:P
Anyway I tried to cook my own tahu goreng once and I need lots lots of oil to fry it and the whole kitchen just superb oily but worth it after ate the tahu goreng…delicious oishhiii~ne

• 1 box of silken tofu (any type will do)
• 3 eggs (beaten)
• bit salt and pepper

Peanuts sauce:

• 750gr Peanuts
• 500ml coconut milk
• 1/4 gloves garlic
• 5 shallots
• Chillies (complimentary)
• lil bit lime juice + 1 tbs sugar + pinch of salt
• Kecap manis (Indonesia black soya sauce) is a MUST :D

Garnish: cucumber, bean sprouts

1. Beat the eggs ( I try to separate the yolk and white eggs and beat the eggs white into peaks first before mix with the yolks and I found it makes the mixing become thicker and more fluffy)
2. Mix the eggs with silken tofu
3. Heat the oil (lots of oil, read: deep fry) and put a ring( any kind of round mould / tin) to hold the shape
4. Pour the mixing into the ring/mould and keep deep fry it till golden brown :D
5. Set aside and put try to diminish the oil by using paper towel
6. For the sauce : Blend the garlic, shallots, chillies with 200 ml coconut milk in food processor till smooth
7. Stir the blended mixture with the remaining ingredients (except peanuts) in a pan
8. Add the peanuts on the half way of boiling and keep stirring until it cook (always remember to taste it, and be free to add any seasoning to add more flavour on it according to our preferences :P)
9. Garnish: julienne the cucumber and boil the bean sprouts

Yummy yet crispy Indonesia tahu goreng ready to serve…itadakimasu~

Recipe : Twisted spinach omelet

I make this for my lunch ( I always bring bento-lunch box to office – if I’m not in lazy mood haha)…it is a healthy, easy yet yummy dish so enjoy…well a very ordinary omelet, just the way you cook it and mix it

You need:

1 carrot

bunch of spinach (up to you aka “agak-agak" LOL)

spring onion

2 eggs

Steps:

1. Whisk the white eggs either with mixer or manual till peak

2. Cook the carrot (cut in chunks) in hot pan + olive oil till soft

3. Put the carrot + water lil bit on the blender and blend it well to make carrot puree

4. Mix all the ingredients + carrot puree + yolks

5. Pour the egg mixture into hot pan + olive oil (I use a round mold to shape it so I only pour 1/4 cup of it first)

6. Cook until firmed then flip and cook for a few seconds to firm the other side

I love the sweet from the carrot :D, and serve best with chili ( any Indonesia sambal haha…I can’t live without them LOL )