Thursday, 19 September 2013

Simple Pan Fried Norwegian Blue Mackerel with Pandan Leaves (Screwpines)

Hubby bought 2 packets of Norwegian Blue Mackerel and of course I was grinning from ear to ear as my children love this fish very much.  It's very yummy just with simple pan fried and this time I pan fried it with pandan leaves.  
Ingredients :
- 3 pcs of mackerel fillet or any fish depending on your preference (washed, slit and marinated with salt for 30 minutes)
- 3 pandan leaves
- Japanese Black Sesame Sauce
- 1 tbsp oil
Method :
1)  Wrap pandan leaves around the marinated fish.  
2)  Heat a tbsp oil in a pan and arrange the fish.  Pan fry over medium low heat.
3)  Pan fry until both sides are slightly brown or cooked.  
4)  Turn off the heat.  Add Japanese black sesame sauce over the fish and quickly pan fry both sides with the heat off.  Remember not to overheat the fish or else the sauce will get burn pretty fast.
5)  Dish up and serve.
Very easy to prepare and yummy too
Hope you like this and do try to cook this for your family



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Wednesday, 18 September 2013

Nutritious Chicken Soup with Dried Figs (无花果)

According to Tonic Soups for Vitality by Madam Choong Su Yin, dried figs is neutral in nature and tastes bitter sweet.  Figs from America possess better quality.  Figs helps in preventing cancer such as lung cancer and gastrointestinal cancer.  It improves digestion, increasing breast milk, relieves swelling and is anti-inflammatory. 

This soup is easy to prepare.  It's healthy and nutritious too.  

Ingredients :
- 1 whole chicken leg 
- 8 dried figs
- 3 red dates
- 1 tbsp Chinese Wolfberries
- 4 bowls of hot water
Seasonings : (to taste)
- a dash of salt

Method :
1)  To double-boil, first boil water in a big pot or wok.
2) Then put all the ingredients into a Chinese ceramic pot and cover.  I used vision pot.
3)  When the big pot of water is boiled, place the ceramic pot (vision pot) of ingredients into it and steamed over high heat for 1/2 hour.
4)  Lower the heat and steam for about 2 hours.
5)  Season with salt and serve hot. 
A very healthy and nutritious soup for the whole family
We usually finished all the soup and the ingredients but not the meat.



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Friday, 13 September 2013

Sweet Fragrant Wheat and Corn Porridge

I used to cook  Sweet Fragrant Wheat (Gandum) Porridge for the past 1 month as I would try to use up all the grains or beans that I have bought.  I don't like to keep the balance of it for too long as I tend to forget about it and at the end it would be ended up in the garbage bin!  Out of sight, out of mind!  That's me... but don't get me wrong.  I am not referring to friends but only to those ingredients that were being stored away from my sight.  Don't worry, you all are always on my mind. 
This time, I added corn kernels to it as I noticed that I still had 1 ear of miserable corn sitting in the fridge.  Give this a try and you will love it :)

Ingredients :
- 3/4 cup of wheat/gandum (washed)
- 1 ear of corn  (washed, and cut the kernels into a bowl)
- a bunch of pandan leaves/screwpine leaves
- 100ml of coconut milk/coconut milk
- sugar (to taste)
- a dash of salt (to taste)
- 2.5 litres of water
Method :
1) Fill water in a pot and add drained wheat and corn kernels.  Boil over high heat for 20 minutes. 

2) Then, lower the heat, add pandan leaves and slow boil for another 1 hour or until the wheat and corn kernels are cooked and expanded.
3) Should you need to add extra water in between, be advised to add only hot boiling water.
4) Add sugar and let it simmer for a while.
5) Lastly, add santan and keep stirring. Season with a dash of salt.

6)  Serve hot.
Serve this yummylicious dessert as your breakfast or tea time.


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