Thursday 5 September 2013

Refreshing Kelp with Old Cucumber Soup

Sea Kelp has a lot of health benefits and when make into soup, it's very refreshing especially with extra ginger added to it.  To know more about kelp, do click here--> Yakon Kelp Soup and Kelp Chicken Soup for its benefits and recipes.
 Before--> Dried Sea Kelp
After--> Soaked and washed Sea Kelp ready to be used
Ingredients :
- 1/2 free range chicken (chopped into chunks, blanched)
- 2 small old cucumber (washed, discard the seeds and cut)
- 1 bowl of sliced kelp (washed, soaked and cut)
- 3 thumb sized ginger (crushed)
- salt (to taste)
Method :
1)  Fill water in a pot enough for the soup.
2)  Add old cucumber, sea kelp and ginger.  Bring to boil.
3)  Then, add chicken and continue to boil at high heat for about 30 minutes.
4)  Lower the heat and simmer for about 2 hours.
5)  Season with salt.
Serve hot.
This is a very refreshing, healthy and nutritious soup.
Enjoy this with your loved one :)


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Wednesday 4 September 2013

Refreshing Sweet Potatoes Dessert

Having a bowl of refreshing sweet potatoes dessert on a lazy raining Sunday is heaven!  I would usually cook dessert during weekends when every member of my family is at home and we have time to enjoy it at our own sweet time instead of in a rush rush.
Ingredients :
- 4 medium sized sweet potatoes (peeled, cut and soaked in water so as to prevent it from turning dark, drained)
- 2 thumb sized ginger (crushed)
- 1 bunch of pandan leaves/screw pine leaves (washed, knotted)
- honeycomb sugar (to taste)
- enough water
Method :
1)  Fill water in a pot and add sweet potatoes and ginger.
2)  Bring to boil and let it simmer until the sweet potatoes is semi-cooked.
3)  Add pandan leaves and honeycomb sugar and continue to simmer until the potatoes are soft.
4)  Serve hot.
A very refreshing dessert.  Reduce the ginger is you are not a ginger lover.  As for me, I LOVE ginger and I like to add extra into the dessert.
Alternatively, you can also cook Barley with Sweet Potatoes (<-- click here for the recipe) too and it's also very refreshing. 

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Monday 2 September 2013

Sweet Fragrant Wheat (Gandum) Porridge

Are you having the same breakfast beverages such as Milo, milk, coffee, tea, etc over and over again?  Instead, why not prepare a healthy breakfast porridge for your family?  It's Wheat Porridge and it's simple and yummy.  In order to have a very sweet aroma of wheat porridge, you need to add lots of pandan leaves (screwpine leaves).  Adding pandan leaves into your wheat porridge is a MUST.  Without it, it's like eating nasi lemak without the sambal!
Ingredients : (depending on individual's preferences and to taste)
- 1 cup wheat (washed and soaked overnight)
- 100ml santan/coconut milk (I used ready packed)
- 2.5 litres water
- 1 bunch of pandan leaves (washed, slit the leaves in the centre and knotted)
- sugar (to taste)
- a dash of salt (to taste)
Method :
1)  Fill water in a pot and add drained wheat.
2)  Boil over high heat for 20 minutes. 
3) Then, lower the heat, add pandan leaves and slow boil for another 1 hour or until the wheat is 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 simmer for a while.
5)  Lastly, add santan and keep stirring.  Season with a dash of salt.
6)  Serve hot.
Hope you enjoy this simple breakfast :)

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