Cooking Homemade Dishes

Butter Prawns - A real delicacy

2009-08-30T16:56:00.000-07:00

Butter Prawns

I love seafood and this is one of my favourite ! Butter Prawns, Yummy!

This recipe is actually quite good in a sense that if you ever ordered this dish in a 5-Star Chinese restaurant, you would normally get a dish as similar as my Butter Prawns recipe. So enjoy it. For Western countries, it may not be possible to buy "curry leaves". Either leave it out or subsitute another fragrant leaves such as Bay leaves. And you can leave out the Chillies too.

Ingredients.

1. Half kilo Large prawns. With shells on.(I prefer Tiger prawns)

2. 120 gms. Butter

3. Chilli padi (7 small ones). Just flatten or crush it.

4. Curry leaves. (20 leaves)

5. 6 egg Yolks.( only the egg yolks, no egg white) Well beaten and whisked until it froths.

Method.

Wash and drain the prawns. It must be dry.Melt the butter in a wok. Pour eggyolk into the melted butter under medium heat and keep stirring while the egg yolk is being poured.

Keep on stirring until the yolk froths in the butter. Put in curry leaves and chilli and stir for 1 minute.Next put in the prawns and fried for 10 minutes or until the prawns are cooked.( It will turn pink).

Ready to serve.

Chicken and Chips

2009-08-29T11:07:00.000-07:00

Chicken and Chips is widely eaten and inexpensive to cook.

Chicken and chips.

Mentioned fish and chips or Chicken and chips, and most will tell you that they already know how to cook this popular home dish. It is simple and appetizing and yet there are still some who has no idea how to cook it. Western countries know this recipe from inside out but for Asians, it is still a treat to be able to give their kids some " Western food" once in a while.

I normally cook this dish in several different ways, to break the monotony of the simple Chicken and Chips. My variants are Spicy Chicken and Chips, Savoury Chicken and chips, Roasted Chicken and chips, Honey Chicken and chips ad a few more others. You can make up your own such as Ginger Chicken, Cinnamon Chicken, Buttered Chicken, etc.

We will start with a simple Soya Chicken and Chips.

Ingredients.

1. 4 chicken thighs

2. Some chips - you can buy ready to cook from supermarkets, its much simpler.

3. 2 tablespoons of light soya sauce.

4. White pepper.

5. Salt.

6. Tomatoes or cucumber for garnishing.

Method.

Marinate the chicken thighs with soya sauce, a sprinkle of pepper, a pinch of salt. Leave it to dry out in the fridge for half an hour.

In the meantime, start frying some chips and prepare the tomatoes for garnishing.

In a half full pot of oil, fry the chicken under moderate heat for 15 minutes. Then turn over the chicken and fry for a further 15 minutes. be sure to drip dry the oil. The skin of the chicken will be " crunchy" if you have left it to dry out in the fridge.

Garnish with cucumber or tomatoes or parsley. You can also serve it with your kid's favourite vegetables.

Serves 4 - for 4 chicken thighs.

Roast Pork

2009-07-30T12:06:00.000-07:00

Roast pork is very popular amongst the Chinese community and is one of the most widely eaten besides Chicken Rice. Here I have provided my own recipe for making Roast Pork at home. All you need is an oven.

To make your own roast pork, prepare the ingredients as follows:

1. 1kg.. of pork belly.

2 5-spice powder.

3. 4 tablespoons of soya-sauce.

4. 1 teaspoon of table salt.

Method.

Marinate the pork belly with 5-spice powder, soya-sauce, salt. Leave it to dry out for 2 hours in the fridge.

Heat up the oven at 250 degrees for 10 minutes. Put the marinated pork belly into the oven with the skin facing upwards. Roast for 20 minutes or until the skin starts to "crackle".

Turn the belly of pork and roast for another 20 minutes.

Finally turn the roast pork again with the skin facing upwards again and roast for another 5-10 minutes.

Take out your roast pork, cut into small pieces and garnish with fresh lettuce or cucumber slices.

Stir fried vegetables

2009-06-14T06:25:00.000-07:00

Posted 14Th. June 2009

Vegetables are a must in any Asian dishes. Cooking vegetables are very easy and do not require elaborate preparations and can be ready in minutes. Unlike western cooking, Vegetables are normally stir-fried and most of the nourishment are retain if done this way. Lettuce, cucumber, Pak Choy, cabbages all can be stir-fried.

Here I am showing how to cook Pak Choy, but you can use lettuce as an alternative if Pak Choy is not available.

Ingredients.
1. 400 gms. Pak Choy (or lettuce)

2. 2 cloves of garlic - sliced thinly.

3. 1 tablespoon of soy-sauce.

4. 1 tablespoon of cooking oil.

Method.
Heat the oil in a pan or a wok. Put in sliced garlic pieces and do a quick fry for about 1 minute.
Put in your Pak Choy or lettuce in the pan and add in the soy-sauce. Stir-fry for another 2 minutes. If you prefer your vegetables more cooked, then do it for 3 minutes instead.

That's it, you're done!

The dish can be eaten stand-alone or served with plain white rice.

Special Fried Rice London Style.

2009-06-09T17:53:00.000-07:00

Posted by Jeremy 8th. June 2009.

Special Fried Rice - London style is very appetising and easy to cook. I normally cook this dish for my family in London and they have always enjoyed it. Why don't you try it yourself !

Special Fried Rice- London style.

This Special Fried Rice has always been the favourite with my kids. I made up this dish when I was living in London. In fact I have made up quite a number of recipes due to the fact that much of the ingredients needed for most Asian dishes were not readily available in England. If they were, I still need to go to London's Chinatown to get it. My Fried Spaghetti was also concocted while living there. (And beer brewing, wine making and ........)

Ingredients.
1. Streaky bacon 4 pieces cut into 1 inch lengths.
2. 200 gms. fresh prawns - shelled.
3. 100 gms. breast of chicken - cut into small pieces.
4. 200 gms. mixed vegetables.
5. 2 eggs beaten well.
6. 2 cloves of garlic finely chopped.
7. Half teaspoon of fine table salt.
8. White ground pepper - added to taste (optional if you require non-spicy)
9. 2 tablespoons of cooking oil.
10.Cooked rice (cook half a kilo of long grain rice)

Method.
Heat up the cooking oil in a Wok and fry for 1 minute. Add in chicken, bacon, prawns and mixed vegetables. Stir fry for another 5 minutes.
Add in the rice and mix thoroughly in the Wok with the vegetables; keep stir fry for another 5 minutes.
Add in the beaten eggs and salt (and pepper) and sir fry all together for a further 10 minutes.
Ready to serve for 4 people.
Isn't it easy when you know how?

Enjoy my Special London Fried Rice with bacon and prawns!

Chicken Curry - Malaysian style.

2009-06-08T16:03:00.000-07:00

Homemade Curries, Lamb stews, Fried Rice, Soups, Grilled Lamb Chops, Stir Fried Vegetables and many more are easy to cook for beginners. Here are 2 recipes I hope you will enjoy.

Fresh prawns, crabs, squids and other seafood dishes will be added to my collection for you to try out. Seafood are my favourite food because I love it.

Malaysian Curry Chicken.

Here is a recipe for the Malaysian Curry Chicken. It is my own style which is not very spicy and children will love it.

Ingredients.
1. 1 medium size chicken (1kg.)- cut into small pieces.
2. One large onion, chopped or grated.
3. 3 medium size tomatoes- cut into several small pieces.
4. Medium size potatoes- 4 pieces (cut into medium sizes)
5. Curry leaves or coriander leaves (Chinese parsley)
6. 150-200 gms. meat or chicken, curry powder.
7. Garlic - 1 whole bulb- peeled and finely chopped.
8. Chicken stock 1 cube.
9. Coconut milk (2 coconuts). Packet coconut milk could be used.
If not available, the top fresh cream part from a pint of fresh milk (250 mls.)
10. Water 250 mls.

Method.
Heat up 3 tablespoon of cooking oil in a pot (or Wok). Put in chopped garlic and stir fry for 2 mins. Add in 200 gms. curry powder and fry for a further 2 minutes.
Add in chopped onions, chicken, potatoes and tomatoes and fry for about 10 minutes under medium heat.

Pour in coconut milk, 250 mls. water, curry leaves (or coriander leaves), chicken stock and salt to taste.

Simmer under low-medium heat for 20 minutes, remembering to constantly stir the ingredients every 5 minutes. The curry should be ready when the potatoes and chicken are soft and tender.

Best served with roasted peanuts and fried anchovies.
Servings for 6 people.

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Posted June 9th.2009

Fried Spaghetti with bacon and prawns.

2009-06-08T11:30:00.000-07:00

Fried Spaghetti with Bacon and Prawns.

Having nothing to eat, and finding most of the food in the fridge gone; I was rather lazy to race down to the supermarket to get some. However there were some prawns left and a few streaks of bacon, I thought I could come up with something appetizing. The result was this Spaghetti with bacon and fresh prawns recipe. The taste of bacon and fresh prawns was simply delicious and I hope you will enjoy it too.

Ingredients.
1. 6 or 7 medium size prawns (shelled)
2. 4 slices of streaky bacon (sliced into several small pieces))
3. 200gms. minced pork.
4. 3 medium size tomatoes.
5. 2 tablespoons of light soy-sauce.
6. a pinch of sugar.
7. 1 tablespoon of dark soy-sauce.
8. Half cube of Knorr chicken stock.
9. 1/2 packet (or 350 gms) spaghetti (boiled and cooked)
10. Cucumbers and parsley for garnishing.

Method.
Fried the minced pork in a wok with 1 tablespoon cooking oil until slightly brownish. Add in bacon and stir fried for a further 1 minute.
Put all the cooked spaghetti in the wok and stir fry for 2 minutes.
Add in the light and dark soy-sauce, prawns, chicken stock, a pinch of sugar, tomatoes and salt and pepper (optional). Fry for another 3 to 4 minutes or until the prawns turn pink.
Garnish with cucumbers or fresh parsley and serve.

Posted by Jeremy .