Sunday, February 8, 2009

Candied Yams

Hmmmm seem nice...Will try this one day:
  • Candied Yams


  • INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 (29 ounce) can sweet potatoes

  • 1/4 cup butter, cut into pieces

  • 1/2 cup brown sugar

  • 1 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows


DIRECTIONS:

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

  • Place sweet potatoes in a medium baking dish. Distribute butter pieces evenly over the sweet potatoes. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Layer with miniature marshmallows.

  • Cover and bake in the preheated oven 25 minutes, or until sweet potatoes are tender and marshmallows have melted.

Mango Marshmallow Cake

Found this from the net. I hv try before too. Very unique and nice looking 

Mango Marshmallow Cake


Ingredients for Base:

200 gm digestive biscuits. (150 gm)

80 /100 gm melted butter. (80 gm)


Method:

1. Crushed digestive biscuits and mix well with melted butter.

2. Press into a 8â€cake pan. (6 inch)

3. Refrigerate for 30 to 45 minutes for use later.


Ingredients Marshmallow filling:

200g - 250g marshmallow (180g – 200g)

150ml milk (100ml)

300ml whipping cream (200ml)

2 tsp of gelatine powder (1.8 – 2 tsp)


Method:

1. Put all the ingredients into a pot.

2. Doubleboil over small fire until gelatine is dissolved.

3. When it is a little cooled, pour it into cake base.

4. Chill it for 15 to 20 minutes, then add the shaped mango pieces. Put it back into the refrigerator to chill for another 15 to 20 minutes.


Ingredients Jello topping:

1 pkt of mango Jello (90g) (Agar Agar)

400 ml of water (300 ml)

2 tsp of gelatine powder (1.8 – 2 tsp)



Method:

1. Boil all ingredients until dissolved.

2. Pour cooled mango jelly solution gently onto marshmallow layer by big tablespoon.

3. Chill in the refrigerator for 3 hours till jelly is set before serving.


Notes:


You can also arrange some sliced fresh mangoes on the biscuit base just before pouring in the marshmallow and also on top of the marshmallow layer. You can also add in diced mango pieces into marshmallow mixture. I shaped the mango pieces with a cookie cutte

NON-BAKE CHEESE CAKE

A recipe from colleague: 


NON-BAKE CHEESE CAKE




INGREDIENTS CREAM




250gm Philadelphia cream cheese $4.00

120 gm caster sugar (3 table spoon)

2 tins Nestle cream $2.90

15 gm gelatin $1.20







PASTRY

One roll of marie biscuit $1.20

250gm butter $2.40





$11.70

METHOD:



1) Grind marine biscuit to fine crumbs.



2) Melt butter and mix with ground biscuit in a round tin (diameter 10', 1.5) to form a base.



3) Put in freezer to harden the base.



4) Beat cheese and sugar till creamy, add in two tins of Nestle cream till well mixed.



5) Drain syrup from fruit cocktail. Put this liquid into small pot, add in gelatin and stir. Then put on low

fire to boil. (Must keep stirring till gelatin melted.)



6) Add fruits into above syrup, mixed well before adding into cream cheese and mixed together.



Microwave Potato Chips

Found this interesting recipe from the net. A different way of making potato chips. I've personally try before and it taste special. 

Microwave Potato Chips

Russet (or baking) potatoes

salt or salt blend



Scrub potatoes, leaving skins on and slice potatoes as thinly as possible into even slices. No slice should be more than 1/16 inch thick (less than 1.5 mm). Lighly oil a pyrex baking dish with cooking spray and place potato slices in a single layer. You will probably have to cook the potato in batches. Evenly salt or season potatos as desired.

Microwave, on high, for 3-6 minutes.

Most batches took me about 4 minutes, but it is best to watch (just like popcorn) to prevent burning.

Remove from dish and repeat with remaining slices until all the potato has been cooked.



TAPICA CAKE

TAPICA CAKE

INGREDIENTS:

1 KG OF GRATED TAPICA
1 PACKET OF BROWN SUGAR (125 G)
2 TABLESPOOON OF SUGAR
1 COCONUT-GRATED

MIX GRATED TAPICA, BOTH SUGAR & 1/2 OF COCONUT. THEN STEAM.
WHEN READY, CUT & COAT WITH THE OTHER 1/2 OF COCONUT.

SUSHI PIZZA

This is a special dish I'd try at Edo sushi, the one opposite SMU:
SUSHI PIZZA

INGREDIENT

BASIC
SUSHI RICE
SEAWEED WRAP
CHEESE

FLAVOUR
TUNA OR SALMON OR CHICKEN


STEPS

LAY SEAWEED WRAP, RICE , FLAVOUR & CHEESE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER
& PUT IN THE OVEN TO BAKE.

SUSHI RICE

When there is no japanese short rice  in the house :

SUSHI RICE

6 BOWL OF HOT COOK RICE

(MIXTURE)
1 1/2 TABLESPOON OF WHITE VINGEAR
2 TABLESPOON OF SUGAR
1/8 OF SALT & ARGIMONOTO

ADD MIXTURE TO RICE & READY TO MOULD INTO SUSHI

Mee hoon kuen

This is a simple receipe for a quick meal when there is nothing around the house except flour..

Mee hoon kuen



Ingredient

Plain flour

Water

oil

Salt

meace meat

mushroom

sweet corn

ikabili

a small bowl of water for wetting hand




Directions


1. Add some water to flour & make into dough and add some oil & salt.


2. Set for 1 hour then roll them into ball. Flaten them with wet hand & add some meace meat

& mushroom for flavouring.


3. Put them into the boiling corn & ikabili soup. Cook for a while & ready to serve.




* For green colour squash spanash veg & orange used carrot. Smash with white cloth.

Shanghai Mooncake

this is from my colleague: 
SHANGHAI MOONCAKE











INGREDIENTS:





SET SKIN:
QTY
(1) EGGS
2

BUTTER
125 G

ICING SUGAR
100 G

SHORTENING
200 G




(2) PLAIN FLOUR
600 G

CUSTARD POWDER
2 TABLESPOON

SELF RAISING FLOUR
2 TEASPOON




(3) VANILLA FLAVOUR
1 TEASPOON





FILLINGS:


KUA ZHI (FRIED)
SOME

LIANG RONG
1 KG





COATING:


EGG
1

BLACK SEASAME & SALT
SOME

(SWIFT THEM TOGETHER)





STEPS:






SKIN:


1. BEAT (1) EVENLY AND ADD (2) THEN (3).

2. KNIT INTO DOUGH & DIVIDE THE POTION FOR EACH AT 30G

3. ROLL EACH FLAT & WRAP IN 25G OF THE FILLINGS & KUA ZHI EACH.

3. BAKE AT 180 DEGREE IN 20 MINS. OBSERVE THE BAKING. WHEN THE CAKE


START TO HARDEN, TAKE IT OUT AND COAT THEM WITH THE COATING.

4. PUT THEM BACK INTO OVEN & CONTINUE BAKING.





HOW TO MAKE PASTA

Got this from TV:
HOW TO MAKE PASTA

1 EGG = ADD 100G OF FLOUR
OLIVE OIL

STEP:

ADD EGG INTO CENTRE OF FLOUR & MIX
ADD OLIVE OIL & FOLD UNTIL THIN
PUT IN INGRED IN A ROLL FOR DUMPLINGS & USED MOULD TO CUT.
FOR PASTA JUST CUT & MIX SOURCE

TONG PO MEAT

This dish is my audit boss speciality: 

TONG PO MEAT


INGREDIENTS



1 PIECE OF 3 LAYER PORK MEAT

CHINESE WINE - SHOU XIN JIU

GINGER

SPRING INION

2 TEASPOONS OF SUGAR

SOME DARK SOURCE

SOME LIGHT SOURCE

STRING (NORMAL SIZE)


STEPS


1) CUT MEAT INTO SMALL CUBE & TIE EACH OF THEM WITH STRING LIKE PRESENT.


2) PUT THEM TO OIL FOR 10 TO 15 MINS. (TO GET RID OF THE SMELL)


3) POUR SOME OIL IN THE PAN & FRY THE MEAT WITH SKIN ON THE OIL TILL DARK.


4) MOVE THE MEAT TO A BOILING PAN & POUR IN WINE TILL IT'S 1/3 ABOVE MEAT.


5) ADD GINGER, SPRING INION, SUGAR & SOURCE.


6) BOIL FOR 2 1/2 HOUR & SEE IF OK & TURN MEAT OVER. BOIL FOR 1/2 HOUR.


7) CUT THE STRING & READY TO SERVE.

Mutton soup

This dish is best for winter: 
MUTTON SOUP

MUTTON
POTATOES
GREEN PEPPER
ONION
CARROT
PEPPER

BOIL LIKE SOUP IN A POT UNTIL VERY COOK. ADD PEPPER.