Dried Mandarin Orange Peel

Dried Mandarin Orange Peel

Since I was small, my mother loves to boil desserts with this

Dried Mandarin Peel to give some fruity and citrus taste to the dessert.

Today, I am showing you how to make this Dried Mandarin Peel

which you can use to boil Red Bean, Mung Bean and other type of beans dessert.

Thanks to Elly Chong giving me this table towel from Scotland.

Very useful indeed!

Pictures above, from left to right.

1) Get one Mandarin Orange.

2) Peel off the skin.

3) Take out the white membrane (pith).

[or see below another picture how to scrap out the

white membrane (pith)]

Use spoon to scrap out the white membrane (pith)

until you notice the dot in orange colour.

Cleaned.....done.....no more white membrane (pith).

To dry under the sun until dried.

The peel look like this after 4 days.

The peel look like this after 14 days.

Put into container and use it when needed for

Red Bean Dessert, Mung Bean Dessert and etc to give

the dessert with fruity and citrus taste.

Happy Making.

Assorted Western Breakfast 1

Assorted Western Breakfast

Well, this morning I made this breakfast for my dear husband,

as requested by him yesterday night.

Ok lah.....this will be my Valentine Gift to him.....very cheap lah!

But this gift is valuable because it is cooked with love and joy.

I wish my dear husband joy, happiness, longevity and prosperity.

Wanted to share this dear incident with you which I told my dear

colleague Elly Chong about and she said it was very amusing and cute.

Here goes my story. 1st night, I couldn't sleep until 1.00 am

because maybe I had too much of Chinese tea during dinner time,

thus, I did not have a good night sleep.

Then, 2nd night, our room air-conditioner went out of order.

You can imagine the hot weather outside.

So, my cranky mood was coming out while my dear husband

was fixing it at 10.30 pm.

While I was sleeping, I murmur that yesterday cannot sleep well

and today cannot sleep and I have a lot of office work to clear off tomorrow,

bla bla bla.....,

You know what, my dear husband came to my side

and "um" (pat) me to sleep and kept saying "go to sleep", "go to sleep",

"don't think so much of the heat", "I will fix it", use fan for the time being

....bla bla bla and then I realise the next morning that I have slept

through the night while he was patting me. I am just like a baby.

:)

THE END

Ok, back to my cooking..

Pan fried sausage, bacon...I cooked it without any oil.

Oops! I've forgotten to take picture for my Sunny Side Up egg....sorry-lah.

Once, all the sausage, bacon, egg are cooked and bread are toasted,

placed all in the serving plate.

Easy breakfast to make :-

2 slices of toasted Wheat Germ Bread.

3 pieces of Pan Fried Sausages.

4 slices of Pan Fried Bacon.

1 Sunny Side Up Egg.

Isn't it lip smacking?

My husband and son loved it but not my daughter

because she is trying to become a pescetarian.

Just wishing her all the luck... Anyway, isn't it very

difficult when her mother cooks so many

delicious FOOD at home? So, how to become a FULL PESCETARIAN?

Pancake With Peanut Butter & Jelly

Pancake With Peanut Butter & Jelly

[Recipe Source : by Amy Cheong, Desirable Recipes]

This morning, woke up very early, cannot sleep.

Since cannot sleep, my brain cracking what to cook for breakfast?

Came out this very simple breakfast, Pancake With Peanut Butter & Jelly,

sure my son and daughter will love it.

To get my Fluffy Pancake recipe, please click here.

Once you have done all the pancake,

spread the Peanut Butter & Jelly on top of the pancake

and take another pancake to sandwich it.

My children love the Smucker's Goober Brand of the Peanut Butter & Jelly.

Isn't it is delicious to eat with your favourite hot drink?

Happy Eating!

:)

Braised Sea Cucumber, Mushrooms & Chicken Feet

Braised Sea Cucumber, Mushroom & Chicken Feet

[Recipe Source : by Amy Cheong, Desirable Recipes]

During Chinese New Year, regardless whether that family

is of Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, TeoChew,

Hailam descent (there are many more),

they will surely cook this dish but different families have their

own concoctions. Since I am from a Cantonese family,

I am used to eating and cooking this way.

Well, my husband and I love to eat the Chicken Feet but

my son and daughter will say Yuck! Yuck! ....both of them

eat the Sea Cucumber and Mushroom only.

6 pieces of Pre-Fried Chicken Feet.

9 pieces of Dried Mushrooms.

Mushrooms - Wash and soak with water for 2 hours.

Drain, squeeze the water and keep the water for later use.

Few pieces of Sea Cucumber - Cleaned (Left only few pieces in our freezer).

Pour 1250 ml of water into the pot.

Pour all the ingredients (Sea Cucumber, Mushrooms and Chicken Feet)

into the pot and boil with high fire for around 25 minutes.

Once it is boiled after 25 minutes, lower down the fire

to medium and boil further.

After 1 hour, you noticed that the water has been reduced,

lower the fire to slow, pour in 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce,

1/2 tablespoon of salt, 1/2 tablespoon of pepper and

1/2 tablespoon of sugar.

Adjust the taste to your liking.

(Note : If the water reduced tremendously,

by all means, pour more water)

Scoop some of the ingredients to one side.

Get ready 1 tablespoon of corn flour and

mix well with one tablespoon of pipe water (not hot

nor fridge water).

Pour the corn flour mixture into the pot.

Stir until well combined in order to make the gravy thicker.

Once well combined, turn off the fire.

Serve in a serving dish.

Enjoy this dish during the Chinese New Year reunion lunch or dinner.

May you and your family have an enjoyable Chinese New Year

and May you and your family be blessed with Good Health, Joy,

Happiness, Longevity and Prosperity.

I am submitting this Braised Sea Cucumber, Mushrooms and Chicken Feet

to Aspiring Bakers #15 : Auspicious Dishes for CNY (Januay 2012)

hosted by Wen of Wen's Delight.