Braised Pork Belly With Soya Sauce, Garlic And Eggs

Braised Pork Belly With Soya Sauce,

Garlic And Eggs

My mother loves to cook this dish for us during my younger days until now.

Now I am cooking this dish for my family.  I think this dish has been

with us for more than 49 years (if plus my mother's younger

days, then it will be more than 100 years.... LOL).  This dish is very flavourful 

full of soya sauce and garlic and when you eat together with those eggs, 

it just make in heaven....you even wanted to eat more rice.

I remember one of my dear colleagues taught me one dish similar to this dish 

but without egg.   I concluded both dishes are delicious also.

My dear mother with my dear daughter.  This photo taken at Baskin Robbins

Ice Cream in Pavilion last two weeks ago.  My dear mother is 76 years old.  

Her feature does not look like one old  hag lady, am I right?  

She is still kuat (strong).  Her secret....be a vegetarian.

She is a vegetarian more than half of her age.

290g Pork Belly (Wash, drain and cut into slices with skin intact).

2 bulb of Garlic / 1 1/2 tablespoons of Caster Sugar

2 tablespoons of Cooking Oil / 3 tablespoons of Soya Sauce

1 1/2 tablespoons of Dark Soya Sauce / 1/2 tablespoon of Black Pepper

1 cup of Water

Heat up your pot with 2 tablespoons of cooking oil.

Add in the caster sugar and once it is caramalised.

Add in the slice pork belly and garlic.  Stir until all the oil and sugar

coated all the pork belly.

Add in the soya sauce, dark soya sauce and water.

Let it boil with high fire until boil and then lower the fire to medium.

Simmer it for 10 minutes or until the sauce left 1/2 cup.

(Note : The preference is yours if you prefer more sauce or little sauce.

To me, I wanted the sauce to be thicker.  If your family prefer more sauce,

by all means, add more water.)  Remember to taste it.

Add in the black pepper and stir until combined.

Switch off the fire.

Lastly, add in the hard boiled egg and stir until the sauce coated the eggs.

Yummy! Yummy! Yummy!

This dish was finished by my dear family.  Even the rice and sauce are all gone

together with other dishes that I cooked (Steamed Fish and Stir Fried Vegetable).

Don't be alarmed, it is more than the above picture.  

This dish is enough for four people.

I am submitting this to the Little Thumps Up "Egg" event organized by

Zoe of Bake for Happy Kids, Doreen of My Little Favourite DIY and hosted

by Yen of Baby Sumo, Eat Your Heart Out.

Happy Cooking and I hope you and your family will like this dish.

Apple Pie Puff Pastry

Apple Pie Puff Pastry

Eating Apple Pie with your favourite drink, isn't it is wonderful?

I am not a Coffee Drinker but crazy on Tea.  Anything to do with Tea,

I just love it especially this Harrods Green Tea with Jasmine.

The taste and aroma just wonderful.

I made this Apple Pie last few weeks ago and hope you will like this recipe.

Happy Baking.

Few slices of Ready Made Puff Pastry (thaw for a few minutes),

not to long please, cause the pastry will become very soft which will

make it harder to work with.

Some Apple Pie Filling (click here for the recipe)

Place one Ready Made Puff Pastry on top of a working top.

Place one tablespoon of the Apple Pie Filling near the center line

of the Puff Pastry.  Not to much please, cause the filling will ooze out.

Fold it like the above photo.

Use fork to close it and to make pattern also.

It is easier to lift up the Apple Pie Puff Pastry by using a thin spatula.

Place it on a lined baking tray and bake at 190 Degree Celsius for 

30 minutes or until done.

Once baked, take it out and let it cool completely.

Instead of my daughter enjoying the Apple Pie Puff Pastry, I also

enjoying my day reading my favourite novel, eating Apple Pie Puff Pastry 

and sipping Green Tea.  What a wonderful day!

:)

Salted Duck Egg Porridge

Salted Duck Egg Porridge

Since yesterday, most of the hours, I am home alone.

I am not sad about it but just the house sooooo quiet.  

Don't know how will I feel when both of my kids gone to UK to read law. 

(Yeap. The correct sentences are "read law" and "not study law". 

This is what both of my kids told me).

Daughter went out to meet friend, husband has gone to Miri 

and son has gone to work part time which today will be his last day.  

Now, he is having his summer holiday.

I know I will be lazy to go out to pack meals, thus I made up my 

mind to cook porridge for my breakfast and lunch for today.

I use slow cooker to cook the porridge and started to cook yesterday 

around 11.00 pm.

1 **cup of Rice (wash until the water is clear) and 

mix with 1/2 tablespoon of Cooking Oil and 1/2 tablespoon of Salt.

Let it be for 1 hour and then pour 8 **cups of water and turn the

slow cooker switch to "Auto" mode.

**(Note : Please use the same Cup that you measure the rice and water)

2 Salted Duck Eggs (rinse off the black mud) and boil the Salted Duck Eggs

until cooked (you can cook it the next day when your porridge is cooked).

Look like this when you wake up the next day around 7.45 am.

The porridge so smooth.  Turn off the switch.

Chopped Spring Onion.

Oooh.....I am not eating the black mud!!!....I am showing you the looks

of the Salted Duck Egg (before and after cooking).

Add in the cut Salted Duck Egg and sprinkle some chopped

Spring Onion, Soya Sauce and Ground Pepper.

Such an easy dish to cook.  I just love it.  Don't you?

I am submitting this to the Little Thumps Up "Egg" event organized by

Zoe of Bake for Happy Kids, Doreen of My Little Favourite DIY and hosted

by Yen of Baby Sumo, Eat Your Heart Out.

Double Chocolate Walnut Brownies

Double Chocolate Walnut Brownies

These brownies look horrible but it's a blessing in disguise!
My whole family and lovely bunch of colleagues said this is the best
brownies that they've ever tasted and some wanted me to post this
recipe up asap.  I am just flabbergasted. The pictures don't look too appetizing.
Am I right? Well, sometimes, we cannot judge the cake by its surface!
Thanks for Annie from Annielicious Food for the recipe.
Annie's brownies are cakey and chewy.  Mine came out more of a fudgy brownies.
Haish, I wanted her kind of texture but don't know why it came out differently.
Well, I think I need to bake this again to compare...if my family and
colleagues heard this, sure they will be jumping with joy.

200g Flour / 350g Caster Sugar / 80g Cocoa Powder /

2 Eggs / 1/2 tsp Baking Soda / 120g Semi Sweet Dark Chocolate Chips /

75g + 75g Butter (melted) / 70g Semi Sweet Dark Chocolate (melted) /

50g Chopped Walnut (lightly toasted) / 120ml Boiling Water /

1 tsp Vanilla Extract / Pinch of Salt (I omitted the salt)

In a bowl, combine cocoa powder, baking soda, 75g melted butter 

and boiling water.  

Stir until mixture thickens.

Add in caster sugar, eggs, melted chocolate and remaining 75g 

melted butter.  Stir until mixture turned smooth.

Add in flour, vanilla extract and mix until well combined.

Add in 1/2 portion of chocolate chips and 1/2 portion of toasted walnuts.

And mix until well combined.

Pour the batter into a lined baking pan.

Sprinkle the balance of the chocolate chips and toasted walnuts

on top of the batter and bake at 180 degree celsius for 40 minutes

(depends on your oven).

(Notes from Annie : Bake until the brownies begin to pull away from

sides of pan.  Brownies are done when pick comes out with a few moist

crumbs still clinging.  It is okay for the pick to look moist, but if you see

wet batter, keep baking)

Once baked, cool completely in pan on wire rack.  Once brownies 

completely cooled, cut into squares and serve.

Looks horrible but taste is super delicious.

:)

I am submitting this to the Little Thumps Up "Egg" event organized by

Zoe of Bake for Happy Kids, Doreen of My Little Favourite DIY and hosted

by Yen of Baby Sumo, Eat Your Heart Out.

Apple Pie Filling

Apple Pie Filling

My "wai sek" (like to eat) daughter has been bugging me for a few weeks 

to make apple pie for her.  Last weekend, when my husband, daughter and 

I were at McD Drive Thru to buy late supper for our son, she keep on poking

at me to bake apple pie for her.  She added that one of her best friends, Fiona

wanted this recipe....is it coincidence or what?  At the end, I gave up and 

bake for her the next day.  Well, this recipe is to show you how to make 

the apple filling. So, please bare with me a few more days to load how 

to make apple pie with this apple filling.

4 Green Apples / 20g Butter / 1 tablespoon **Cinnamon Powder /

70g Brown Sugar / 2 tablespoons Corn Flour.

** (Note : I like cinnamon powder, thus I put 1 tablespoon and

if you prefer not so strong of cinnamon, by all means lessen it)

Peel off the skin and dice or slice the apple. Choice is yours.

Add the diced apple, brown sugar and butter into a pot and cook at a 

medium fire.

When you notice the brown sugar and butter has melted, 

taste the sweetness of the filling and add more brown sugar, if necessary.

  

For me, I added extra 10g brown sugar.  After cooking a while,

you will notice the water ooze out from the apple.  Turn the fire to low.

Then add the cinnamon powder and corn flour and stir until well done.

Once the filling thickens, turn off the fire.

Isn't it is delicious looking?