Meat & Fish Balls Soup

Meat & Fish Balls Soup

You must be wondering what has happened to me?

Why suddenly blogging so many food during this month?

Well, I wanted to finish blogging all my recipes that has been

hyphenating inside my PC before end of this year and

soon I will be going to 3 countries for holiday with my family.

First, you have to boil the dried anchovies soup (click here for this recipe).

Once your anchovies soup is boiled, pour in your

favourite meat balls, fish balls and etc. Let it boil.

Once the meat or fish balls are floating on top,

that means it is cooked. Then turn off the fire

and serve. Taste it, if not enough of pepper or salt,

then drizzle in some.

Garnish with some chopped spring onion.

Serve with rice.

Adults and children sure will like to drink this.

Dried Anchovies Broth (Soup)

Dried Anchovies Broth (Soup)

Instead of chicken soup, you can use this

Dried Anchovies Soup (Kong Yee Chai Tong in Cantonese)

as your soup base for noodles soup, vegetables soup and etc.

Very easy to make, if you have made extra,

you can frozen it for another day to use.

2 cups of Dried Anchovies Soup - wash and drain.

(if you purchase whole dried anchovies, please take out

the bones and inner stuff)

Heat up 1 cup of cooking oil.

Once heated up, pour in the dried anchovies and

stir fry until slightly brown......not overly brown,

if not your soup will be bitter.

Then pour in water.

Let it boil for 1/2 an hour.

After a while, impurities will be floating on top,

scoop it out and boil further. Taste it and add

pepper and salt, if prefer.

Swtich off the fire.

Well, isn't it is easy to boil?

Dried Anchovies Soup (Kong Yee Sai Tong in Cantonese)

I use this soup quite often for my noddle soup, vegetables soup

and etc.

Pan Fried Dried Bean Curd With Fish Paste

United Buddy Bears

promote living together in peace and harmony.

You should bring your family, friends to visit a total of

147 larger than life sculptures at Pavilion, Kuala Lumpur.

These painted bear sculptures are individually designed by

artists from all the countries recognised by the United Nations.

It will only exhibit until 15February 2012

and will make their way to another country,

Malaysia is the 1st South-East Asian country to be chosen for its tour.

The Buddy Bears exhibition was 1st held in Berlin in Year 2002.

My daughter and I took this

United Buddy Bear called Luxembourg after our

dinner at Jogoya, Starhill, yesterday night. Three of us including my son

had dinner celebrating my son 2nd Moot participation organized

by his college and also to derail my daughter sadness over one

of her college friends back stabbing among themselves.

Thanks God, they found out before everything got out of hands.

Well, I have told her that if this friend of their does not appreciate

their friendship, then forget about her and carry on with their life.

Below is the picture of my son cooking Shabu-Shabu at

Jogoya......we have fun eating, talking, laughing and etc,

too bad that my husband did not join us because he is away

for business.

Back to cooking recipe .........

Pan Fried Dried Bean Curd With Fish Paste

You will love this dish. Easy to cook.

My family favourite dish.

3 pieces of Dried Bean Curd Sheet

180 g Fish Paste.

Soak the Dried Bean Curd Sheets with water

until soft......do remember DO NOT SOAK

the Dried Bean Curd Sheets become white in colour.

Drain the water and drip dry.

Cut into your desired size.

Place one teaspoon of Fish Paste to the middle line

of the Dried Bean Curd sheet.

Fold it and use your finger tips to press the Fish Paste

evenly distribute all over the Dried Bean Curd sheet

in order for the Fish Paste to be cooked thoroughly.

Look like this after you have press it.

After you done all, leave it at one side.

(Don't worry, the quantity is more than the above)

Heat up your pan with cooking oil. I put 3 tbsp.

Place your fish paste bean curd sheets into the heated

cooking oil and pan fry until done.

Then, turn to the other side and pan fry further.

Once done, place on top of the kitchen tower

to soak the extra oil.

Serve at once with rice and other dishes.

I am sure your family will love it.

And don't forget to dip with some chilli sauce.

Happy Cooking.

French Toast

French Toast

Yesterday night, while preparing to sleep,

my dear husband told me that he wanted me to

make him breakfast before flying off to Sarawak

for one day trip because he does not want to rush

himself looking for breakfast outside.

Since he requested for it, I cannot say "NO".....so,

my brain starts to process what to cook for him and

since I have all these ingredients inside my fridge,

why not make for him French Toast With Pan Fried Bacon.

This is our breakfast for today.

6 slices of White Bread.

1 tablespoon of Brown Sugar (I am short of Caster Sugar).

2 tablespoons of Milk.

3 Eggs.

Happy Notes from me :) :) :).....(Did you see the Bright Red Colour Tongs?

I bought it from Pantry Magic which was introduced by

Sonia from Nasi Lemak Lovers and Veronica from Quay Po Cooks.

Thanks to both of them, I FINALLY found the Tongs that I have

been looking for since last year.....I am very fussy with kitchen utensils,

too cheap - won't last long, too expensive - burn my pocket.

Aiyah! What a fussy person I am.......this one is perfect!!!

Beside the Tongs, I bought a few items.

My husband saw me using the new Tongs to cook breakfast for him

and commented, open ceremony? I happily said "YES! DEAR")

With a wide bowl, pour in the brown sugar, milk and eggs.

Whisk all until well combined with bubbles on top

of the batter.

Heat up the non-stick pan with 2 tablespoons of

vegetable oil or butter.

Soak the bread both side into the batter.

DON'T soak too long, if not, your bread will become soggy.

Soak the bread both side into the batter.

DON'T soak too long, if not, your bread will become soggy.

Place the bread into the non-stick pan and

fried until brown.

And turn to the other side to pan fried further.

Once done, place it in the serving plate.

French Toast With Pan Fried Bacon

I serve it with cut fruit for my dear husband.

While eating, he told me not to forget to make for

our children (my son and daughter are no longer

called children or kids but young adults......

but as parents, we still treat them as children or kids)

I said no problem because I have cooked plenty.

Happy Cooking and Eating.

;)

Air Mata Kuching

Air Mata Kuching

Mata Kuching is one of our Malaysia local fruits.

The flesh is sweet and crunchy.

It is smaller in size than Longan.

I bought this Mata Kuching from market,

sold by a couple at RM5.00 per kg.

Direct translation from Mata Kuching ("Cat Eyes")....well,

after peeling the skin off, it looks like Cat Eyes!

Full Translations : Air (Water), Mata (Eyes) and Kuching (Cat)

You should try this fruit, you won't regret it.

You can eat it directly or make it into so call dessert or beverage.

Wash thoroughly until the water runs clear.

I put inside the fridge to cold it.

After one hour, take it out and peel off the skin.

You are going to need :-

Peeled Mata Kuching.

One Jug of Cold Water.

Some Ice Cubes.

Some Sugar Cane Rock Water (click here for recipe)

In a bowl, pour 2 tablespoon of Sugar Cane Rock Water

and few Ice Cubes, then 2 cups of Cold Water and

lastly drop in few Mata Kuching and stir.

Look refreshing to drink, isn't it.

Ok.....go to the market or fruits stall to buy the

Mata Kuching and make it immediately for you,

your family or friends to drink.

My dear daughter took 2 bowls, same goes

to my husband and son.....me???

Of course, 3 bowls-lah :)

Sugar Water (Syrup)

Sugar Water (Syrup)

One of my friends called me up asking how to make Sugar Water.

Told her that it is very easy to make.

(Please forgive her, she is a working mother and not a cooking mother)

Just wanted to blog this for her or others further reference.

:)

80g of Rock Cane Sugar.

(if you do not have this Rock Cane Sugar,

you can use Caster Sugar)

750ml Water. (lesser water, the sweeter it will be)

If you have Screwpine Leaves, will be better because

it enhance the taste (fragrant).

Boil it for less than 10 minutes and the

Rock Cane Sugar will be dissolved.

Once done, let it cool and keep at one side for later use

or keep in the fridge for another day to use.

Sugar Water (Syrup)

Dorayaki (Japanese Red Bean Pancake)

Dorayaki (Red Bean Pancake)

My whole family loves this Dorayaki,

favourite food of Doraemon). I've always thought that

it is difficult to make until I saw it from Nami from

Just One Cook Book . Thanks to Nami for sharing this recipe.

It is so easy to make and inexpensive.

You should try it out, my daughter and I

had great fun making it.

140g Caster Sugar (it is quite sweet, next try will lower to 120g).

4 Eggs (room temperature).

160g Flour and 1 tsp Baking Powder (shifted).

190g Red Bean Paste.

(Note : For Red Bean Paste, please follow this

recipe from my blog, just click here)

2tbsp Honey.

2tbsp Water.

Pour Caster Sugar, Eggs and Honey into bowl.

Beat until fluffy.

Pour in the Flour.

And mix well until combined.

Put into the fridge for 15 minutes.

After 15 minutes, take it out from the fridge and

pour 1 tbsp of water and mix well. Do not pour in

so much water. The texture of the batter should be

thicker than the normal pancake batter.

Oil your pan with kitchen paper towel.

The oil cannot be visible through naked eyes.

Medium fire.

Pour in the batter from 1 foot high.

Pancake should be 3 inches diameter.

To me, sizes depend on you.

Cook with medium fire.

Once you see the bubbles coming out,

flip it over to the side and cook further.

Remember, while you are cooking the pancake,

please do not go anywhere or do other things,

because your pancake will get burnt easily.

Once done, scoop it out and put into wire rack

and cover with kitchen towel.

I made around 13 pancakes.

Spread the Red Bean paste on top of the pancake

and then place another pancake on top.

My daughter said my Dorayaki has more Red Bean taste

compared to the outside ones. My husband and son said it is

delicious except that it is a bit sweet. My daughter is even going

to facebook her friend about it because she knows that

this friend particularly likes Dorayaki.

The above Doraemon handkerchief was gift from our

Japanese friend, Kikuo Ikegami to my children few years ago.