Lazy Housewife Cooks Dinner

Philippine Style Tomatoes Egg 菲式番茄蛋
Stir Fried French Bean 干煸四季豆
Taiwanese Mini Sausages 台湾香肠

健康焖伊面

Simple Simple Simple Dinner for Margaret and Ben tonight. I wanted to call it Yi Mian Siu Dai 伊面少底 ( just like our kopi siu dai) because I cut down the oil, salt and sugar usage. Besides, there is no seafood like sotong or prawns, just dry shrimp ( I forgot to buy garlic again!) minced meat, fish cake and chye sim.

Just 2 Dishes

Main : Mum's Chicken ( marinates with dark sauce, pepper, sugar, corn powder, oyster sauce & soy sauce)
Side : Stir Fried HK Choy Sum

I called it Mum's chicken because my mum used to fried the chicken wings this way for us when we were young, using very simple spices, add some garlic if you prefer.

Simple Dinner

Lunch out again.. :(

Whenever mum is not around, Ben will hope that I can cook him simple dinner at home. Obviously it is heathier, we've been eating out way too frequent because I got tired easily and prolong standing in the kitchen might cause feet swelling like the past few weeks! So on Saturday night, we decided to go NTUC to get some grocery. Our dinner for tonight : 腐乳鸡，大葱煎蛋，炒大白菜

Steam Carrot / Radish Cake

Okay, I used up so much time to prepare the ingredients this time. Even went out early in the morning to get the rice flour so that I can cook these 2 trays before 12 noon.

Reason for cooking Radish cake today? 要讨个好彩头啦!!!

These are the step by step and the recipe, you can get it from Jo

Muah Chee 麻芝

Muah Chee 麻芝 - Some families must-have festival dish. Why did I make it today? It is because too much peanut powder (bought extra for cny cookies) and I always wanted to make this as EVERYONE of us loves Muah Chee. Well, I almost failed today as I didn't know it needs to be kneaded ( mum told me to use my kitchenaids mixer) until it is QQ, I thought after steaming, it already looked very QQ to me. hahahaha, thanks mum and dad for helping. >.<
Ingredients A
Shallots : 6 nos. (sliced)
Oil : 5 tbsp

Ingredients B
Glutinous Flour : 300g
Water : 450g
Shallots Oil : 3 tbsp

Ingredients C (finely grinded)
Fried peanut : 250g
Fried white sesame seeds : 50g
Sugar : 100g Method:
1) Heat up oil, fry shallots till golden brown, remove shallots for later use.
2) Mix Ingredients B till well combined
3) Strain into an oil-coated steaming tin
4) Steam over high heat for 45min.
5) Removed, use wooden spoon to stir in one direction till smooth
6) Sprinkle a handful of sugar on top to prevent it from turning dry
7) Sprinkle fried shallots
8) Cut into small pieces, roll over the peanut sesame mix and serve http://fenyingrecipe.blogspot.com/2008/04/mua-chi.html<img

腊味香鸡碗仔饭

Yup I am cooking simple dinner tonight. Okay, obviously I do not have any claypot at home and parents are away again. It gives me reason to cook and to mess up the kitchen. Have I ever mention I do not have to clean up after I bake/cook? :) Ben is the world most lovable doting hubby!

Haha...that's the reason why I have not been baking RICH BUTTER CAKE, it was a simple request from Ben and granted!

By the way, these are some of the steps to prepare my very own 腊味香鸡碗仔饭

Preparation :
- cut the onion and marinates the chicken (I use boneless chicken thigh) with some seasoning.
- wash the rice and place them into a bowl with water, the ratio 1 (rice): 1.5 (water)
- wash the vegetable and boil it with some oil and salt, put aside
- cut the chinese saugages and put aside

Start cooking :
- steam the rice until it is half cooked (about 10 minutes)
- after that, put the marinated chicken and chinese sausages together with the rice and cook it at high fire for about 20 minutes, please check if the chicken is cooked
- add an egg if you want to
- serve it with the vegetables

Ben : WONDERFUL DINNER! Thanks baby.

Singapore Fried Carrot Cake

Ingredients
4 radish flour cakes
4 tbs vegetable oil or lard
1 tbs chopped garlic
1 tbs red chilli paste ------ forgot to buy
1 tbs chopped chye poh (salted radish)
2 eggs
1 tbs fish sauce --------- forgot to add
1 stalk fresh spring onion, chopped
5 tbs oil

Method
Heat two tablespoons of oil or lard in a wok. When smoking hot, brown the radish flour cakes, cutting it into small pieces with the spatula as you fry. Push aside the pieces. Heat another table spoon of oil in the wok. Sauté garlic and chye poh till browned. Toss with the radish cake pieces. Make a space in the middle, add the last of the oil and break eggs into the space. Leave to set for a few minutes and then push the radish cake on top. Drizzle with fish sauce, add chilli paste and toss some more to ensure an even mix. Serve hot garnished with spring onion.

Taken from cookbook titled “Singapore Heritage Food” by Sylvia Tan

Simple Dinner

I rushed home after work and managed to cook a simple meal for Ben. I am glad he loves it and he even wanna keep some for tomorrow's breakfast.

Surprise ! Surprise !

We decided to give mum a surprise - To Celebrate Her 56th Birthday, actually not one surprise but TWO!

First, we told her not to cook and our weekend gathering will be over our place on Saturday. Of course, I will be the one cooking. Ben was very kind to accompany me to do some marketing at Cold Storage and NTUC as he knew I can never carry all the bags on my own. Yeah, we took a cab home after that.

What's for dinner? LAKSA!! Eh...don't ask for recipe because I used premix and add other stuff. *come on, one man show leh, use only 4 hours, ok?*

I know I know, no big deal right? This is not the first time cooking dinner for 10 persons, so what's the surprise?

Tadah !! Peach Longevity Bun from D'Bun ! Mum was so happy!And our second Surprise - ICE CREAM CAKE for mummy!

Although it was a failure but mum never complained and she never did, I remember

- Baking numerous non edible stuff and wasted more than 50 eggs, she always says," Try again tomorrow.."

- During my Sec, I was so FAT that I still thought I was a pretty girl, why? Because no one(in the family)ever tease me. Of course now I know I was indeed SUPER DUPER FATTY BOOM BOOM. I was so touch when she told me she will definitely send me to Marie France..

- I SPENT $800 yakking on the phone with an idiot in my Poly 1st year instead of buying myself an air ticket to London but mum didn't scold me.

- I drove our Toyota out without license and banged against the lamp post, causing a big hump at the front and headlight was gone, mum said," you're so daring.." I thought she was going to wallop me! Maybe she would if it is dad's Merz..hahahaha... joking, I didn't get to drive daddy's Merz because I don't have the guts to get a car license after that accident. *chicken la*

Yeah, that's our mum... Happy Birthday Mummy!!!!

冰糖银耳雪梨Double Boiled Winter Pear with Snow Fungus

冰糖银耳雪梨

* Recipe will be updated *

Petai

So malay huh.. fried some petai tonight

pouring the 'asam water'

Our 臭豆 for dinner!

And mum's 南乳焖菜

锅贴 Gyoza

I make some 锅贴 (Gyoza / 'Potstickers') for Ben and Ju today for dinner. Oily Oily~ This isn't my first time frying 锅贴 but first time folding it the Taiwanese way.

See, 弯弯の!

What's for Dinner?

It took me so many hours to prepare our dinner tonight. You never believe me, I started around 2pm! Thank god I managed to cook for Margaret who just had her dinner 10 minutes ago--->yeah, 430pm. Is not funny,k? She has to rush to the bus station and she just can't afford to be late!

Okok. I tried making 煎饼, that's why it took me so long to come online again. My back starts to ache as I stood for too long. Stamina not good...I'll try to post the recipe again tonight, if Ben didn't cling onto me,ok? Oh I love Friday...

*updates*
Dough: 2 rice cups of Plain flour with 2/3 cups of boiling hot water.

Stir quickily with chopsticks then knead until smooth.*hot hot, see my hand red red* Let rest for 30min.

Filling: 1 bowl Minced meat, lots of 葱 but same portion, 1 onion, some garlic, black sause, pepper.--->stir fried, make sure the filling is DRY.

THEN, flaten the dough and spread little oil and salt before adding filling. Roll it up and cut into small pieces. I used my palm to press them hard together before pan fried.

My 煎饼

酸辣汤 - silken tofu, 3 Tbsp of vinegar (black) & 1 Tbsp for white vinegar, 2 Tbsp of sugar, crab meat *Ben's fav*, beaten egg, 香油, salt to taste. Remember to add corn flour starch before beaten egg.

芹菜, fried with leftover meat from 煎饼

Last but not least, my 腐乳蒸鸡, just marinate the chicken with fremented tofu, can get it for $1 plus from NTUC or other supermarkets. Add chili if you like. *all-time fav*

Dinner...yum yum

All right, I am back here bloggin' after fightin' with the wok! I didn't cook the soup for tonight, mum did..I should show this to Ben, maybe he will rush home for dinner!

Big Rave : Fried Fish with Our Homemade Sambal

面粉糕

We call it 面粉糕(mee hoon kueh) in hokkien , selling at most hawker centres and food courts, by PRC. Well, don't ask me why.

The noodles is home made by mum:

-all purpose flour + egg + water, knead it and set a side

-fried the anchovies 江鱼仔, left it cold

-marinate sliced pork/chicken, stir fried with mushroom.

Boil the water in a pot, tear the dough into pieces using hand, followed by fresh vegetable.

Serve with anchovies, sliced pork/chicken and mushroom.

I know I know, not in details right, because I didn't cook them. Mum did. I'll try to take more photos next time.

Singapore Curry Laksa

Ben, again was on a day off today so I decided to take a half day leave to go to the DBS bank with him. For?

Settle his study loan!

Finally we have got no more debt to clear, after 7 years....

To celebrate it, I cook him Laksa, with premix sauce la...hehehe *wink wink*

Roasted Pork 烧肉

I've no idea why am I so into baking and cooking these days... Here you are, a very special pork roasted by me with little help of mummy. Mummy is very good in cooking and baking. She taught me a lot and I have to say many sorries as I am not sharing our very own secret recipe. No jokes oh..I am selling this fellow at S$20/kg. Trust me you won't get this anywhere else, the roasted pork skin is super crunchy and the meat is juicy! Feel free to contact me for free tasting.