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Have a Holly Jolly Christmas! 2007-12-23 22:09:00 Sorry for the lack of updates. We had been shopping for Christmas
presents for the kids, meeting up old friends and I have been busy baking for my friends too. Then there was my birthday (Yes! I just turned 36 on Winter Solscite!).Tomorrow is Christmas and my wedding anniversary is the day after. So I'll be busy, busy, busy cooking again. Hopefully, I'll be able to find time to post recipes soon.I'm taking the opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. May your Christmas be filled with lots of love, joy and laughter!http://feeds.feedburner.com/wokkingmum
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Cabbage Soup 2008-03-07 03:52:24 I think I have the weirdest kids. I totally didn't expect them to like this soup but they love it! They ended up having rice with this soup only, totally ignoring the rest of the dishes. My son had an extra 1/2 a bowl of rice and even finished the cabbage in it. Not to mentioned, they finished it rather fast too.This is one of my comfort soup. My mother cooked this a lot when I was young. If you remembered, I mentioned before my mother doesn't really know how to cook. She made this soup using stock cubes and added (minced) meatball in it. So there's soup, veg and meat. No headaches. One dish settled the dinner. Simple *laughs*Here, I used home-made chicken broth instead. It's really simple to make. Just cook 1 litre of broth with 1 to 1 1/2 handful of shredded cabbage for 20 minutes or til Read more:Cabbage
Cod with Mango 2008-03-07 00:30:51 Urgh! Not another Cod recipe, you say?! Now you know how much I spend on fish for my kids. As long as they eat it, I don't mind paying for it, as long as I can afford it.The kids love this dish because it colouful. But I failed to make my daughter eat the fruits (she hates fruits). Better luck next time.Ingredients:1 Cod, deboned1/3 Mango
, diced coarsely1 sprig Spring Onions, cut into 2" sections1 glove Garlic, diced or slicedFlour for dustingOil of fryingMarinade:1 teaspoon Chinese Cooking Wine1 teaspoon Sesame Seed OilA pinch of Salt1 egg white (optional)Sauce (to be mixed together):4 tablespoon Chicken BrothA pinch of SugarA pinch of Salt1/2 tablespoon CornflourHow to do it:Marinate Cod with marinade for half an hour.Heat wok with enough oil for pan frying.Dust cod with flour and fry it
Raspberry Cream Cheese Tarts 2008-03-07 00:27:58 I did a batch of egg tarts as tea-break snacks for my husband's colleagues. I saved some of the pastry for the crust for my little experiment. And it turn out quite well too. Looks pretty too!Ingredients for Crust:340g Top Flour230g Butter70g Caster Sugar1/2 Beaten EggIngredients for CreamCheese
filling:220g Cream Cheese, softened390g Condensed Milk10ml Lemon Juice1 teaspoon Vanilla ExtractOther ingredients:Fruit, like Blueberries, Strawberries, Grapes, Kiwi. (I used Raspberries)Icing sugar for dusting (optional)How to do it:Beat butter and sugar until creamy.Add egg into mixture and mix until combined.Add flour and mix into a dough.Cover dough with cling wrap and keep in the fridge for 30 minutes.Weight dough into 10g each (depending on size of mould) and press into moulds or muffin tin. Read more:Raspberry
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Pineapple Tarts 2008-03-07 00:00:18 When we talk about Chinese New Year goodies, this first thing that comes in mind is Pineapple Tarts
. Incidentally, it's my hubby's favourite and my kids like it too. The thing is, I have never try it before. Okay, just the crust. Don't ask me why. I just didn't want to try it.But since everyone at home love it so much, I got to try to do it. And the results? A success! And hubby said it's very good. He likes it that the crust is slightly cookie-like, not soft. Yes, I finally tried pineapple tart for the first time and it was nice lah.Ingredients:250g Butter2 tablespoon Sugar1/4 teaspoon Salt1 Egg400g All Purpose Flour1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence1 Egg Yolk (for brushing)600g Pineapple PasteHow to do it:Beat butter, sugar and salt till creamy.Add egg and vanilla essence.Mix evenly.Fold in the
Raisin Butter Cake 2008-03-06 22:47:15 I'm going to 'talk' less and post more. I'm going to try to get more recipes out. My list of upcoming recipes are getting too long and I'm losing my notes (just realised the kids are colouring my food pictures on my notes :P) So, sorry if I seem less 'chatty' or perhaps you are glad I am. *laughs*Anyway, this is one of the kid's favourites and mine too. I have over baked this but luckily it's only the outer layer that's a bit dry and crumbly. The rest was still nice.Ingredients: 5 Eggs 180 Sugar 200g Self Raisin
g Flour, sifted 250g Butter
, soften 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Essence 80g Raisin, soaked to soften and dried (omit to make butter cake) How to do it: Grease baking tin. Reheat oven at 170C Beat butter and sugar till creamy and light. Add egg one at a time and mix until well combined. Add
Pig's Trotters with Ginger and Black Vinegar 2008-03-06 01:05:35 This dish might be familiar to ladies who have gone through confinement. It's a very popular dish to be taken during confinement as it said to help disperse wind and to help tighten the uterus. Erhmm ... my hubby likes this too but no uterus to tighten leh. My confinement lady said men or women, nevermind. All also can eat lah. *giggles*I believe the authentic way to prepare this dish is to have the gravy prepared in a clay pot at least a month before it is to be eaten and the gravy must be heat up at least once a day, everyday. When it is ready to be eaten, just add the gravy to the pig's trotters and hard boiled eggs to be cooked together. Notice I mentioned, add the gravy to the pig's trotters and not the other way round. Well, this is because the gravy prepared can usually last for Read more:Ginger
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Pandan Chiffon Cake 2008-02-22 22:12:21 This is my daughter's favourite! Everytime we go pass Bangawan Solo, she would insist on having a slice.This recipe comes together with other recipes like this and this, when my hubby bought me my first oven. They were all so good. I knew I can trust this recipe and just had to do it.I didn't have the baking pan. So I used muffin cups instead. Hey! Not a bad idea too. It was less messy and was easier to store.Ingredients:Bowl A:6 Egg Yolks100g SugarBowl B:6 Egg Whites100g Sugar1 teaspoon Cream of TartarBowl C:150g All-Purpose Flour aka Plain Flour1 tablespoon Baking PowderBowl D:200ml Coconut Milk2 tablespoon Cooking Oil1 teaspoon Pandan
Paste (not Pandan Essence)How to do it:Whisk ingredients in Bowl A until sugar melts and mixture is creamy.Mix ingredients from Bowl D before adding into Read more:Chiffon
Churros 2008-02-22 22:04:16 Churros is like our fried dough stick (油条）except it's much easier to do compared to our Chinese version. From what I gather, Churros was originated from Spain and is a rather common snack in Philippines as it was pass down during the time when Philippines was a Spanish colony. Correct me if I'm wrong.Which ever it was, I'm glad someone somehow brought Churros to Singapore. *smiles* I just love it! I used to buy Churros from one of the stalls in Bugis function. That was many years ago and that stall is no longer there. I have not find another place selling it since. Hence, I have to do it myself. Oh, you will need thick gloves to do this, unless you have thick (hand) skin and can take the heat. *wink*Ingredients:250ml Water1/4 teaspoon Salt125g All-Purpose Flour, sifted250ml OilIcin
Extra Crunchy Chocolate Chips Cookies 2008-02-15 08:16:52 This is one cookie I have been baking for Christmas and Lunar New Year as gifts for my family and friends. I baked these again for my son's Lunar New Year's celebration in school.However, I did some adjustments to the last recipe to make it less sweet but extra crunchy.Ingredients:200g Butter, soften200g Brown Sugar2 Eggs, beaten1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence200g Chocolate
Bits30g Corn Flour220g Top Flour or All Purpose Flour3 teaspoon Baking Powder1 teaspoon SaltHow to do it:Preheat oven to 180C.Cream butter and sugar till pale and creamy.Add in eggs and vanilla essence and beat well.Fold in shifted flour.Fold in chocolate bits.Roll spoonfuls of mixture into walnut sized balls.Place on tray lined with baking paper.Bake for 12 - 15 minutes until pale golden.Cool for 5 minutes then cool complet Read more:Extra
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Baked Cod with Garlic Mayonnaise 2008-02-01 18:47:50 You know I'm really hard pressed for time these days especially with Chinese New Year just less than a week away. Hence, I used my (water) oven a lot so I can work on other stuff while my trusty helper do the rest of the cooking.You need an oven or toaster to make this dish. If you don't own one, you can steam it but the dish will be 'watery'. Not that nice plus you won't have the brown top effect.If you have been following my blog, you might know my son only eats Cod (expensive taste buds). So for this dish, I used Cod as usual. You can use other white fish instead but I must say Cod tasted a lot better. It tasted sweet.Ingredients:1 Cod (I used the tail part and it's about 7" long)A dash of pepper and salt 1 teaspoon Olive Oil if not using CodGarlic
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Pineapple Cocoon 2008-01-31 23:50:49 I had no idea what these are called. I just made up a name for it (because it looks like a cocoon). In Chinese, it's called 凤梨酥.I meant to post this last week but I really couldn't squeeze out time to blog. Sorry if you have been waiting for this post. *looked apologetic* See, I did put down some of my work to get this out now. *looked pitiful* Chinese New Year is less than a week from now. Hopefully, you are still in time to make this. I know I wouldn't have the time now. I'm still cleaning the house and it seems like I haven't done any cleaning. Sigh! That's the problem if you have active young kids at home.I'm using the same ingredients as what I did with my Pineapple Tarts. So you can see the Cocoon
crust (above) is flaky and almost cookie-like. My family and friends prefer this
Snapper with Orange and Tomato Sauce 2008-01-15 20:37:07 My daughter doesn't take fruits, not even fruit juice. Sometimes, if she is kind to me, she would take a tiny bite to try but most of the time, she simply says "No."I still try to get her to take fruits but I'm not worry at all because she is just like my son when he was her age. Now, he eat fruits everyday and and tell me what fruits he would like to have.I was pleasantly surprised that she loved this fish dish. She usually eats very little during dinner if it's not her favourite Chicken Porridge. This time she finished the whole piece of fish! It's fish and there was taste of orange. Huh? Surprise! Surprise! Kids. And people thought it's difficult to understand than women. Haha ....Ingredients:1 Snapper fillet, cut half1/2 small Onion (not shallot but yellow onion), minced1 glove Garlic Read more:Orange
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Tofu Cubes with Fermented Bean Curd 2008-01-10 01:29:59 I'm a Teochew and I ate Teochew porridge a lot when I was young. In fact, everytime when it's my father's offday, he will cook porridge with a few side dishes like this, this or this. His offday would mean bean sprouts plucking day for me too. Because I have to pluck a big bag of bean sprouts! We won't miss the Salted eggs and Fermented
Bean Curd on the table too when we have porridge.The other day I was hungry and since there was a leftover bowl of my daughter's porridge and a piece of tau kwa (firm tofu) in the fridge which I decided not to use for dinner, I did this and that settled my supper. So Teochew. My late grandfather would have loved this.Ingredients:1 piece Tau Kwa (firm tofu), drained and cut into cubesOil of fryingSeasonings to be mixed together:1 piece Fermented Bean Curd1/
Marmite Prawns 2008-01-09 23:05:31 I think being a picker eater might be inheritance because I remembered my father bought many bottles of Bovril and it was like I only ate plain porridge with Bovril - two bowls of it each time. Hmm ... or was it because my mother doesn't cook? Maybe it was both.My father once told me, he was glad he found Bovril as my appetite increased after adding Bovril in my meals. During that time Bovril contains beef and my father found it nutritious enough of a young kid *me!* who hardly eats. Well, at least it's better than eating plain porridge. He was the person who suggested using it when I told him about the feeding problem with my son when he was a toddler.The Bovril in Singapore doesn't contains beef now due to the Mad-Cow disease many year ago. I know the ones in UK is back with its original Read more:Prawns
Erm ... a genius? 2007-12-28 20:25:05 Yes, I know I promised myself ads in the post. No non-food related post either (unless I need to drop a note to the diners visiting).I was visiting this super-chef and she had this reading level badge on her blog and I'm curious about mine.I checked and it turns out that the reading levels all my blogs are ... ... "Genius"! How can that be?! How is this worked out anyway? *scratch head*So. You must be curious about the reading level of your blog, eh? See! That's why I had to share this even it's not food-related. *stick out tongue* Hop over to check out!Have a great and fun weekend!
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Honey Baked Cod 2007-12-28 07:02:12 I used to work of a Japanese company who often organised dinners for their customers after the sales presentation. They were trying to score points, in hoping to get the year's contact. We do this at least 3 times a year for 3 major customers and other smaller scale dinners with many other customers.During those time, we work like there was no tomorrow and during the night before the presentation, we never when home to sleep. We only go home to bath and change and off we go. Yeah, I was a workaholic before I have kids. Once my boss asked me when we were working overtime, as usual, "What is your hobby?" Guess what? My hobby was the same as my boss' - WORK! *LOL* Luckily, it has now changed to WOK! *laughs*Anyway, during those major dinners, I had to tag along because I liaise with the respe Read more:Baked
Curry Chicken 2007-12-26 23:08:47 The last time I cook CurryChicken
was .... 3 months ago! And I am so used to adding stuff by estimation when I wanted to put it down in writing, I realised I'm like my MIL ... a bit of this and a bit of that. I found myself asking, eh ... how much exactly is a bit? *giggle*Okay, I remembered to note down the quantity this time. So if you waiting for me to post this recipe, here goes ....Ingredients:1 Chicken, chopped into parts400g Potatoes, skinned and cut into smaller pieces30g Curry Powder for meat (cos there is curry powder for fish too)750ml Chicken Broth or Water500ml Coconut Milk200ml Coconut Cream2 tablespoon OilSalt and Sugar to tasteSpices to be grind into paste:10 Shallots, skinned3 clove Garlic, skinned10g Turmeric20g Galangal6 Red Chilli (more if you can handle it)1/2 stalk
Mars Puff Balls 2008-03-13 10:30:40 I realised I didn't post this. This was done quite some time back. To be exact, during Chinese New Year period as an experiment and it turn out very well.It all started with the left-over pineapple tart's crust dough and a bag of Mars Minis we bought during Christmas. I got this idea from the pineapple cocoon.But I got to warn you first if you are going to try this. It keeps exploding like a volcano with sticky caramel chocolate. It was better on my second batch. The trick is, make the crust thin and bake on low heat. So the puff balls will be baked before they explode. At most you get are crack lines.The is definitely for those with sweet tooth, like me! Try eating it after it has cooled slightly. Love the oozing chocolate! But be careful. It's still hot.Ingredients:250g Butter2 tablespo Read more:Balls
Chocolate Melting Moments 2008-03-13 09:17:34 The recipe is pretty straight forward for a novice baker like me. I should be able to handle it was what I thought when I first saw the recipe. *laughs* Plus I'm always curious what they meant by 'melting moments'. *stick out tongue* Sooo... it very crumbly till it feels like it as melted in your mouth!Only thing I do not like about this recipe is it not sweet enough (for me). The next time I do this, I'm going to make it even much smaller so I could get more Nutella. Either that or I'll add more icing sugar to it. Yeah, I got a sweet tooth.Ingredients:125g Butter, chopped2 tablespoon Icing Sugar110g Plain Flour2 tablespoon Corn Flour2 tablespoon Cocoa Powder85g NutellaHow to do it:Preheat oven to 170C.Beat butter and sugar till light and fluffy.Stir in dry ingredients in two batches.Spoo Read more:Chocolate
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Baked Fish in Banana Leaf 2008-03-12 22:35:15 This is my husband's favourite fish dish. Phew! At least it's not expensive cod. This is just the opposite. It's cheap! It only cost me a dollar to get one Selar. But it doesn't taste cheap though. *laughs*As it's a hassle to prepare the spices, I usually do more and keep it in the fridge for a few more days. It goes quite well with squid too.If you can't get banana leaf, you can use aluminum foil, not that it taste nice lah. At least you could cover it (like a tent) to bake. So the fish won't get too dried up, exposed to direct baking and to let the fish gets the flavours. Only open up the foil to let it bake for 2 minutes at the end if you wish.Does this reminds you of those BBQ fish in Singapore? *wink*Ingredients:2 Selar Fish2 stalk Lemon Grass, slightly flatten2 slice Galangal2 Banana Read more:Baked
Starry Egg or Eggy Star? 2008-03-15 00:12:07 How do you fry your egg? My husband like his sunny-side up. I like mine with the yolk covered by the white, like pouched eggs. My kids obviously like them in shapes! Seen here is the star-shaped fried eggs. *wink*It's a bit more work to do this but I like to see how the kids sitting at the table waiting to see what shapes will their eggs be like. It made their meals more enjoyable. This is great for bento too. Wanna know how I do it? Nah, I'm not telling. Kidding.You will need two cookie cutters, one large cookie cutter and another medium cookie cutter. The size of the cookie cutter depends on the size of egg you are using. I'm using two same shape cutters. You can have different shapes, like a big star with a small heart for example.How to do it:Heat and oil your frying pan. Oil both who
Home-made Ice Cream 2008-03-22 04:15:39 I have been wanting to try making ice-cream on my own for quite some time, especially after reading this! But Vi's method requires half and half (of milk and cream) and kosher salt which I could only get at certain supermarket at town. I decided to do the the 'normal' method without the ice-cream maker.Ingredients:2 egg yolks75g Sugar250ml Milk300ml Thickened Cream
1 Vanilla Bean or 1 teaspoon Vanilla ExtractHow to do it:Beat egg yolks and sugar until light and fluffy.Combine milk and cream in saucepan.Split vanilla bean in half, lengthways, and scape the seeds from the bean.Add both seeds and bean to the pan.Bring milk mixture almost to a boil.Remove milk mixture from heat.Remove the bean and set aside for washing and drying (please see note below).Beat while gradually pour the milk mixtur
Steam Prawns with Chilli Garlic 2008-03-24 10:28:32 We love prawns and I must say this is one of the easiest and fastest prawn dish to make. The only important thing you need to have is fresh prawns.Oh! It's easy to eat too since it's "butterflied". *wink*Ingredients:12 medium to large Prawns
, butterfly and devienedA pinch of SaltA dash of pepper1 tablespoon Chinese Cooking Wine1 tablespoon Olive Oil6 clove Garlic
, minced2 fresh Chilli
, choppedA drizzle of Sesame Seed Oil (optional)How to do it:Mix all ingredients except prawns and sesame seed oil together.Place prawns on a shallow dish.Put in the garlic and chili mixture in the slit of the prawns.Steam
for 5 minutes or just cooked.Scoop the sauce from the steamed prawns and pour over the prawns.Drizzle some sesame seed oil sparingly and add some chopped spring onions if you like.Serve imme
Flower Cookies 2008-03-29 03:56:32 This is yet other recipe I found that is easy to follow. The results for this is rather pretty and it taste like a cross between cookie and tart. You know, a bit 'cakey'. Seriously, it's not quite what I like but my kids love it. My husband and his colleagues like it too. I' can't complaining much since they are the one who eat it. *wink*Ingredients:50g Icing Sugar, sifted40g Sugar150g Butter, softena pinch of Salt1 Whole Egg1 Egg Yolk1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract200g Cake Flour, siftedChocolate bits for decorationHow to do it:Combine sugars, butter and salt and beat well till light and fluffy.Combine and beat egg and yolk.Add into batter over 3 times and beat well.Add in Vanilla Extract and beat well.Gradually add in flour and fold in to the batter till all flour are mix well.Scoop batter in Read more:Cookies
Grilled Spice Ribs 2008-03-28 03:01:20 I saw this recipe from a cookbook when I was browsing at a book stand and managed to remember ingredients used (I think) and I just figured out the cooking method. :PI like these so much, I only left one rib for my husband. *laughs* Maybe it's the aroma. Even my son like it but he couldn't finish it because it's a bit spicy.My husband did not really enjoy it as by the time he came back, the rib was cold and the meat was a bit tough (because of the sugar). I shouldn't have listen to him and reheat it for him. He said it's a waste of electricity to reheat for one rib. *opps*Ingredients:4 meaty RibsSpice
s to grind into paste:5 Shallot2 stalk Lemon Grass1 thumb-size Turmeric3 fresh ChilliSeasoning:1/2 teaspoon Salt2 teaspoon Sugar3 tablespoon Honey1 tablespoon Sesame Seed Oil2 tablespoon Ligh Read more:Grilled
Swiss Roll for dinner? 2008-04-08 06:13:11 I haven't make kid's meal for a long time. It's a good sigh because this means my son has no eating problem. Then why did I make one today? Well, it because I was very pleased that he finished a whole plate of Chicken Rice this afternoon on his own and he didn't take very long to do it too. I have been waiting for this day to come. *smiles* So, I thought I will spend some time to make his dinner interesting like before, just for today.What I had in mind was those swiss roll with cream and fruits inside. I should have chopped up the veggies and mixed it with the fish paste. It will look more convincing and nicer but but but ... my mistake. It didn't look anything close to a swiss roll. Still looked for like Sushi. But he still enjoyed it anyway. Oh well!In case you are wondering, it's norm Read more:Swiss
Ladies Kisses 2008-04-07 21:11:08 I saw the picture of this cute looking cookie from a Multiply site and messaged the lady if she could share the recipe with me. A few days later, she replied with the recipe! I didn't expect her to be so willing to share it. Afterall, she paid to go for the lesson. I would understand if she didn't. It was so gracious of her.So thanks to her, now anyone who's reading this will have this recipe too. *smiles*Ingredients: 110g whole hazelnuts or almonds (I used ready prepared grounded almond)100 g icing sugar100 g unsalted butter1/4 tsp grated lemon120 g superfine flour (I used Top Flour)1/8 tsp salt75g chocolate, cut into small pieces How to do it:Toast hazelnuts or almonds in a frying pan over a very low heat, stirring occasionally to prevent burning. Cool and rub off skins only Read more:Kisses
Broccoli Fish Balls with Vegetables 2008-04-07 08:52:30 Okay, this is a kid's side dish. Yay, It doesn't look like a kiddy food. But they find it interesting that their food is served in a spoon instead of the usual. And since I sort of stack the food in layers and there isn't space for them to push the food they don't want aside, they just have to try to eat it. I told them, it's only two small pieces (of mushroom). That did the trick!Ingredients150g Fish Paste1-2 tablespoon chopped Broccoli
(I didn't use the stem part)16 stalk Shimeiji Mushroom8 Baby Corn, sliced half length-wise5 tablespoon BrothCornflour Mixture (thickener)Salt to taste1 teaspoon Minced GarlicOil for cookingHow to do it:Mix fish paste with broccoli.Shape it into 8 balls and set in a bowl of water.Drain and place in a dish to steamed till cooked.Set aside.Heat wok with oil.S Read more:Balls
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