Stir Fried Cauliflower with Minced Meat

This is a simple dish and easy to prepare too.  You can mix any ingredients you like such as minced meat, prawns or even both.  

Ingredients : (no exact measurement)

- Cauliflower (washed, cut and blanched)

- Green peas (washed  and cut)

- Baby corns (washed and cut) I did not have baby corns for this time cos' I cooked whatever is available in the fridge.

- Carrot (washed and sliced)

- Minced meat

-Small shrimps 

- garlic and small onions (washed and chopped)

Seasonings :

- abalone sauce (or oyster sauce, optional)

- soy sauce

- salt

cooking oil

Method :

1)  Heat some oil in a wok and saute garlic and onion until aromatic.

2)  Add minced meat and shrimps.  Stir.

3)  Stir in the remaining ingredients and keep stirring. 

4)  Season with seasonings.

5)  Dish out and serve.

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Stir-Fry Beans Sprout (Taugeh) with Chinese Sausage (Lap Cheong)

For those  who have been following my blog, I am sure you have come across my  recipe on beans sprout where I prepared Stir Fried Bean Sprouts(Taugeh) with Chinese Chives (Kuchai).  Well, here I am sharing with you  another simple taugeh dish with Chinese sausage.  Hope you like it.

Ingredients :

- 2 cups of beans sprout (washed)

- 1 Chinese sausage (washed, casing removed and cut)

- 1 piece of fishcake (washed and thinly sliced)

- 1 carrot (washed and shredded)

- 1 thumbsized of ginger and garlic (washed and smashed)

- Salt and soy sauce (to taste)

- 1 tbsp of cooking oil (not too much oil as the Chinese sausage itself has lots of fat)

Method :

1)  Heat oil in a wok.  Saute garlic and ginger till aromatic

2)  Add Chinese sausage, fishcake and carrot. Stir.

3)  Next, add taugeh and give a quick stir.

4) Season with salt and soy sauce.

5) Serve hot.

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Simple Stir Fried Purple Cabbage

I apologised for my absence of new posts as I have been quite busy lately. Before I disappeared again for year-end holidays, here is a simple homey dish for all my dear followers :)

Purple cabbage, also known as red cabbage, is relatively high in nutrients and vitamins. It is high in fiber, potassium, Vitamin A and C. As such, it is an ideal choice for dieters. It is also common in salads, coleslaw, braised dishes and pickled treats.

Raw purple cabbage is often tossed into salads and when cooked, adding lemon juice preserves its purple color.

Ingredients : (no exact measurement, according to taste)
- Half medium-sized purple cabbage (washed and cut)
- 1 1/2 tbsp of dried shrimps (washed and chopped)
- garlic (washed and crushed)
- salt
- cooking oil
- water

Method :
1) Heat oil in a wok and lightly fry garlic and dried shrimps until fragrant.
2) Add cabbage and stir. If too dry, add some water.
3) Cover and let it simmer until cabbage is soft.

4) Add salt to taste and dish out. 

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Mixed Vegetables with Enoki Mushrooms

A very simple mixed vegetables dish for our recent Mid-autumn family gathering.

Ingredients : (no exact measurement as it depends on individual preferences)

- Shrimps (shelled and washed)
- Cauliflower (washed and cut)
- Carrot (washed and cut)
- Baby corns (wash and cut)
- Snow peas (washed and cut)
- Red capsicum (washed and cut)
- Enoki mushrooms
- Garlic (washed and finely chopped)

Seasonings : (to taste)
- Salt
- Chinese cooking wine

Method :
1) Heat oil in a pan or wok. Saute garlic until aromatic. Then, add shrimps and stir.

2) Add all the ingredients except mushrooms and capsicum. Stir fry until the vegetables are cooked. If too dry, add some water.

3) Add salt, capsicum and mushrooms. Stir and mix well.

4) Add cooking wine and give it a quick stir.

5) Dish out.

Stir Fried French Beans with Fried Tofu and Preserved Radish

French Beans (String Beans) is highly nutritious. It has the same nutritional benefits as other common beans such as lima beans, mung beans, kidney beans, pinto beans and navy beans. 

It is easy to prepare and delicious no matter how you cook it.  Stir fry is one of it and it is especially tasty if stir fry it with preserved radish.  Instead of just the preserved radish, I also add deep fried  hard tofu.  Do try this simple and nutritious recipe :)

Ingredients :

  
- 1 big bunch of french beans (washed and cut)

- 2 blocks of hard tofu (cut into medium size)

- 1 tbsp of preserved radish (washed and roughly chopped)

- garlic (crushed)

cooking oil

Seasonings : (to taste)

- salt

- soy sauce

Method :

1) Heat enough oil in a wok and fry tofu until golden brown. Set aside.

2) With the remaining oil in the wok, saute garlic and radish until aromatic.

3) Add french beans and stir well. If too dry, add some water.

4) Then, add fried tofu. Stir and mix well.

5) Lastly, add seasonings and give it a quick a stir.

6) Serve hot.

Stir Fried Malabar Spinach with Salted Egg

Malabar spinach is in fact not related to spinach! The leaves and stems of Malabar Spinach is purplish-red or green. It has fleshy and thick leaves. When cooked, it is slightly slippery. I used to cook this veggie quite often as my girls like it. It is simple and easy to prepare; be it a stir-fry or a simple vegetable soup. No matter how you cook it, it is still tasty!

Here is one of my Malabar Spinach recipes which I stir fried it with salted egg. Hope you like it!!

Ingredients :

- a bunch of Malabar Spinach - washed

- 1 salted egg - whipped;  yolk, cut into small pieces 

-  garlic - crushed

- 1/2 cup of water

- soy sauce - to taste

- Cooking oil

Method :
1) Heat cooking oil in a wok at medium high heat. Add garlic and saute till fragrant.

2) Add malabar spinach and give it a quick stir. Add water and continue to stir another minute.

3) Add salted egg and let it simmer for a while. When the egg is set, add soy sauce and mix well. (Take note that you should adjust the soy sauce accordingly as sometimes the salted egg can be quite salty. As for me, I did not add any salt to it as I have added bamboo salt into my soy sauce).

4) Remove from the heat and serve at once.

 Hope you like this simple recipe.  Enjoy!! 

Stir Fried Bean Sprouts(Taugeh) with Chinese Chives (Kuchai)

I still have some Chinese chives from my previous dish, Scrambled Egg with Chinese Chives .  So, here's another simple dish to share with those who love taugeh!

Ingredients :

- Bean sprouts - washed

- 1 bunch of chinese chives - washed and cut

- 2 meat rolled (I bought it from the wet market) - sliced

- 1 garlic clove and ginger (washed and crushed)

Seasonings : (to taste)

- salt              

- soy sauce    

- fish sauce

cooking oil

Method :

1.  Heat wok  with some oil. 

2.  Fry garlic and ginger until aromatic.
3. Add in meat roll.
4. Throw in the taugeh and chives. 

5.  Add in seasonings and quickly stir the ingredients a few times.  Don't over cook the bean sprouts if you want to keep that crunchiness. 

6.  Serve hot.

Well, this is a very simple dish to prepare but well loved by those who like crunchy vegetable such as Taugeh (Bean Sprouts).  In addition,  Kuchai (Chinese Chives)  makes a perfect combination!

HWAN CHOO HEOK (Hokkien) FUN SHEE YIP (Cantonese) or Sweet Potato Leaves Can cure Adult Macular Degeneration (AMD) (where the retina becomes loose and degenerate at the center, occuring especially in the elderly and can lead to blindness)

If you are those who don't have a liking for sweet potatoes you have other choices, but if you don't like sweet potato leaves you are missing something not many choices can be at par with.

It is quite rare to find an edible phyto food-on-the-table which is of high food value, edible from its tubers, stems, buds and leaves needs comparatively little care while growing, matures quickly, high food productivity per square feet space, easy to store, and have a quite palatable taste. This description fits the sweet potato. Do not underestimate the 'cheapy' sweet potato leaves (after all many farmers discard them after harvesting the tubers). Modernization and the convenience of city life have nearly pushed the sweet potato leaves (SPL) into the attic to collect dust while many medical practitioners collect monies from disease sufferers who could be better off just putting SPL into their regular diet. SPL can generate a nice smoothie or greens juice for your alkalization needs. without you having to sacrifice spending on other things because it is very affordable and yet does not compromise your health. Hey, where else can you get such a deal. It is a humble but rich food which should deserve the respect from those who understand and require the need for raw phyto greens to complement their daily health.

HOW TO INGEST SPL?
For therapeutic purposes, it is recommended that you take the raw green juice of SPL. The best way to ingest the goodness of SPL is to take the juice/smoothie of the raw phyto green so that you get the action of the chlorophyll and all the other goodness of the phyto green on your body. Just use any blender which can turn the leaves into pulp. 1) If you use only the SPL leaves, blending will turn them into a smoothie. You will find that blended SPL leaves have a gummy texture, somewhat like blended bananas. This smoothie is not too hard to drink. For a savory taste, just add lemon or lime before blending; you can also top it up with blackstrap molasses. 2) If you use the leaves and stalks of SPL, the smoothie is not as smooth as in (1) and not as palatable too; because your tongue can feel the fiber and your throat does not feel okay. However, if you need only the fiiltered juice, just put everything in, leaves + leaf stalks. Filter the blended pulp and drink immediately. Raw phyto-greens are especially potent in its therapeutic effect if you used them within 1-2 days after purchase from the market. Later than 1-2 days (even with cool storage in the fridge), the potency can drastically be reduced. If you have a garden, organically grown SPL is the best. However, don’t bother with ‘organic’ SPL if you are on a therapy diet, because the popular notion that inorganically grown SPL is a cause for diseases is not as as urgent as your immediate need: To alkalize your body against pathogenic and toxigenic fungi.


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The sweet potato leaves are rich in Vitamin A (ideal for skin care!), fiber, and micro nutrients. They’re healthy for the blood. If your blood lacks redness, or if you have low-blood pressure, make sweet potato leaves a regular salad side dish. If you often lack sleep, eat them often. They’re also so good for remedying constipation.
You wanna loose weight? The leaves of sweet potato are ideal. And it’s cheap. Overall, people in Asia with weak bodies and ill health are encouragedto often eat this herbal veggie. It improves health in many ways.