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12 kg pork belly with skin on or without 1 medium onion, diced ginger, peeled and cut into thin slices 3 cloves of garlic, sliced 2 tbsp cooking oil 2 tbsp soy sauce 12 tbsp brown sugar 1 pc. bay leaf, crushed 2 cups water Procedure: Heat the pan over medium heat, add the oil, then...

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Eggplant can be cooked in many ways, by grilling, baking or boiling. I like to boil the eggplant for this recipe. Ingredients: 2 pcs. med. size eggplant (long purple ones) 2 med. size tomatoes, sliced in wedges 1 pc. green onion, sliced thinly For the dressing: 3 tbsp. fish sauce or 1...

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10 pcs. chicken wings (upper portion of the wings) 12 tsp. salt dash of pepper oil for deep frying Dredging mixture: 12 cup flour 14 cup cornstarch 1 tsp. garlic powder dash of red chillis (optional) Procedure Cut chicken at the joints. Pull skin and scrape the meat an...

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This is a dish of layered eggplants and meat topped with white sauce and baked. Moussaka means "casserole". Origin is Greek. For Filling 3 large eggplants 1 cup oil 3 large onions, chopped 2 12 pounds ground beef 12 cup water 3 tablespoons tomato paste 12 cup chopped parsley ...

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Pineapple fruit is rich in minerals and vitamins C, B1, B6, excelent source of manganese and copper. Good source of dietary fiber. Pineapple have diuretic, anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties. It is good for diarrhea, digestion, intestinal infection, athritis, sore throat, gout etc. ...

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This recipe can be used as topping over hot cooked rice. Ingredients 2 cake Tofu, the firm type 100 gms ground beef 2 clove garlic, chopped 1 stalk leeks, chopped (for topping) For the Sauce: 2 tbsp. oyster sauce 1 tbsp. soy sauce 12 cup chicken stock 2 tbsp oil 1 tbsp cornstarch...

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I will be posting different recipes of rice and sticky rice for that matter. My first feature will be the Sticky or Glutinous rice. Cooking Rice: 1 cup sticky rice or glutinous rice 1 cup cold water a pinch of salt 1. Cook sticky rice same way as ordinary rice cooking method of steamin...

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The so called finger-Knuckle method - Add the water until it covers your knuckles hand is flat on the rice. Dip your Fingers on top of the rice (not bottom) up to the first line of your middle finger. Try this method, if it works-no need to buy an electric rice cooker. Stove To...

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Electric Rice Cooker Cooking Pan Steam Rice If you use an electric rice cooker, we just put the rice and water into the cooker and press the button. If you use the stove top method there are several steps to follow when you cook the rice. Rice cooker is the convenient way of cooking es...

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3 cups cooked steam rice 2 cloves garlic chopped 3 tbsp canned whole corn 3 tbsp thawed green peas 2 slices cooked ham, cut in cubes 2 tbsp butter pinch of salt & pepper Procedure: Melt butter in a frying pan. Saute garlic, corn, ham and green peas quickly. Add rice, stir fry an...

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You can serve this as snack or as a fingerfood. For the Duchess Potato 12 kg potatoes 2 12 cup water 1 tsp. salt 1 egg yolk 1 tbsp butter For the Choux Paste 12 cup water 14 cup butter pinch of salt 12 cup all purpose flour 2 eggs Peel potatoes and wash, cut into quarters...

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Eggplant Omelette	Clam Soup	Angel Cake or Chiffon Cake Pans
Fried Herring	Braised Pork Belly	Eggplant Salad
Chicken Lollipop	Moussaka(Eggplant Lasagna)	How to Peel & Cut Pineapple Fruit
Ground Beef with Tofu	Sticky Rice Squares	Cooking Rice Tricks
How to Cook Rice	FRIED RICE	Potato Dauphine

Eggplant Omelette

February 26th 2009 01:38

Eggplant

Eggplant with Rice

Eggplants tops among my favorite veggies. This recipe is quite easy. The messy part is when you grill and peel the skin off the eggplant.

Recipe:
3 eggplants (long variety)
1 large egg
dash of salt & pepper
oil for frying

Procedure
Pierce the eggplant with a fork (3 on each sides) before grilling. Cook the eggplants, broil on a grill or open flame or by boiling until eggplant is soft. Turn eggplants on every side to char the skin until wilted. Cool the eggplants before you peel off the skin, retain the stem for easy handling during frying.

Flatten the eggplant by fork, set aside. Beat egg and season with salt & pepper. Heat oil in a medium pan. Dip each eggplant one at a time in the egg mixture and slowly slide it into the pan. Fry until lightly brown on both sides.

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Clam Soup

February 16th 2009 01:22

1 kg. clams
2 tbps. oil
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1 small thumb-size ginger, chopped

Procedure:
Wash and clean clams in cold water. (Water will help to remove the sand from the clams). In a deep pan, saute onions & ginger in hot oil, add clams (don’t put water unless your recipe is for soup) they release a natural salty juice. Cover pot and cook over high heat about 5 minutes or just until clams open. Do not overcook as clams becomes tough (discard clams that will not open).

Tips: Do not put salt. Clams juice are naturally salty. If you’ll make a clam soup then add about 8 cups of water and salt to taste.

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Angel Cake or Chiffon Cake Pans

November 10th 2008 03:57

Chiffon and Angel cakes are baked in tube pans. When I was in the US I had a hard time "pan shopping" for pans, so my sister ordered directly from the pan manufacturers such as Wilton. We waited for about two weeks before our orders arrived.
I have 2 tube pans in my dozens of baking cookware. I seldom use this pan except for special occasions like birthdays & holidays. It is easy to order special cakes in bakeries or cake shops but angel and chiffon cakes are no longer made in bakeshops, so making your own angel cake is something special.
Tube pan and electric mixer are essential gadgets in making this kind of cakes. Don't ever buy a non-stick pan as I did before or you'll end up baking a fallen angel. The cake will collapse as it will not cling to the tube and sides of the pan. Do not grease the pan.
What do you do with your egg whites??? Here's the recipe for Angel Food Cake

Angel Cake Tube Pans

Angel Food Cake Recipe

12 egg whites
1 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1 1/2 cups white sugar, divided
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp almond extract
1 cup sifted cake flour
1/4 tsp salt

Oven Temp ~ 375° Ore-heat oven
Cake Baking Time ~ 30 - 40 Min. Pan Type ~ 10 x 3 3/4-inch - Angel Food cake pan

Directions:

In large bowl, using a mixer, beat egg whites with cream of tartar at high speed until foamy. Add 3/4 cup of the sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, beating constantly until sugar is dissolved and whites are glossy and stand in soft peaks. Beat in flavorings.Sift together flour, remaining sugar and salt. Sift about 1/2 cup of the flour mixture over whites and gently fold just until flour disappears.
Repeat, folding in remaining flour mixture 1/2 cup at a time. Pour into ungreased 10 x 3 3/4-inch Angel Food pan. Gently cut through batter with metal spatula.Bake in preheated oven until top springs back when lightly touched with finger. Remove from oven immediately and invert cake as soon as possible to maintain its volume and to keep it from shrinking. Cool completely, about 1 1/2 hours. With narrow spatula or knife, loosen cake from pan and gently shake onto serving plate.Top with fruit or frost, if desired.

Angel -Chiffon CakesTube Pans

Chocolate Angel Food Cake Recipe:
Omit almond extract and increase vanilla to 2 teaspoons. Reduce flour to 2/3 cup and sift in 1/3 cup Cocoa Powder. Prepare batter and bake as above.
Yield: 12 servings - 1 (10-inch) cake

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Fried Herring

August 6th 2008 10:43

Fried Herring

There are many health benefits of eating fish. Fish is a good source of proteins, calcium, iodine, riboflavin, and fats from fish is easy to digest.

Yesterday I bought a kilo of herring. Frying the fish is the only way to entice the appetites of my sisters, so without further ado, I cleaned the fish and drain off excess water for about 15 minutes before rubbing them with salt.

1 kg. herring
1 tsp. sea salt
oil for deep frynig2 big tomatoes sliced, for garnish
2 med size onions, sliced

Vinegar & soy sauce for dipping

Preparation:
You may or may not scale the fish. Lay the fish on a cutting board use a sharp knife to cut off the heads. Remove the entrails in the stomach. Rinse the fish inside out in cold running water. Drain off water. Rub salt on the fish.

In hot oil, deep fry fishes in batches.

Arrange on platter. Garnish with slice tomatoes and onions.

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Braised Pork Belly

August 4th 2008 03:55

Braised Pork Belly

1/2 kg pork belly with skin on or without
1 medium onion, diced
ginger, peeled and cut into thin slices
3 cloves of garlic, sliced
2 tbsp cooking oil
2 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 tbsp brown sugar
1 pc. bay leaf, crushed
2 cups water

Procedure:
Heat the pan over medium heat, add the oil, then the diced onions, chopped ginger. Continue cooking the onions and spices, about two minutes.
Put the pork belly flat, on the pot over the onions and spices. Add enough water to completely cover the belly, add the soy sauce, crushed garlic cloves, brown sugar and crushed bay leaf.
Put the lid on the pot and turn the heat up to high and bring the pot to a boil. Let simmer over low heat for at least 30 minutes or until the pork is tender.
You can serve this over rice or any kind of noodle you have. You can add as topping blanched bok choy or diced carrots.

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Eggplant Salad

July 29th 2008 11:58

Eggplant Salad

Eggplant can be cooked in many ways, by grilling, baking or boiling. I like to boil the eggplant for this recipe.

Ingredients:
2 pcs. med. size eggplant (long purple ones)
2 med. size tomatoes, sliced in wedges
1 pc. green onion, sliced thinly
For the dressing:
3 tbsp. fish sauce or 1/2 tsp.. salt
2 tbsp. white vinegar
dash of black pepper or chillis

Procedure:
Boil eggpant (cut-off the stalks) in water until cooked. Remove from water and let it rest and cool. Cut or chop into bite-size pieces with the skin on. If you don’t like to eat the skin, cut in half vertically and scrape the meat. Set aside. Slice tomatoes into thin wedges. Slice green onions.
Mix in a deep bowl or in a shallow platter all of the above ingredients. Season with fish sauce, white vinegar and dash of pepper. Mix and toss lightly. If you want a spicy taste you can add chilli powder cut red chillis. Let stand for 15 minutes minutes in the ref. before serving.
Note: If the Asian variety is not availabe, you can use the round variety.

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Chicken Lollipop

July 24th 2008 11:55

Chicken Lollipop

Scrape mMeat

Cut Joint of Wings

10 pcs. chicken wings (upper portion of the wings)

1/2 tsp. salt
dash of pepper
oil for deep frying

Dredging mixture:
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
1 tsp. garlic powder
dash of red chillis (optional)

Procedure
Cut chicken at the joints. Pull skin and scrape the meat and push it down to the other end of the joint to form a ball. Set aside. Reserve the other parts for soup or other purposes.
Marinate chicken with salt and pepper for half an hour Mix the dredging mixture. Combine the chicken and coating mixture. Let rest for half an hour. In deep pan, dip fry chicken over medium heat until golden brown. Serve hot with your fave dips

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Moussaka(Eggplant Lasagna)

June 26th 2008 09:33

Eggplant Lasagna

This is a dish of layered eggplants and meat topped with white sauce and baked. Moussaka means "casserole". Origin is Greek.

For Filling
3 large eggplants
1 cup oil
3 large onions, chopped
2 1/2 pounds ground beef
1/2 cup water
3 tablespoons tomato paste
1/2 cup chopped parsley
1 tsp. salt
pepper to taste
1 cup bread crumbs
2 beaten eggs
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

For cream sauce:
6 tablespoons butter
6 tablespoons flour
3 cups milk
3 beaten eggs
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
dash white pepper
dash nutmeg

Wash eggplants. Slice eggplants (with skins) into 1/2-inch rounds or cut into 1/4 inch lengthwise. Sprinkle with a little salt and let stand 20 minutes to remove any bitter taste. Rinse in cold water; pat dry.
In a frying pan, heat oil, fry eggplants briefly about 1 or 2 minutes or brown slices of eggplant on both sides. Set aside and drain on paper towels.

In skillet saute onions in 1/3 cup oil until tender. Add ground meat and saute around 5 - 10 minutes. Drain off any excess fat. Return to skillet. Add tomato paste, water, parsley, salt, pepper. Simmer until liquid is nearly absorbed. Take off heat, add 1/2 cup bread crumbs, 2 beaten eggs, and 1/4 cup cheese.

For cream sauce/Custard
Bring milk almost to a boil. In another saucepan, melt butter. Blend in flour with wire wisk stirring constantly. Add warm milk slowly to butter-flour mixture, stirring vigorously. Continue stirring and cooking. When mixture is thickened and smooth, remove from heat. Cool slightly. Slowly add a little of the cream mixture to beaten eggs, then pour back into cream sauce and stir well. Add white pepper, nutmeg and cheese.

To Assemble:
Grease 9" x 13" baking dish or pan. Sprinkle bottom lightly with bread crumbs. Cover with a layer of eggplant slices. Spoon on all of meat mixture. Sprinkle with bread crumbs. Arrange remaining eggplant over meat mixture. Pour cream sauce on top. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake custard uncovered until custard is set about 1 hour.
Bake 350 degrees F. If custard oozes out, cook longer another half hour.
Remove - cool slightly before cutting into squares.

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How to Peel & Cut Pineapple Fruit

May 27th 2008 04:56

Pineapple

Top portion of pineapple

Cut off the rest of the skin

cut out the eyes

Dressed pineapple

Cut out all the eyes, be careful not to cut deeply.

Slice the fruit

Serve & enjoy. I sprinkle the fruit with some salt.

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Ground Beef with Tofu

May 25th 2008 10:32

Ground Beef with Tofu

This recipe can be used as topping over hot cooked rice.

Ingredients
2 cake Tofu, the firm type
100 gms ground beef
2 clove garlic, chopped
1 stalk leeks, chopped (for topping)

For the Sauce:
2 tbsp. oyster sauce
1 tbsp. soy sauce
1/2 cup chicken stock
2 tbsp oil
1 tbsp cornstarch, dissolved in 2 tbsp water

Procedure:

1. Slice tofu into cubes (2 cm). Drain well.
2. In a small bowl, combine cooking sauce ingredients.
3. Heat oil in a wok or frying pan. Saute garlic, beef. Add cooking sauce and bring to a boil. Add tofu , stir fry gently the tofu, and cook about 3 minutes over medium heat.
5. Stir in dissolved cornstarch and leeks. Mix lightly and remove from heat.

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