Tortellini

Fresh pasta. My first time and it turned out to be quite delicious! I was so pleased and the Mr. said: Well-done wifey! ;)

Ingredients

2 packs of fresh Tortellini with bacon and cheese

1 medium-sized onion-sliced thinly

1 medium-sized paprika-sliced thinly

2 cloves of garlic-sliced thinly
1 pack of baby spinach

10 pieces of cherry tomatoes-in quarters

2 tsps salt

1 pack of creme fraiche

2 tbsps chilli paprika creme fraice

Method

1. Heat up a pan with some oil and fry garlic till fragrant.
2. Add onions and fry till soft.
3. Add paprika, cherry tomatoes, spinach, salt and fry till combined and cooked.
4. In the meanwhile cook the pasta as directed in the package and drain it.
5. Add pasta, creme fraiche and chilli paprika creme fraiche into the pan and combine well.
6. Serve immediately with shredded cheese.
7. Yummy!

   

   Ingredients

   

   Lots of cheese on top

Lo Mai Kai (Glutinous Rice)

I love Lo Mai Kai! I like to have this during dim sum sessions. My munchkins love them too! Hmmm....Let's have a feast of glutinous rice. :)

Ingredients

400g glutinous rice (soaked overnight)

400g chicken meat-marinated overnight ( I like thigh meat)

10 pcs of dried mushrooms (soaked overnight,squeezed dry and cut into small pieces)

2 chinese sausages (sliced and fried briefly)

Glutinous Rice (mixed in a bowl)

2 tbsps oil

1 tbsp sesame oil

1 tsp five spice powder

1 tsp salt

1 tsp sugar

1/4 tsp pepper

2 tbsps light soya sauce

1-2 tbsp dark soya sauce (if u like it darker in colour)

Chicken Marinade 

1 tbsp shaoxing wine

2 tbsp light soya sauce 

1 tbsp dark soya sauce

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

Other ingredients

3 shallots-minced

2 tbsps oil

3 tbsps oyster sauce

1 tbsp light soya sauce

1 tbsp dark soya sauce

100-150 ml of water

Hot water for steaming

Method

1. Drain glutinous rice and steam it for 30mins. Set aside.
2. Heat up a frying pan and fry shallots till fragrant and add in mushrooms. Fry briefly.
3. Add in chicken, oyster sauce, soya sauce, dark soya sauce and fry till cooked. 
4. Add 100-150ml of water and let it simmer at low heat for about 15mins. Set aside.
5. Fry glutinous rice in a non-stick pan for about 5-8mins (stirring frequently) and add in seasonings. Stir and combine well. Set aside.
6. Grease some containers for steaming. If you don't have, you can use a heatproof bowl and steam everything. The only difference is it's not individual-type.
7. Layer the chicken, mushroom and sausage at the bottom and glutinous rice on top. Do make sure it's well-packed.
8. Add hot, boiled water into each container till the rice is slightly covered.
9. Steam in a big pot for about 20-30 mins. 
10. Serve warm with chilli sauce and fried onions. 
11. Enjoy!

Steamed Glutinous Rice

Chicken+Mushroom

Fry Glutinous Rice

Seasonings-mixed well

Mix seasonings well in glutinous rice

Place them in individual bowls

Enjoy!

Popiah

It's a dish that has such a great variety of condiments which makes one yearn for more. In fact, the more, the merrier! I can't make so many condiments over here-as I want to get most of the ingredients from the local store without going to the Asian shop, so I make do with about 5-7 items. I can't get 'sengkuang' here so I substitute with white radish and carrots. I miss Rom's popiahs. They were really lip-smacking! Oh! and my munchkins love the popiah skins. They said: Yummy!!! >_<

Ingredients

Main condiment

2 large-sized white radish-cut into strips

2 medium-sized carrots-shredded

5 cloves of minced garlic

2 pcs of dried cuttlefish-cut into strips

3 tbsps oyster sauce

1 tbsp dark soya sauce

1 tbsp salt

1 pack of Popiah Skin from TYJ/Spring Home Spring Roll Pastry 

Side Condiments

4 eggs for fried omelette-cut into strips

100g fried French beans- in small bits 

2 Chinese Sausage - in small bits and fried briefly

1 medium-sized cucumber-cut into thin strips

1 medium-sized carrots-cut into thin strips

200g of blanched small prawns

Optional

Blanched beansprouts

Fried beancurd

Fried peanuts

Fried onions

Chilli sauce for dipping ( I like the Tean's Gourmet Crispy Prawn Chilli)

Hoi Sin sauce for dipping

Method

1. Heat up some oil in a thick bottom pot and fry garlic till fragrant. 
2. Add in dried cuttlefish and salt. Fry briefly.
3. Add in carrots and fry briefly.
4. Add in radish, oyster sauce and dark soya sauce.
5. Stir occassionally and let the ingredients cook at low heat for about 30mins.
6. Set aside and cook the rest of the side condiments.
7. Scoop the main condiment into a siever and drain it on top of a bowl.
8. Start with chilli sauce and hoi sin sauce as the base on the popiah skin.
9. Add other condiments as you wish. 
10. Fold in the sides of the popiah and roll it up. 
11. Voila and start munching!

Garlic and dried cuttlefish 

Carrots and white radish

Side condiments

Main condiment

Gather all your condiments

My hubby's way of wrapping the popiah ;)

My way ;)

Baked Honey Ribs with Mashed Potatoes

A simple dinner for my little boy's birthday celebration. He loves mashed potatoes and tender ribs. My fussy princess was also chomping down those yummy ribs. My, oh my.. I'm so pleased. :) Our dessert for the day is Oreo ice-cream birthday cake.  Yippeee!

Ingredients

Honey Ribs

700g pork ribs

5 tbsps honey

5 tbsps soya sauce

2 tsps salt

Mashed Potatoes

10 medium-sized potatoes

Slabs of butter 

Milk

Salt to taste

Vegetables of your choice

Method

1. Marinate the ribs with honey, soy sauce and salt for at least 4 hours or overnight.
2. Bake the ribs at preheated oven (200 deg) for 40mins. Do check after 30mins if they brown too fast. 
3. In the meanwhile, boil potatoes and mash them with butter and milk (to taste) till smooth and combined. Season with a little salt to taste.
4. Blanch your choice of vegetables.
5. Serve warm.

Juicy + Yummy

Dessert of the day

p.s. The marshmallows are only for decoration purposes. Somehow, none of us in the family likes them. Do you like it? 

Happy Birthday to my little prince!

21-09-2012. I saw you for the very first time. After 4 hrs of labour,  I got to hold you in my arms and my first thought was, Oh! You have a head full of hair. So sweet and smelly. Haha! Thank you for choosing us to be your parents. It's our privilege and we are very happy and grateful for this. Happy 2nd Birthday, my little munchkin! We wish you good health and happiness always! Lots of love from mummy, papa and jiejie. 

Banana Cupcakes 

Ingredients

Same as the previous recipe post-Banana Cupcakes
Frosting is white chocolate instead of milk/dark chocolate.