Monday, January 27, 2014

【辣炒马铃薯肉丝】Spicy Meat & Potato


这道菜堂妹前阵子做了摆到FB上,据说是阿嬤生前爱做的,但我却没有什么印象。只记得阿嬤的另外一道豆酱炒豆干和花生(这道小菜我也是要做一次滴)。

感谢堂妹
分享了食谱。在这个大雪纷飞的日子,做一道阿嬤的菜,思念我那开朗活泼的奶奶。希望她在天国一切都好。

My Cousin made this dish and posted a picture on her FB page couple of days ago, it was my grandma's recipe and my aunt's favorite she said. I have no recollection of this as grandma's but another dish with fermented toucu and tofu, which I intended to make and post soon.

Thanks to my cousin for her sharing and the recipe, it has been really cold and snowy lately in NJ, recreating this spicy dish as lunch not only warm up the body, it also reminds me of my jovial and happy go lucky grandma. I hope that she is all well up there wherever she is now, and hope that one day we will meet again .......

Monday, January 20, 2014

Yam Rice (Oh Ah Peng 芋头饭)


My mum used to make this Yam rice back home, there are similar dishes made with pumpkin, Chinese mustard (Gai Choy) and long bean.

It is prepared almost like Spanish Paella, the rice is cooked together with ingredients and seasoning, in a pot/wok, and later simmer to perfection.

Its simply irresistible as the tastes of yam, meat and other ingredients were all well blend into rice, every spoon of it is a charm! All you need is another bowl of soup, and that is! A great dinner already!

咸饭是我在家乡时妈妈常做的一个饭食,妈妈常做的有菜豆饭,芥菜饭,芋头饭和南瓜饭等等。就是把蔬菜类的食材加上香菇,虾米,葱蒜和五花肉焖好,再炖一锅汤,就能美美地喂饱一家子。

很方便,又美味喔!

Saturday, January 11, 2014

Spring Onion/Scallion Pancake with yeast dough- Recipe 2



I grow up eating rice and was never a good bread eater until much later in life. Being married to a man of Northern Indian Origin, I picked up a thing or two about bread and wheat flour along the line and started playing around with flour a lot more in recent years.

I had full intention to feed and raise baby A as rice eater, his first cereal was RICE cereal, and I feed everything to him with rice porridge. To my dismayed, he slowly grow up to love more of everything made from wheat, pasta, dumplings, noodles, you name it and he likes it!

For I am a mother who doesn't know how to deal with a very adamant toddler, I have now resolved to work on baby A's taste bud, as long as he eats Chinese food, be it wheat or rice! LOL

So long story short, I made this raised pancake for lunch on this rainy afternoon, 3 of us shared two 8 inches pancake with some lentil soup.  It was yummy and everybody is happy!

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Spiced Boiled Peanuts (With Shell) 【带壳五香花生】



I was shopping for Christmas dinner at the Asian supermarket the other day and saw these fresh peanuts packed by the pound. I instantly had the vision of stall selling steamed peanuts at roadside/Pasar Malam back in Malaysia. Those were just peanuts freshly harvest boiled and steamed in salt water, it is a simple, earthly and super yummy snacks!

I grabbed a bag of the peanuts, went home and made this five spice (五香)boiled peanuts. This snack is simply Perfect! You just gotta try this out!

前几天在超市买菜时看见中国超市里摆着好多新鲜的带壳花生,突然想起回乡的时候去了一家港式餐厅吃饭,有一道卤水花生俊宝非常喜欢吃了好多。

于是买了一磅的新鲜花生,做了一锅五香花生当零食,结果家里老的小的抢着吃噢!