Showing posts with label Chinese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chinese. Show all posts
Nov 8, 2015
Aug 4, 2015
Baby Kai Lan with Oyster Sauce
Baby Kai Lan with Oyster
Sauce
This is a tasty dish, which
is very popular in Malaysian and Chinese restaurants. It’s served with rice,
meat and chicken dishes or steamed fish.
Serves: 2
Ingredients
2 teaspoon olive oil or sun
flower oil
6 cloves garlic, sliced
1 bunch Baby Kai - Lan (wash well) or any spinach of your choice
2 teaspoon oyster sauce
¼ teaspoon salt (or to taste)
Method
Heat oil in a pan on medium
heat. Add sliced garlic and fry till
golden color.
Add washed baby kai lan and
fry on a low heat for 3 minutes.
When it’s about to start
tender, add oyster sauce and salt to taste.
Mix all the ingredients well.
Do not overcook. Serve with steamed rice / noodle varieties…
Jul 26, 2015
Feb 14, 2014
Feb 8, 2014
Chicken Fried Rice with Chilli Chicken
Chilli Chicken – Homestyle version. No added food color and
ajinomotto (MSG).
Serves: 2
Ingredients
For the chicken:
300 g boneless chicken, cut into 1- inch pieces (preferably boneless
chicken from leg joint. This portion is very soft in texture. Collect chicken leg bones separately from butcher.
Approximately 500 g chicken required for 300 g boneless chicken. Remaining will
be bones. Reserve bones for chicken stock).
1 egg, beat well
1 tablespoon corn flour
1 tablespoon all purpose flour (maida)
1 teaspoon ginger juice (grate 1 tablespoon fresh ginger.
Tie in clean muslin cloth and squeeze out juice. If this step is difficult, use
half teaspoon thick ginger – garlic paste).
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper powder
250 g oil (to deep fry
chicken)
Method
Wash and clean chicken pieces. Drain out water thoroughly.
Wipe boneless chicken with a clean and
soft kitchen towel. In a bowl, mix
chicken pieces with beaten egg, corn flour, all purpose flour, ginger juice or
ginger – garlic paste, pepper and salt. Cover
and keep aside in refrigerator for half an hour.
Heat oil in a pan / karahi on high heat. Reduce the heat to
medium and deep fry chicken until golden color. 8 – 10 pieces at a time. Drain
out from the oil and place on kitchen towel to absorb extra oil.
For the chicken stock:
In a pressure cooker, boil
175 – 200 g chicken bones with 1 ¼ cup water (1/2 - inch level
above chicken), ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder. Pressure
cook for 3 quick whistles. Allow the cooker to cool naturally. Strain chicken
stock with the help of a fine sieve. Chicken stock will be 1 cup.
For chilli chicken:
Ingredients
1 tablespoon oil
1 onion, cut into ½ - inch cubes, separate each layer
2 green chillies, finely chopped
1 teaspoon chopped ginger
6 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 capsicum, remove seeds and cut into ½ - inch cubes
1 tablespoon + 1
teaspoon Hoisin sauce (Hoisin sauce easily available @ all leading super
markets)
1 teaspoon vinegar
1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
1 cup chicken stock
1 teaspoon corn flour (Dilute corn flour in 50 ml water and
make a smooth solution)
Deep fried chicken
1 tablespoon chopped spring onion (green part)
Method
In a small bowl, mix
Hoisin sauce, soy sauce, vinegar. Keep it ready.
In a pan, heat oil. Reduce the heat to medium and fry onion,
chopped chilli, garlic and garlic till
light color. Do not make crisp and golden.
Add capsicum and fry for 3 – 4 minutes.
Add sauce mix, chicken stock and diluted corn flour solution. Adjust salt if
required. Cover with a lid and boil on a medium heat for 5 minutes (until it
boils vigorously).
At this stage, add deep fried chicken and chopped spring
onion. Mix well. Boil on a low heat for
5 minutes. Serve hot with fried rice or noodles.
Chicken Fried Rice
Serves: 2
Ingredients
2 cups (standard measuring cup of 200 ml / 8 oz capacity)
cooked and cooled rice
1 cup (200 g) boiled & shredded chicken pieces, boneless
1 tablespoon oil
2 onions or 1 bunch spring onions, finely chopped
6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 green chilli, finely chopped
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1/2 to 3/4 teaspoon salt to taste
1/2 teaspoon pepper powder
Method
In a wok / pan, heat oil.
Fry chopped onions and garlic till fragrant and pink in
color.
Add chopped green chilli and soy sauce. Stir well.
Add rice and shredded chicken pieces. Mix well.
Add salt to taste and pepper powder. Mix well.
Stir well on a low heat for
5 minutes until all the ingredients well combined.
Serve hot with any curries / gravy dishes of your choice.
Jan 30, 2014
Aug 30, 2013
Vegetable Spring Roll
Vegetable Spring Roll- A delicious snack, best with tomato ketchup !!!
Makes: 7
Any filling of your choice (Chicken, Egg, Paneer, Lamb ..)
Or
For the filling:
Ingredients
1 tablespoon oil
1 onion, finely chopped
6 French beans, very finely chopped
2 carrots (medium size), very finely chopped
4 tablespoon very finely shredded cabbage
½ piece capsicum
3 teaspoon soy sauce
¼ teaspoon salt (or to taste)
¼ teaspoon pepper powder (or to taste)
Method
Heat oil in a pan. Add chopped onion and fry until golden
brown. Add finely chopped vegetables (or minced meat). Stir fry for 5 minutes
on a low heat. Add soy sauce and mix well. Cover with a tight lid and cook on a
medium to low heat for 10 minutes. Sprinkle salt and pepper powder. Keep aside to cool for 10 minutes.
For the spring roll pastry:
Ingredients
Please use same measuring cup to measure flour and water.
1 cup / 200 ml / 8 oz all purpose flour / maida
2 teaspoon ghee
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup + 3 tablespoon
water
250 ml oil to deep fry
Maida paste to close the edges (dilute 1 tablespoon maida (plain flour)with 1 tablespoon water. Make a
thick paste and keep aside)
Method
In a wide bowl, mix maida , ghee and salt. Add ½ cup water
(add extra 1 – 2 tablespoon water if required)
and make a medium soft dough (not very soft like chapatti dough). Knead well for 5 –
7 minutes. Cover and keep aside in a container for half hour.
Final preparation:
Divide spring roll dough into 7 parts. Roll out each
portion very thinly to form a square shape or normal chapati of 13
cm (or make chapatis of 15 cm in diameter and cut each chapati into a square
shape of 13 cm x 13 cm).
This recipe step is very important.
Heat roti tawa on medium heat. Reduce the heat between medium and low. Toast
each side of the rolled roti very slowly. Do not allow to get golden brown spots (just warm the
rotis on both the sides). Remove from tawa and keep aside. Repeat this process
for remaining chapatti balls. This process helps the spring roll crispy.
Sample photo of square shape spring roll wrapper
Divide the stuffing into 7 portions. Place each potion on the chapatti just
below the centre, fold the bottom half over the stuffing. Fold the right side
towards the centre, do the same for the left side. The shape should look like
an envelop (or please see the photo above and prepare like that ) and seal the edges
tightly with paste made with the flour
and water.
.
Heat oil in a pan. Reduce the heat to medium and wait for 1
minute. Do not fry on high heat. Deep fry spring rolls (3 - 4 at a time) until
golden color on both the sides (approximate frying time for each side is 6 – 7
minute on a medium to low heat). Drain out from oil and place on kitchen towel to absorb extra
oil. Serve hot with tomato ketchup.
Apr 5, 2013
Chinese Style Chicken with Capsicum and Tomatoes
Chinese style Chicken with Capsicum and Tomatoes – A tasty
side dish with fried rice / noodles …
Serves: 2
Ingredients
1 tablespoon oil
1 green chilli, finely chopped
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
¼ teaspoon ginger, finely chopped
1 onion, cubed, separate
each layer
1 capsicum, remove seeds and cut into cubes
1 tomato, cut into cubes
½ cup boiled boneless chicken (or ½ cup chicken pieces from the
curry)
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon red chilli sauce
1 teaspoon sweet chilli sauce
1 teaspoon vinegar
Method
Heat oil in a pan. Add chopped green chilli, garlic and ginger.
Saute on a low heat for 3 minute until soft.
Add cubed onion and fry till light pink color.
Add capsicum and fry for 3 minute on a low heat (almost tender).
Add tomato and fry on a low heat for 1 minute.
Add boiled chicken, soy sauce, red chilli sauce, sweet chilli sauce and vinegar. Stir well
continuously for 5 – 6 minute until the vegetables and chicken well coated with sauce. Do not overcook vegetables. Serve
hot as a side dish with fried rice /
noodles ..
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