Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Addictive Crispy Kale


How to make a carnivor eat vegetable ? How to make healthy snack and avoid eating chips? I think i have a good answer for that ! I stumble upon crispy kale recipe in Steamy Kitchen's blog and decided to try it today. It did not disappoint. It was really good and like its name, it's addictive. I guess next time , i will try it with Kai lan ( chinese brocolli)

Recipe
1-2 tb olive oil
Big bowl of kale green
salt to taste
1-2 ts garlic powder
2 ts cayenne pepper

1) Clean kale and remove from stems
2) Break kale into small bite size pieces
3) Dry with paper towel
4) Add olive oil , garlic powder , cayenne pepper and toss to coat
5) Bake in preheated 350F oven for 12 -20 minutes
6) Add salt to taste

ENJOY !

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Fry Egg with Minced Pork and Beans




As a Teo Chew descent, nothing makes me happier than a bowl of just right temperature porridge , with fry fish , and eggs.For us , porridge is just our comfort food.

Ingredients
2 eggs
1/2 cup of chopped french beans
1 tb chopped garlic
1/4 cup minced pork
a dash of fish sauce
a dash of white pepper
2 ts salt

1 cup rice
10 cups of water

Instructions

1) Wash one cup of rice
2) Cook rice in rice cooker with 10 cup of water for about 10 minutes with lid closed
3) Then let the lid open halfway ( to prevent the porridge from overflow)
4) Cook about 45 minutes until preferred consistency
5) Heat pan and add 1 tb oil
6) Pan fry garlic until fragrant
7) Add minced pork , pepper, fish sauce and salt
8) Add chopped beans
9) Pan fry until the minced pork turned brown from pink
10) Beat 2 eggs in a bowl and pour it on the mixture of beans and pork
11) Cook about 3-5 minutes with medium heat then flip
12) Cook until set, then plate

Durian Filling Crepe



One of my favourite dessert is durian roll from Angie's Bakery in Singapore. I was so into the durian roll that i would take a taxi purposely to go to the mall just to get that when i was in Singapore. I couldn't figure out what was outside the roll until recently, i realised the roll was actually made from Crepe with durian + cream filling ! That sounds easy ! Here is my version .. :)

Ingredients
2 eggs
1 cup of flour
3/4 cup of milk
3 tb margerine ( or butter)
1/2 cup water
1-2 ts vanilla extract
1 ts salt

Durian filling
1 frozen durian
1 cup of cool whip cream

Instructions
1) Combine all the ingredients for the batter excepts butter/margerine
2) Mix well
3) Melt margerine in microwave with defrost setting for about 10 seconds
4) Mix margerine into the batter
5) Heat pan with 1 tb of butter
6) Remove pan from heat
7) Pour batter into the pan using a laddle and using the back of the laddle to spread evenly
8)Cook with medium heat
9)Cook until some browning seen on the bottom of the crepe
10) Cook the other side for about 10-15 seconds
10) Remove from heat

Filling
1) Defrost cool whip
2) Add durian to the cool whip and mix well

To Assemble
1) Place filing in the middle of the crepe and fold the crepe in a rectangular shape
2) Sprinkle powdered sugar on crepes with strainer( optional)