Baked Egg Cake - 鸡蛋糕

Weekend means i need to spend my lovely time in the kitchen : )

Using some simple ingredients that i could find at home, surprisingly, this Egg Cake turns out fragrantly and fluffy...

Baked Egg Cake
Make 1 loaf
Ingredients:
6 Eggs
180 gr Sugar
1/2 tsp Vanilla Essence
180 gr Plain Flour (Sifted)
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
Pinch of Salt
1 drop of Yellow Colouring
Olive Oil to grease the loaf pan


Method:

• Crack 6 eggs in a mixing bowl, whisk for 5 minute using an electric hand mixer or until it turns pale and fluffy.
• Add in sugar and vanilla essence, whisk for further 5 minutes using an electric hand mixer.
• Fold in sifted plain flour and baking powder, add in salt and yellow colouring.
• Combine well with egg batter.
• Lightly grease loaf pan with olive oil.
• Pour in cake batter.
• Preheat oven to 160 degree, bake for 1 hour.
• Cooling down the cake before cutting.

Can be served as an afternoon snack or.....

For breakfast tomorrow : )

Happy Baking!!!
xoxo

Eating at Cabramatta - Tan Hung Vuong

Whenever we have a day off, we would snip a chance to EAT at Cabramatta...

It is a Paradise, you can find almost everything there!!

Starting from Traditional Kitchen Accessories, Fresh Fruits and Vegies, Fresh Seafood, Poultry, Butcher Shop, Food, Dessert, Plants, everything and EVERYTHING!! They almost have it all, Fantastic!!

Being born with a nature"Housewife" behaviour, i love there, hehehehe... Simplified "Auntie"??? :p

Always favourite Beef Rice Noodle Soup....

Rice Noodle was cooked to perfection, Chewy Thinly Sliced Beef, Nicely Brewed Clear Soup - not too salty nor bland... Topped with Fresh Basil... Hmm...Just Good!!!

Mr.S is being hooked by this Stir Fried Rice Noodle... He eats it everytime he go!! So I can said it is really yummy....

Picture tells everything : )

All Yummies are at:

Tan Hung Vuong

No 1 Shopping Centre

11/47 Park Road, Cabramatta

Lunch Box - A Typical Mum's Dish

Lunch Box for Mr. S...

I whipped up something easy - some typical dish that Asian Mum will prepare for us....

Oh, Mum... Again??

I know "Home-sick" after my further step for education.. First, Jakarta. Second, Australia.

Living in a tiny room at Jakarta, i didn't manage to whip myself meal everytime...Oops!!!

In fact, i were well-spoilt at Jakarta!!

"Mbak... Beliin makan dunk!!!" = Totally damaged.... haha....

When you step out of the house, Food is EVERYWHERE!!! Oh-No-Wonder!!! Hello excuses... :p

When you heard someone cracking the "wooden cart-held" with "spatula???".. not sure if they did this with spatula... hehehe..

It's our famous TEK TEK!! you know what i mean if you are Indonesian :p

You can get a packet of fried rice/noodle ready in 10 minutes, just by yelling down from third floor...Exciting!!!

When i came to Sydney, I make meal myself every day : ) I am so in love to be in kitchen...

Sometime i will just missing my mum's home cook... I AM RIGHT NOW!!

Grocery Shopping, SCORE!!

Yummy Food, VOILA!!

Compliment, PROUD!!

Fat, EXPECTED!! *faint*

White Onion & Chives Fried Omelette 
Serve 4
Ingredients:
5 Chicken Eggs
1 White Onion (Finely Chopped)
Bunch of Chives (Finely Chopped)
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Chicken Powder
Dash of Fish Sauce
Dash of White Pepper
Dash of Black Pepper
Olive Oil for frying


Method:

• Rub salt on finely chopped white onion, it will soften the onion in 10 minutes.
• Heat up frying pan with oil, sauté white onion and chives until slightly brow, move to clean plate.
• In a bowl, crack in eggs, lightly beaten with chopsticks.
• Add in chicken powder, fish sauce, white pepper, black pepper, white onion and chives, mix well.
• Pour the egg batter into frying pan on a small heat. (I divided the egg batter into 2 portion, fry twice)
• Pan fry each side for 3 minutes.
• Serve.

You must be thinking... Ew.. Bitter Gourd... Mr S and I both love this vegie : ) 

This can be a wonderful dish, if you are trying to combine sweet and sour in it... Madness!!!

Stir-Fry Bitter Gourd with Beef in Fermented Soy Bean and Tamarind Sauce
Serve 4
Ingredients:
2 Bitter Gourd (Deseeded and Thinly Chopped)
100 gr Sliced Beef
4 cloves Garlic (Coarsely Chopped)
1 tsp Salt (For Marinade)
1 tsp Chicken Powder
2 tbsp Fermented Soy Bean 
2 tbsp Tamarind Sauce
4 tbsp Sugar
Few Drops of Dark Soya Sauce
Dash of Fish Sauce
Olive Oil for Stir Fry


Method:

• Rub salt on thinly chopped bitter gourd, leave for 30 minutes. This will soften the bitter gourd.
• After 30 minutes, drain the excess water remained on the bitter gourd.
• Heat up wok with oil, sauté garlic until slightly brown.
• Add in bitter gourd, stir fry for 3 minutes.
• Sprinkle few dash of fish sauce on the entire side of wok. This will cause a tingly burnt that smell fantastic.
• Add in fermented soy bean and tamarind sauce.
• Splash few drops of dark soy bean sauce on the bitter gourd.
• Add in seasoning - chicken powder and sugar.
• Stir fry until seasoning are dissolved.
• Arrange on a clean plate.
• Serve.

Has topped the Omelette with Sambal Ebi, perfection!!! - will post out the recipe someday : )

Happy Cooking!!!

xoxo

Mad-licious Triple Combo Cookies

Chocolate, TICKED!!
Strawberry, TICKED!!
Peanut Butter, TICKED!!

This already sounds exciting.....

Darell Lea's Chocolate Shells.. More exciting!!

It won't take the whole box of your Darell Lea, only 6 pieces, i promise....

Can't take my eyes off you...

Ms. Strawberry turn.... Sweetness!!

But i need to destroy your lovely look, so sorry....

Make 48 Mini Cookies
Ingredients:

• 100 gr Chocolate (coarsely chopped)
• 200 gr Peanut Butter
• 100 gr Strawberries (coarsely chopped)
• 125 gr unsalted Butter
• 100 gr Icing Sugar
• 260 gr Plain Flour (sifted)
• 1 Egg
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Baking Soda

Method:

• Place butter and sugar in a mixing bowl, hand mix until the batter turns crumble.
• Crack-in 1 egg, fold well with batter mixture.
• Add in sifted plain flour, mix well.
• Add in chocolate, strawberries, peanut butter into the batter, combine. 
• With a spoon/hand, scoop a ball of batter, flatten.
• Placed on tray lined with baking paper. Space 2 cm of each cookie batter.
• Preheat oven to 120 degree, Bake for 45-50 minutes.

Patience is required... Disaster happened in a 200 degree heated oven, just 15 minutes.. Uh-Oh!!

Miracle happens if you obey the rule : )

Happy Baking!!

xoxo

Baked Cheesy Pineapple Fried Rice

Nothing special!! just a plate of fried rice ....

Trying to make something different, i put grated cheese on the top of the fried rice.. YES!! CHEESE!!

Holy Cheeseeeeeeeeeee ..............!!!!

I command oven to make-over my fried rice into ........

Oh-so-sexy yet sinful Cheesy Pineapple Fried Rice : )

Serve 1
Ingredients
1 portion of rice (1 day old preferred)
1/4 White Onion
1/4 Green Capsicum
2 slice Canned Pineapple Ring
2 Shitake
1 Lap Cheong (Chinese Sausage)
1 Egg
Grated Cheese ( I use Cheddar, but Parmesan preferred)
Oil for cooking (I use Olive Oil)
1 tsp Chicken Powder
1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
1/2 tsp Curry Powder
Dash of Fish Sauce
Dash of White Pepper
Dash of Black Pepper


Method:

• Chop white onion, green capsicum into desired size.
• Slice canned pineapple ring into bite size.
• Soak shitake in hot water for 5 minutes, and chop into bite size.
• Slice lap cheong into bite size.
• Heat up wok with oil on medium heat.
• Put in white onion; shitake and green capsicum, stir fry until soften.
• Add in lap cheong; pineapple; rice, combine with white onion and green capsicum.
• Sprinkle a dash of fish sauce.
• Crack one egg, stir well with fried rice.
• Add in chicken powder; turmeric powder; curry powder; white pepper and black pepper.
• Stir well, until rice turn into yellow colour.
• Arrange nicely in oven-safe dish.
• Finally sprinkle with grated cheese.
• Preheat oven to 150 degrees, oven-baked for 15-20 minutes.
• Serve warm

Happy Cooking!! 

xoxo

Fruity Salad

Mr. S brought back 7 punnet of strawberries last night, Ahaaaaa... weight-scale-friendly breakkie :) Dig In!!

Not only boring Ms. Strawberry in a bowl, Mr. Kiwi and Mr. Pineapple join in the fun...

Drizzle yogurt all over the fruit :) Yummm... Sprinkle raw oats.. Moreeeee yummmmmmm....

Ingredients:

1 punnet Strawberries

2 Gold Kiwi

1 Slice Pineapple

Yogurt (as much as you like)

Raw Oats (as much as you like)

Method:

• Wash strawberries, cut into bite size.
• Peel kiwi skin, cut into bite size.
• Cut pineapple into bite size.
• Arrange nicely in a bowl.
• Drizzle with yogurt.
• Sprinkle with raw oats.

DIG IN!!!!

xoxo

Boiled Bok Choy with Oyster Sauce

Serve : 4

Ingredients:

3 bunch Bok Choy

3 tbsp Oyster Sauce

1 1/2 litre water for boiling

1 tsp Oil (I use Olive Oil)

1 tsp of Salt

Method :

• Cleanse and drain the bok choy.
• Prepare 1 1/2 water, bring to boil.
• Add in oil and salt.
• When the water is boiling, add in bok choy, boil for 5-10 minutes.
• Drain the excess boiling water.
• Arrange bok choy in a plate.
• Add in oyster sauce.
• Serve warm.

YES,that's easy !!!! : )

Happy Cooking!!

xoxo

Oven Baked Chicken Wings

Chicken wings are....

BBQ top-dish while gathering with besties!

Birthday dish while celebrating Lil Brother born-day!

Romantic dish while munching it together with your loved!

All occasion dish you can have it any day, any time! 

Serve : 4 

Ingredients :

300 gr Chicken wings

3 tbsp Oyster Sauce

2 tbsp Sweet Soy Sauce

5 cloves Garlic

1 small Red Onion

Lots of white pepper

Lots of black Pepper
Oil for brushing

Method:

• Wash the chicken wings, separate the drummettes and wings with knife.

For Marinade:

• Mash the garlic coarsely.
• Chop the red onion into the smallest form.
• In a big bowl, put in oyster sauce; sweet soy sauce; coarsely mashed garlic; chopped onion; white pepper and black pepper.
• Put the chicken in the marinade sauce, combine well. 
• Marinade for at least 1 hour, best marinade overnight.

Cooking Method :

• Boil the chicken wings until medium-rare with remaining marinade sauce on a small heat. 
• Preheat oven to 150 degrees.
• Brush oil on each chicken wings surface.
• Oven-baked the chicken wings for 30 minutes.
• Turn up the heat to 200 degrees, bake for another 15 minutes.
• Serve warm.

Those slightly burnt wings count : )

Happy Cooking!

xoxo

Salted Duck Eggs Fried Rice

Mr.S loves fried rice. Rather than using chicken egg i switched to salted duck egg to toss in this fried rice, which is turned out presentable on the dining table as well as tasty. 

Serve: 1 

Ingredients:

1 tbsp Olive Oil for frying

2 clove garlic

1/4 small White Onion

1 small bowl of White Rice (1 day old preferred)

1 Salted Duck Egg

1 Sweet Corn

2 small Red Chillies 

1 Stalk Spring Onion

1 tsp Chicken Powder

Dash of white pepper

Dash of Black Pepper

30 gr of Torn-chicken

Method: 

- Finely chop the garlic; white onion; and spring onion. Set aside.

- Separate the salted duck egg yolk with the white in different bowl. Mash the yolk with fork. 

- Separate the sweet corn seeds with a knife. Set aside.

- Deseed the red chillies and chop finely. Set aside.

- Heat up wok with 1 tbsp of olive oil.

- Saute garlic and white onion until fragrant/soften.

- Add in white rice, toss well with the garlic and white onion.

- Pour in salted duck egg white, stir well with the rice. Keep stirring to prevent burnt.

- Add in corn; red chillies; spring onion; and mashed salted duck egg yolk. Tossing on a small heat for 5 minutes. 

- Flavoured with chicken powder; white pepper and black pepper. Keep tossing to combine well. 

- Garnish with torn-chicken. I was using some left over from the Chicken Soup i have cooked last night.

- Turn off the heat. Serve warm.

Happy Cooking!!

xoxo

Chicken Soup

Easy comfort food to warm us in this freezing weather - Chicken Soup. The blended spices enhance the flavour of this chicken soup after a few minutes of sautéing in a well-heated wok. Fragrance was all over the kitchen. An approachable dish to feed the tummy at a cold evening. 

Serve: 2

Ingredients:

2 Chicken Thigh 

1 ltr Water

1 small Red Onion

3 cloves Garlic

2 cm Ginger

1 tsp Whole White Pepper

3 Star Anise

3 Clove

2 Carrot

2 Potatoes

2 unripe Tomatoes 

2 stalks Spring Onion

2 tsp Chicken Stock

Fried Shallot (Adjustable)

Method:

- Put red onion; garlic; ginger; whole white pepper in a food processor. Blend into paste.

- Heat up wok with a little bit of oil, saute the blended paste together with star anise and clove, until it turns golden.

- Boil water in a pot. Add in sautéed paste. Put in chicken; carrot; potatoes. Cook for about 20 minutes.

- Take out the cooked chicken, set aside. 

- Torn the chicken after it has cooled down, set aside.

- After 20 minutes of boiling, turn off the heat. Add in finely chopped spring onion; unripe tomatoes and fried shallot.

- Cover the pot and leave for 15 minutes.

- Garnish with the torn-chicken, serve immediately with rice/ individually.

Chilli

Ingredients:

10 Red Chillies

5 clove Garlic

3 Tbsp fresh Lemon Juice

1/2 tsp Salt

1 tsp Sugar

Method: 

- With mortal and pestle, crush the red chillies and garlic coarsely.

- Add lemon juice; salt and sugar. Mix well.

- Serve with the chicken soup

Happy Cooking!!

xoxo

Nasi Lemak - Coconut Rice

I remember that whenever I was trying to cook Nasi Lemak, everything turned allright, but not the rice. Using a more practical method did ruin the rice, sigh!! I used rice cooker to manage the rice, however, it always turned out uncooked, I wonder why?

I try to prepare it once again today, but using a different method to handle the stubborn rice. By following how Kokken69 to cook the rice, it is perfectly cook NOW! It was more time consuming, but worth it at last! 

Ingredients - The Rice - adapted from Kokken69

I simplified a little bit.

600 gr Jasmine Rice

2 litre Water

300 ml Coconut Milk

2 tsp Salt

2 pieces Pandan Leaves

Method:

-Wash and drain the rice.

-Boil 2 litre water, let the rice cook for 5 minutes.

-Quickly remove from heat and drain the rice.

-Mix in salt and coconut milk, combine well.

-Put it 2 knotted pandan leaves.

-Bring it to the steamer, and steam for another 10 minutes. 

-Rice is done.

To enrich the flavour of eating Nasi Lemak, i prepared Fried Sambal Anchovies; Fried Boiled Egg; Fried Tofu and the main dish, Chilli Sambal. Don't be frightened with the amount of sugar i've put in this small bowl of Chilli Sambal, it is meant to be sweet chilli to perfectly eat with Nasi Lemak :p You can add more if you prefer for  sweeter taste.

Ingredients - Chilli Sambal

1 small Red Onion

30 gr Dried Chillies 

Pinch of Salt

5 tbsp Sugar

Method: 

-Deseed the dried chili and soak for 5 minutes.

-Clean the red onion and cut into smaller pieces.

-Bring to the food processor and blend it.

-Heat up wok with a tiny amount of oil, saute the Chili Paste until fragrant, add in salt and sugar. Set aside.

Ingredients - Fried Sambal Anchovies 

200 gr Anchovies

1 small Red Onion

30 gr Dried Chillies

2 pieces Candle Nut

2 cloves Garlic

1/2 tsp Shrimp Paste

2 Tbsp Tamarind Juice

Salt 

Sugar

Method:

-Clean and drain the anchovies, set aside and let them dry. 

-Deseed the dried chillies and soak for 5 minutes.

-Clean and cut the red onion; garlic into smaller pieces.

-Put in the food processor along with soaked dried chillies; candle nut and shrimp paste. Blend.

-Heat up wok with oil, deep-fry the anchovies until golden brown. Remove excess oil with paper towel, set aside.

-Saute the chili paste until fragrant, add in tamarind juice. 

-Salt and sugar are adjustable according to your preference.

-Toss in fried anchovies, set aside

Ingredients - Fried Boiled Eggs

Eggs 

Water to boil

Oil for frying

Method: 

-Bring eggs to boil for 10 minutes. Cool them down before frying.

-Fry each side of the eggs for 3 minutes, remove excess oil with paper towel, set aside.

Ingredients - Tofu

Tofu

Salt

Oil for frying

Method:

-Cut tofu in smaller size, rub with salt of each side. 

-Fry, remove excess oil with paper towel, set aside.

Happy Cooking!
xoxo

Sweet Sour Chicken Strip

Creating a brand-new theme for my blog has given me a strong will to write up new post as often as possible, hehehe... any comment? does it look better and fresh?

Today's blog will be covered by the tempting topic of Sweet Sour Chicken Strip. For a healthier option, i pan-fried the chicken strip rather than chunks every pieces of chicken into a deep frying oil. Well for me, i will feel guilty whenever i have munched on fried food, oh...fatness, cholesterol!! Too exaggerating? Haha... I am that kind of person. Sometimes i will go for oily food, but, once in a while! 

All you need is patience to cook this dish, small heat is required in this cooking process, we don't want a medium-rare chicken - 3 minutes on each side. Somemore, be ready to not clean your kitchen floor before cooking this dish, ticks for oily floor :p

Serve: 4

Ingredients: 

400 g Chicken Breast 

Sesame Seeds for garnish

Oil for pan-fry

Batter:

2 Eggs

150 gr Corn Flour

2 tsp  Chicken Powder

Dash of Black Pepper

Bread Crumbs as needed

Gravy:

3 cloves Garlic

3 tbsp Tomato Sauce

1 tbsp  Chili Sauce

3 tbsp Sugar

50 ml Water

1 tsp Corn Starch diluted in 2 tbsp Water

Method:

-Cleanse the chicken, and cut into strips, set aside.

-Mince the garlic with knife, set aside.

-For batter, crack two eggs in a mixing bowl, Beats. Pour in corn flour, and finally season with chicken powder and black pepper, combine well.

-Prepare bread crumbs in a clean plate, set aside.

-On the other side, heat up a non-stick frying pan, prepare for pan-frying those chicken strips.

-Chunk chicken strips in the batter, take out, fold with bread crumbs and gently arrange it on a non-stick frying pan.

-Remember small heat is required, and pan-fry those chicken strips for 3 minutes on each sides, Set aside.

-Line a paper towel in a clean plate to let the oil traces left on chicken be absorbed.

-For gravy, stir fry the garlic until golden brown, add in tomato sauce; chilli sauce and water, let it boil for a while.

-Add in diluted corn starch, turn off the heat if it has turned sticky.

-Add in Sugar, stir well, and finally toss the Chicken Strip in the gravy.

-Garnish with Sesame Seeds, serve warm. 

Happy Cooking,

xoxo

Steamed Chinese Egg Cake

It has been a while i do not make a blog post after my arrival in Sydney since 30th of March. Mum, Dad, Sister came to Sydney for holiday. I can't remember how much Fun Time we have spent together, countless!!

Counting from that day, it has been 1 month i didn't fill up my blog. 

Firstly, i was busy spending quality time with fams : ) Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner, all together, Nevertheless, Unlimited chit-chat; Snapping photoes with my new camera (Mr.S gave me surprise when i first stepped in my house in Sydney, the lovely camera was arranged beautifully on my desk, SURPRISE!!!)  

Second, I have been graduated on 8th Of April at NIDA theatre with my lovely friends! Since that day, i have been countlessly searching and applying office job online, desperately hoping for a call, but zero in result : ( 

at least, i have tried my best!! (i haven't give up and still continue to search for treasure) P.S: if it continues, i will do whatever job to fill up my "spare" time and bank account :p

Kitchen Adventure continues though, i have found a new blog on site today. The Steamed Egg Cake at Cooking Crave caught my attention. I know it is yummy and very easy to make,so why not?

simple ingredients required in this process, all adapted from Cooking Crave

Ingredients:

5 Eggs

200 g Sugar

100ml Vegetable Oil

130ml Milk

280 g CakeFlour

4 tbsp Custard Powder (I skipped)

2 tsp Baking Powder

1/2 tsp Baking Soda

1/4 tsp Salt

Method:

Using an electric mixer, generously beat the egg and sugar until very fluffy, and the colour turns pale.

Sieve the flour; baking powder and baking soda, fold it in the egg mixture, combine well.

Add in salt; vegetable oil and milk, combine well.

Line a baking paper on a pan.

Pour the batter in.

Steam on high heat for 30 minutes.

Check with skewer, if it comes out nicely without any cake traces, then you're done.

Happy Cooking!

xoxo

Destiny???

I dreamt "i went back to Sydney last night"

He called me this morning: "hey, i was so happy.. i dreamt you were at home last night!!!"

HOME

Holiday has been soooooo GOOD!! 

Being home is GREAT!!

seeing my family are all healthy and happy, this could be my greatest moment during my holiday...

xoxo

Holiday continues....

Teddies in the Soup

How cute the pasta is??

They are teddies pasta!! 

This pasta caught my eyes when i did my grocery shopping yesterday, they were on sale for only $0.99/packet

Could I resisted not to buy? : )

Me: Mr.S, you will be having a cute breakfast later!!

Mr. S: (brushing teeth) Cute? it must be awful!!

Me: (stare at him with my ultimate "full-of-hatred" eyes & walk away)

I always tried out any kind of new dishes, and he doesn't like it sometimes

Whenever, i cooked a new dishes, he will never admit it's actually taste good until he try it

He's the top food picker at home....

Lucky, I am a "whatever" person.. I keep trying out new dishes without being distracted by his annoying comment : ) 

My first attempt to make my very own "Prawn Ball"

Not too bad, just lack of saltiness in it 

Make 12 Balls

200 gr Prawn (after de-shelled and vein removal)

3 tbsp Tapioca Starch

1/2 tsp Salt (will increase the amount of salt next time)

1/2 tsp Sugar

1 Egg

Dash of Pepper

Method:

Finely chop the prawn into minces

Add in all ingredients and mix

Shape the Ball and drop into boiling water until it well-formed

Turn off the Heat

Soak in Cold Water, Set Aside

I will never throw away those Prawn Heads as I will use them to prepare the soup 

Flavour enhancer, such as: MSG; Chicken Powder, etc will be used less or even with only a pinch of salt can bring the sweetness of the soup

Soup Base

Prawns Head

100 gr Anchovies 

Water as needed

Salt and Pepper to taste

Few drops of Sesame Oil

P.S: i used slow cooker for the soup and left it on a low heat setting until the next morning

Boil the Pasta with salt added in the water until soft, soak in cold water, drained and set aside

Heat up the Soup and add in Prawn Ball and some vegetables

Arrange Pasta, Prawn Ball and Vegetables in a clean Bowl

Pour in Soup

Serve

Happy Cooking

xoxo