GUANGXI PANCAKES - 广西煎餅

Ingredients:

Few stalks               Spring onions     ) Chopped
Few stalks               Chives                )
1 cup                       Flour
                                Water - Add to requirement
                                Salt/sugar           ) To own
                                Pepper                ) taste
                                Oil for greasing

Methods:


1.                           Combine chopped spring onions, chives & flour in a bowl. Add in
                              salt/sugar, pepper. Then slowly pour in water little by little, stir &
                              mix evenly to make a batter.

2                             Grease a small round pan and heat on low heat. Use a ladle to scoop
                               1 or 2 of batter into the pan & let heat for few mins. Then turn over
                               another side to heat again or until cook.

3.                              Continue to pan heat the balance of batter till finish.
4.                              Serve with honey, jam or any other fillings/toppings of own
                                 favourites.

STUFFING TAUFOO BALLS ~~THE GUANGXI STYLE - 广西釀豆腐卜

Ingredients: ( 3-4 pax)

350+ gm          Minced meat
8-10 stalks       Chives (Minced)
10 pcs              Fried taufoo balls
1000 ml           Water
1 tbsp              Wolfberry
3-4 pcs            Dang Kwei
                        Salt and pepper to taste

Seasonings:

1/2 tsp              Salt                  )
1 tbsp               Oyster sauce   )  To own
1 tbsp               Sesame oil       )
1 tbsp               Cornflour         )  taste
                         Pepper            )

Methods:

1.                       Mix minced meat and chives together, add in all seasonings then
                          mix well.
2.                       Stuff the meat mixture into the taufoo balls.
3.                       Boil a pot of 1000ml water.
4.                       Add in wolfberry, dang kwei, salt, pepper, together with the stuffed
                          taufoo balls. Let boils for 5 mins. Lower heat and continue to boil
                          for 10-15 mins. ( Test soup taste)

5.                      Ready to serve the stuffed balls with soup.

OLD CUCUMBER WITH COCONUT FLESH IN HERBAL SOUP - 老黄瓜煲椰肉药材汤

Ingredients: ( Serving 4-5 pax )

1 pc.            Old cucumber (Wash clean and discard seeds)
1 bowl         Coconut flesh (Flesh from 1 whole coconut)
1/2  pc.        Chicken breast bone.
4-5 pcs.       Chicken feet (Remove the nails)
                    Salt to taste.
3000+ ml     Water.

Herbs:

1 tbsp           Wolfberry
1 cup            Red dates
5-6 pcs         Codonopsis pilosula (党参 )
                     Few strips Yu Zhu (玉竹 )

Methods:

1.                  Heat a pot with 3000ml water. Rinse washed the herbs and put to boil.
2.                  Cut old cucumber, chicken breast bone, chicken feet, all into smaller
                      portion, together with the coconut flesh, put into pot to boil for 10 mins.
3.                  Lower heat to medium, add salt to taste. Continue to boil for 1-2 hrs.

4.                  Turn off heat. Serve hot.

Note:             This soup is to expel heat & dampness.
                      (清热祛湿 )