Old Cucumber With Chicken Breast In Herbal Soup - 老 黄 瓜 煲 鸡 胸 药 材 汤

Ingredients: (Serving 4-5 pax.)

1 pc (700gm+)        Old Cucumber.
1/2 pc                     Chicken Breast with bones - cut into smaller piece.    
3 litre                      Water.
2 1/2 - 3 tsp            Salt. (To own taste)

Herbs:

20 gm                     Solomon's Seal       -  玉 竹   ) Top :
2 slices                   Licorice Root          -  甘 草   )  from left to right

20 gm                     Wolfberry               - 杞子     ) Bottom :
20 gm                     Codonopsis            - 党参     ) from left to right
25 gm                    Dioscorea                - 淮山     )
                             (Chinese Wild Yam)                
20 pcs                   Red Dates                - 红枣     )

Methods:

1.                Heat a pot of 3 litre water. Add in the herbs and meat and bring

                   to boil.

2.                Scraped/cut off cucumber's skin and seeds. Cut into smaller pieces.

                   Put into pot and continue to boil for 15 mins. Add in salt to own

                   taste.

3.                Lower heat and let it simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hrs.

4.                Turn off heat and served hot.

Note :

           The herbs are according to own's presciption.

           Anyway, the above herbs are good to replenishes blood, Qi,

           strengthens and nourishes the spleen and stomach.

Steam Bean Paste Tilapia - 酱 蒸 菲 洲 鱼 - ( 金 凤 鱼)

Ingredients: (Serving 3-4 pax)

800 gm+          Tilapia. (1 whole piece)

Mixture Paste: (To Own Taste)

1 tsp                 Vineger. (Optional)                                )  Mix all
2 1/2 tbsp          Minced Bean Paste                               )
1 tsp                  Chilli Paste.                                           )  well and set
1 1/2 tsp            Tamarind paste - Assam Jawa Paste.    )  aside for
3 tbsp                Sugar.                                                   )
150 ml               Water.                                                   )   later use

Garnishing: (To Own Favourites - Optinal)

Coriander leaves.
Julienned ginger.
Spring onion shredded.

Methods:

1.           Heat a steamer or wok with enough water for steaming.
2.           Scalded and clean fish, cut from the stomach & split flat-open on a plate.

3.          When water boils, use some to blanch the fish 2-3 times.
4.           Place the fish open flat on a plate and put to steam for 15 mins.
5.           Turn off heat, take out the fish and leave aside.

6.           Heat a pan or wok, pour in the mixture paste and stir till it boils.
7.           Turn off heat. pour the paste over the steamed fish and served.

Note:

             My dishes will not found any garnishing veggies, cos we dont take and dont
             want to waste.

Simmer Pig Trotter With Mushroom & Dried Oyster - 横 财 就 手

Ingredients: (Serving 4-5 pax)

2.5 litre              Water.
1.3 kg+              Whole Pork Trotter (Boneless)
600ml                Water (For scalding trotter)
10-12pcs           Mushroom (Soaked - soft)
4-6 pcs              Dried Oyster.
6 slices              Ginger.
2-4sticks           Cinnamon.
2 cloves stars    Aniseed.

Seasoning:  ( To own taste)

2 1/2 tsp           Salt.                         - ) Mix all
2 1/2 tbsp         Dark Soy Sauce.      - ) together.
3 tbsp               Hsiao Hsing Wine.    - )
4 pcs                Rock Sugar.

Methods:

1.              Heat a pot with 600 ml water.
2.              Clean whole trotter, then put into pot to scald till outer layer slightly
                 pale colour. Take it out, pour away the hot water and rinse trotter
                 over cold water.

3.              Heat a pot with 2.5 litre water and bring to boil.

4.              Put in the trotter continue to boil for 15-20 mins.

5.              Lower heat, add in mushroom, dried oyster, ginger, cinnamon and aniseed,

                 let boil for 30-40 mins. 

*               (In between this time, stir it often for not letting it stick

                 to the pot or get burn.)

6.              Add in seasoning, continue to simmer for 45 mins - an hour. (Repeat *)

7.              Use a chopstick to poke thru' the meat. If its easily thru' then  its cook.

8.              Turn off heat. Dish out on a plate, slowly arrange mushroom all round 

                 the side of trotter, follow by the oyster.

9.              Lastly pour the gravy over it and ready to serve.

Additional: (Optional)

                 Can add baby pak choy as a base.

Ginseng Cordyceps Chicken Soup in Pumpkin Pot - 人 参 虫 草 鸡 汤 炖 金 瓜 盅

 

Preparation for Soups: (Serving 5-6 pax)

1 whole          Chicken without head. (Washed clean, chicken feet-nails to be cut.)

                      ( Cut all chicken into small pieces.)

1 pckt            Ginseng Cordyceps herbs - Uncle Sun (Brand of your own choice)

                      Salt - to own taste.

5 litres            Water.

Use a big pot enough to boil 5 litres of water with all the ingredients together for 1/2 hr,

then lower heat & let it simmer. (Try your own taste)

Pumpkin Pot:

Ingredients: (Serving 4 pax)

2 whole           Pumpkins.

Methods:

1.           Washed, cut the pumpkins into halves and scrape off all the seeds.

2.           Place each half of pumpkin into a bowl just nice to fit in. Repeat balance halves

              with same.

3.          Heat up wok/steamer with water enough for steaming/stewing.

4.          Place/arrange nicely the pumpkin bowls in a wok or steamer. 

             (Now come back to the pot of soup) Then from the pot of soup, collect &

             distribute equally the herbs, chicken pieces together with some soups, 

             and put into the pumpkin bowls. (Fill till full will do)

5.         When everything is ready, cover the wok with lid and start to stew for 1/2 hr.

6.         Open lid to check whether water for stewing lessen - just add, or soup in the 

            pumpkin bowl lessen - just add soup from the pot. Cover the lid again and 

            continue stewing for another 1/2 hr.

7.         Turn off heat, also for the pot of soup. (dont forget)

8.         Ready to serve each one a bowl.

Note :

The pumpkin flesh is nice to eat, very sweet. If the soup is not enough, can refill

from the pot of soup but the taste is a little different without the pumpkin..

Treasure Taufoo Box - 宝 贝 豆 腐 盒

Ingredients: (Serving 2-3 pax)

2 pcs             White Taufoo 

Ingredients A:

60gm             Meat (Chopped & Blended into paste)

2-3 slices       Sengkuang - ) Chopped &  

3-4 slices       Carrot.      - )  Diced 

 

3-4 drops      Sesame oil       - ) To own taste

1/2 tsp           Oyster Sauce  - )

A pinch          salt                 - )     

                      

                      Oil for frying.

                     * The sengkuang & carrot diced use only 2/3, take 

                        out 1/3 for garnishing

Garnishing:

2 pcs              Prawns (Shelled but leave the tail portion,)

1/3                 of the *noted.

Gravy Sauce:

100 ml            Water                                - )  Mix well.

                       Few drops light soy sauce  - )

1/2 tsp            Cornflour                           - )

Methods:

1.                Mix well all the ingredients A. and set aside for ready use.

2.                Heat wok with oil in low heat. Take a piece of taufoo, use a small

                   knife to cut a square (U) shape on top, about an inch deep.

3.             Then slowly slide into the wok to fry till both sides turn golden brown.

                Dish off access oil and put on a plate. Repeat the other.

4.             Use a steamer to boil enough water for steaming.

5.             Come back to our taufoo..Use a teaspoon slowly flip open the top skin.

                (The place where you've already slightly cut) Dig out  portion of the

                taufoo, making it like a box. (Put access taufoo aside)

        

6.              Now you can use a teaspoon to scoop some mixture (Ingredients A) and put

                 into the taufoo to fill up the hole.

7.              Lastly, put in the garnishing, cover back the flip top cover.

8.           Place the taufoo on a plate and pour the gravy sauce over it. 

9.           Then put to steam for 7-8 mins.

10.         Turn off heat, take out the dish & ready to serve.

Dried Salted Veggies with Roasted Pork Bones & Taufoo Soup - 干咸菜煲烧骨豆腐汤

Ingredients: (Serving 4-5 pax)

350+ gm            Dried Salted Veggies.
450 gm              Roasted Pork Bones with some meat (Flesh)
4-5 slices           Ginger.
1 pc                   Tomato - Cut into wedges.
3 pcs                 White Taufoo - Cut into cubes.
5 liters               Water.

Methods:

1.               Heat 5 liters of water in a pot.
2.               Cut salted veggies into required length, then, just soak for 2 mins, and
                  press off all access water. Put into the pot to boil.
3.               Just slightly wash the roasted bones and put to boil together with the ginger.
4.               Continue boiling for 10-15 mins. If water lessen, just add back.
5.               At this time you will see a layer of foam bubbling up. Just use a soup ladle
                   to scoop it away.

               
6.             Lower the heat, now can let the tomato wedges & taufoo cubes join in.
                Let it simmer for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
7.             Time to test your taste. It should be exactly suit your flavours. Little sweet with
                a little saltish...
8.             Turn off heat & served hot.

Noted :

               There is no salt added b'cos the salted veggies are already saltish..

Unlucky Star.

Hi..Good Morning..
I should greet every good fellows here....

I'm here again....I'm lucky....I'm still alive....

About 20+ years ago....

I got my driving license, but then I never drive for ten years....
The first time I'm sitting in the car's driver seat, driving my first
Mini Car back home alone......My other one was guiding me,
not sitting beside or behind me...! but following me at the back...

I thought I was very brave and smart enough to drive alone...no...

When I reached home, I really cannot walked into the house..!!
Then only I realised that I'm shivering...my leg...After about 5 mins
or so, I calm down..no, I'm not scared...its actually interesting, and
enjoying...hahaha...

Until now, I've been driving 10 years...Is it more interesting?
exciting? enjoying? Hmmm...I will tell you I have to add in "tiring,
boring and scaring."

1st Incident:

Not long after I got my Mini. One day while I was driving @ 60mph,
is it very fast? though its not a highway but a 3-lane main road, it suddenly
turned into a "Whirlpool..!!" It swirled up! I've lost controlled..
It continued....My mind got blank...its just like a piece of paper..blank..
Could'nt be helped but to hold tightly the steering with both hands, saying
to myself "Ok, I will go swirling with you, till you stop..!!"

I don't know how long it continued untill I heard a banging sound...it stopped..
I opened my eyes..Thanks God..its not crashing into others but my Mini...the
right side at the back, crumpled and dented. It hit against the concrete block..
From the fast lane swirling to the slow lane...
Very lucky..no accident or crashing happen..

2nd Incident:

About 5 years ago, same thing happened ...but this time I was with my
youngest daughter. Its not spinning but twisting like a snake..!! Out of controlled,
no brake, steering no lock...really does'nt know what to do..but very fast back to
normal..what happened?????Really scared my daughter.

Very, very, lucky....the Mini did'nt trumbled.
Again no accident or crashing...

3rd Incident:

Recently...2 weeks ago..with my youngest daughter sitting @ back...
This time is not a Mini...its a 1.8 Auto..
My carelessness..my car's rim swiping against the divider!!!
My God...I slept..!!

Very, very, very lucky again, no accident..
I'm still alive......

What does all these signs indicates???
Or there is an Unlucky Star following me???

3 times..ya..3 times my life skipped..

大 难 不 死，必 有 后 福.....
Is that true...???

To all who drives, if you are tired, drowsy or feeling sleepy, please don't drive..