Ice Cream Cupcakes

Ice Cream Cupcakes

Ingredient:

Cupcake batter

1/2 cup (50g) cocoa powder

1 cup (240ml) boiling hot water

1 1/3 cups (175g) all purpose flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 cup (113g) unsalted butter, room temperature

1 cup (200g granulated white sugar

2 large eggs

2 tsp vanilla extract

Whipped Cream

1 cup (240ml) cold heavy whipping cream 

1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

1-2 tbsp (15g-25g) granulated white sugar

1-2 tiny drop food colouring

Other:

1 box Ice cream cone

Sprinkles any u desire

Method:

Part 1:

In a small bowl stir until smooth the boiling hot water and the cocoa powder. Let it cool to room temperature.

In another bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together

Then in another the bowl beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. 

Add the eggs, one at a time, beat until smooth. 

Mixed in the vanilla extract. 

Add the flour mixture and beat till well mixed. 

Then add in the cooled cocoa mixture and stir until achived smooth batter.

Fill the batter into waffle cone fill till 2/3 full i use the line inside the cone as a guide 

Baked in the oven 200 degree 15 - 20 mins or till risen and use a skewer / toothpick inserted came out cleaned

Use a fork the poke the bottom of the cone and let it cooled

Part 2:

Chilled the mixing bowl and the whisk in the fridge / freezer

Add in add in all the ingredients and whisk till thicken or peak form depend on the cream consistency u desire add in the colouring last and mixed well 

Chilled in fridge until you want to use

Part 3:

Take the cone cake and decorate with the cream and topping you desire.

Served..... :-)

Sweet and Spicy crispy chicken wings 甜辣脆鸡翅

Ingredient:

- 6 chicken wings

Seasoning

- 2 tbsp Sambal chilli
- 1 tbsp chili sauce
- 1 tbsp ketchup
- 2 - 3 drop fish sauce
- 2 - 3 drop light soy sauce
- 1 tsp vinegar

Others

- corn flour
- plain flour
- 1 egg

Method

1) Coat wings with egg and flour mixture
2) Deep fried till crispy and cooked
3) Mixed all the seasonings add 2tbsp water boiled and thicken with corn flour n water mixture
4) coat the wings with sauce
5) served hot.

Homemade crispy seafood tofu 香脆海鲜豆腐

Homemade crispy seafood tofu 香脆海鲜豆腐

Ingredient:

- 1 box commercial tofu
- 1 box commercial fish paste (I use bobo brand)
(Can get from wet market from the fish ball and yong tahu stall about 300g)
- 4 pcs prawns
- carrots
- Dried basil can get in herb section in supermarket
- 1 egg
- salt to taste
- corn / tapioca flour for coating
- oil for deep frying

Method:

1) Minced Prawns, chopped carrots
2) Minced tofu drain the liquid and add in fish paste
3) Mixed in prawns and chopped carrots
4) Mixed in basil, egg and 1 tbsp corn flour, salt to taste
5) Steam on high heat for 30mins
6) Cooled unmold the tofu cut into desire size
7) coat with corn / tapioca flour and deep fried
8) Served hot

Ngoh Hiang Nyonya style

Ingredients 

- 300g minced meat

- 50g lard

- 8 XL prawns 

- 3 water chestnut (chopped) 

- 2 tbsp minced garlic 

Seasoning 

- dash pepper

- 1 tbsp Chinese rice wine

- 1 tsp light soy sauce

- 1 tsp sesame oil

- 1 tsp fish sauce

- 2 tbsp corn starch

Skin

- bean curd skin

- Caul lining (猪网油） free from the butcher 

Methods 

1) mixed minced meat and lard together 

2) cut prawns into cube do not minced to give more texture 

3) mixed in the water chestnut and garlic together with the seasoning into the meat mixture 

4) refrigerate for 2 hours

5) line the bean skin add the meat mixture roll and fold like spring roll

6) steam for 20mins and cooled 

7) line the ngoh Hiang with caul lining

8) deep fried till crispy, cut and served

Simple recipe - Vietnamese smoked duck spring roll

Simple recipe -  Vietnamese smoked duck spring roll

Ingredient:

- Vietnamese rice paper
- smoked duck

Method:

1) soak rice paper in water for 15 - 20 sec

2) sliced smoked duck into thin strips

3) lay paper flat Put duck in the middle and roll like rolling spring roll

4) served hot or cold, if u like it hot u may steam for 5 mins before serving.

Pearl Meatball (珍珠丸子)

Pearl Meatball (珍珠丸子)

Ingredient:

-1/2 cup of soaked glutinous rice (soaked for 1 hours)
-250g ground pork
-1 table spoon light soy sauce
-1 table spoon rice wine
-1 table spoon fish sauce
-2 table spoon of sesame oil
-dash of pepper
-Cornstarch
-food coloring
-Hoisin sauce

Method:

In a bowl, soak glutinous rice in water for a minimum of 1 hour.

Add a drop or two of food coloring

Using a separate bowl, mix the pork, fish sauce, light soy sauce, rice wine, sesame oil, and pepper until just combined.

Roll 1 tbsp meat and coat with cornstarch.

Drain the glutinous rice.

Roll the meatballs in the rice and press the rice gently onto the ball.

Line a steamer with cabbage leaves and place the meatballs on top.

Steam for 20 minutes in high heat.

Serve with Hoisin sauce.

08 April 2015

Good morning world it's 5.35am now .

Don't know why these few weeks wake up so early humm....

Boring... There is nothing on tv no nice tv program...

Hubby is snoring away kiddos are sleeping soundly....

Aiyoh what happen lah why wake up this time

Jemput Jemput Pisang (Deep fried banana balls)

Gotten some FREE bananas from hubby's cousin's banana plantation too many until she had to give away some... because too ripe... so i make them into banana balls!

Jemput Jemput Pisang (Deep fried banana balls)

Ingredient: 

- 4 pcs Banana
- 10 tbsp water
- 4 tbsp sugar
- 500g self raising flour
- 50g rice flour
- oil for deep frying

Method:

1) Blend banana with water and sugar
2) Mixed both flour in huge bowl
3) mixed banana mixture and flour till mixture is thick and smooth batter
4) heat oil scope 1 tbsp batter into oil and fry turn and fry till golden brown

Pig throttle (aka pork knuckles) vinegar with sea cucumber

Pig trotters (aka pork knuckles) vinegar with sea cucumber

Ingredient:

- 1 Pig trotters
- 1 whole ginger
- 1/4 black vinegar I use 黑狗牌 
- 1 can button mushroom
- 5 sea cucumber 
- seasoning to taste (salt / light soy sauce)

Method:
1) Clean and Balanced Pig trotters , wash and cut sea cucumber |
2) sliced ginger
3) fry the ginger,  Pig trotters and pour in vinegar fry till fragments
4) Add in 2 liter water  boil the till  Pig trotters soften about 45 mins, covered 15 mins boiled 45 mins and covered or till  Pig trotters soften. 
5) Add in sea cucumber and seasoning boil 15 mins covered and boil again before served, served hot

05-04-2015 - Ayam Garam Aun Kheng Lim Ipoh

Add: 24, Jalan Theatre, Pusat Bandaraya, Ipoh Town, 30300

Tel: 05-254 2998

Went Ipoh with hubby and family for praying my fil. I wanted to try the famous ayam garam and Hubby's aunty offer to help me get her sister to buy for me

Brought the frozen one RM19 each bring back SG steamed and tried it's yummy!

Very strong herbal taste and the meat is juicy.

VERY WORTH IT!

Hello Singapore!

Hello Singapore I am back after a 3 days break!

With no data plus wifi OMG!

Blogging starts now!

Hello data hello wifi hello my PC

Fry Bee Hoon using Chicken stock / soup

Fry Bee Hoon using Chicken stock / soup 

Ingredient: 

- 1 pack dried Bee hoon
- 1 pack sweet tau kee
- 3 eggs
- 1 pot chicken soup / stock
- chicken from the soup

Method: 

1) Prepare chicken soup / stock
2) soak bee hoon till soft
3) cut sweet tau kee and deep fried
4) Heat oil fry bee hoon , add in egg and fry
3) pour 3 ladle of soup / stock and fry
4) strips the chicken and fry
5) Add seasoning to bee hoon if soup / stock is w/o seasoning if soup / stock have flavor there is no need to add any seasoning the soup will add the sweetness to the bee hoon
6) Served hot and sprinkle the sweet tau kee

Mommy's Chicken Soup 妈咪的鸡汤

Mommy's Chicken Soup 妈咪的鸡汤

I always had this soup at lease once every week / twice a month depending my mommy schedule

She was a SAHM busy with housework looking after us, cook for us check on our homework having a pot of hot bowl of chicken soup with noodles after homework

I can say my mommy cook the best chicken soup (because is cook my mommy) call 妈妈的味道。。。

After I married I will cook this for my daughter and she will request every time.... when we go marketing she will said "mommy i want drink chicken soup!"


Ingredients:

- 1 kampong chicken
- 1 chicken bone (Optional I put to add more sweetness, my mommy opt out this)
- 1 thumb ginger
- a few pcs dried scallops
- 1 can button mushroom
- Rice wine (Optional)
- Salt to taste

Method:

1) wash and chop chicken，soak dried scallops in hot water
2) boiled 1 pot water about 2.5 liter water
3) fry ginger and chicken
3) add in dried scallop with scallop water and chicken meat + bone + ginger
4) boil in slow fire for 4 hours
5) add in button mushroom boil for 30 mins
6) Add Rice wine (Optional) and salt to taste
7) Serve hot..

02 April 2015 is 4am again

now is 4am again wake up at this hour

Go to sleep now.... :-(

Son wake up for his milk.... Very sleepy right now...

Wonder is it the breastmilk no longer make him full so he can't sleep through the night?

If yes I need to start eating some supplement or nutritious food to make it more fuller more creamy if not everyday 4am I need to wake up OMG!