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Deep Fried Chicken Balls

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

2 American servings
4 Chinese servings
1 whole chicken breast, skinned, boned and coarsen
ground
2 scallions, minced
1 tablespoon soy sauce 1 tablespoon sherry
1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch teaspoon salt
1/s teaspoon sugar
1 egg, separated
Oil for deep frying

Method
Combine all the ingredients except the egg white and oil. Ma. until thoroughly blended. Beat the egg white until stiff and fold into the chicken mixture. Chill 1 hour. Heat oil for deep frying until almost smoking. Form chicken mixture into small ovals and deep fry 4 or 5 at a time until golden brown. Remove with a slotted spoon and dram on paper towels. Serve with sweet sour sauce .

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Red Simmered Beef

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

6 American Servings/ 12 Chinese Servings

2 1/2 pounds eye round or pot roast of beef
3 tablespoons oil
1 clove garlic, crushed
2 thin slices fresh ginger root, finely chopped
6 tablespoons soy sauce
4 tablespoons sherry
water to just cover the beef
2 cloves star anise
1 small piece cinamon stick
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon sugar

Method:
Tie the meat at 2 inch intervals so that it will hold its shape while cooking. Heat the oil in a flame proof casserole. Brown the beef on all sides over high heat. Add all the remaining ingredients. Bring the liquid to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat, cover the casserole and simmer for 1 1/2 hours. Turn the beef every 30 minutes. Slice the beef and serve hot or cold with some of the sauce. The sauce can be refrigerated and kept for use in other dishes If the sauce is heated to boiling point every 10 days, it will keep for several weeks. The beef can also be cut into 2 inch cubes before being added to the casserole. Reduce the cooking time to 50 minutes.

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Chicken Stock

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

White stock made with boiling fowl and knuckle of veal for maximum flavour. Cheaper versions use carcass, skin and giblets plus poultry scarps; or giblets only. Always include celery, a few root vegetables and herbs.

Uses: Good poultry flavor, pale color. An excellent general purpose stock for all types of soups, sauces for vegetables and white meat dishes, moistening white meat casseroles and pies and boiling rice for savory dishes or for risottos.

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Glossary- Tamarind, Tung Choy, Soya Sauce and Turmeric

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

TAMARIND (asam) Dried pulp used for sourness. Soak 1 tablespoon dried tamariee pulp in about 1/4 cup warm water for 5 minutes. Squeeze to extract juice and sty ‘Instant tamarind’ from India available in small plastic pots is a quick substitute; 1 teaspoon is equivalent to 1 tablespoon dried pulp. Lemon juice or half-ripe ton may also be used as substitutes.
TUNG CHOY Preserved crunchy salted vegetables, often used for garnishing.
SOYA SAUCE Two varieties, each different in consistency and flavor, are available; light soya sauce and thick bta* soya sauce. Be sure to use the correct variety.
TURMERIC (kunyit) Fresh or dried turmeric root is often used in curries or pickles. Powdered turmeric can be used instead, as directed in individual recipes appearing in this book.

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Glossary-Pandan,Shrimps and Salted Soya Beans

Friday, January 15th, 2010

PANDAN- The dark green leaf of the fragrant screwpine, a variety of pandanus, used in cakes and desserts. Dried rampe from Sri Lanka, sold in some curry shops, is merely dried pandan. No other substitute.

PRAWNS (Shrimps) -Unless otherwise specified, apse raw or ‘green’ prawns.
SALTED SOYA BEANS -(taucheo) Light brown beans sold in semi-paste form and used as seasoning. Sometimes sold in jars labeled ‘bean sauce’.

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What’r something to Stew about

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Chicken and Vegetable Stew

Ingredients
12-14 meaty pieces of chicken
3 large carrots
2 parsnips
1 medium sized swede ( a kind of turnip)
8 small white onion or 3 large ones
1/2 cup finely diced large onion
3 stalks flour seasoned with salt and pepper
6 tbsps butter or margarine
salt
2 cups water or more
4 cm (1 1/2 inch) piece of cinnamon stick

Method
Skin carrots, parsnips, swede and onions. Leave onions whole,if small; if large, cut each into quarters. Halve the carrots, parsnips and swede lengthwise, and then cut each piece in 5 cm(2 inch) lengths.
Dredge chicken pieces in seasoned flour. Heat 2 tbsp butter in large saucepan which is not too deep, and fry as many pieces of floured chicken as pan can accommodate. Cover pan for 10 minutes or so, to brown the other side. Remove browned chicken to platter and brown the rest of the chicken, adding a little more butter.
Heat remaining butter in pan, fry the diced onion till soft, then add carrots, parsnips, swede and chicken pieces. Mix well together and then add 2 cups of water, celery and cinnamon stick. Add more more water, if necessary, and thicken with plain flour made into a thin paste with cold water, if a thicker gravy is desired. Test for taste before serving.

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Common Ingredients

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Fish Soy

Thai fish soy sauce. A good substitute is “Sambal Blacan” mixed with light soy sauce. Use sparingly.

Ginger

Use only fresh root ginger; never substitute powdered ginger as the flavor is quite different.

Silver Fish

Tiny salted and dried anchovies or whitebait, sometimes sold as “silver fish”. Useless using the very small thin variety not more than 2.5cm (1 in)long, discard the heads and dark intestinal tract.

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List of Common Ingredients

Friday, December 11th, 2009

Curry Leaves

Widely used in southern Indian cooking. Unique flavour with no substitute, though dried leaves are available in many specialty shops.

Daun Kesom

Pungent leaf; closest substitute is fresh small.

Dried Shrimps

Unless otherwise specified, these should be washed, soaked in warm water for 10 minutes and any skin or hard portions discarded.

Dried Shrimps Paste

This pungent paste adds magic to any dis; it must first be grilled or gently fried in a dry pan for 2-3 minutes on either side unless it is pounded with other ingredients and that later fried. Never eaten uncooked.

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List of Common Ingredients and Substitutes

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Candle nuts

Cream-colored waxy nuts ground to thicken and flavour curries. Subsitute macadamia nuts.

Citrus Leaves

From a fragrant lime tree. Young leaves from any citrus tree may be substituted.

Coriander Leaves (Cilantro)

Sometimes known as Chinese parsley. Can easily be grown in a pot from sees bought as coriander spice.

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Glossary-Desiccated Coconut

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Desiccated Coconut, mixed in an electric blender with hot water and strained through a sieve makes adequate coconut milk. Blend 2 cups of coconut with 2 cups hot water at high speed for 30 seconds, then squeeze and strain for thick coconut milk. Return coconut to blender with another 2 1/2 cups hot water and repeat the process to obtain thin coconut milk.

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