Posts Tagged ‘seasoning’

Local Special “Gadoh-Gadoh”

Friday, January 1st, 2010

Ingredients
Vegetables to be boiled
600g kangkong washed thoroughly and cut into short lengths, using the stalks as well as the leaves
300g long beans, cut into 3 cm lengths
300g cabbage coarsely shredded
4 medium sized potatoes, washed, boiled in their skins and sliced (more…)

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Chili Garlic Sauce

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Recommended for chicken

20 fresh red chilies
20 dried chilies -soak to soften
2 cloves garlic
60 g fine sugar
3 cups vinegar
salt to taste

Method
Finely grind the chilies and garlic. Put all ingredients in a pan and bring to the boil. Cool

More ** Slimming Sauce** and ** Great Cuisine**

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Cantonese Cooking

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Cantonese cooking, especially has stayed close to the Taoist principle that food should be eaten as near to its natural state as possible, with as little cooking and seasoning as possible. Chemical tenderizers such as vetsin (monosudium glutamate) are avoided, and cutting and scoring the meats, vegetables and fish in such a way as to achieve the required tenderness preferred. This relies of course, not only on a (more…)

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What is all about the Guangzhou

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

Guangzhou is in southern China, on the coast. A mild climate and access to the sea gave the province a vast variety of foodstuffs and ingredients and it is credited with the invention of the greatest number of dishes some say around 400,00 with 250 different ways of cooking pork alone!

Cantonese is however, a non holds barred school; practically everything which may (more…)

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Common Ingredients and Substitutes

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

Lengkuas or Laos Powder

A member if the ginger family, this used in curries. Substitute 1 teaspoon powdered lengkuas or laos powder for 0.5 cm (1/4 in) slice of fresh lengkuas.

Local Celery

Small fine stalks and leaves which are used as garnish or in soups. Use young leaves of regular celery vegetable as substitute. (more…)

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FRIED MIXED VEGETABLES RECIPE

Monday, October 12th, 2009

Ingredients
75 gm straw mushrooms (diced)
75 gm button mushrooms (cut into half)
‘/2 carrot (diced)
150 gm bamboo shoot (diced) 75 gm green peas
6 mushrooms (presoaked and diced) 40 gm cashew nuts (crispy fried) 1 red chillies (diced)
Seasoning
‘/2 tsp vetsin
/2  tsp sugar
‘/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp soy sauce (dark)
Few drops of sesame oil
1 tsp soy sauce (light)
cornflour solution (mix 1/2 tsp with 1 tsp water)
Method
Toss mushrooms, carrot, button mushrooms, and mushrooms in boiling water and strain. Leave aside.
Heat up oil, dredge in wine and add in 1 cup of water with’/4 tsp vetsin,
1 tsp salt and sugar each, 1 tbsp dark soya sauce, 1 tbsp oyster sauce. Put in the tossed ingredients to cook for
a while and dish up. Heat up oil, dredge in wine and put in 2 oz of water. Put in seasoning and all the
ingredients. Allow to cook for 5 mins., stir in cornflour solution, add in cashew nuts and serve.

**Chinese Vegetarian Cookery**

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SAMBAL CINCALOK RECIPE

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Ingredients
6 red chillies
6 shallots
6 limes (limau kesturi)
1 ripe tomato
4 tbsp cincalok
6 tbsp thick coconut cream (optional) (more…)

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Introduction of Ingredients

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Razor Clams.

with thin, long shells,razor clams taste fresh and sweet. Mostly thery are stir fried with fermented black beans that taste flavourful; or cooked with noodles after shelled. Always choose fresh clams.

Snowy Veal

It is the meat of young calf that has snow pattern. Since the distribution of fat is average, the veal tastes tender and chewy after cooked. Frying is  a good cooking way for veal. It can be bought from frozen food shop. (more…)

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