Cabbage Rice Video Tutorial

Previously I have blogged about this dish before. Detailed instruction can be found here

Otah Fried Rice

Come across another easy to cook recipes. So here I am sharing this recipes with of my own version. The method is still the same like what I did for my other fried rice recipes and ingredients wise I keep it simple as it is.

Serves 2 - 3

Cabbage Rice

Recently feel like trying out a new recipe which I never tried before and sounds something new to me. Just stir fry a few of the ingredients and continue cook it in a rice cooker. Sounds easy isn't it? Simple one dish meal and very fufilling to the stomach. I like the fragrance of the cabbage and rice is nicely blended with the natural taste of cabbage together with shrimp, scallop.

Ingredients

(Serves 3 - 4)

Bak Gua Fried Rice(Serves 1)

Cny has just pass by us a few weeks ago, I believe every hsehold still have some left over goodies and nt so sure what to do with it rite? For me I got a veri gd idea when it comes to handling of left over bak gua. I use it as one of the ingredient for fried rice. I am so gald the taste just turn out to be so nice. 

Ingredients:-
1 egg - beaten
1/2 cup of mix vegetables

Bak gua cut into bitting size as shown in the picture above

1 serving bowl of cooked rice

Seasoning:-

1 1/2 tablespoon of light soya sauce

1 teaspoon of sesame oil

Dash of pepper to taste

Garnishing:-

2 stalk of spring onions - chopped

Method:-

1. Heat pan and stir fry mix vegetables. Once there is no much of water in it, add in bak gua and mix well. Cook for 1 min and dish out.
2. Pour in half of the beaten egg and use spatual to cut the cook the egg into pieces once cooked. Fry the pieces till slightly brown and add in mix vegetables and bak gua. Mix well.
3. Add in rice, seasoning together with the remaining beaten egg and mix well. Cook for 1 min.
4. Dish out on a serving plate and garnish with chopped spring onions.

The taste of this dish has a sweet taste due to bak gua, slightly different taste compared to those normal fried rice. (=

Omettle Fried Rice(serves 1)

Had do this dish mainly because I have the urge and craving for this dish.. lol I used the left over ingredients I have to cook this dish.

Ingredients:-
3 eggs -beaten
1/2 onion - diced
1 hotdog - sliced thinly
1/2 Mixed vegetables
1 bowl of cooked rice

Seasoning: -
2 tablespooon of oyster sauce
1 tablespoon of soya sauce
1 teaspoon of sesame oik
Dash of pepper to taste

Method:-

1. Stir fried the mixed vegetables in the pan till no moisture and set aside.
2. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in the pan and add in the onions. Fried till lightly brown.
3. Add in hotdog and fried till slightly brown and add in the mixed vegetables and rice.
4. Add in about 1 tablespoon of egg mixture and seasoning and mix well.
5. Set aside the fried rice and add in about 2 tablespoon of oil.
6. Once the oil is heated, add in the egg mixture. Cook till bottom is slightly brown and can be removed with spatula.
7. Put the egg mixture on top of the rice(make sure the slightly brown side face up). Use a spoon to tuck in the bottom of fried rice.
8. Use a knife to mark out a X and open the cut edges as shown above. You may wish to serve with some tomato sauce (;

Spicy Ddukbokkie (Spicy Rice cakes) - home cooked & less spicy style cum - Serves 2

Below recipe I adapted from my buddy Mae Lu.. Hehe easy to cook and prepare your own sauce for this dish~ This recipe is also recommend to those non spicy lover too!! (;

Ingredients:-

Rice Cakes(I used about half a packet)*

2 pcs of Korea Fish cakes*

1/4 of cabbage - Sliced thinly

2 onions - sliced

2 garlic - minced

Seasoning:-

1/2 tablespoon of Gochujang (Hot pepper paste, normal type)*

1 ikan bilis soup stock cube

3 tablespoon of ketchup sauce

(ingredients marked with a * means I bought these ingredients from solmart, they have outlets at Novena sq 2, Bukit Batok West Mal & Tampines 1)

Method:

1.  Add in water in the happy call pan till the water level is about 0.5 cm as per below picture.

2. Once the water has boiled, add in the ikan bilis soup stock cube. Disolve well and add in the minced garlic.

3. Boil about 1 min and add in fish cakes and lock the pan to cook for 3 mins.

4. Take the fish cakes out and let it cool.

5. Add in ketchup sauce and gochujang and dissolve well in the water.

6.Next, add in rice cake and lock pan again to cook till soften. At the same time, you can cut your fish cakes into rectangle shape like below: 

7. Once the rice cakes is soften, add in onions and cabbage.  Stir well with the sauce and lock pan to cook for about 5 mins or till the sauce thicken.

8. Switch off the stock and add in fish cakes. Stir well and is ready to be serve hot.

P.S : you can the fish cake to minced meat as well to create another verison.

Claypot rice using happy call deep pan(serves 2)

Come across for some recipes to try out on happy call pan. So here I am to present you my own version of clay pot rice with happy call pan~

Ingredients:
5 chicken fillets(cut into cudes, marinate overnight with 2 1/2 tabespoon of oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon of dark sauce, 1 teaspoon of sesame oil and small portion of old ginger - pounded to extract juice)
*5 chinese mushroom(soaked & sliced)
2 chinese sausages
1 cup of uncooked rice(washed)
2 tablespoon of cooking oil
2 cloves of garlic(chopped)
3 stalks of spring onions(chopped)
1 corianders leaves(chopped)

* please retain the water for soaking mushroom, you will need it to cook the rice.

Seasoning:
2 tablespoon of dark soya sauce
1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
1 teaspoon of sesame oil

Method:

1. Heat the oil in happy call pan.
2. Add in garlic and fry till frangant and slightly brown.
3. Add mushroom and oyster sauce. Mix well and lock the pan to cook for about 2 minutes.
4. Add in chicken and fry till cooked.
5. Add in chinese sausages and  lock the pan to fry about 1 min. Set mushroom, chicken cudes and sausages aside.
6. Pour in the rice into the pan and mushroom water. Make sure the water level above the rice is about 0.5 cm.
7. Lock the pan and cook for about 3 mins till water is almost adsorb or rice is halfway done.
8. Arrange mushroom, sausages and chicken cudes on top of the rice and cook for about 2 minutes.
9. Switch off the stove and add in dark soya sauce, sesame oil and stir well.
10. Serve hot and garnish with chopped spring onions and coriander leaves.

Simple Mee Tai Mah soup(1 serving)

Previously I have posted dried verison of fried mee tai mah.. Here's a simple soup version. 

Ingredients:
1 cup of beansprouts(washed)
Minced meat(marindate with 1 tablespoon of soya sauce, 1 teaspoon of sesame oil and dash of pepper)
1 bobo brand fish cake(cut into thin slices)
5 Fish balls
1 stalk of chopped spring onions and coriander leaves for garnishing
1 fish or chicken soup stock
1 teaspoon of dong cai
1 tablespoon of fish sauce to taste

Method:

1. Boil water in a pot and add in the soup stock. Stir to dissolve.
2. Add in minced meat. 
3. Once the minced meat has floated to the surface of the water, add in fish balls. Cook the fish balls till they floated on the surface of the water.
4. Add in fish cakes, mee tai mah follow by bean sprout. Add in 1 tablespoon & dong cai of fish sauce  to taste and bring to a boil.
5. Serve hot with spring onions and coriander leaves.

Tip: for those chilies lovers, you can add in some chopped finger chilies before bringing this dish a boil.

Sweet Potato Porridge (Serves t3-4 pax)~

Among all the porridge I have cooked before, this is one of my favourite as I feel sweet potato really goes well with porridge due to its natural sweet taste.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup of uncooked rice (soaked overnight)
* this purpose of soaking rice is to ensure it will be more easily soften n has watery texture when cooked)
2 sweet potatoes(cut into chunks)

Seasoning:
2 tablespoon of light soya sauce.

Method:

1. Rinse off the soaking water and wash the rice twice.
2. Add in water about 1 finger length.
3. Cook and stir the porridge occasionally in medium heat for about 45 minutes till the rice is soften and watery.
4. Add in sweet potato and cooked for about 15 minutes more or till soften.

My own verison of own cooked Char Kway Tiao~(serves two)

Ingredients:
2 eggs, beaten
1 1/2 fish cake - cut into slices
1 cup of bean sprouts
100g of hokkien mee
100g of kway tiao
2 chicken sausages - cut into slices

Seasonings:
2 Tablespoon of vegetarian oyster sauce
2 Tablespoon of dark soy sauce
1 Teaspoon of sesame oil
A dash of pepper
1/2 Tablespoon of chilli sauce(optional)

Method:

1. Heat up 2 tablespoon of oil and fry the egg.
2. Use spatula to cut the eggs into smaller pieces and fry till slightly golden brown. Dish out.
3. Heat up 1 tablespoon of oil
4. Stir fry the chicken sausages till slightly golden brown.
5. Add in fish cake and fry till slightly brown.
6. Add in the kway tiao, hokkien mee, egg and bean sprout.
7. Add in seasoning except sesame oil & pepper and mix well. For those like chilli flavour can add the chilli sauce.
8. Switch off the stove fire and add in the sesame oil and pepper.
9. Serve hot.

Below is a recipe I adapted from one of the recipe book I bought some time ago~ But I change some of the ingredient and ways to cook this dish~

Minced meat with lettuce fried rice(serves two)

Ingredients:
cooked rice (about 1 1/2 cup of uncooked rice)
5 - 6 pieces of lettuce(cut into thin strips)
2 eggs(beaten)
3 stalk of spring onion(chopped)
Some Minced meat
A dash of pepper
2 tablespoon of soya sauce
1 teaspoon of sesame oil

Marinade seasoning:
2 teaspoon of soya sauce
1 teaspoon of sugar
1 teaspoon of rice wine
1 teaspoon of cornflour
60ml of water

Method:

1. Mix well all the Marinade seasoning together with the minced meat. Set it for 10 minutes.
2. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil and fry the minced meat till slightly light brown. Remove from the wok and pour in half of the beaten egg.
3. Use a spatula to break up the egg into small pieces. Fry till golden brown
4. Add in rice, soya sauce, minced beat, lettuce and remaining beaten egg(note this step of adding remaining beaten egg ensure that the rice will be mix well of all the seasoning with ease and the rice will not burnt easily) Mix well.
5. Switch off the stove fire. Add in sesame oil & pepper and mix well.
6. Serve hot with chopped spring onion.

Mee Tai mah is a very classic main ingredient.. U can stir fry or made into a soup one.. But by my way, I prefer another kinda of cooking method which is very healthy..

Dried Mee Tai Mah

Ingredients:
1 packet of Mee Tai Mah
6 to 7 pork meat balls
Xiao Bai Cai
Fish cakes(cut into slices)

Seasoning:
2 Tablespoon of Dark soya sauce
1 tablespoon of vinegar
1 tablespoon of sambal chilli paste

Method:

1. Cook all the ingredients in boiling water
2. Drain out water and mix well with the seasoning and serve hot.

Oh no I din realize tat I have nt been updating my food blog.. =.="' so here I am to present u another classic recipes~

Pork Porridge with century egg

Ingredients:
1 Small ginger(cut into small thin slices)
1 Century Egg(cut into small pieces)
1/2 Cup of Rice(soak over night & washed)
Some Lean pork (cut into 0.5 cm thick slices) & Minced meat - Marinate them with 1 tablespoon of light soy sauce; 1 small teaspoon of sesame oil & some pepper
2 stalk of Chopped Spring Onion

Seasoning:
2 Tablespoon of Light Soy Sauce
1 Tablespoon sesame oil
Dash of pepper to taste

Method:

1. Cook rice in a pot of water.
2. Cook till the rice is slightly mushy and then add in lean meat.
3. Simmer and cook for around 5 min.
4. Add in minced meat and ginger & soy sauce and keep on stiring till the porridge is mushy and watery enough.
5. Add in Century Egg.
6. Serve hot and add in sesame oil & pepper. Garnish with spring onion.

Got below recipe inspiration when I gt once flip thru my secondary school recipes book which compiled by my F&N teacher. There is this recipe which she teach us how to cook spicy macaroni..  So therefore i copy some of it and hence here is my own version of Spicy fried Mee Tai Mah.. (=

Simple & Spicy Fried Mee Tai Mah(炒辣老鼠粉)

Ingredients:
1 Packet of Mee Tai Mah(老鼠粉)
3 Fish cakes(cut into thick slices)
Half packet of Bean Sprouts
50g medium prawns
1 egg beaten
2 Stalk of Sping Onion(chopped and for garnishing)
2 garlics and shallots - chopped finely

Seasoning:
2 Tablespoon of each:
Black Sweet Sauce
Sambal Paste






Method:

1. Heat oil in a wok. Fry garlic and shallot till slightly brown
2. Add in prawns till cooked.
3. Add in egg and cut the omelette into scramble egg.
4. Next, add in fish cakes and bean sprouts. 
5. Once bean sprouts is slightly cooked, add in Mee Tai Mah together with the seasoning. Mix well.
6. Serve hot and garnish with chopped spring onions.