Stir fried cabbage

This is probably one of my favourite vegatable when I eat mixed rice or noodles. I feel is very crunchy and goes well with almost everything like carrot, shrimp etc.. You can cook it in soups too!

I often match with noodles, fried beehoon or beehoon soup. You can say that I am a cabbage lover too!

This recipe is so simple, easy and nutrious to prepare at home. 

Serves 2 - 3

Chicken Salad with bread

Suddenly have a strong determine to get myself in some serious and strict diet. I have some bread which I bought and some left over carrot. So I thought of making a healthy chicken salad with some lightly toasted bread for a dinner as dinner is best not to let yourself eat too much especially starchy food. Hope this recipe also benifit ladies out there who are trying to have a healthy diet lifestyle too.

Ingredients:-
1 Potatoes - cut into cudes
1/2 carrot - cut into cudes
3 chicken fillets - cut into cudes
1 multigrain bread

Seasoning:-
Dash of salt

Method:-

1. Cook chicken in a pot of boiling water till cooked. Add in salt to taste.Dish out.
2. Cook potatoes, carrot till soften. Add in salt as well. Dish out and place potatoes, carrots and chicken in a serving bowl.
3. In the meantime, toast the bread in a oven toaster for about 3 mins. Use a tong to remove the bread and cut the bread into small cudes. Mix well with the chicken, carrot and potatoes.
4. You may want to serve with some local letture to make this salad more nutritious.

Vegetarian Beehoon & noodle(Serves two)

I remember last time when I was still very young, my dad often packet vegetarian beehoon for me. I always luv it so much as it taste so good. My favourite was the vegetarian bbq pork and as well as the crispy vegetarian goose. There was once I shop at my house nearby NTUC and come accross the vegetarian bbq. So I bought a packet of it. Below is a recipe of how I create my own style of vegetarian beehoon with some noodles.

Ingredients:-
1/2 cabbage - cut into thin strips
4 pcs of vegetarian bbq pork
1/2carrot- cut into thin strips
1 serving of beehoon - soaked
1 serving of noodles - cooked and drained
1 garlic - chopped

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

Method:-

1. Heat 1 teaspoon of oil in happy call pan and stir fry garlic until lightly brown.
2. Add carrot and cook about 3 min or till soften abit.
3. Add in cabbage, sugar and stir fry for 1 min.
4. Add in the vegetarian bbq and stir well.
5. Dish out and add in bee hoon and noodles.
6. Add in the rest of the seasoning & vegetables, bbq pork and stir well. Serve hot when done.

Stir Fry Celery with chicken strips & carrot(serves 2)

For those who are my regular follower, you would have notice previously I have posted the same dish without any meat. Now this recipe is with chicken meat. The difference between this and the previous recipe is that the chicken can add enhance to this dish. Meat lover will difinately love this dish lots!

Ingredients:
4 stalk of celery - peeled & sliced
1 carrot - peeled & sliced
2 chicken breastmeat(for 2 serving portion) - cut into strips
1 garlic - peeled and chopped

Seasoning:-
1 tablespoon of cornflour
1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
1 tablespoon of rice wine
Dash of pepper

Method:

1. Marindate the chicken strips with the seasoning. Set aside for 10 mins.
2. Heat 1/2 tablespoon of oil and stir fry the chicken for 1-2 mins and dish out.
3. Add in again 1/2 tablespoon of oil and fry the garlic till fragant.
4. Add in celery and carrot and cook till the soften.
5. Add in chicken strips and cook about 3 mins.
6. Add some water to make sauce and simmer for about 2 mins before serving.

Stir Fry Celery with Carrot(serves two)

This is my 1st time trying out on cooking celery. For those who are very experience in handling this type of veggie, they sure know celery cannot be cook too long as they won't be nice in terms of their texture. Had ask for my dad advice as he got cook before. But I am gald that it turns out so well after seeking his advice and research a recipe online. The original recipe has chicken as one of the ingredient but I prefer to do it my own style without adding in any meat.

Ingredients:
8 Stalk of celery - peeled and sliced
1 carrot - cut into thin slices
1 clove of garlic - chopped

Seasoning:
1 tablespoon of Oyster sauce
1 tablespoon of rice wine
dash of pepper.

Method:

1. Heat 1 teaspoon of oil and fry garlic till slightly brown.
2. Add in celery and carrot and cook about 3 mins or till both half soften espcially carrot.
3. Add in all the seasoning and some water and cook for another 3 mins till both celery and carrot soften. Serve hot.

By the way, I had try out the original version with chicken on my 2nd try. It taste so yummy. I will also be blogging about this verison of this recipe with chicken. So stay tuned!! ^~

Stir Fried Chinese Greens(serves 2 - 3)

I chanced upon my recipe book under hong kong style recipes and hey this dish also goes very well with ginger too!  I feel that this dish is very simple, less hassle to prepare and easy to cook dish.

Ingredients:-
Some Nai bai cai(奶白菜) - bottom trimmed
1 1/2 tablespoon of ready to use fried garlic
1 teaspoon of minced ginger

Seasoning:-
1 teaspoon of sesame oil
1/2 teaspoon of salt

Method:-

1. Heat about 1 tablespoon of oil in happy call pan.
2. Add ginger and fried garlic till fragant.
3. Add in vegetables and salt and stir well. Lock the pan to cook for about 1 1/2 minutes. You may wish to turn over the pan to make side the vegetables is throughly well cooked.
4. Turn over pan again and switch off the stove. Add in sesame oil and stir well before serving.

Assorted vegetables in Oyster sauce

Ingredients:
1 stalk of Cauliflower & 1 stalk of broccoli - both cut into florets
1 carrot - cut into slices
1 slice ginger- shredded
2 tablesppons water for steaming
80ml(1/3 cup) of stock
1 Tablespoon of fried shallots

Seasoning:-
1 teaspoon of salt
1 tablespoon of vegetarian oyster sauce
1 teaspoon of sugar
1 teaspoon of light soya sauce
1 teaspoon sesame oil

Method:

1. Add salt to a small basin of water. Soak the cauliflowers and broccoli for about 5 mins. Wash throughly in fresh water and drain.
2. Arrange the carrot, ginger, broccoli and cauliflower nicely in a saucepan.
3. Add in the water and steam for 3 minutes.
4. Remove the lid ,add in the seasoning & stock and toss for 2 mins.
5. Serve hot with fried shallots.