Saturday, May 19, 2012

Hand made meat ball with pumpkin (Steam) -手工肉丸蒸南瓜

Recently had been lazy to cook as everyone is busy to work till weekend will prefer to rest and do nothing. But I do understand that the dinner time with family is so precious, especially can see they satisfy with what you cook! So today I'm going to cook a dinner again~
first attempts products, using light soy source instead of dark soy sauce!

Hand made meat ball with pumpkin (Steam) -手工肉丸蒸南瓜 is one of my favorite dish. I like the texture of the hand made meat ball, I enjoy seeing everyone eat steamed food (more healthy but still delicious) and there's no need to fries food in the kitchen (cooking in a small flat in Singapore sometimes can really end your day with oily smell).



Ingredients:
Minced Pork 300g
Pumpkin 400g
Pickles 1 tbsp, in small dices
Minced garlic 1 tsp
Potato starch 1 tbsp

Seasonings A:
Salt 1/4 tsp
Water 3 tbsp

Seasonings B:
Hua diao wine 1 tsp
Dark soy sauce 1 tsp
Pepper 1/6 tsp

1. Peel pumpkin, cut into thick slices (equal thickness of pumpkin will give better presentation, but honestly, it's hard when raw, difficult to cut~) and arrange the pumpkin slices on a steaming plate.
Before steam~
2. Chop minced pork further until sticky.
3. Combine minced pork with seasonings A in a big bowl and stir in one direction until sticky.If the mixture too dry can add in some more water.
4. Add in Seasonings B, mix well and then add in potato starch and stir well.
5. Add in the pickles and minced garlic. Lift the mince and slap it down on the bowl a few times (this will make the meat ball texture more Q) and make into meatballs.
6. Place the meatballs on top of the pumpkin & steam over high heat for about 15 minutes or until cooked through.

After steam. (Dark soy sauce version)

I personally prefer light soy sauce version, not too dark in appearance!

Today Dinner is ready added with a simple miso soup~

Sunday, April 8, 2012

五香卷 "Ngo Hiang"

比较起烘焙,我在做菜方面已有超过十年经验,不过纯粹只是能下咽的普通住家菜。 直到近年来,发现原来做菜也可以很开心很幸福。渐渐,开始买食谱、研究别人的美食部落格等等,从中获益不浅。现在开始我也要将每次尝试的新菜色写下,与大家分享那爱心满满的幸福滋味~ 今天要为这幸福滋味开幕的是我第一次尝试做的五香卷!

"Ngo Hiong"



这五香卷是属于比较酥脆、多菜的版本:

  1. 绞肉(三层肉), 500克 
  2. 虾肉切丁, 200克
  3. 大香菇切丝, 5 颗
  4. 马蹄切丝, 10粒
  5. 大红葱切丁,1粒
  6. 红萝卜切丝,2条(中等大)
  7. 青葱适量,切丁
  8. 鸡蛋三粒
  9. 调味料: 3 汤匙酱青,  2汤匙食油,胡椒粉&五香粉各1汤匙.
  10. 五香皮(可在菜市场卖豆腐的摊子买到)
  11. 食油 (用来煎/炸五香)


将材料1-9混合在一起:
色彩缤纷的材料看了好开心 :)


 将五香皮用干净的湿布抹过,切成长方形(大小依据您所要制作的五香卷的大小而定). 然后将混合好的材料卷起来:
包好的五香卷

 再将五香卷蒸上10分钟。如果有可以让水份往外流的竹篮盛装着更佳,可以避免蒸的过程中水份累积在碟子里,五香皮变软/烂。
蒸好的五香卷呈白色~
 将五香卷用吸油纸吸干水分、待凉。用热油炸至金黄色即大功告成!

香脆的五香卷!