28 April 2009

Guo Tie / Gyoza / Pan Fried Dumpling

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I love to eat Guo Tei more than Gyoza. The only difference between them is their filling and the thickness of the wrapper/skin.

Guo Tei traditionally has slightly thicker wrapper compared to Gyoza.
The fillings for Guo Tei usually comprise of Chinese Chives aka Gu Cai which looks like spring onion. Teo Chew loves to eat Gu Cai found in Gu Cai Kueh but as for myself i love it in Guo Tei.

To me, Gyoza is the good substitute for Guo Tei if its not available. Gyoza's wrapper is usually thinner and its filling is generally comprise of cabbage instead of chinese chives.

Today's dinner is Guo Tei...in fact I've already cooked the 1st batch of Guo Tei early in the morning at around 4 am at the request of my hungry siblings :X

25 April 2009

Braise Pork Trotter


Ingredient:
Pork leg 2 leg
Garlic 3 cloves
Ginger 5 slices
Chinese wine 2 tbsp
Star Anise 5 cloves or can be substitute with 1 tsp of 5 spice powder
Leek 4 stalk
Coca Cola 2 can
Dark Soya Sauce 1 cup
Light Soya Sauce 1 cup
Salt to taste
Water 2 liter
optional ingredients: bean curd sticks, black mushroom, black fungus
Cook on high heat and then on low heat till the sauce become concentrated thick gravy.

Mince Meat with Szechuan Veg


Mince meat with Szechuan Vegetable Pickle :)

19 April 2009

Black Bean & Pepper Chicken

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One of the dishes for today's dinner.

Kim Chi Making 1st Attempt



A very easy recipe learnt from a korean chef from The Palace Restaurant located at the Chevron House.

14 April 2009

Breads with Filling

Bread DoughPrebake Bread D
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I hv the sudden urge to bake bread in the wee morning at 5am!!! Just to clear my doubt whether my rice cooker can be used to bake bread or not! As it is still so early & i dun wish to wake up my neighbors with the noise of the mixer machine... so i start preparing the filings for the breads. I started with cooking the curry chicken fillings. then i tots perhaps i can hv different fillings to make it more interesting. i remember i still hv another pack of French Galic Sausages in the freezer. So i make cut it into slices & also diced it. When its almost 6.30am i started mixing the dough. I left on the dining table cover with cling wrap, waiting for it to proof.

Next i move on to clean up the kitchen area & then i saw the butter! OH SH#*!!! i forgot to add in the butter & salt! Panicked! i quickly remix the dough and added in the butter... keeping my fingers cross that it will turn out edible...:"X. As i was mixing the dough i looked at the recipe again and damn! how can i misread the amount of butter. it is suppose to be 50g and i added in 80g! why am i so blur ?! will it spoil the entire bread? i hope not. so this time i make sure it the dough is thoroughly well mixed with the butter & salt. Hoped that the dough wont be too sticky & oily.

Fortunately, the bread proof pretty well. I hv 4 different fillings for the bread: Curry Chicken, French Garlic Sausages (Sliced & Diced), Black Raisins & Pork Floss.

The bread turned out "OK ONLY". It is NOT as light & fluffy as it is suppose to be... it is a little compact. Nevertheless, my family, especially my sis, who is very supportive of my bake products, loves eating it. As for myself I am someone who like to bake but not so much into eating them. but still, each time i will definitely eat some, just to know what went wrong and how will it affect the end product.

10 April 2009

Hazelnut Fruit Cake





Tweaked original recipe:
  • to reduce 200g of brown sugar to 170g
  • to reduce 100g ground almond to 75g
  • to replace 2 tbsp of treacle to 2 tbsp of hazelnut ganache

Result: sweetness is just right but cant really sense the aroma of hazelnut. perhaps next bake will not include any cinnamon & nutmeg powder so the spices' fragrance will not over power the hazelnut's fragrance.

Eileen ate it and commented that the moisture of the cake is just nice, even tho she is not a fruit cake lover.