Beetroot Salad

Bonjour,

I am not a biggest fan of salad but sometimes I do enjoy a good bowl of mixed salad like beetroot, mango or cucumber salad. Most people knows how to make a salad, just like me, I mix it up everything in a bowl without any specific measurement because everyone has a different tastes and different ways of doing things. Feel free to experiments by adding any beans or vegetables and make our own beetroot salad at home.

This is my beetroot salad version, sometimes I add boiled potato and tuna in it but at the end everything is depend on the individual's preference and tastes. It's simple and it's a great way to use up leftover vegetables in the fridge.

BEETROOT SALAD

Ingredients;

Beetroot
Green salad
Carrot
Corn
Shallot
Salt and pepper

For the sauce;
Ketchup
Mayonnaise
Salt and pepper

METHOD;

- Mix up all the ingredients in a large bowl and season with salt and pepper.
- In a small bowl, mix together all the sauce ingredient and toss salad with ketchup mayonnaise sauce.

Enjoy the beetroot salad!

Stir-Fried Broccoli With Prawns

Salut,

I love vegetables and whatever leftover veggies I have in my fridge, I would used up to make a quick stir fry vegetables with or without prawns. This stir fry broccoli with prawn is a great and easy simple meal for weeknight cooking, just a few minutes preparation, few minutes cooking time and voila, a tasty broccoli with prawns are ready for dinner!

Broccoli might not be a favourite vegetables for some and different for others, but broccoli can taste so different when prepared in a different way. Why don't give it a try and cook this broccoli with prawns.

STIR-FRIED BROCCOLI WITH PRAWNS

Ingredients;

1 broccoli, cut into small florets
200g prawns
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1cm ginger, chopped
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon corn flour, mix with little bit of water
Salt and pepper to taste

METHOD;

- Boil the broccoli in a boiling water until the broccoli are tender.
- Heat little oil in a wok or frying pan and fry garlic and ginger until fragrant and brown colour.
- Add the prawns and broccoli and stir-fry for a couple of minutes. Add little bit of water if needed.
- Taste and season with oyster sauce, soy sauce, salt and pepper.
- Stir in corn flour mixture, give a quick stir until sauce has thickened.
- Drizzle with sesame oil, remove and serve immediately.

Bon appétit!

Fried Tofu With Sesame Soy Sauce

Hello,

One of our dinner meal last few days is a fried tofu with sesame soy sauce, just fried tofu with salad and that's it. Making a fried tofu at home is a great idea because this simple dish was easy to prepare and at the same time this tofu tastes so good. I would make this dish again to serve as appetizer whenever we have dinner with friends in the future.

Fried tofu with sesame soy sauce was an exceptional dish indeed! This simple recipe was found on the pinterest while I searching some idea for our dinner meal.

FRIED TOFU WITH SESAME SOY SAUCE

Ingredients;

1 block firm tofu
2 tablespoon corn flour
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2cm ginger, chopped
3 tablespoon light soy sauce
2 tablespoon white vinegar
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon chili flakes/ chili powder
1 tablespoon sesame seed
1 spring onion, chopped

METHOD;

- Cut tofu into bite-sized cubes and press tofu with paper towel to drain off the excess water.
- Toss the tofu cubes with corn flour, salt and pepper.
- Heat some oil in a wok or frying pan and fry coated tofu until golden brown. Drain in paper towel.
- In a small sauce pan, mix garlic, ginger, soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, honey and chili flakes.
- Heat the sauce and simmer for few second and transfer the hot sauce in a large bowl. Leaving some sauce for dipping.
- Add the fried tofu, sesame seed and spring onion and toss to coat with the sauce.
- Served with green salad and extra dipping sauce.

- Bon appétit!

Prawn Curry

Hello,

A simple prawn curry for dinner can bring a complete joy with a great satisfaction. This prawn curry can serve with rice or naan bread and it was the gravy that make this curry so delicious. With this curry recipe, we can use any kind of meat like chicken or beef and some seafood will work very well and I'm sure they would turn out great and delicious!

For those who like spicy food, then just need to add more chilli powder or fresh chilies but be careful not to add too much otherwise it could be too spicy. This prawn curry so flavourful and a great dish to reheat for leftovers, a must try and do not eat naan bread without trying them.

PRAWN CURRY

Ingredients;

200g prawns
1 potato, cut into 4 cubes
1 onion
1 clove garlic
2cm ginger
2 tamarind peel
1 tablespoon curry powder
1 teaspoon chilli powder
1/2 cup coconut milk
Salt and sugar to taste

METHOD;

- Blend together onion, garlic and ginger into fine paste.
- Mix curry and chilli powder with little bit of water to make a paste.
- Heat some oil in a saucepan and fry onion paste until fragrant.
- Add tamarind peel and curry paste and cook for a couple of minutes.
- Add potatoes and a cup of water and let it simmer for a few minutes until the potatoes are slightly tender. Stirring occasionally.
- Add prawns and coconut milk , taste and adjust seasoning and continue to simmer until the prawns are cooked through.

Happy cooking!

Yellow Glutinous Rice

Hello,

Yellow glutinous rice or what we called "pulut kuning" or "nasi kunyit" in malay is one of the dish that I have not eaten in a very long time. I remembered when I was young, this dishes were served in the wedding as some of the families maintain their common traditions especially in the Malay wedding but as of now, only some people continue and keeping the tradition and served this pulut kuning in the wedding or any other special event. Some of the thing were going different and we have to accept that times and society were changing too.

Last weekend, I made pulut kuning with sambal anchovies for our lunch and it brought back my childhood memories eaten these dishes in the special event in my hometown. The sambal anchovies recipe that I used here is the same recipe for my coconut rice sambal and I just add fried anchovies in it.

YELLOW GLUTINOUS RICE

Ingredients;

1 1/2 cup glutinous rice
1/2 tablespoon turmeric powder
2 tamarind peel/ asam gelugor
250ml coconut milk
1 tablespoon oil, optional
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt

METHOD;

- Soaked rice in turmeric water and tamarind peel for 8 hour or overnight.
- Prepare the steamer and round baking pan.
- Wash and drain the rice and transfer to the round pan.
- Mix coconut milk, oil, sugar and salt and pour to the rice pan.
- Steam the rice for 25-30 minutes and stirring occasionally with chopstick just to make sure all the grains are cooked.
- Serve the yellow glutinous rice with any preference dish like chicken or beef.

Bon appétit!

Red Velvet Cake

Bonjour,

December is here, a Christmas month! My goodness how time flies so fast these day and we are few weeks away to embrace another holiday and celebrate the festive season. Winter is coming and snow starts to fall in certain regions and at the same time Christmas tree and light are everywhere in the city.

Alors, since this month is a cakes and cookies season, I begins with a red velvet cake that I made few days ago. Nowadays, I bake and made a cake or cookies quite often because we received a friend who come over to visit sometime in the afternoon and I like to have dessert on hand to serve to our impromptu guests. I like to try new recipe as well which is I found from the internet or pinterest and sometime I just need to get some idea for what I want to make or bake and basically with the ingredients that I already have in my pantry.

RED VELVET CAKE

Ingredients;

240g flour
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
300g sugar
250ml vegetable oil
2 eggs
250ml buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
A few drop of red food colouring
2 tablespoon hot or warm coffee
1 teaspoon vinegar

Cream and mascarpone cheese frosting;
250g mascarpone
200ml heavy cream
100g powdered sugar

METHOD;

- Preheat oven 170° and prepare baking pan.
- I replaced buttermilk with 250ml milk plus 1 tablespoon white vinegar and let stand for 10 minutes before using.
- In a medium bowl, sieve together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt.
- In another large bowl, whisk sugar and oil.
- Add in eggs, buttermilk, vanilla and red food colouring.
- Stir in the coffee and white vinegar, mix well.
- Add the flour mixture into the egg mixture little by little and whisk just until everything combine.
- Pour batter into prepared baking pan and bake for 35-40 minutes or until the skewer comes out clean. Let it cool completely before frosting.
- To make the frosting, combine mascarpone, heavy cream and sugar and beat until stiff peaks form.
- Chill the frosting in the fridge for a few hour before ready to use.

Happy baking!