Stir-fried Noodles

Bonjour,

Few days ago, I felt I do not want to have rice for lunch or dinner, so I thought why not I make some noodles instead! I'll put two recipe of noodles here, fried yellow noodles and fried vermicelli noodles. Fried vermicelli or rice noodles also called fried bee hoon in Asia.

Actually, a plain fried noodles either yellow noodles or fried vermicelli is very easy to prepare. We could always add other ingredients like seafood, meat and any kind of vegetables to make it a one dish of delicious fried noodles.

Now, let's see the easy and simple fried noodles recipe below.

FRIED YELLOW NOODLES

Ingredients:-

1/2 pack medium chinese noodles
1 carrot, sliced
1 small bowl chinese cabbage, cut
1 small bowl bean sprouts
1 small bowl young corn, cut
1 small bowl pak choy, cut ( green vegetable)
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 tablespoon light soy sauce
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 tablespoon chilli sauce or ketchup
Salt and peppet to taste
Oil for frying

METHOD:-

- Cook the noodles according to pack instruction.
- Heat the little oil in a wok and fry garlic until fragrant.
- Add in carrot, chinese cabbage, young corn and pak choy and stir fry for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the noodles and bean sprouts then continue to stir fry for a minute.
- Season with light soy sauce, oyster sauce, chilli sauce and salt and pepper, then cook for another minute.


FRIED VERMICELLI

Ingredient:-

1 pack rice vermicelli noodles (soak in water for 30 minutes, then drained)
1 small bowl bean sprouts
1 egg
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 tablespoon light soy sauce
1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
1 tablesppon chilli sauce
1 teaspoon chilli powder or paprika
1/2 cup water
Salt and pepper to taste
Oil for frying

METHOD:-

- In a small bowl, mix together light and dark soy sauce, chilli sauce and chilli powder.
- Heat the oil in a wok and fry garlic until fragrant.
- Crack the egg in the wok and scramble lightly until the egg are cooked.
- Add in the soy sauce mixture and bean sprouts and stir for a minutes.
- Add in the rice vermicelli noodles and add a bit of water.
- Stir around and mix well to coat noodles with seasoning and taste with salt and pepper.
- Add more soy sauce and water if desired.
- Garnish with fried onion and chopped spring onion.

Voila, bon weekend et bon appetit!!

Banana Raisin Muffins

Salut,

I haven't baked cupcake or muffins for quite a while but today I have just made these banana raisin muffins and they turned out very light, fluffy, moist and delicious. These muffins are so easy to make, just to throw together and it's perfect for last minute dessert or breakfast. This easy banana muffin recipe can even make with fresh or frozen blueberries or dried fruits which can also help satisfy a sweet tooth.

BANANA RAISIN MUFFINS

Ingredients:-

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup fresh milk
1/4 cup vegetables oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 mashed banana
1/2 cup raisins
A little sliced banana for topping

METHOD:-

- Preheat oven 180°.
- Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together egg and sugar until combined.
- Whisk in milk, oil, mashed banana and vanilla extract.
- Add in flour and mix everything using wooden spoon or spatula. Do not over mixing. Fold in raisins.
- Spoon batter into prapared muffin tins and finish with slices of banana and bake at 180° for 5 minutes.
- Reduce oven temperature to 170° and continue to bake for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick come out clean.

Voila, bon appetit!

Mango Cake

Bonjour,

This was my first time making this type of cake with fresh mango as one of the ingredients. When I cut and take a bite of the mango cake it taste like a crumbled cake. It's a crunchy soft crumb on top but it did taste pretty good.

Here's a simple recipe for making these little mango cake and just use a small cake pans to bake the cake.

MANGO CAKE

Ingredients:-

1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
1 cup fresh mango, chopped

METHOD:-

- Preheat oven 180°.
- Combined the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
- In a bowl, beat the sugar, oil and egg until well blended.
- Add flour into sugar mixture and mix well.
- Fold in mango using wooden spoon because the cake batter will be little thicker.
- Transfer the batter to a greased pan.
- Bake for 25-30 minute or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Enjoy and happy weekend!

Turmeric Fried Prawn

Bonjour a tous...

Prawns are always delicious no matter how you cook it. I remember how my mom's used to make some dishes using fresh turmeric and the taste are better than powder one. I liked the taste of tumeric and this time, I used turmeric powder in my recipe for savory dishes. We really enjoyed our food and it's easy to make and tastes amazing.

Alors, let me share the recipe of turmeric fried prawn.

TURMERIC FRIED PRAWN

Ingredients:-

300gm medium prawn
1 tablespoon turmeric powder
1 onion, sliced
1 stalks of green long bean, cut
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 big red chilli, cut
Salt and pepper to taste
Oil for fyring

METHOD:-

- Marinated prawns with turmeric powder for at least 20 minutes.
- Heat oil in frying pan and fry frawns for a few minutes or until golden brown. Keep aside.
- Sauteed garlic with little oil until fragrant.
- Add onion and long bean, stir until all well mixed for about 2 minutes.
- Add in fried prawns and red chilli and mix well.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Serve with hot rice...

Enjoy!

Rainbow Marble Cake

Bonsoir,

Yesterday I made a simple Rainbow Cake for our friend opening ceremony for an art exhibition tomorrow. This recipe is a basic marble cake, but the variety of colours make it more pretty and cheerful rainbow cake.
I've made once rainbow cake few months back with different ingredients, but this one more simple and the tasted was pretty good too.

Let's have a look to the recipe below.

RAINBOW MARBLE CAKE

Ingredients:-

2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 cup vegetables oil
1 cup sugar
1 cup fresh milk
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanila extract
1 teaspoon coco powder
Food colouring

METHOD:-

- Preheat oven 180°. Grease the cake tins and keep aside.
- Sift flour together with baking powder and bicarbonate of soda.
- In a big bowl, beat the egg until frothy. Add sugar and continue beating.
- Add in oil, milk and vanila extract and mix well.
- Add the flour mixture until just combined. But do not over mix.
- Divide the cake batter into six bowls. Add the food colouring at each bowl and coco powder in one of the bowl.
- Layer of each colour batter into the pan until finish.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.

Have fun!