Saturday, 27 December 2014

Teriyaki Fish with Soba Noodles

Bonjour,

An easy and healthy recipe for fish teriyaki doesn't need many ingredients, just a few basic ingredient at home can make a tasty and delicious dish. Making homemade teriyaki sauce is easy, just mix the ingredients together, boil and voila, this dish can be serve with rice or noodles or just eat with salad. It's delicious.




TERIYAKI FISH WITH SOBA NOODLES

Ingredients:

300g fish fillet or salmon
1/2 or 1 packet soba noodles
1 bunch green vegetables/ choy sum, cut
1 carrot, sliced
1 cloves garlic, chopped
1 tablespoon light soya sauce
Salt and pepper to taste
Oil for frying

For the teriyaki sauce:
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2cm ginger, chopped
2 tablespoon mirin or rice vinegar
5 tablespoon light soy sauce/kikkoman
2 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon water

METHOD:

- Marinate fish fillet with soya sauce, salt and pepper for at least 1 hour.
- Mix the teriyaki sauce together, set aside.
- Boil soba noodles according to package direction.
- Heat a little oil in wok and fry garlic until fragrant.
- Add carrot and choy sum and stir fry for a few minutes.
- Add soba noodles, season with salt and pepper and stir to mix well and heat through. Serve on the plate.
- Heat oil in a frying pan and pan-fry fish until cook or crisp. Set aside.
- In the same frying pan, bring to boil the teriyaki sauce and simmer until the sauce is slightly thick.
- Add the fish fillet and coat in the sauce. Remove from heat.
- Serve and laid the fish teriyaki on top of the soba noodles and garnish with coriander.

Bon appetit!

Tuesday, 23 December 2014

Chocolate Sour Cream Bundt Cake

Salut,

I liked chocolate cake but I don't eat them too much. I just enjoy them every once in a while. In fact, I love making chocolate cake and give it as a treats for my friends. I made these chocolate sour cream bundt cake few days ago for our lunch gathering. This cake turned out just as moist, rich and delicious. Even taste better with chocolate ganache on top.



CHOCOLATE SOUR CREAM BUNDT CAKE

Ingredients:

1 cup salted butter
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 cup water
2 cup all purpose flour
1 1/3 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs
1/2 cup sour cream (or greek yogurt) I used cream fraiche legere in French
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the chocolate ganache:
4 ounces dark chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 1/2 tablespoon sugar

METHOD:

- Preheat oven 180° and butter and flour bundt pan. Set aside.
- In a small sauce pan, combine butter, cocoa and water over medium heat until melted and combined. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar and baking soda.
- Add half melted butter and whisk until completely blended. Add remaining butter and whisk until all combined.
- Add the eggs one at a time and follow by sour cream and vanilla extract.
- Pour the batter into pepared bundt pan and bake for 40-45 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.
- While the cake is cooling, prepare chocolate ganache by melt chocolate, cream and sugar over meduim heat or double boiler until smooth.
- Pour over the cooled cake.

Enjoy!

Sunday, 21 December 2014

Stir Fried Satay Prawns with Vegetables

Coucou,

A pre-made satay sauce or powder or called sate en poudre in France mostly can be found at any Asian Grocery Store here. First time I heard and tried this ready made sate powder was from mon mari because he like to cooked prawns or vegetables with sate powder. I really have no idea if this sate powder sell in my hometown, or maybe I'm not aware of it.

At first, I was so impressed with how easy and delicious this dish turned out to be. In fact, quite many people I know here like the flavor and texture of sate.

Here's the stir fried prawns with vegetables recipe using sate powder.



STIR FRIED SATAY PRAWNS WITH VEGETABLES

Ingredients:

300g prawns
20g black fungus, soaked
1 yellow bell pepper, diced
1 carrot, diced
1 onion, sliced
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 tablespoon sate powder
salt to taste
Oil

METHOD:

- Heat the frying pan with little oil and stir in chopped garlic until aromatic.
- Add sate powder and prawns and stirring for a minute.
- Add black fungus, bell pepper, carrot and onion and stirring constantly.
- Cover the pan with a lid and let cook for about 3-5 minute or until slightly softened.
- Add salt to taste. Remove from heat.

Bon appetit!

Friday, 19 December 2014

Chocolate Chip and Nut Cookies

Salut,

I just finished baking these cookies and cake because tomorrow we will have an earlier holiday gathering for a small lunch at mon mari office just before Christmas holiday. Though this cookies is not a traditional christmas cookies, but it's just a simple chocolate chip and nut cookies.

This homemade cookies is perfect for holiday parties or just for a treat to family and friends. It simple and delightful!



CHOCOLATE CHIP AND NUT COOKIES

Ingredients:

A
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
75g salted butter
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
1 tablespoon fresh milk
1/2 tablespoon white vinegar
1 teaspoon vanila extract

B
2 cups flour
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
1 tablespoon corn flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup chopped nuts (walnuts or almond)
1 cup chocolate chips

METHOD:

- Preheat oven 170° and prepare baking pan.
- Sift together flour, cocoa, corn flour and baking soda.
- In a large bowl, cream together ingredients A until light and fluffy.
- Add sifted flour little by little and stir until well mixed.
- Add chocolate chips and nuts and stir to combine.
- Drop a tablespoon sized ball onto baking pan. Keep them about 1 to 2 inch apart.
- Baked for 12-15 minutes.

Enjoys and happy baking!

Tuesday, 16 December 2014

Fried Glass Noodles

Bonsoir,

I used to eat fried glass noodles when I was abroad quite often few years ago. These noodles can be stir fried, can be used in soup or can be used to make a salad as well. I liked stir fried noodles with lots of vegetables and spicy taste of cause. For me personally, it taste great when it's spicy.

This fried glass noodles is a simple dish that I prepare for lunch or for dinner sometimes. Usually I don't add crab sticks but since I have some left in the fridge, so I add crab sticks.



FRIED GLASS NOODLES

Ingredients:

1 small pack of glass noodles
1 red onion, sliced
1 carrot, thinly sliced
5 crab sticks, halved
1 egg
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 red chillies chopped, (optional)
2 tablespoon light soy sauce
1 tablespoon ketchup or chilli sauce
Salt and pepper to taste
Oil for frying

METHOD:

- Soak the glass noodles in warm water for 20 minute or until soft.
- Heat little oil in frying pan and fry garlic and chilli until fragrants.
- Add in carrot and onion and cook for 1-2 minutes.
- Crack in the egg and scramble the egg until half cook.
- Add in the glass noodles and the sauce, soy sauce and ketchup.
- Stir and mix well on a low heat for a few minutes.
- Add in crab sticks and season with salt and pepper.
- Dish out and serve with squeez of lemon.

Bon appetit!

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