Fried Kway Teow ( No pork no lard version)

Ingredients ( For 4 person)
500g Kway Teow noodles

300g Yellow noodles

3 Fish cake sliced thinly

100g prawns

1 Chinese wax sausage sliced (optional)

1 bowl of bean sprouts

1 garlic chopped

3 tbsp oil

1/2 bowl water

Seasoning

3 Tbsp soya sauce

1 tbsp dark soya sauce

1 tbsp sweet sauce

Method

1. Heat oil, add garlic. Fry for 1 min, add fishcake, kway teow and yellow noodles.

2. Add half of the water to the noodles and mixed evenly, while cutting up the noodles to shorter strands.

3. Fry for 2 min, then add the rest of the water and prawn fry till the prawn is almost cooked.

4. Make a well and pour in the egg. Scramble and mix with the noodles. Add in the bean sprout and fry for another 2 mins.

5. Add in the seasonings, making sure all the noodles get the seasonings, then switch off flame.

Note:

1)Use medium flame throughout so that the noodles will not get burnt.

2)Do not add in the seasonings too early or else the noodles will end up a little sour.

Fried Hokkien Mee (No pork version)

This morning made hokkien mee （炒福建面）for breakfast. The whole process took me half an hour including cooking and cutting. For those people who do not know, Fried hokkien mee is a local delicacy. It is one hawker food you don't want to miss. Ok with no further ado, I will bring you the recipe.Ingredients( serves 4)
500g Thick Vermicilli
300g Yellow noodles
4 prawns or more deveined
1 squid cut into rings
1 fish cake sliced thinly
1/2 chicken breast sliced thinly
Chye Sim (optional)
1 garlic chopped
1 onion sliced thinly
1 egg beaten
1 bowl water/stock
3 tbsp oil
4 tbsp soya sauce

Marinade
Oyster sauce
Soya sauce
Pepper
1 tsp corn flour ( for chicken only)

Garnish
Chilli sliced thinly
Lime cut into half

Method
1.Marinade chicken with 1 tsp oyster sauce, 1 tsp soya sauce,pepper and corn flour. Marinade the squid and prawn with 1 tsp oyster sauce, 1 tsp soya sauce. Set the items aside for 5 mins.

2.Heat the oil and add the onion and garlic. Fry for 1 min, add in chicken and fry for 2 mins, add fish cake and fry for 1 min.

3.Add in the yellow noodles, then thick vermicilli. Add half a bowl of water and make sure the yellow noodles and vermicilli are well mixed.

4. Add in the prawn and squid and the other half bowl of water. Fry till all ingredients are cooked.

5. Add in 4 tbsp of soya sauce. Make sure the soya sauce are mixed well, make a well in the middle of the noodles and add the egg.

6. Scramble the egg and mix well with the noodles. Switch off flame.

7. The noodles can be served with some sliced chilli placed on top as garnish. The lime juice is to be added to the noodles before eating.


Note: The authentic hokkien mee version is not with chicken but with pork belly. But I decided to use the healthier version. This version of the recipe can be used by muslim considering it is cooked without pork.

Pork and Liver Mee Suah

This morning I made pork and liver mee suah（猪肝瘦肉面线）. Mee suah is a type of chinese noodle made from wheat flour. It's texture is soft and is a suitable for young children and old people who can't bite too well. The best mee suah are hokkien/Amoy mee suah. It is easily cooked and you can actually cook the noodles longer to make it abit soft and gluey. Since my pregnancy, that's the way I like all my noodles done, super soft hehe. This is a very fast to cook dish that can be ready in 20 mins including preparation and cooking. Ok here's the recipe.

Ingredients ( For 2 persons)

100g pork sliced

50g liver sliced

600ml water

2 slices of ginger julienned

1 tsp sesame oil

2 tsp soya sauce

2 tsp corn flour

1 tsp salt

Pinch of pepper

1 tsp of Shao Xing chinese wine

Mee suah 2 pieces

Garnish

spring onion chopped

parsley chopped

Method

1. Marinade pork with soya sauce, pepper and 1tsp corn flour. Marinade liver with 1 tsp cornflour.

2. Bring 300 ml of water to a boil and put in the mee suah. Add sesame oil and 1/2 tsp salt to the water.Cook till the noodle is soft, if you like it softer, boil it a little longer.

3.Drain the hot water, add 300ml water to the noodles and bring to a boil.

4. Add in the ginger and pork. Add salt, pepper and wine to taste.

5. Add in liver and boil for 1 min before switching off the fire.

6. Add in the spring onion and parsley to garnish.

7. Pour the noodle soup into a bowl.

A sumptuous and nutritious breakfast.

Note: Do not over cook the liver, or else the liver will turn tough. After the fire is switch off, the heat will continue to cook the liver.

Udon noodles to start my first post!

This morning got up at 7 plus and decided to make udon noodle soup for breakfast. Spent like 20 mins and viola! I have a nice piping hot bowl of japanese udon noodles. If you love japanese food and hate to pay a bomb for it, likes cooking but hate hassle, then maybe you can try out this simple receipe.

Ingredients
Instant Udon Noodles (1 packet)
Japanese fish cake (any number of slices you like)
vegetables
hard boiled egg (1)
Miso Paste (2 table spoons)
Bonito or Ikan Bilis (4 table spoons)
Water 400ml
Spring Onion sliced thinly

Method
1) Bring pot of water to a boil, then add in the bonito or ikan bilis. Boil for 5 mins, remove the ikan bilis.
2)Add in miso paste and mix well in the soup. When the soup boils, add in the instant udon noodles and japanese fish cake.
3) Add in the vegetables when the soup bubbles then lastly add in the sliced spring onion before switching off the fire.
4) The egg can be placed on top of the noodles after it is poured into a bowl.

Note: The instant udon noodles is much easier because you do not have to precook it before adding to the broth. The japanese fish cake can be purchased at NTUC, just bought 2 packet for 2 dollar plus the other day, there was a promotion going on. Other ingredients like mushrooms can be added too. But since I have an aversion to mushrooms at this present moment, I drop that from my ingredient. Happy Cooking!