DAY 186 : STEAMED GAROUPA FISH STEAK

 STEAMED GAROUPA STEAK

This evening, we are gonna prepare a light dinner. A single dish. We are still quite full from having a late lunch. Moreover, we still have some leftovers of chicken curry and the watercrest soup from the day before. The soup would be amazing today. :D


This is a very simple steamed fish dish. 

Absolutely kindergarten. :D
  

3 Simple Steps:

1. Prepare Fish.

2. Steam Fish.

3. Fry Shallots.

 Ozonize the fish first to remove bacteria, chemicals 

and the fishy odour.

1. Prepare the fish for steaming.

Ingredients

shitake mushrooms, cheery tomatoes, 

carrot strips, ginger strips.

Seasoning  

light shoyu, oyster sauce, fish sauce, 

sesame seed oil, black pepper.

 2. Steam for 20 minutes. 

3. Fry shallots.

When ready, garnish with fried shallots, spring onions 

and a slice of lemon.

BoN aPPeTiTe! :D

 The fish is really fresh and yummy! 

Dinner is simply delicious!

 This morning, I had my one shake The Green Drink, 

noodles for lunch, sandwiches for tea and the above for dinner.

DAY 185 : CURRY CHICKEN

 CURRY CHICKEN

 with watercrest soup

This evening, Bryan is cooking curry chicken for dinner. Yayyy ... our favourite. He's also preparing watercrest soup. Slurp ... :D

Ozonize the chicken first to remove harmful chemicals, hormone injections and bacteria. Remove the white substance which You see floating on the water. Shocking, huh? You are now eliminating TOXiNS from your chicken. :D

 Ingredients : Garlic, shallots, curry leaves, lemon grass, 

star anise, cardamons, cloves, cinnamon, jintan manis, 

jintan putih and curry powder.

1. Blend only garlic and shallots.

2. Fry Spices. 

Then fry shallots. Toss in curry leaves.

Smell that? Hmmmm ...

3. Add On.

Add blended garlic and shallots.

 Add curry powder and fry fry fry ...

Add chicken. Add lemon grass (bruised). 

Add curry leaves. Add seasalt. Add a little water.

 Add potatoes.

 Add half a carton of fresh milk.

 Bring to boil and simmer on low heat 

until the contents are cooked.

Normally, we would use the Pressure Cooker to prepare the curry chicken.

Today however, we are using our Pressure Cookers for the rice and soup.

 Ta -- DaHHHH!

 Ozone the vegetables to remove pesticides and harmful residues.

That's the dried sweet plum Bryan normally uses for soup.

Boil Ingredients in filtered water

in Pressure Cooker:

chicken carcass, watercrest, dried sweet plums, goji seeds, 

red dates, seasalt, a dash of shoyu and sesame seed oil.

 The soup is simply amazing! :D

 The yogurt curry is delicious. The chicken is tender and 

the potatoes are just yummy! :D Finger lickin' good!

This morning, I had my one shake of The Green Drink, 

roti canai and kaya butter toasts for lunch, 
loh mee for tea time, and the above for dinner. :D

DAY 184 : CHILLY CHICKEN

 CHiLLY CHiCKeN

with brown rice and daikon soup

This evening, we are going to prepare a simple spicy chicken dish and daikon soup. No curry powder or chilly powder is required for the chicken dish. :D It's absolutely kindergarten. Anybody can do this. :D

3 Simple Steps :

1. Blend Ingredients.

2. Fry Ingredients.

3. Add Chicken.

 Ozonize the chicken to eliminate germs, bacteria, 

hormone injections and antibiotics.

This is my first time ozonizing meat.  To be honest,

I am really shocked to see a layer of eecky, 

whitish substance floating on the water.   

 Bryan picks it up with a pair of chopsticks.

 It feels rubbery ...

 Ingredients : tomatoes, dried chillies, large onions, 

garlic, shallots, fresh chillies and ginger.

 Ozonize the vegetables.

 Say goodbye to pesticides and bacteria. :D

 Is it our imagination but do the chicken and vegetables 

look fresher? The meat surprisingly smells fresh too. :D

 1. Blend the ingredients with a little water.

 2. Fry Ingredients.

Heat oil in pot.

 Toss in the curry leaves, bird's eye chilly 

and lemon grass (bruised) to bring up the aroma.

Fry the blended ingredients 

until the oil appears on the surface.

3. Add Chicken.

Add seasalt. Add shoyu. Add brown sugar.

Close lid and simmer until the meat is cooked.

About 20 minutes or so.

When the chicken is ready, stir in a small tub of yogurt

(with the fire on).

 Garnish with whatever You have in the fridge. :D

 DAIKON SOUP

Fill the Pressure Cooker with filtered water. 

Add daikon, carrots, garlic, onion, dried cuttle fish, 

sweet plums, red goji seeds, red dates, 

seasalt, half a cube of chicken stock (no MSG) 

and sesame seed oil.

 Ooooohhh ... the soup is extraordinarily tasty and so very sweet.

 Condiment : diced onions and yogurt 

with a shake of black pepper and a sprig of coriander leaves.

 Hmmm-mmm-mmm ... 

We are so enjoying our dinner very much! :D

Totally awesome ... AWESOME ... awesome ...

 BoN aPPeTiTe!!! :D

This morning, I had my one shake of The Green Drink, 

keow teow noodles for brunch, flour noodles for lunch 

and the above for dinner. :D

DAY 183 : SPICY MARMITE PRAWNS

 SPICY MARMITE PRAWNS

with brown rice

Sunday, Jan 9

This evening, I'm gonna prepare a simple prawn dish with a vegetable soup. By the way, Bryan has finally bought an ozonizer for the house. 

From this day on, my vegetables are gonna be extra clean and pesticide-free. :D Once again, in 3 simple steps :

3 Simple Steps:

1. Saute Ingredients.

2. Add Prawns.

3. Add Marmite.

 1. Saute Ingredients.

Saute onions and garlic in sesame seed oil.

Toss in dried chillies (pre-soaked in hot water) 

for a bit of spicy flavor. :D

2. Add Prawns. 

Deveined first. Fry Fry Fry.

3. Add Marmite.

Mix a flat teaspoon of Marmite with hot water.

Add to prawns. Add shoyu. Add brown sugar. 

Fry Fry Fry.

 Garnish with a bunch of coriander leaves.

 Ooh, I must say the marmite prawns are really yummy  ... 
all marmite-y and mildly spicy at the same time ... 
goes well with the brown rice. :D

 For the vegetable dish ...

1. Ozonize First.

 Turn on the ozonizer-timer for 10 minutes, 

allow it to clean up the vegetables,
and leave aside for another 10 minutes.

Found some cabbage, carrots and shitake 
mushrooms in the fridge. I'm gonna use them.

2. Boil Vegetables.

Transfer the vegetables to the same pan.

Add glass noodles.

Add water to cover the contents.

 3. Add On.
Add goji seeds. Add a bunch of coriander leaves.

 Add half a stock of mushroom stock (no msg). Add shoyu.

Close lid and allow soup to boil on medium heat.

 The soup is done. 

Bryan says the aroma is heavenly ...

It is. It is. Hmmm-mmm ... Smell that?

 BoN aPPeTiTe! :D

 This morning, I had my one shake of the Green Drink, 

noodle soup for lunch and the above for dinner.

DAY 182 : KAM HEONG CRABS

 

KAM HEONG CRABS

Thursday, 27 December 2010

Today is Diana's birthday. 

She says she wants to eat crabs. We are making her cook her crab dinner tonight. :D That's the rule in our family. The birthday person will have to cook. :D Bryan has bought 10 live crabs. He will use half to make a chilly version, while I'm gonna help the birthday girl to prepare kam heong style. 


By the way, just found out that kam heong means "Golden Fragrance" in the Cantonese dialect.


This is a very simple dish to prepare - yet can be quite impressive to serve on the dining table. Oh by the way, we are not gonna deep fry the crabs, like most kam heong recipes do. We're just gonna braise it. It's healthier, we think ... and tastes just as delicious!

3 Simple Steps :

1. Kill the Crabs

2. Fry Ingredients.

3. Add Crabs.

Ingredients : dried shrimps, shallots, garlic, 

bird's eye chillies, lemon grass and curry leaves

 

1. Kill the Crabs. 

See entry on Crabby Spaghetti on how to 

put your crabs to sleep peacefully.

Day 98 : Crabby Spaghetti

2. Fry Ingredients.

Saute shallots, garlic and ginger in sesame seed oil.

Here's Diana stir-frying the ingredients.

Toss in the dried shrimps.

Continue to stir-fry. 

These little dried shrimps are necessary for this dish as 

they are laden with highly aromatic flavor.

Add 2 table spoons of curry powder. 

Add bird's eye chillies. Add lemon grass.

Add water. Add seasalt. Add shoyu.

Checking the recipe.

Toss a bunch of fresh curry leaves.

3. Add the crabs.

Add dark sauce. Add oyster sauce. 
Add brown sugar. 
Close lid and allow to cook 

for a few minutes on medium heat.

Open lid to check. The flesh should be

white and juicy-looking.

Give it a stir around. Close lid again for a minute or two.

Diana couldn't believe it is so easy to prepare this dish.

The crabs are ready.

The aroma is divine ...

Transfer to a serving dish.

TA -- DAHHH!!! :D

What a spectacular sight!

Our mother made her famous sze chuan soup, 

at our insistence. Hmm, absolutely delicious!

 

Bryan's pilau rice is perfect.

Oh my, the crabs are simply out of this world!

The soup is amazing ... flavorful and wholesome.

Dinner tonight is simply incredible. :D

Two simple crab dishes, pilau rice and sze chuan soup.

Justine and Carol made moist chocolate cake for Diana.

Happy Birthday, Diana!

She's the one in orange.

Dessert was fantabulous and lip-smackin' delicious. 

Choc cake with cookies and cream ice-cream.

Slurrrrrrrrrrrp! :D

CHILLY CRABS

 Before fluffing up the rice.

PILAU RICE