Red Turnip Animal Cookies

Ingredients:
150gm butter
100gm icing sugar,sifted
300gm plain flour,sifted
80gm red turnip
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 tablespoon vanilla essence

Method:
Cream butter, icing sugar till light and creamy then add vanilla
Add flour,baking powder, red turnip, mix lightly to form into sticky dough
Dust animal shape moulds and cut them into shape
Arrange them in grease paper, bake them into 160C oven for 20mins

Walnut Cookies

Ingredients:
150gm castor sugar
200gm butter (unsalted)
300gm flour, sifted
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
100gm walnut, finely chop

Method:
Cream butter & sugar till creamy
Mix in flour, walnut into soft dough
Roll into 2cm thick strips, wrap it with grease paper
Place them in fridge till firm
Slice into 1cm thick and bake at 170C for 20mins



Voila...you have a bunch of crispy cookies for tea

Chinese Pancakes

What do you serve when you have unexpected guess at your door step? You can serve this quick Chinese pancakes recipe.

Ingredients:

2 cups flour

1/2 cup warm water

1 spring onions, finely chopped

Bunch of dry prawns, washed, finely chopped

3-4 cloves garlic, finely chopped

Olive oil

Salt


Method:

Step 1: Mix flour with warm water until it form into firm dough

Add more flour if you find it too sticky

Let dough rest for 15mins before dividing them into smaller portion

Step 2: Flatten dough, rub olive oil on surface and add spring onions, dry prawns, garlic

Sprinkle some salt over

Step 3: Roll it up from the bottom

Step 4: Curl it up into a shape like a ball.

Then flatten it from the top into very thin pancake

Step 5: Pan fry it on a non-stick pan until both sides are golden brown

I dont use oil as I dont like my pancakes to be oily.

Cut into smaller size and serve hot.

Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner

First of all, sorry folks for the long absence, I'm still on Cloud9 with the news I got from Down Under. Wishing all Chinese Gong Hei Fatt Choi, may this year of the Golden Tiger come roaring at your door with abundance of wealth and prosperity. Reunion dinner is a must for all family on the eve of Chinese New Year. Most family would have Steamboat reunion dinner.



Steamboat
















From right to left:
Garupa fish fillet, sea cucumber, prawns, fish balls
Middle:
Carrots, broccoli, quail eggs


















Various types of fish balls, dumplings, fish cakes, crab rolls

Lettuce

All of the above ingredients are put into below steamboat pot of boiling pork/chicken stock soup.

Wait for it to boil and everyone feast in...

I bet everyone would be sweating after having steamboat...

Gong Xi Fa Cai ...

Chicken Orzo

2009 is coming to a close, I hope you guys have a wonderful holiday season.
Ezimeals would like to thank everyone for their support and encouragement.
Wishing you a Happy New Year ........2010.

Ingredients:

1pack of Orzo

Chicken stock

2 chicken drumstick, bones removed and cut into smaller piece

1yellow pepper, cut into cubes

1 stalk spring onions, cut into 3cm length

salt

1onion, cut into cubes

Teriyaki sauce

Olive oil

Method:

Grilling Chicken:

Marinate chicken with teriyaki sauce

Heat up grill pan and grill chicken slices until cook

Set aside

Cooking Orzo:

Boil orzo with chicken stock until desired tenderness

If stock dry up, add more stock

Remove orzo and set aside

Heat up non stick pan with 3 tablespoon olive oil

Stir fry onion and yellow pepper

Add orzo and chicken, mix thoroughly

Add salt to taste

Garnish with spring onions

Serve immediately

Emperer Chicken

Try this traditional herbal emperor chicken for this festive season. The fragrant smell of chinese herbs fills the air when you grill the chicken.

Ingredients:

5 whole chicken drumstick, cleaned, fats trimmed off

1 pack of A1 Emperor Chicken seasoning

Olive oil

Method:

Make a few slits at the back of drumstick

Rub Emperor chicken seasoning all over the drumstick, make sure the seasoning

goes into the slit area

Marinate for 2hrs

Heat up oven to 180 Celcius

Brush drumstick with olive oil and grill in oven till chicken is cook

Serve hot!

Big juicy Emperor chicken drumstick...try it

Chilli Grenouilles (Chilli Frogs)

Grenouilles - frogs in French. One of their favourite dish. Not all people take frogs, but frogs are good in Chinese saying it helps clean our blood. Its good to have it when your body feels heaty.

Ingredients:

5 Cleaned Frogs, cut into pieces

2 Onions, cubed

1 Stalk Spring Onion,cut into 3cm length

5 Slices Ginger

1 Tsp Salt

1 Tsp Cornflour

1 Tbsp Shaoxing Wine

2 tbsp Sugar

100ml water

3 Tbsp Oil

Small bunch of Thai basil leaves

5 Dried Chillies,cut into pieces,remove seeds

Sauce:

1 tbsp Dark Soy Sauce

1 tbsp Oyster sauce

Method:

Marinate Frogs with cornflour for 30mins

Heat up oil,saute onion, ginger and dried chillies.

Then add the frog, sauce, sugar, salt, water and cook for 3mins

Add spring onion,shaoxing wine, basil leaves and mixed together

Dish out and serve on the plate

Bacon Wrapped Chicken & Butter Rice

Ingredients:
3 whole chicken drumstick (bones removed)
3 slices streaky bacon
Olive Oil

Seasoning:
black pepper
salt
dry parsley
2 cloves garlic chop fine

Method:
Spread deboned drumstick and rub with seasoning
Roll up drumstick and wrap with bacon
Secure bacon with sticks
Pre-heat oven to 160 Celsius
Rub olive oil over drumstick before grilling
Grill for 20-30mins or until cook
As you grill, for every 10mins apply some olive oil
to prevent dryness and burnt on your bacon
Remove sticks before cutting to serve
























You can complete your meal with butter rice & tomato salad

Tomato salad recipe -
http://ezimeals.blogspot.com/2009/12/healthy-grill-chicken-tomato-salad.html

Butter rice

Ingredients:
3 cups cooked rice
1 egg
1 onion, chop fine
2 tablespoon butter
Salt

Method:
Heat up wok
Add butter, onions and stir fry till butter turn slightly brown
Add rice and mix thoroughly
Push rice aside to leave a space
Crack egg, cook, stirring, until they are lightly scrambled but not too dry
Then mix with rice thoroughly
Finally add salt to taste

(Tips: If you use salted butter, don't add too much salt later)




















A satisfying meal for Christmas!