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[winth]

Have been cooking stew for my family + herbal soup + one unhealthy food allowed.


Our favourites receipes:
DH's favourite - pumpkin stew
DS's favourite - vege stew (celery, potato, carrot, minced meat)
My favourite - shredded carrot/fish cake stew
Tenant's favourite - potato/luncheon stew
Maid's favourite - haven't ask her yet (better dun spoil her first)

Stews are very easy to cook, just add water and let the main ingredients soften.

Initially started with quarter a (medium-sized) pumpkin, realised not enuff. Then went for half a pumpkin, children and DH still snatch, so now I'm cooking one full pumpkin for dinner, plus my tenant and 1 maid for dinner for every pumpkin stew that I make.

Ingredients:
Pumpkin
Minced Meat - usually bought those frozen ones - pre-packed from NTUC
Silver fish - pre-fried (can be stored in containers for long periods of time)

Preparation:
Cut pumpkin into bite sizes :nunchuk:
Marinate the minced meat with lots of yummy sesame oil + soy sauce or pepper (marinate for at least 1 hour)

Method:
- Oil onto frying pan, once it's hot, put pumpkin in, stir fry a little
- Pour water in, just enough for the pumpkin can be partially submerged in the water
- While the water is boiling, pour minced meat in and spread it across so that you get nice bits and pieces of minced meat
- Allow it to simmer with occasional stiring to ensure pumpkins are evenly softened
- Water will gradually turn orange and thicken. After around 10-20 mins (I think), pumpkin will look very soft. No other seasoning required.
- Just few minutes before it's ready, can sprinkle a generous amount of fried silver fish onto stew to add a little crunch to it.

A healthy vegetable dish for the family. Plus very little preparation time required. Just that need to keep looking out for the fire and water so that the stew will not dry out.

[tamarind]

This the only thing I know how to cook other than steam fish.


Japanese curry
Vermont Curry
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Carrots
White onions
Chicken or
beef (I used shabu shabu sliced beef(frozen) from NTUC hypermarkt, nice ! About $9.00 a packet, enough for 3-4 meals for 2 adults)

Just add water, mix everything together and stir until all cooked. Very difficult to go wrong The curry tastes very good with rice, so you tend to eat more rice and less meat. My kids love Japanese curry !

Japanese curry does not contain coconut milk and is less sinful.

[sunflower]

winth:

Have been cooking stew for my family + herbal soup + one unhealthy food allowed.

I like cooking stew, throw everything in and viola, a nutritious one pot dish emerge!

[Miracle Child]

Thank you to all that posted on recipes. Next year, my DS will be in Pri One; we will not be going to my mum's place for dinner everyday...will need to cook on my own I tend to work quite late and really need simple but nutritious dishes. Problem is DS is very fussy about food - read as \"No Vegetables\".

[heutistmeintag]

heutistmeintag:

BTW, can anyone tell me where to get the Betty Crocker stuff in Singapore? I have a visiting friend from Malaysia looking for it urgently.

Anyone can help, pls?

[cmm]

heutistmeintag:

heutistmeintag:

BTW, can anyone tell me where to get the Betty Crocker stuff in Singapore? I have a visiting friend from Malaysia looking for it urgently.

Anyone can help, pls?

You might like to try your luck at supermarkets in districts populated by expats like Cold Storage in Holland Village/Sixth Avenue, or The Marketplace in Tanglin Mall or Paragon.

[PlayfulFairy]

cmm:

heutistmeintag:

[quote=\"heutistmeintag\"]
BTW, can anyone tell me where to get the Betty Crocker stuff in Singapore? I have a visiting friend from Malaysia looking for it urgently.

Anyone can help, pls?

You might like to try your luck at supermarkets in districts populated by expats like Cold Storage in Holland Village/Sixth Avenue, or The Marketplace in Tanglin Mall or Paragon.[/quote]You could also try looking for it at Cold Storage Jelita (near Henry Park Primary School)

I always use Korean bulgogi sauce to stew beef shank/tendon/oxtail, coupled with sesame oil and black pepper, dump in some carrots, potatoes, onions, celery/leeks. Before serving, put a dash of white sesame seeds to furnish it. No fuss at all!

[Funz]

some simple peranakan dishes to try.


Babi/ayam ponteh
- pork belly/knuckle/twee bak or chicken
- potato cut into chunks
- garlic minced
- bean paste minced
- shallots minced
- dried shitake mushroom/button mushrooms (optional)
- large red and green chilli (optional)

Fry the garlic, shallots and bean paste till fragrant. Add in the meat, fry till partially cooked. Add water and potato and simmer till meat and potato is soft and add in the optional mushrooms. Before serving, break a couple of red and green chilli into the ponteh. Serve with sambal belachan.

Bakwan soup
- Turnip shredded
- minced pork
- Shrimp/prawns, minced
- Tauhu minced
- 1 egg
- Garlic minced
- bean paste minced

Mix the pork, prawn and tauhu well, add in the egg, some salt and pepper to taste. Fry the garlic and bean paste till fragrant, add some to the pork mixture and mix well. Fry the balance with the turnip add water then make the mince pork into balls and drop it into the pot. For colour, can add a dash of dark soya sauce. Serve hot with sambal belachan.

Ikan or Ayam Tempra
- Chicken or fish
- large onions cubed
- large red and green chillis (large slices)
- lime
- dark soya sauce
- salt
- sugar

Season the chicken/fish with a little light soya sauce, salt and sesame oil. Fry the large onions till fragrant add the chillis and and water and bring to boil. Add in fish or chicken and simmer till cooked. Add dark soya sauce, salt and sugar and lime. Adjust according to your own taste or liking.

[csc]

Thanks, funz, for sharing the recipes.


I love peranakan food...yummy... :lol:

[apple79]

Baked salmon- easy and nutritious


1. wash salmon and pat dry
2. place on aluminium foil and rub a bit of salt and sprinkle some olive oil and ground pepper
3. Squeeze a little lemon juice
4. Baked for about 20 to 30 mins


That’s all! Yum yum.