How to cook nice meals

[Funz]

Happy Mama:

Wow, this looks very pro! Got garnishing some more. Hehehe! You are a good cook, Funz! :celebrate:

:oops: No lah. Paiseh.

Am a weekend cook only.

Read the papers this weekend about kids cooking and there was one kid who said cooking relaxes him. Well I feel the same.

Whipping up some dishes relieves my stress. So the more stress, the more stuff I whip up.

[Happy Mama]

Funz:

Happy Mama:

Wow, this looks very pro! Got garnishing some more. Hehehe! You are a good cook, Funz! :celebrate:

:oops: No lah. Paiseh.

Am a weekend cook only.

Read the papers this weekend about kids cooking and there was one kid who said cooking relaxes him. Well I feel the same.

Whipping up some dishes relieves my stress. So the more stress, the more stuff I whip up.

Haha, so if I were your family, I would give you much more stress! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[corneyAmber]

Funz, 'll your fault'! :nunchuk: :lol: :lol:


Saw a packet of fresh oyster on sale at the market this morning and it was waving :imanisland: franctically at me, asking me to pick it up, so I relented lor and here's the result of my picking up that packet of fresh oyster! Used my mum's recipe.

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[Funz]

25hourmaid:

Funz, 'll your fault'! :nunchuk: :lol: :lol:


Saw a packet of fresh oyster on sale at the market this morning and it was waving :imanisland: franctically at me, asking me to pick it up, so I relented lor and here's the result of my picking up that packet of fresh oyster! Used my mum's recipe.

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:whut: me? what did I do? :itwasntme:

Haha. Good right? Hmmm.... what other stuff can I entice you to try.

Ya know, I have this theory, the world's population has a total mass, so if somewhere someone loses some weight, elsewhere, others will gain. So after all these feasting, to keep my weight off, I need someone to gain. Haha. Get my drift? Evil hor :rubhands:

[corneyAmber]

Funz:

:whut: me? what did I do? :itwasntme:


Haha. Good right? Hmmm.... what other stuff can I entice you to try.

Ya know, I have this theory, the world's population has a total mass, so if somewhere someone loses some weight, elsewhere, others will gain. So after all these feasting, to keep my weight off, I need someone to gain. Haha. Get my drift? Evil hor :rubhands:

Ya, you are 'so evil' to pass all that unwanted weight to this already super huge elephant!

Now, my turn to see who wants that extra weight that I have just gained! :rubhands: :evil:

[Happy Mama]

25hourmaid:

Funz, 'll your fault'! :nunchuk: :lol: :lol:


Saw a packet of fresh oyster on sale at the market this morning and it was waving :imanisland: franctically at me, asking me to pick it up, so I relented lor and here's the result of my picking up that packet of fresh oyster! Used my mum's recipe.

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WOW Maid!!!!!!!!!!!!! 一山还有一山高!!!!!
:celebrate: :celebrate: :celebrate:
You are making me crave for fried oysters!!! :drool: :drool:
Evil evil.... :rotflmao:

[corneyAmber]

Happy Mama:

WOW Maid!!!!!!!!!!!!! 一山还有一山高!!!!!

:celebrate: :celebrate: :celebrate:
You are making me crave for fried oysters!!! :drool: :drool:
Evil evil.... :rotflmao:

:thankyou:

Haha, didn't Funz and I just said that someone else must take over the extra weight that we are carrying? :lol: You are most welcome to have it! We won't complain! :cheeky:

[Funz]

:offtopic: A bit off topic here.


But wanna ask all esteemed cooks here, anyone know how to make almond cream， 杏仁湖 and black sesame gruel， 芝麻糊 using a soya bean milk maker?

[noob]

Can anyone share good recipe on Chicken Stew?

[Funz]

noob:

Can anyone share good recipe on Chicken Stew?

You want ang moh stew, chinese stew or peranakan stew. Haha.

Stew is one of the easiest to cook, just dump everything in a pot and leave it to simmer and you get a good hearty dish.

For ang moh stew, I like the following

carrot
potato
celery
tomato
white onions
meat (can be chicken, beef or pork)

saute onions till fragrant, add chicken and fry for a while, pour in enough water to cover the chicken, add carrots and simmer, add potato and celery when carrots are semi soft, tomatoes goes in last when potatoes are soft. And of course add your salt and pepper according to your taste.

For chinese stew

Season chicken in a bit of chinese cooking wine, pepper, sesame oil and oyster sauce

saute some sliced ginger till fragrant and dump the chicken in, add some dark soya sauce, crush a few cloves of garlic and throw that in. Add enough water to cover the chicken (at this point I like to add black fungus or shitake mushrooms or both. need to soak them first if you want these in your stew), add salt to taste and simmer till cooked. Some may add a little sugar if they like their stew slightly sweet.

Peranakan (Chicken Ponteh simplified version)

For about 1 chicken (can use pork belly or trotters)
Chopped Garlic (2 heaping tbsp)
Chopped Salted beans or tau jioh (2 tbsp)
Chopped Shallots (2 tbsp)
some potatoes
Shitake mushrooms (optional)

saute shallots and garlic then add the bean paste and fry till fragrant, add the chicken and fry for a while, add enough water to cover the chicken or I normally add a little bit more as I want more gravy, add the potatoes and mushrooms, simmer till chicken is soft and tender. Since there is salted beans, taste to see if you need more salt.

Break a couple of red and green chilli into a bowl, dish piping hot stew into the bowl and serve with rice or french loaf and a small saucer of sambal belachan. Yum.