Chilli Crab….YUMMY :p

Preparation Time: 15 mins

Serving for 3 – 4 persons

Ingredients

1 Kg Crab

6 large chilli

3 small onions

½ Tbsp bean paste

¼ piece ginger

1 egg

1 Tbsp Chinese cooking wine

1½ Tbsp tomato sauce

½ Tbsp corn starch with 1 Tbsp water mixture

Method to prepare Bean paste mixture

1. Pound the chilli, ginger and small onions; mix them with the bean paste

Method to prepare soup base

1. Mix one rice bowl of water, 2/3 tsp salt, 3 tsp sugar, 1 Tbsp vinegar or lime juice

Method to stir fry

1. Heat wok and add 3 Tbsp cooking oil and add bean paste mixture. Stir fry for about 5 to 10 mins

2. Add the crab and stir fry. Add Chinese cooking wine followed by soup base. Cover with a lid and cook for 5 mins

3. Add tomato sauce, corn starch mixture and beaten egg mixture. Stir fry and ready to serve

Pie anyone ….. APPLE???

Preparation Time: 40 mins

Serving for 5 to 7 persons

Ingredients

Crust:

8 oz plain flour

a pinch of salt

6 oz butter

1 rounded spoonful sugar

1 egg yolk

3 tbsp fresh milk

Fillings:

5 green apples (Granny Smith)

¾cup sugar

1 rounded tsp mixed spices (cinnamon, nutmeg and all spices)

1 tsp lemon juice

1 tbsp cold water

2 oz butter

6 tbsp plain flour

1 tsp lemon juice

Method

1. Sift flour and salt in a mixing bowl.

2. Cut butter in small cubes into the flour. Use fingers to work on the flour (should have a crumble-like look)

3. Add egg and mix the flour mixture

4. Add milk until flour pulls away from sides of the bowl

5. Separate dough into 2 equal parts and refrigerate while preparing apples

6. Shave the skin of the apples and cut in slices of 2 mm thick (remove core), add spices and lemon juice

7. Add filling ingredients to the apples

8. Remove dough from refrigerate. Lay a non greased paper and dust with plain flour.

9. Dust the rolling pin and even spread the dough. Put the dough on a 7 inches container

10. Fill apples in the crust and roll the other portion of dough

11. Spread the second portion of dough over the apple filling. Use a fork to poke holes on the surface of the dough

Note

To squeeze lemon, always rub the lemon on the table to soften the skin. This would enable you to squeeze more easily.

Poking of holes on the surface of the crust is to allow the heat to dissipate within the filling while baking.

Salted Vegetable with pork

Preparation Time: 10 mins

Cooking Time: 20 mins

Serving for 3 – 4 persons

Ingredient

2 tsp sugar

200g salted vegetable

200g lean pork

1 shitake mushroom

Method

1. Wash the salted vegetable and cut them in thin strips about 4 cm long

2. Wash the lean pork with salt and cut them in strips

3. Soak the mushroom and cut them in strips

4. Heat the wok, add cooking oil and put the mushroom to stir fry for about 2 mins

5. Add the lean pork and stir fry for another 5 mins

6. Finally add the vegetable, sugar, 3 tbsp of water and stir fry for another 8 mins

You may use chicken to substitute the pork.