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Mee Swa

Preparation Time: 10 mins

Cooking Time: 20 mins

Serving for 1 person

Ingredients

2 bundle of mee swa

1 clove garlic

10 g dried shrimp

1 egg

Method

1. Soak dried shrimp till soft in hot water.

2. Smashed garlic and fry with oil in a wok till light brown and add dried shrimp and fry for 2 mins.

3. Add 1½ bowl of water to the wok with the garlic and dried shrimp. Cook till the water boil.

4. Add the mee swa to cook for another 3 mins.

5. Beat the egg and add in a heated wok with oil. Fry the egg and add it to the mee swa soup.

6. Add a dash of pepper and sesame oil before serving.

May 25, 2008 Posted by davidtclim2007 | Soup | | No Comments Yet

Broccoli with XO sauce

Preparation Time: 15 mins

Cooking Time 15 mins

Servings for 2 to 4 persons

Ingredients

1 Broccoli

1 clove minced garlic

2 tsp salt

2 Tbsp shallot oil

2 tsp XO sauce

Method

1. Cut and soak broccoli in 1 tsp salt and water for 10 mins

2. Blenched broccoli with boiling water and salt for 5 mins

3. Heat wok with shallot oil, add minced garlic and fry till lightly brown

4. Add broccoli and XO sauce and stir fry for 5 mins

5. Best serve with rice….

May 4, 2008 Posted by davidtclim2007 | Vegetables | | No Comments Yet

Fried Bee Hoon…Vegetarian

Preparation Time: 40 mins

Cooking Time: 30 mins

Servings for 4

Ingredients

150g French bean

¾ packet of Bee Hoon

2 minced garlic

150g Bean sprout

½ can mocked Abalone

4 pieces of sweet Bean Stick

½ tsp salt

½ Tbsp Light soy sauce

1 packet of Japanese Enokitake Mushroom

3 large Button Mushroom

2 large Shitake Mushroom

1 Tbsp vegetarian Oyster sauce

Method

1. Cut the Button, Shitake Mushroom in thin slices about 2 mm thick

2. Soak the Enokitake Mushroom and clean them

3. Remove the “head” and the root of the bean sprout and wash them

4. Soak the Bee Hoon in cold water to soften it for 10 mins

5. Open the can of mocked Abalone and drain them. Cut them in half. Save the sauce to mix with the Bee Hoon later

6. Cut the Sweet Bean sticks and wash them. Dry with a paper towel. Heat the wok and deep fry the strip in low heat. Do not over cook because it will become bitter. Remove the strip and put them on a paper towel to drain the oil

7. Wash, devein and cut the French bean in strips of 2 – 3 cm long

8. Heat wok and add 3 Tbsp cooking oil, add garlic and fry till lightly brown

9. Add the mushrooms, French Bean and stir fry for 5 mins

10. Add bean sprout and bee hoon and stir fry for another 15 mins till the bee hoon softened

11. Add the vegetarian mushroom, 2 Tbsp mocked abalone sauce, 3 Tbsp water, lower the heat and use a chopstick to mix the Bee Hoon

11. Add salt, soy sauce and stir fry for another 5 mins

12. Add pepper to taste, serve with freshly cut chilli or sambal chilli and fried shallot. Sprinkle the fried sweet bean sticks before serving

May 4, 2008 Posted by davidtclim2007 | Vegetarian dishes | | No Comments Yet