Tom Yum Spaghetti

It another stock clearing day! So we just simply put up everything we can find in the fridge and come out with this Tom Yum Spaghetti. The Tom Yum taste is not strong but very spicy.

Ingredients:
Spaghetti
1½ tbsp Tom Yum Paste mixed with 1 cup of water
1 lemon grass, cut
3 kaffir leaves
50g button mushroom
1 tbsp garlic (minced)
1 tbsp onion (minced)
4 chili padis
9 prawns (halved)
1 fish cake (sliced)
cabbage (sliced)-optional

Method:
1) Cooked the spaghetti as per instruction and set aside.
2) Saute the garlic, lemon grass, kaffir leaves, onion and chili padis till fragrant. add in mushrooms and stir fry for about a minute or two.
3) Add in the prawn, fish cake and cabbage, stir fried till cooked.
4) Add the spaghetti followed by the tom yum mixture.
5) Let the spaghetti soaked up all the water and is of a dry consistency for 7-10 minutes.
6) Serve spaghetti in a plate and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

Chicken Mushroom Burger

This homemade chicken burger with steak sauce mushroom is simply delicious and fast to cook. The chicken patties and bun was bought from supermarket, just simply assembly the bun and toast with basil butter then add in the pan fried patties, fried egg, mushrooms with steak sauce and finally top with some cucumber, tomato and lettuce. Viola! A tasty chicken mushroom burger is ready to eat.

Steak Sauce Mushroom :
Saute the onion and button mushroom then add in 1/2 cup of steak sauce, add in 1/4 cup water to simmer then add in sugar to taste.

Serve the chicken burger with potato chips and a bowl of coleslaw to make a complete lunch.

Coleslaw

Shred the carrots and cabbage and toss with the sauce modified by Snow White.

Sauce Ingredients :

2 tbsp mayo

1 tbsp lemon juice

1 tbsp sugar

1 tsp mince garlic

1 tsp mince onion

Salt & pepper to taste

Red Ruby

Snow White modified the Red Ruby's recipe by adding mango stripped to have refreshing taste of fruit.

Ingredients:
12 water chestnuts (cubed)
red colouring
tapioca flour
mango (stripped)
1 can sweet corn
sugar syrup
4 pandan leaves
coconut milk

Method:
1. Prepare a bowl of water with red coloring.
2. Soaked the water chestnuts in the red coloring and stir till bright red.
3. Coated the water chestnuts with sugar syrup then rolled on a plate of tapioca flour, shake till pieces become well coated.
4. Boiled the water chestnuts till it floated up and look like rubies, drain and plunge in cold water immediately.
5. In another pot, boiled 4 bowls of water with the pandan leaves. When boiled add in brown sugar and coconut milk.
6. Scope some water chestnuts into bowl, add the mango and sweet corn, finally pour the coconut sweet soup over it and the red ruby is ready to serve.

Sweet Potato Porridge

Sweet Potato Porridge basically a plain porridge cooked with sweet potato to add a zest of sweetness to the porridge. The porridge usually cannot be eaten alone, we eat it with compliment side dishes; salted eggs, fired peanut and ikan bilis and a can of diced fish with preserve vegetables.

Breakfast Scones

This is Rapunzel's first attempt of making the scones for our breakfast. This quick breads have a crisp crust with creamy butter flavour. It is a perfect breakfast or dessert to go with tea or coffee.

Ingredients:
300g all-purpose flour
1 tbsp caster sugar
3 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
100g butter
2 eggs, lightly beaten
170g cream

Method:
1. Preheat oven at 200 °c.
2. Mixed the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl till well combined.
3. Rub in butter till it is roughly combined.
4. Pour in the eggs and cream and gently mixed into a dough.
5. Knead the dough on a lightly flour surface and rolled into small oval shape sizes.
6. Place on the baking tray and bake for 15-20 minutes or till golden brown.

Serve warm with butter or jam.

If you like, mixed in dried rosemary or sesame seed or even chocolate chip. Babe love their flaky texture especially the scone with rosemary.

Baked Rosemary Chicken Chop

Chicken baked with rosemary and seasoning, side with french fried and boiled broccoli make a simple and delicious meal.

Marinate 4 boneless chicken thighs with 4 slice of gingers(minced), 2 coriander root(minced), 1 tsp dried rosemary. 1 tbsp oyster sauce, 1 tsp cooking wine, 2tbsp maple syrup or honey, salt and pepper for 1 hours.


Straight cut 3 potatoes, soaked in salt water and deep fried.







Steamed the broccoli and toss with olive oil and salt.







Grease the tray with butter, place the chicken into the oven and baked for 30minutes or till the skin turn golden brown.





The chicken is ready to serve with the french fries and broccoli. Sprinkle some sesame on top, garnished with coriander leaves and pour some juice from the chicken accumulated in the tray over the chicken. See, just like restaurant food! The chicken is juicy inside with rosemary infused and crispy outside.

Homemade Bread Base Pizza

This bread base pizza is really easy to make at home. All you need is a loaf of thick bread, a jar of pasta sauce, mozzarella cheese and your choice of toppings. Toppings we used today include sambal sardine fried by Snow White, prawn, pineapple, button mushroom and cucumber.

Toast the bread for 3 minutes till firm, spread some pasta sauce on the bread and add in your favorite ingredients. Lastly top generously with mozzarella cheese and place into the oven to bake till the cheese turn golden brown. Tah Dah! Now you can have freshly bake pizza of your own creation in 20 minutes.