Recipe: Fried Glutinous Rice 生炒糯米饭

Another great recipe from kitchen tigress http://kitchentigress.blogspot.com.au/2011/07/fried-glutinous-rice.html

Substituted part of dried prawns with 2 dried scallops...dried prawns habis liao. Double portion of fried glutinous rice has gone missing in seconds. Now you see it, now you don't! My little girl has very good rating on this. Yum!

A note for me: To reduce dried prawns by half.

Recipe: Best Homemade Tomato Soup

Eat the seasons.

Hurray, tomatoes are in season! I've kept some recipes and it is time to try one of them now.  Picked this http://happyhooligans.ca/best-homemade-tomato-soup-recipe/ and used Italian herbs, substituting all herbs/spices required. I din't strain, but blended longer...yum!

Ingredients (copy-pasted)

• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 large onion sliced
• pinch salt
• 2 lbs tomatoes 10 med tomatoes
• 2-3 cloves garlic sliced
• 1 tbsp uncooked white rice 
• another big ol’ pinch of salt
• a sprig of fresh thyme or basil or both
• 1/2 bay leaf if you have one
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 1 cup water
• 1 more tbsp butter
• another pinch of salt

Instructions (copy-pasted)

1. In a large pot, add butter, olive oil, onion and pinch of salt. Steam until soft (do not brown).
2. While onions are steaming, wash and core your tomatoes.
3. Add garlic to pot of onions and cook for 2 minutes.
4. Add tomatoes, salt, rice, bay leaf, garam masala and your fresh herbs to the pot of onions.
5. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally until your tomatoes are well-cooked rice is tender.
6. Add the last 3 ingredients (water, butter, pinch salt) and cook until butter melts.
7. Remove from heat, and take out bay leaf and herb sprigs.
8. Puree to your liking.
9. Strain to remove seeds.

other references:
http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/tomato-soup-L1.html
http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/tomato-basil-soup/c5a0d2d2-aa39-49b3-8a87-85a9928c8968

Recipe: 萝卜糕 Steamed Radish Cake

Super yum!

Less flour, more radish!

Steamed Lobak/Turnip/Radish Cake

• 60g Dried shrimp, soaked and coarsely chopped (or 30g + 1 no Chinese sausage, diced)
• 4 Dried mushroom, soaked and diced
• 3 tbsp oil
• 900g Peeled white radish, shredded coarsely

Seasoning:    

• 1 tbsp Sugar                          
• 1/2 tbsp Salt                              
• 1 tsp White pepper             

Rice paste (mix all, stir well):

• 280g Rice flour                     
• 20g Wheat/tapioca/corn starch                 
• 500ml Water (do include water used to soak mushrooms/dried shrimps)  

Garnishing - Optional:

• 1 tbsp Spring onion              
• 1 tbsp Fried shallot                
• 1 tbsp Fried garlic                 
• 1 tbsp Red chili or hot chili sauce                      
• 1 tbsp Roasted sesame seeds       

     Method:

1. In a wok, over med-high heat saute radish for 1 minute. Add seasoning. Cover and simmer under med heat until the radish is translucent (3-4 minutes). Set aside to cool till lukewarm, around 38C.
2. In a pan, over med-high heat saute dried shrimp/mushroom/sausage with oil till fragrant (about 4 mins). Transfer and adding to the wok with radish. Mix well.
3. Add rice paste and stir to incorporate.  *no heat here! 
4. Turn on the heat to medium. Continue to stir. The mixture will gradually thicken to a dough-like consistency that leaves the side of the wok clean.  Turn off the heat.
5. Transfer the mixture to container(s) and steam over high heat for 50 minutes.
6. Set aside to cool. Garnish and serve! 

In a wok, over med-high heat saute radish for 1 minute

Add seasoning

Cover and simmer under med heat

Simmer until the radish is translucent (3-4 minutes)

In a pan, over med-high heat saute dried shrimp/mushroom/sausage with oil

 saute till fragrant (about 4 mins)

Transfer and adding to the wok with radish *no heat here

Mix well *no heat here 

Turn on the heat to medium. Continue to stir till dough-like consistency that leaves the side of the wok clean. Turn off the heat

Transfer the mixture to container(s). Steam over high heat for 50 mins

Set aside to cool. Garnish and serve!