Almost USD30 for an egg ?!?!?
Much bigger than a HTC ?!?!??
Cook 2 hours to use as hard-boiled egg?!?!?!
I'm still happy with chicken eggs. Hey, where's the quail egg? ;p
Ostrich, chicken and quail eggs available in Whole Foods.
Egg recipes:
Sambal Chili Eggs
French Bean Omelette
Steamed Egg Custard
Egg Masala
Egg Cooking Tips and Tricks:
Egg Cooking Tips
Fuss-Free Half Boiled Eggs
Egg Traceability
Tag: egg, ostrich egg, grocery
Broad beans (fava beans) never appeared to me as a dish on a dining table till my friend S, cooked this Shanghainese Wok Fried Broad Beans (葱炒扁豆) for me. The only time I have had broad beans is in snack-form, either in a packet on its own, or mixed with other nuts in Kacang (meaning Bean or Nut in Indonesian) Puteh.
Not surprisingly, the secret ingredient to Shanghai-Style Wok Fried Broad Beans (葱炒扁豆) is SUGAR (not a lot, just pinch of it!), like most Shanghainese dishes. The sugar in Shanghainese cuisine lifts the flavor of other ingredients and tend to make it more savory than you would have imagined.
Stir-Fry Broad Beans, Shanghainese-Style
Ingredients: About 2-3 cups cooked(frozen) broad beans, thawed; 1 tablespoon chopped green onions, pinch of salt, 1/2 teaspoon brown sugar, 1-2 tablespoons water to simmer
Directions:
1. In a heated wok of cooking oil, add green onions and fry till fragrant, followed by broad beans and fry till broad beans turn slightly brown on the outside.
2. Add some water to simmer in covered wok for 2 to 3 minutes. When water dries off, add salt and sugar, mix well, dish up and serve immediately.
This is a super easy recipe using minimum ingredients yet with lots of flavor - a showcase of a different legume cuisine of broad beans in My Legume Love Affair 14. I have previously done many legume dishes, favoring Indian-style such as Spicy Pinto Beans, Spicy Chickpeas and Spicy Green Beans. At least, this is something different for the same event :)
Tag: vegetables, legume, Shanghai cuisine
Is this childhood snack of anyone? I don't remember eating this often, during my childhood. I definitely binge on keropok, krupuk more often than this fish snack when I was younger.
Super-crispy and a little of sweet, salty, spicy in this snack. Look at the ingredients...I wonder what fish is used to make this snack?
How about Fried Fish Skins and "Ear" Crackers? And what is your favorite childhood snack?
Tag: snacks, fish
LiveSTRONG With A Taste Of Yellow 2009 is here again. This is a meaningful event and I have taken part in the past.
These salmon patties have a taste of yellow from the use of egg. I did not use any flour for these patties. Egg, was simply the binder for salmon.
Healthy Salmon Patties
Ingredients: egg, canned salmon, freshly ground black pepper, dried basil
Directions:
1. Whisk the egg in a bowl
2. Use a fork and flake the salmon into tiny bits
3. Add the salmon to the egg, add pepper and basil, then mix well.
4. Heat oil in a pan and add the patties, batch by batch, into the heat pan. Pan fry till both sides of the patty are browned. Serve on bed of spinach.
Tag: salmon, snacks
Chicken soup for the soul, chicken soup for the soul - now I am beginning to understand how and why this term came about. Chicken soup really comforts me and my family. It warms us inside out and with carefully selected ingredients, chicken soup is also known to boost our body's immunity. Now I cook chicken soup (different kinds) every once a week as a source of nourishment and drinking this soup has somehow helped hubby and myself fight fatigue. Nothing beats drinking this bowl of soup after a long day of work and when we lose our appetite. The chicken soup is also easy to make and does not take me huge efforts to cook. As a result, this chicken soup has become a weekly regime for me and hubby.
When The Spiced Life announced Family Recipes, I was eager to share this recipe with everyone out there. The recipe was not originally created by me. Instead, I adapted this recipe from BBC - Grow Your Own Drugs documentary. Now this soup recipe is already a keeper. Especially when the H1N1 flu is still pervasive in the world, having a natural immunity booster is a PLUS for everybody. Garlic, ginger, onions, mushrooms, gogi berries, chili - they all contain essential minerals and antioxidants that makes this a healthy chicken soup.
Goji Berry and Chicken Soup for Colds and Flu (adapted from BBC - Grow Your Own Drugs)
Serves 2 to 3
Ingredients:
2 chicken thighs and drumsticks (preferably organic)
Water to immerse the chicken pieces
1 large onion, peeled and sliced
4 garlic cloves, crushed whole
2inch ginger, peeled and shredded
8 shiitake mushrooms, caps only
5 tbsp dried goji berries, soaked in water to rehydrate
1 fresh medium-sized chillies, seeded and finely sliced
Directions:
1. Place the water and chicken pieces in a large pan. Add the onions, garlic, mushrooms, ginger and place with the chicken in the pan. Bring to boil and when boiling, turn down to low heat to simmer gently for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, or until the chicken is tender and falls apart. Remove from heat
2. Five minutes before serving, add the goji berries
3. Garnish with sliced ginger and chili
We often make soups using Chinese herbs and do not usually cook chicken soup this way. But this way is really not a bad way. And I've actually grown to love it too!
Tag: soup, chicken soup
Stir-Fry Broad (Fava) Beans
