Seven minute frosting frosted cupcakes

June-July 2012 kitchen adventures

Banana Crunch Muffin

Oven Roasted Garlic Rosemary Chicken with roasted vegetables and homemade gravy

Dalandan Soda Pork Adobo

Veggie Stir fry (top)
Crispy Rosemary Salmon Belly (bottom)

Potato Gnocchi with mushroom in creamy butter parmesan sauce

Chocolate buttercream filled yellow batter cake

my crab omelette

May-June 2012

I know its been more than a month since my last post.

but I have been running out of time lately... 

so i'm sharing pics of some of the goodies i have had the chance to make & enjoy this past month

Banana Muffins

Yellow batter cake layered with black magic chocolate cake and cream cheese filling with nuttela buttercream

carrot crunch muffin

chocolate chip banana crunch muffin

Dynamite Chili

freshly made basil pesto and tuna pasta

chocolate cupcakes

Singaporean Chili Crabs

Red Velvet Cake

Molten Chocolate cake

I miss my sisters (this applies to both my biological sisters and girlfriends)

we used to dine at Cyma and share an order of Skolatina after eating salad, pork chops and gyros, & gossip haha

and because i miss them so, this is for them

ate kay, gelli, diane, tian & worthy

molten chocolate cake

3 eggs

1/2 c sugar

1/2 cup flour

1 stick butter

1 teaspoon vanilla

8 oz semi-sweet chocolate

preheat oven at 400F

in a double broiler melt together butter and chocolate. I used my Bela's steamer as a makeshift double broiler and it worked hehe. set aside

beat eggs, sugar & vanilla

pour onto chocolate mixture and mix until well incorporated

add flour and mix well until batter is smooth, lump free and shiny

grease ramekins and fill with batter

bake for 12-15  minutes

Ginger Soy Marinated Dory wrapped in Pandan Leaves

Lent equals no meat fridays so here's one fish recipe i came up with to satisfy my always hungry tummy on good friday.

GINGER SOY DORY IN PANDAN LEAVES

1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp light soy sauce
2 tbsp water
1-2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
3 cloves minced garlic
2 tsp minced ginger
1 tsp sesame oil

Mix all ingredients and Marinate dory for atleast 30 mins. Set aside the marinade.
Wrap fish in pandan leaves and secure with a toothpick
Shallow fry til fish is cooked through
Garnish with toasted sesame 

bring excess marinade to a simmer, this will be your dipping sauce just in case you still need one. 

Churros with White chocolate coco cream sauce

I haven't been in the kitchen for the longest time

have so little time these days that the short time i have for myself i spend on my daughter.

anyway, just so i can make her snack time fun i decided to make her some churros.

CHURROS

In a small pan warm, 2 inches of oil. set aside while you prepare your batter.

In another pan simmer 1 cup of water, 1/4 cup of butter & 1/4 teaspoon of salt

add 1 cup of All Purpose Flour and stir until the dough pulls from the sides and forms a ball

Remove from heat and add stir in 4 eggs

and 1/2 cup sugar. mix until well incorporated.

Fill the pastry bag with a star tip with the batter

and pipe onto the frying pan with oil.

fry each side for 3 mins or until slightly golden.

drain in paper towels.

voila... churros!

for the dip

i melted white chocolate chips and mixed them in my coconut cream sauce 

(coco cream with sugar and heavy cream)

i made a horse shoe shaped one for my daughter and she loved it

enjoy.

Eggplant maki

A good friend of mine shared her stuffed eggplant recipe on facebook the other day. Boy oh boy did the picture made my stomach grumble... the picture screamed of yummy-ness that I dropped everything i was doing and went straight to the kitchen to cook.

Once in the kitchen i was faced with a predicament, it was an "ARE-YOU-KIDDING-ME? moment... The eggplants in Australia must have been healthier, they were round and plump and easy to slice and stuff, while the eggplants in my kitchen were long and thin with a circumference of a little less than an inch (loser!!!).

So anyway, i didn't let that deter me, i figured i can just slice the eggplants lengthwise and roll them...

all good! 

Ingredients:

Eggplants, sliced thinly lengthwise 

Corn Flour

1-2 egg, beaten

1/4 kg of ground pork

1 onion finely chopped

2-3 cloves garlic minced

1 celery stalk finely chopped

1 carrot grated

1 tbsp chinese five spice powder

1. mix pork, garlic, onion, celery, carrot and five spice powder. (I used my hands, its more fun)

2. to assemble, place 1tsp of the meat mixture on the end of an eggplant slice, role and secure with a toothpick seam side down, dredge with corn flour, dip in egg and then dredge (again) with corn flour.

3. shallow fry on low-medium heat til all sides are browned. you can remove toothpick once the seam side has browned and crisped up...

serve with chinese black vinegar as dipping sauce, or balsamic vinegar

and eat using chopsticks!!! because its more fun...

Enjoy!