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Teochew Style Steamed Fish

Sunday Dinner - Teochew Style Steamed Fish A simple, fast and healthy steam fish for a weekend dinner. My dad is of Teochew descent. Teochew (or Chaozhou) people are native to the eastern Guangdong province of China. So I already familiar with this steamed fish since I was young. The taste combination of sour and spicy are very appetizing. So I decided to cook it for dinner. Ingredients: 1 medium whole fish (white pomfret, garoupa or sea bass) Tomato - cut into cubes Ginger - thinly sliced strip Shiitake mushroom Salted vegetable - thinly sliced Fried garlic & Parsley as garnish Sesame oil Light soy sauce Salted plum (optional) Chili (optional) Instructions: Steam the fish for 15 minutes - do not over steam as the the fish texture might get rough. Served piping hot. Remark: I never put salted plum as the salted vegetable already blended well into the fish with great taste. Those who like it in spicy soup gravy can add on chili. Fact about ...

TGI Weekend

Thank God It's Weekend I always love weekend not because I do not need to work. This is where my passion on cooking start on weekend. Cooking used up a lot of time from preparing, cooking, feasting to washing ... but the most important is we able to eat without having to worry of MSG, artificial flavouring, etc... The list of harmful ingredients has never end when you eat outside food. So tonight I prepared: 1-Steam egg with fresh fish paste underneath, garnish with fried garlic and parsley (yim sai) 2- My 3rd Attempt chicken curry with potato - finally a successful one, with the guidance from my mum 3-Stir fry siew pak choy with baby sweetcorn as green veggies for the night. 4-Steam fish top with sliced ginger, fried garlic and parsley. 5- Steam herbal chicken drumstick for the kids who cannot eat spicy chicken curry. Tadaa...dinner is ready! Happy Dinner-ing everyone!

Tau Chim Noodle Soup

My Tau Chim Noodle Soup Tau Chim is a very smooth long strand noodle cooked in a clear soup served with variety of vegetable and assorted fish ball and topped with fried garlic. Ingredients: Tau Chim noodle Crab flavored filament Fish Ball Meat ball Other type of fish ball (optional) Eryngi mushroom Yau mak (vegetable) Chicken broth as clear soup Sea salt to taste Fried garlic or shallot as garnish Enjoy your clear soup noodle!

Yong Tau Foo Vermicelli Soup

My Yong Tau Foo Vermicelli Soup Yong Tau Foo is a Hakka Chinese cuisine consisting primarily of tofu filled with ground meat mixture or fish paste. Variation of this food include vegetables and mushrooms stuffed with ground meat. Yong tau foo is eaten in numerous ways, either dry with a sauce or served as a soup dish. An easy to prepare yong tau foo rice vermicelli soup. Ingredients: Bitter gourd Taufu pok (deep fried taufoo) Long bean Brinjal Lettuce Chicken broth as soup Fried garlic as garnish Try your home cook yong tau foo today!