Curry Chicken

Made some curry chicken using another brand of curry paste.

It was so easy to make, just follow the instructions on the back of the package.

The curry paste smelled so delicious.

The gravy was a bit too thick, if prefer more dilute can add more water to it.

Hasselback Potatoes

Saw this simple recipe in the internet, looked easy enough to bake. Slice the potato (with or without skin) but not cut through the potato, place the potato between two chopsticks when cutting so wont cut through the potato.



Brush some oil or butter onto the aluminium foil and also on the base and all over the potato. Sprinkle some salt on them too.



Bake them for about 1 hr at 180 degrees celsius and remember to brush some oil or butter when halfway through baking. In the last ten minutes or so, I sprinkle some cheese on top of one of the potato. Can sprinkle other ingredients too like spices, herbs or even sambal chilli, etc. So yummy.

Fish in soya sauce cooked using the Happy Call Pan

Using the Happy Pan Call to stir fry my fish in dark soya sauce, with little sugar and sesame oil and water.

Stir fry long beans using the happy call pan

Have a great time using the Happy Call Pan to stir fry my long beans. Added some garlic to the chopped long beans and into the pan and stir fry for a while without oil. Added some water to make the long beans cooked softer. Once satisfied with the textur eof the long beans, I added some light soya sauce and sesame oil into the beaten egg and pour over the long beans and let them cooked and flip the pan over for even frying.

Sweet and Sour Pork

I love the happy call pan so much but I did not deep fry the sweet and sour pork in the pan, I use the wok to deep fried them first then use the happy call pan to cook the gravy and the final stage of the sweet and sour pork. The pan took a short time to cook the sweet and sour pork, save so much time and so yummy.

Fish with leek using the Happy Call Pan



My fish is too big for the pan, so I cut off the head.



Grilled both sides of the fish using the happy call pan, no oil added.

When almost cooked, add the other ingredients like ginger, leeks, chillis, sugar, dark soya sauce, water, etc

The close the pan with magnet lock and cook till the fish is done.

Toast Bread in beaten egg using the happy call pan.



Still so happy with the pan, make breakfast for my son using HCP, dipped the bread into beaten egg with light soya sauce (optional can replace with salt or other seasoning) and put onto the pan.  The pan heat up very fast especially the centre part. Then flip over and let the other side cooked too. All these take less than two minutes.



Yummy, smell so nice and looked so delicious.

A short video of me flipping the HCP.

Fried Ham/Prawn egg omelette using happy call pan

So happy that I got the happy call pan. I decided to fry egg omelette. Throw in ham and prawns without even adding a single drop of oil.




When the ingredients almost cooked, I added beaten egg with light soya sauce into the pan, also without adding any oil.

 

So healthy without oil.

My new happy call pan



Yipee, my new toy - happy call pan. I got this from purchasing online. Thanks to my brother in law who helps me purchase it.



It comes with an English Manual too.

There's instruction on how to use the pan. Prior to using it. Wash the pan with soap and a soft sponge, then dry it and then put on the stove on small flame. Use a brush to brush some oil on the pan on both sides. Then switch off the flame and use the kitchen paper towel to clean off the oil. The pan is ready to use.

Bought this instant rendang paste from NTUC Supermarket.

Very easy to cook, just follow the instructions at the back of the packet.



I used this kara coconut cream (half packet)



Bought this grated coconut but used only about a cup of them only. Best if get the already fried so no need to fry them.



Fried the grated coconut till almost brown.

Cooked till the gravy almost dried up, then add the roasted coconut grates.

Yummy, the guys in my house love it.

Pak Choi with tanghoon and dried shrimps

A very simple dish, bai chai with tanghoon and dried shrimps.

Cereal Prawns

Did not make this cereal prawns for a long time, last night had this for dinner.

Baked Chicken Wing with oyster sauce

Yummy - baked these with oyster sauce, dark soya sauce, sesame oil at 200 degrees celsius for about 20 to 30 minutes. Keep blasting with some honey while baking and turning for the shine.

Deep Fried Sotong Balls

Some left over sotong balls in the freezer, so I just deep fried them.

Mango Agar Agar

Make some mango agar agar above (only 1 layer of mango agar agar)

Two layers, top layer is mango agar agar while the lower layer is plain agar agar

two layers - top mango agar agar , bottom is plain agar, actually they are round shape and I just stack one on top of the other hahaha means three agar agar with double layers in one stack so the above photos got nine agar agar - should buy some nice decorative toothpicks and poke in the centre of each stack.

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day to all.

Trying to make some nice agar agar but too impatient hahaha.

First suppose to make some heart shaped, star shaped, rose shaped small agar agar with coconut milk but forgot to add coconut milk so they dont stand up brightly in the agar agar...argggg.

Second too impatient, pour first layer of plain agar agar into mould and let it set but before they are fully set, i tried to scratch the surface of the first layer so that second layer of agar agar can stick to the first layer but the agar agar fluid run out of the not fully set agar agar...sigh. So go ahead add the rose, heart, etc small agar agar onto the first layer of agar agar and pour the rest of the plain agar agar into the mould.


The top of the agar agar shows pieces of agar agar - not pretty sight. Will try again but need a lot of patience hahaha.

Baked Herbal Chicken with Seah's Emperor Herbs Chicken Spices

From the instructions behind the Seah's Emperor Herbs Chicken Spices, we need to steam for about two and half hours. I decided to bake instead of steam.

Inside the packet is an aluminium foil piece and a plastic sheet. For steaming you can wrapped the chicken with both the aluminium and plastic sheet. But for baking, you need to remove the plastic sheet as the high temperature in the oven might melt the plastic.

I used three chicken thighs (can use up to four thighs) instead of one whole chicken and rubbed with the spices found in the packet. I throw in some mushroom and wolfberries. I then added about 3/4 cup of hot water into it. More water if you want more gravy and less water if you prefer lesser gravy. For steaming, you dont need to add any water into the chicken as all the steaming will produce the gravy automatically.

Finished product after baking at 200 degrees celsius and slightly more than one hour. But need to turn the chicken thighs every 20 minutes or so for even baking and I poke some holes into the thighs with a fork.

This was a half chicken bake same way as the above on another occasion, can use a whole chicken for the whole packet of spices. For half chicken can use half packet. I almost forgot to remove the plastic sheet when baking hahaha (see the above photo). Manage to remove the plastic sheet just before baking.

After rubbing spices onto the half chicken, I added some water to it. I forgot to take the finished product.

Sorry for the ugly look of the chicken cause my son had taken some meat from the chicken before I take photo of the finished product hahaha.

Braised prime ribs