Chinese New Year 2008 - Simple Steamboat

This is a long forgotten photo taken during the eve of this Chinese New Year 2008. Just a simple steamboat dinner for the family of four of us.

Should have taken a photo when the steamboat is boiling.

Caixin with mushroom

Yummy, I love vegetables. Cooked this with mushroom and Caixin with oyster sauce. I parboil the vegetables for a healthier dish.

Bread Shrimp Roll

I cooked this dish before but I added more curry powder this time round. You can see my earlier version here. Dont worry these prawns are not eaten in big portions I ate one only..hahaha.

Easter Agar Agar

I am having fun playing around and experimenting with the agar agar colours and agar agar moulds. I love the tulips and the bunnies.

I guess I am too lazy to add coconut milk to my agar agar base.

That is why the cute easter agar agar patterns are not so outstanding on the agar agar base.

I will try again another time. But I love the tulips.

Easter Agar Agar Egg

I am too lazy. Should have made more coloured eggs. It is very easy to do. Boiled some agar agar powder with water and sugar and pour into egg shells. First, you needed to empty the egg yolk and egg white from the egg shell. Then let the agar agar egg set in the fridge. When set, peeled the egg shell.

Chicken with dried chilli and cashew nuts

Ingredients

200 gm chicken fillet (sliced thinly)-coated with some cornflour

4 pieces dried chilli

8 cloves garlic (sliced thinly)

150ml water (more if needed)
Roasted cashew nuts

Sauce

1 1/2 tablespoons dark soya sauce

1 tablespoon sugar

pinch of salt

1/2 tablespoon chinese cooking wine

Method

Heat oil in wok fry garlic and dried chilli till fragrant.

Add sliced chicken and stir fry well.
Add sauce and stir fry.
When chicken is almost cooked and brown, add water.
Stir fry till chicken absorbed almost all the sauce.Add roasted cashew nuts and fry till all the sauce dried up.
Serve hot.

Fried Nian Gao

Have you all start cooking your nian gao? Very lazy hor. Alas, managed to get to cooking my nian gao, I am so lazy too.

I did the first batch with nian gao and spring roll wrapper.

One get burnt, oil too hot.

Second batch with taro/yam

Make a good batter with flour, egg and pinch of salt and sandwich the nian gao with two slices of taro (sliced thinly).

The best is just fried nian gao in flour batter.