Sweet and sour clams (lala)

Last Saturday (24/04/2010), I went to visit my friend's new house. We all brought some food there for dinner.I guess this is a time that I can try my mom's sweet and sour clams recipe.


Main ingredient:

some clams (with shell or none)


To taste/source:

garlic
small onions
ginger
chilli padi
bean paste (mean cee)
sugar
salt
ketchup
cooking oil

The way:

Mince garlic, small onions and some ginger finely. A bit of the hot stuff (chilli padi) too. Heat up the oil in the pan.Fry the garlic, small onions, ginger, and chilli and bean paste until fragrant. Put in some sugar to balance the bean pastesstrong flavour. Dilute ketchup with water and pour into the pan, adjust the amount accordingly until the whole mix is alittle thick. Mix in the lala and stir to coat the source onto them. Leave to simmer and add salt to taste. Serve warm.

Love letters or "Kuih kapit"

Chinese New Year 2010, let me write about the type of cookies that I assist my family made.

Main ingredient:

3/4 of baking flour

6 large eggs

3 old coconut (juiced)

To taste:

Sugar

The way:

Mix all 3 main ingredients together. Make sure there are no lumps. Add sugar to taste. Add water to the batter to be sure that it is no too thick. Heat up the plates with some oil (in the picture). Once the plate is hot, scoop some batter onto the plate and clamp down the plates.Check the plates regularly making sure the batter brown nicely before removed them out and usually fold them into triangle.

Chicken Breast Tomato Stew

I read this recipe sometime ago but had to do with what I had from my cold box.

Main ingredient:
chicken breast skinned
cherry tomato
baby carrot
mushrooms (any type but i used oyster)
potato

To taste:
olive oil
salt
pepper
garlic
rosemary
capers
anchovy
red onion
red wine
chicken stock

The way:
Cut chicken breast to strips, cut potato to small cubes(cook faster)Brown chicken breast with some rosemary. Set a side afterward. Then stir fry the garlic,red onion, capers , anchovy, mushrooms and potato until fragrant.Then add the chicken breast, cherry tomato, baby carrot, red wine and chicken stock. Simmer for 15 mins add salt and papper for taste.Serve warm.