Water Gourd Steam Soup

A colleague gave us one piece of gourd (found in the internet that it is known as water gourd or dried gourd or long gourd, chinese called it wu lou) which I was not sure what to do with it... and since he proposed that I make steam soup with it, I tried it out today....

Cut the top away, scooped the content out and add in part of the content back (cut to cube), 2 pieces of pork rib, 2 pieces of carrot cube, one dried scallop, 1 sweet date and a handful of wolfberry. No salt is added...

Steam double boil style for 1hr at low fire... yummmy.

Bake Herbal Chicken with Glutinious Rice

• 1 cup of glutinous rice - soaked for at least 4hrs (best if over 8hrs to reduce cooking time)


• 4 pieces of chinese red dates


• a bunch of ginseng root


• 1 tablespoon of wolfberries


• 2 cups of water (if soaked overnight, only need 1/2 cup)


• 1 whole chicken thigh + drumstick


• 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce - marinate


• one pinch of salt & pepper - marinate


• 1 tablespoon of Benedict Dom (its a alcohol) - marinate


• 1 tablepoon of Hoi Sin Sauce - marinate


• 1 tablespoon of pomfret fish sauce - marinate

1. Soaked the rice for at least 4hrs. Marinate the chicken for the same time.


2. Prepare a piece of big size heavy duty aluminium foil.


3. Place the rice on the middle aluminium foil. Place all the herbal ingredients on top of the rice. Place the chicken on top and pour all the sauce over the chicken.


4. Fold the aluminium foil side up. Pour the water to soak the rice.


5. Cover up everything and bake at 190 degree celcius for 1 hr, or till the water dry up.

Bake Herbal Chicken With Glutinious Rice @ Group Recipes

Pear Drink

Had been coughing and coughing for so long and the throat is filled with phlegm, so decided to do something soothing my throat, but was too lazy to do double boil. So, this is really simple.

Boil 2.5 glass of water. Add in kei chei (wolfberry), one medium size rock sugar to taste and red dates. Cut the pear to cube pieces. Add it in the water, boil for bout 5mins.

All in all, only required less than 10mins to get this done...

Braised Mushroom with Dried Mussel

The raw materials


Cooked

A dish that is almost similar to the braised mushroom with moss (except this is without moss, but lots of other stuff....

• 1 tablespoon of chopped garlic


• 1 tablespoon of chopped shallot


• 2 tablespoon of oil


• 6 pieces of dried mussel, cut to two


• 4 pieces of dried chinese mushroom, soaked and sliced


• 4 pieces of fresh shitake mushroom, sliced


• 2 pieces of crabstick (cut to three pieces each)


• 3 pieces of vegetarian mushroom ball (cut to four pieces each)


• 1 tablespoon of wolfberries


• 3 cups of water


• 1 teaspoon of soy sauce


• 1 pinch of pepper

1. Saute shallot and add in garlic after 1min.


2. Stir in dried mussel, all the mushroom and vegetarian ball.


3. Add in water after 1 mins and boil for 20mins. Add in wolfberries and crabstick.


4. Add in pepper and soy sauce seasoning.

http://www.grouprecipes.com/16930/braise-mushroom-with-dried-mussel.html

Colorful Porridge

• One small handful of rice


• 4 cups of water


• 1 cups of anchovies stock


• 1 teaspoon of soy sauce


• 1 egg


• 1 pinch of salt


• 1 pinch of pepper


• 1 bunch of pak choy


• 2 cloves of chopped garlic


• 1 chopped shallot


• 1 teaspoon of oil


• 1 tablespoon of preserved radish


• 2 crabstick, cut to four


• 2 sausage, cut to half


• 2 dried mussels


• 2 pcs of dried scallop


• 2 dried chinese mushroom, sliced


• 2 slice of ginger, chopped finely


• 1 handful of wolfberries

1. Boil the rice with water, achovies stock, dried scallop, wolfberries and dried mussels.


2. After about 20mins, add in crabstick, sausage and mushroom. Boil for another 20mins


3. Saute shallot with the oil till golden and set aside.


4. Saute garlic and preserved raddish with the balance oil. Add in pak choy once the garlic is golden. Set aside.


5. Hit the egg on a bowl. Add salt, pepper and soy sauce.


6. Pour the boiling porridge on the egg. Served the fried pak choy and shallot on the porridge.

http://www.grouprecipes.com/14470/colorful-porridge.html