Egg plant & Dry shrimp

A purple dish, sounds odd? Anyway, eggplant or brinjal or aubergine taste the same to me. I have no idea what is the different, they just seems like under the same family... all purple to me. There are 2 types commonly seen, one is the long purple Brinjal shape like a cucumber. Another is round the round purple Eggplant, like a little pumpkin. Before its cooked, its feels like a tough sponge, floats if you soak it with water. After its cooked, it will be soft. 

One problem about the eggplant, seeds will turn black after sometime after cutting and left uncooked. Therefore, you would need to prepare them only when you are ready to cook. Even after cooking, it will look rather dull. It does not matter the color as long as it taste good.

Ingredient (2pax)

If long type x 2 pieces or 

if round/short type x 5piece

1 tablespoon dry shrimp, 1 spring onion

Cut brinjal sideways, spring onions 3cm

Rinse dry shrimp

1 tablespoon salt & sugar

¼ cup water, 1 tablespoon oyster sauce

1 clove garlic

Heat oil, fry dry shrimp, remove half

Add garlic & fry

Add brinjal, sugar, salt, oyster sauce

Cook for 10 mins

Add spring onion, Stir for 2 seconds

Ready to serve

Chicken Chop with Mushroom Sauce

Oh yummy, Chicken Chop! … Chop! Chop! If you have it at the roadside hawker stall, priced about RM10, if you have it at a nice cozy restaurant, priced RM25. They come in many flavors, black pepper sauce, mushroom sauce, Barbecue sauce and others. But I still prefer the norm, mushroom sauce.

 You must be really careful and let your chicken dry before you start, else you would have a greesy kitchen, worst of all, the oil splash up on you while you are cooking. Ouch!!

To ensure your chicken is cooked, you may test it with a tooth pick. Poke it at a few places, especially the thick places of the chicken, if it goes through smoothly, its cooked. If it is still tough or stuck half way, something is not right. You gotta cook longer.

Of course you could make your own mushroom sauce by making some chicken broth then grind some mushrooms, add some pepper. But this will take more time, therefore, working ladies…. I would suggest you get the ready packed mushroom sauce from the hypermarket. Add your own mushroom for more flavor. I bought pre-packed, McCormick, when you open up, its in powder form, you would need to add HOT water to it. Remember, DO NOT add cold or room temperature water for mixing else you would end up with ugly bubble balls.

Ingredient

2 pieces of drumstick, deboned

6 button mushroom, 2 teaspoon salt

1 pack McCormick mushroom sauce

1 cup hot water

Prepare & cook

Cut off balance fats from chicken

Marinate chicken with 2 teaspoon salt (1/2 hour)

Slice mushroom to thin slices

Heat lots of oil, make sure oil is hot

Fry drum stick, remove chicken to kitchen napkin to dry some oil off

Pour away oil and leave just the slight balance on pan

Prepare Mushroom Sauce

Open up McCormick mushroom sauce and add to hot water in a bowl

Stir up until its smooth

Heat pan, add mushroom on to the left over oil

Stir it for about 10 minutes, add mushroom sauce

Stir for another 5 minutes

Ready to serve

If the sauce is too thick, you may add 2 tablespoon water. This will depends on how thick you want the sauce to be.

You do not need to add pepper as it is included in the pre- packed mixture.

For garnishing, you could add some carrots & broccoli on the plate as side dishes.

Leeks with Roast Pork

Leeks are also known as Allium porrum. Leeks, smells abit like onion but lighter. It is like huge spring onions. Cut the leeks sideways. Wonder why to cut it this way? Its been this way for many generations. Maybe it is to avoid the leeks layers to break out into tiny rings while you cook later. I bought 1 stretch of Roast pork from the wet market was RM10, about 12 pieces after being chopped up.

While cooking the leeks with oyster sauce, you could add in 2 tablespoon water. Why only 2 tablespoon water? Because I need to dilute the oyster sauce for it to be absorb by the leeks as leeks has many layers inside but I do not want the Roast pork to be too wet and soggy.

 Ingredient

3 stalk of leeks, 1 stretch of Roast pork

1 clove garlic

1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon sugar

1 tablespoon oyster sauce, 2 tablespoon water

Prepare & cook

Slice leeks sideways

Heat oil, heat up the Roast pork till fragrant smell of pork comes out

Remove roast pork to plate

Add in garlic, fry for few seconds

Add in leeks, 1 teaspoon salt,1 teaspoon sugar

Add 1 tablespoon oyster sauce, 2 tablespoon water

Stir up for 5-7 minutes

Add the roast pork, stir for 10 seconds

Ready to serve

Ba Zhen Soup/ 8 Treasure Tonic Soup

Chicken Soup. Ba Zhen Soup!! Holly mother of Lord!!!!!!!!!!!! This is probably, my First & my Last time I would ever drink this. Everyone have been saying this is a good tonic for females, yes it is… but ask yourself, are you able to consume it? Are you able to gooble down the super black bitter black soup? I tried, sad to say, it was horrible for me. I doubt I would have it again. But for others whom could take Chinese Traditional Medicine, here is a recipe to help you. Good luck!

 Mostly women after labor would take this to rejuvenate their health.

The BENEFITS of BA ZHEN (For womens’ health)

Relief menstrual cramps, Regulate menstrual, Invigorates the Spleen, replenishes your Vital Energy, promotes Blood flow and regulates stomach functions.

Contents of Herbs Ingredients (pre-packed)

Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Rhizoma Rehmanniae Preparata, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Radix Codonopsis, Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong, Poria, Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata 

Ingredient

Black ½ chicken/ chicken carcus

1 pre-pack of Ba Zhen Herbs

Prepare & cook

Rinse the herbs. 4 bowls water

Para Boil chicken for 10minutes

Remove the chicken & water

Add in the herbs, boil for 1 hour normal fire

Boil another 3-4 hours small fire

Ready to serve

Additional items. You can add 1 boil egg

After consuming this, please avoid having too much water & cold water. Reason is, you need the nutrition to be absorb into your body. Enjoy yourself..