21/4/2015 Tuesday Hokkaido Buns

A very good morning and wonderful day even though mummy is overslept but luckily still managed to prepare the following foods for my 20.5mo lo.

My gal was STTN from 10.30pm till 7.30am and i feel very happy and hope that she will be STTN starting from today.

Breakfast : Hokkaido Bun, Orange and Goat Milk

Lunch & Dinner : Mee Sua with Grouper Soup and Young Coconut Juice

Teatime : Apple Barley Drink 

Hokkaido Buns

Ingredients :

270g bread flour 

30g cake flour 

20g milk powder

150g cold milk

80g whipping cream

40g brown sugar

3g salt (i used pinch of salt only)

5g instant yeast

Method : (using Tesco Bread Maker)

1. Place the ingredients in sequence into the bread maker baking pan. I started with all the wet ingredients (cold milk, whipping cream) then dry ingredients (salt, brown sugar, milk powder, cake flour, bread flour then instant yeast)

2. Set to dough function : Menu 8 for 20mins, stop the machine and reset again dough function no 8 for another one cycle

3. Once the  cycle completed, remove the bread from the bread maker and divide into 12 portions, roll into round shape and place on a baking tray which laid with non stick baking sheet.

4. let it proof for 30-40mins or double the size, then apply some egg wash on the buns surface.

5. Bake at preheated oven of 180'C for 15mins.

6. Once baking completed, remove buns from the baking tray and transfer onto a wire rack. Let cool completely.

Mee Sua in Grouper Soup 石斑鱼汤面线

1 pc of mee sua

Steps:

1) cook misua till tender (3mins), drain dry, soak in cold icy water for 30 secs, drain dry again, add 1 tsp grapeseed/olive oil and mix well)

Grouper Soup

Ingredients

1/2 slice of grouper fish

5 cherry tomatoes

1 onion

1 slice ginger

1 tsp liquid amino or 1/4 tsp salt

1 tbsp fresh milk / fullcream milk

dash of pepper powder

1 tsp corn flour

Steps:

1) wash the fish slice and drain, coated with corn flour and pepper powder

2) fry the fish in some oil till light golden brown

3) boil 6-7 cups of water in a small pot, add in fish, ginger, onion and cook for 30 mins

4) add in liquid amino / salt and milk and off fire.

Apple Barley Drinks

Ingredients

1 cup of cooked barley (chinese barley)

1-2 tbsp raw barley

1 apple (diced)

1-2 tsp rock sugar (can omit)

3 cups hot water

Cook in slow cooker with auto mode for 1-2 hours. ready to serve warm