Steam chocolate cake

Steam chocolate cake.

材料Ingredients A :
1)鸡蛋3粒B/ 3 eggs
2)糖粉120克/ Icing sugar 120g.(I used organic cane sugar) 
3)牛奶190克/milk 190g.
4)玉米油80克/ corn oil 80g.

Ingredients B:
1)自发面粉230克/selfraising flour 230g.
2)发粉1茶匙/baking powder 1 teaspoon
3)苏打粉半茶匙/ baking soda 1/2 teaspoon
4)巧克力粉35克/chocolate powder 35g.

做法/method:
1)mix well and stir well all the ingredients A.
2)mix and sieve all the ingredients B.
3)mix together ingredients A and B and stir well.
4) pour into 8 inchi mould with paper. Steam 30 min.  Or cupcakes liner, steam for 12 min.

12/oct/2015 白土司

Happy Monday Blue dear all~

Sharing meals of the day in the blue blue day.. My gal cried for me twice when I was cooking her meals downstairs and luckily hubby can comfort her and when I finished cooking, she has returned to sleep. 

Breakfast : Beef and egg sandwich,  fresh milk

Lunch and dinner : Meat ball in tomato sauce with pasta 

Teatime : steam honey dew cake and fresh honey dew

White Toast

A simple white toast made from very basic ingredients, it just tasted like the white toast sold in traditional kopitiam (coffee shop). This is definitely a keeper for me as hubby likes it so much.

Ingredients:

100g cold water

1 cold egg (50g)

1.5 tbsp sugar

1/4 tsp salt

180g bread flour

70g all purpose flour

 1 tsp instant yeast

15g unsalted butter (cubed, cold)

Material required: 1 toast box mould for 450g bread

Method:

By bread machine

1) Place all ingredients except butter into the bread pan according to the above sequence (salt and sugar at opposite of the pan)(make an indention at the centre of the flour and add in yeast).

2) Select 'Dough' program, beat for 20mins, press stop.

3) Reset to 'Dough' program again, add in butter, beat for 20mins.

4) Remove dough from the bread pan, divide into 2 portions, let it rest for 10 mins.

5) roll and stretch each dough into flat, then fold into 3 folds, rest for 5 mins. repeat once again.

6) place the doughs into a greased toast box, let it proof.

7) Once the dough proof until 80% full the toast box, close the lid and preheat the oven to 190'C.

8) bake for 45 mins, remove from oven and take out the bread immediately from the toast box.

白土司（必試作品）

材料:

冷水100g，冷雞蛋1顆(約50g),細砂糖1.5大匙,,鹽1/4茶匙,高筋麵粉180g,中筋麵粉70g, 速發酵母1茶匙,無鹽奶油15g

用具：450克/12兩帶蓋土司模1個

用手揉的做法：

1. 將所有材料(奶油除外)倒入鋼盆中攪拌搓揉成為一個不黏手的麵團

2. 將奶油加入繼續攪拌搓揉成為撐的起薄膜的麵團。

麵包機做法：

1. 將所有材料順次序(奶油除外)倒入麵包桶裡，用“麵團”功能攪拌20分鐘，按停。

2. 然後加入奶油，再重複“麵團”功能20分鐘，攪拌攪拌至能成為撐的起薄膜的麵團。

3. 把麵團分割成2等份，滾圓後休麵團10分鐘。

4. 把麵團分別擀成約20x30cm的長方形，將麵團平均折成3等份，擀壓捲起後休麵團5分鐘。

5. 重複擀壓麵團，平均折成3等份，再擀壓捲起

6. 捲好的麵糰收口朝下朝內,間隔適當放入吐司烤模中(刷上一層固體奶油,灑上一層薄麵粉避免沾粘)

7. 用手稍微輕輕壓一下使得2團麵糰高度平均

8. 在麵糰表面噴些水,放在溫暖密閉空間中,旁邊放杯熱水幫忙提高溫度再發酵至8分滿，蓋上蓋子。

9. 放入預熱到190度c的烤箱中烘烤45分鐘。

10. 出爐後馬上倒出放在鐵網架上放涼。

牛肉肉餅/肉丸

材料：

180克牛肉碎（你可以用雞肉碎或豬肉碎）

一小段山藥

2個 鮮香菇（或乾香菇）

一小段胡蘿蔔

1小塊姜

1小匙芝麻油

1茶匙淡醬油

一咪咪海鹽

胡椒粉少許

2-3茶匙玉米粉/太白粉

做法：

1 ）把山藥和香菇切丁，把胡蘿蔔刨絲和生薑刨碎。

2 ）將所有材料放入一個大碗，拌勻至黏稠。

3 ）

肉餅：舀一湯匙的肉放在手心，搓圓再按扁。

肉丸：舀一茶匙的肉放在手心，搓圓。

4）放在少許油的熱鍋裡煎熟即可。

Beef Balls / Beef burger meat

Ingredients:

180g Minced Beef (you can use chicken or pork too)

2" of yam 

2 pcs of fresh shitake mushroom (or dried mushroom)

2" of carrot

1 small pc of ginger

1 tsp sesame oil

1 tsp liquid amino

2 rice size of sea salt

dash of pepper powder

2-3 tsp corn flour / potato starch

Steps:

1) cut yam and mushroom into dices, shred the carrot and ginger.

2) combine all ingredients in a big bowl. Mix them well.

3) 

beef balls: scoop 1 tsp meat mixture and roll into ball.

beef burger meat: scoop 1 tbsp meat mixture and roll into ball then flatten it.

4) pan fry with some oil in a hot pan till cooked

Tomato cheese sauce with Beef Balls

Ingredients A: 

16 pcs cherry tomatoes

1/2 onion

1/4 cup water

Ingredients B:

some olive oil

1/2 onion (chopped finely)

15g bega cheddar cheese

1/2 cup water

dash of pepper and salt to taste

some parsley and italian herbs

Steps:

1) Blend the ingredients A till smooth, set aside

2) Heat pan with olive oil, saute onion till golden brown then add in the blended ingredients A

3) pour in 1/2 cup water, boil then simmer for 2-3 mins.

4) add in cheese and cook till cheese melted.

5) add in salt, pepper, parsley and the beef balls.

6) off fire and done.

Honey Dew steamed cake

Ingredients: 

1 Egg

1 Tbsp sugar

200g Honey dew puree (blend without water added)

2 tbsp full cream milk

1/2 Cup Cake Flour

1 tsp Aluminum free Baking Powder

1 Tbsp Grape seed oil (or any flavorless oil)

Steps:

1. Sift together flour and baking powder, set aside.

2. In a mixing bowl, whisk together Egg and sugar till fluffy. ( I used hand whisk till bubbly only)

3. Mix in honeydew puree, milk, and oil, beat till combine.

4. Add in flour mixture and mix well.

5. Pour Batter into muffin pan, lined with muffin cups.

6. Steam over high heat for 10 mins or till an inserted skewer comes out clean.

Throwback 28/8/2015椰糖馬来糕

sorry for the delay in sharing the following recipes as I was on holiday mood and didn't able to update post ontime.. (11/9/2015 3.30pm)

28/8/2015 throwback

Breakfast : cheesy corn pancakes 

Lunch : Fussili with mushroom sauce 

Teatime : Steam Malacca sugar sponge cake and honey lemon 

Dinner: white rice with stir fry vegetable and huai san soup

Cheesy Corn Pancake

Ingredients:

30g plain flour

20g corn flour

1 egg

1-2 tbsp water

1 tsp sugar

pinch of salt

black pepper powder

some spring onion (chopped)

40g cheddar cheese (cut into tiny cubes)

40g sweet corn

Steps:

1) mix flour, corn flour, egg and water till combined

2) add in spring onion and cheese cubes, stir well

3) add in sugar, salt and black pepper, stir well

4) heat non stick pan, brush some oil, scoop 1 tbsp batter on the pan and put another scoop till your pan has no more space

6) sprinkle the sweet corns on each pancake before there are cooked

7) flip carefully to another side when the pancake turns solid

8) pan fry till both side light golden brown

玉米乳酪煎饼

材料：

普通面粉30g、玉米面20g、鸡蛋1个

甜玉米粒80g、奶酪40g、小香葱1根

糖1茶匙、盐1/8茶匙、黑胡椒粉适量

准备：奶酪切碎，小香葱取葱叶、切成葱花；

做法：

1、面粉与玉米面混合，打入鸡蛋，再加少许水，搅匀；

2、在面糊中加入奶酪粒和葱花，拌匀；

3、加入糖和盐；

4、加入现磨黑胡椒粉，充分搅匀；

5、锅中刷一层油，用汤勺舀一勺面糊，摊成小饼；

6、小饼表面撒一层玉米粒，小火加热，直至小饼凝固，用牙签扎一下，没有粘稠面糊说明已经熟透，即可关火

心得分享：

1、面糊中加入的水要一点点加入，保证面糊粘稠且可流动的程度即可；

2、小香葱和奶酪也可像玉米粒一样撒在表面；

3、糖和盐的用量可根据个人口味调节；

4、加热的时间可以视饼的大小而定。

Fusilli with Mushrooms Cheese Sauce

Ingredients: 

Pasta or any types of desired pasta, cook as per instructions 

My way of cooking to avoid mushy and soggy pasta and can last till dinner:~

1) I cook pasta as per instruction on packaging, 

2) drain away the hot water

3) soak pasta in a big bowl of ICE cold water for 30 seconds

4) drain away the cold water

5) add 1-2 tsp grapeseed oil or olive oil to the pasta and mix well

for reheating:~

1) Just scoop out the pasta portion, steam for 5 mins.

2) Pour in the heated pasta sauce

3) Ready to serve~ 

Mushroom cheese sauce 

Ingredients:

3 brown button mushroom (to blend)

1/2 cup water (to blend)

2 cloves garlic

2 brown button mushroom (diced)

15g cheddar cheese

1/2 cup full cream milk

some pepper powder, italian herbs

20g cream cheese

Steps:

1) dice the mushrooms and garlic into small size

2) blend mushroom and water till smooth

3) heat pan, add some olive oil, sauteed the garlic till fragrant

4) add in diced mushroom and stir fry a while

5) add in the blended mushroom, milk, cream cheese and cheddar cheese. 

Cook till boiling and cheese melted.

6) add in dash of pepper powder and Italian herb, off fire. Ready to serve warm.

意麵與蘑菇湯

材料：

麵食或任何類型所需的麵食

**我的麵條烹煮方式**

“避免麵條變成糊狀並和可以維持到晚餐時間食用”

1 ）按照麵條包裝上的烹煮方式

2 ）倒掉煮麵的熱水

3 ）把麵條浸泡在一碗冰水30秒

4 ）倒掉浸泡的冷水

5 ）加入1-2茶匙米糠油或橄欖油，拌勻即可。

**在職媽媽的小貼士**

6 ）如果不是馬上吃，收進冰箱。

7 ）讓保姆或家人舀出寶寶的麵條分量，蒸5分鐘。

8 ）倒入熱的蘑菇醬/湯就可以了。

寶寶蘑菇湯

材料： （2-3寶寶分量）

（A）

4朵 蘑菇（用料理棒打成幼滑）

2瓣 大蒜（用料理棒打成幼滑）

1/3杯 水（用料理棒打成幼滑）

（B）

2瓣 大蒜

2朵 蘑菇

15克 切達乾酪

（如何選擇寶寶食用的奶酪）請按

20克 奶油奶酪

1/2杯 鮮奶

水 適量

胡椒粉 適量

意大利香草 適量

做法：

1 ）把蘑菇切丁，大蒜切片，胡蘿蔔和花椰菜切小塊;備用。

2 ）用料理棒把所有材料（A ）打成幼滑;備用。

3 ）熱鍋後加入一些橄欖油，炒香蒜片。

4 ）加入花椰菜和蘑菇翻炒片刻。

5 ）然後加入打成幼滑的材料A（蘑菇泥） ，煮1-2分鐘。

6 ）加入水，牛奶，奶油奶酪和切達乾酪，煮至奶酪融化。

7 ）撒入胡椒粉和意大利香草即可關火。

Malacca Sugar Sponge Cake

Ingredients:

150g Malacca coconut sugar (I reduced to 120g)

100ml Full Cream Milk 

80g Corn oil/any tasteless vege oil (i used 70g grapeseed oil)

3 large eggs

150g self-raising flour

1/2 tsp Baking Soda ( i used 1 tsp aluminum free baking powder)

Steps:

1. Double boil Malacca coconut sugar and milk till melted, then add in eggs, oil, baking soda and mix well.

2. Add in self-raising flour by 3 separately, mix well.

3. Place the batter aside and rest for 30 minutes.

4. Transfer batter into a 6" cake mould and steam for 30 minutes .

p/s: you may use whisk to mix all ingredients.

( Recipe from Joshua Liew)

【椰糖馬来糕】

材料：

馬六甲椰糖 150g (我減糖至120g）

Full Cream牛奶 100ml

玉米油 80g (我減至70g）

雞蛋 3粒

自發麵粉 150g

Soda粉 1/2茶匙

做法：

1. 馬六甲椰糖和牛奶隔水煮融化，然後加入雞蛋攪拌均勻，再加玉米油和Soda粉拌均。

2. 之後分3次加入自發麵粉拌均勻。

3. 把麵糊放著休息30分鐘。

4. 麵糊直接倒入模型，大火蒸30分鐘。

#全部用打蛋器攪拌就可以了。

（食譜來自 Joshua Liew )

12/Aug/2015 Wednesday

Yesterday I was not posting any meals for my 2 yo lo as she was not feeling well and I looked after her at home. I cooked her the following foods without taking any photos:

1) mee sua with miso seaweed soup - breakfast

2) udon with winter melon soup - lunch and dinner

Today, I never prepared any baked or fried foods for my lo as she just recovered from fever. 

Breakfast: Steam apple cream cheese cake

Lunch: Minced Pork and Mushroom Stew with MeeSua

Dinner: Minced Pork and Mushroom Stew with Rice

Teatime: Barley Pumpkin Dessert 

Steam Apple Cream Cheese Cake

Ingredients:

1/2 organic red apple

30g cream cheese

15g icing sugar

1 tbsp milk 

1 tbsp olive oil

1 egg

45g organic self-raising flour

1/4 tsp baking powder

Steps:

1) roughly blend the apple with milk (pause blend for few seconds only) set aside.

2)  In a mixing bowl, Cream the cream cheese with sugar by using spatula to press &mix till well combined

3)  add in egg and beat till well combined. Then add in the apple and oil. stir well.

4)  Sieve in flour mixture (flour & baking powder) and fold gently

5)  scoop the batter into cupcake moulds and Steam at medium heat for 10-12 mins

Minced Pork and Mushroom Stew with MeeSua and Rice

Ingredients:

80g minced meat tenderloin

1 big dried mushroom

some diced red capsicum

some diced cucumber

2 shallots (chopped finely)

1 tsp liquid amino

1/2 tsp natural rock sugar

dash of pepper powder

1/2 cup water/ soup stock

1 tsp corn flour + 2 tbsp water

Steps:

1) heat pan， add some oil, add in shallot and sauteed till fragrant

2) add in minced meat and stir fry for a while

3) add in mushroom, capsicum and cucumber

4) add in liquid amino, rock sugar and dash of pepper 

5) add in water and boil for a while, add in corn flour mixture,

6) off fire and ready to serve with noodle or rice

Barley Pumpkin Dessert

Ingredients:

1 tbsp barley (soaked overnight)

50g pre-cooked mung bean

20g butternut / pumpkin

2-3 cups water

2 tsp natural rock sugar / brown sugar

Steps:

1) Cook barley with water for 30mins

2) add in pumpkin and cook till tender 

3) add in pre-cooked mung bean and cook for 5 mins

4) add in rock sugar and off fire

19/6/2015 Happy Friday

Happy Friday dear all~ I am seriously lack of sleep today as my 22.5mo lo was waking up midnight and stay awake for 1 hour ++ due to over excited playing with some little friends in a neighbour's house last night. 

Breakfast: Crunchy potato bites + banana + fresh milk

Lunch ａｎｄ Dinner: Sushi roll/mix grain rice, stir fry broccoli  

Teatime: Steam cream cheese cake + baby yogurt

Crunchy Potato Bites

Ingredients:

1 medium potato

5g grated cheddar cheese

some plain flour

some egg

some bread crumb

Steps:

1) Peel, slice and steam the potato for 10 mins

2) drain away excess water and mash the potato with cheese

3) divide into 8 portions, roll each portion into balls.

4) coat the balls with flour, dip in the egg and then coat with bread crumb

5) place the balls on baking tray lined with parchment paper

6) bake at preheated oven at 180'C for 15mins

Egg ａｎｄ Prawn sushi rolls

Ingredient:

1 egg

1 prawn

1 inch carrot

1 slice seaweed(nori)

some cooked rice

some roasted white sesame seed

Steps:

1) pan fry egg into egg roll, set aside

2) cook prawn and carrot, set aside

3) cook rice with a bit more water, set aside

4) cut the seaweed into half (to make 2 small sushi rolls)

5) Place the sushi mat on a working surface and put the 1/2 sheet seaweed(nori) on the bamboo mat. The shiny side of seaweed should face DOWN.

6) Scoop rice on the seaweed and spread the rice evenly with both fingers. Wet your fingers in dipping water if rice starts to stick to your fingers.

7) Place the filling (Prawn, carrot, egg) at the middle of rice. Hold the filling down using your fingers.

8) With one swift movement, roll the sushi over the filling and land right where the edge of the rice is.

9) Don’t move the sushi mat yet and gently shape and tighten the roll with your fingers from outside of the mat. Shape the sushi roll into square (or round). Then finally lift the sushi mat and rotate the roll once to seal the edge of nori. Again gently squeeze and tighten the roll with your fingers.

10) To cut a sushi roll, wet your knife with a damp towel and cut the roll in half first. You should “push then pull” the knife while cutting through the sushi. Wet the knife again and cut each half roll into 6 pieces. (Baby's edible size)

Steam Apple Cream Cheese Cake

Ingredients:

1/2 organic red apple

30g cream cheese

25g icing sugar

1 tbsp milk 

1 tbsp olive oil

1 egg

45g organic self-raising flour

1/4 tsp baking powder

Steps:

1) roughly blend the apple with milk (pause blend for few seconds only) set aside.

2)  In a mixing bowl, Cream the cream cheese with sugar by using spatula to press & mix till well combined

3)  add in egg and beat till well combined. Then add in the apple and oil. stir well.

4)  Sieve in flour mixture (flour & baking powder) and fold gently

4)  scoop the batter into cupcake moulds and Steam at medium heat for 10-12 mins

18/4/2015 Saturday baking

Steam pandan cake & Hokkaido buns

Hokkaido Buns

Ingredients
hokkaido wholemeal bread
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.

Combination of the below recipes for the steam pandan cake...

Steam Pandan Cake

Ingredients

3 eggs

100g all purpose flour

30g muscovado sugar

30ml pandan juice

1 tbsp grapeseed oil

Steps:

1) Beat  egg with sugar till ribbon stage which you can write a "S" with batter and it is not disappear so soon. ( using electrical mixer to beat 2 mins only)

2) add in pandan juice and mix well

3) sieve in flour by 3 times and fold gently till well combined 

4) add in oil and fold gently too

5) scoop the batter into cup cake liners

6) steam at high heat for 10 mins

15/10/2014

October 15, 2014 · Batu Caves · Edited

Recently i lazy to plan my 14mo lo's meal plan a week ahead. So, every morning i have to think what shall i cook. By looking at the recipes shared by other mummies, i have cooked the followings in 2 hours time:-

1) Breakfast: steam apple raisin cake + steam vege

2) Lunch: mini wantan + mee sua in vege soup

3) Teatime: a) one bite rice
b) vege cookies

p/s: i made these 2 because i worry she dun like the tomato in the "one bite rice"... @@...cookies sure she will sapu one...haha

Many thanks to the mummies who shared the recipes and i personally love the vege cookies very much!!! Smell good and taste good too!!

The wantan filling is simple but nice! Only apple puree and minced tenderloin pork..... I tasted 2 normal size wantan even just cooked in plain water!!! Surprisingly it is yummy!!!

Apple + raisin steam Japanese cake
Ingredients:
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 egg beaten
2 tbsp milk/yogurt (I use yogurt)
1tbsp molasses
1tbsp grapeseed oil (or any vege oil)

You can use any fruit or vege puree and dried fruit. For this I use an apple and 1tbsp of raisin.

Sieve flour and baking powder then add in sugar. In another I beaten an egg then add in vco and yogurt. Puree the apple then mixed all with raisin. Pour in cup and steam 10mins.

Mini Wantan 
Apple puree + tenderloin minced meat
wantan skin cut into 1/4 size

Meesua, cooked and rinse with ice cold water then add 1 tsp olive oil or grapeseed oil

Soup base: vege soup base + fresh carrot slice, "huai san" and baby spinach

One Bite Rice

Cherry tomatoes cut into half and remove the seeds

steam potato : steam rice (ratio 1:1)
unsalted butter 1cm3 size
spring onion or any green vege ( i use baby spinach)
egg yolk 1 pc
add 1 rice size salt or some cheese for flavor

Steps:
1) blend the rice and potato till smooth. add in butter, vege, egg yolk and salt/cheese.

2) put into a plastic bag, cut the edge, squeeze the mixture onto the cherry tomatoes.

3) bake at preheated oven at 180'C for 15mins.

Easy Apple Vege Cookies (No mixer required)

Ingredients: 1/2 cup wholemeal flour, 25g unsalted butter (cubed), GOON tasty cheese 2 tbsp (grated), apple diced (1/4 apple), Cauliflower grated (roughly 3 -4 tbsp)

Steps:
Mix everything except butter with hand become mixture. Add in cubed butter and grab them become bread crumbs...longer time the butter will melt and a dough will be formed. Roll it flat into 0.5cm and cut out preferable shape. Bake at 180'C for 20mins.