Episode 14

Appetiser: Onion Bhaji

Main: Tomato Curry Chicken

Dessert: Cardamom and Honey Lassi

Forgot to take a picture! Just imagine a glass of thick, creamy yoghurt with crushed cardamom seeds, blended with honey. Looks gooooood......

Cooking Highlights

Potatoes growing

From the frying pan into the stomach

Freshly made bread to go with the curry

Lesson learned: wear an apron when whipping up Lassi

Episode 11

Appetiser: Avocado Soup with Tomato Salsa

Itching to use the new hand blender so this was the result. Blended a couple avo's, mixed with chicken stock, topped with chopped tomatoes, garlic, onions, chillies. Eat this for serious garlic breath.

Main: Chicken Ballotine with Leek and Sundried Tomatoes

The Pièce de Résistance... Yummy! Also had some herby egg sauce to go with it.

Dessert: Ondeh-Ondeh

These are usually green, but didn't have any pandan leaves for the extra colour and flavour, so white they must be. Also had to improvise for the filling, used brown sugar instead of gula Melaka. Didn't quite achieve the "liquid sugar burst" effect...

Cooking Highlights

Flattened and prepped

Let's rock and roll

Twisting it tight so it doesn't pop out

They come in all shapes and sizes

Oh, I knead you...

Footprints in the sand, Handprints in the dough

Episode 8

Appetiser: Smoked Salmon Carpaccio with Fennel Salad

Main: Baked Chicken Breast with Braised Fennel

Dessert: Cupcakes and Fennel Seed Tea

Cupcakes were store-bought this time. Too pretty to resist

Cooking Highlights

Episode 7

Appetiser: Grilled Pork Ribs with Peanut Sauce

Main: Indian Curry Chicken

Dessert: Ginger Ice Cream

Cooking Highlights

Episode 6

Starter: Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls

Main: Hainanese Chicken Rice

Here's a link to the recipe:
http://www.malaysianfood.net/recipes/recipehainanchicken.htm

Dessert: Rasberry Tart

Cooking Highlights

Episode 3

Entrée: San Choy Bao

These turned out very well. The pork mince was very tasty and the lettuce was nice and crunchy. Certainly whet the appetite sufficiently.

Ingredients

1 tbsp oil (peanut oil if available)

2 garlic cloves, crushed

2cm piece ginger, finely grated

250g lean pork mince

1 tbsp oyster sauce (increase or decrease to taste)

1 tbsp soy sauce

3 green onions, thinly sliced

1/2 lime, juiced

1 tbsp sesame oil

1 cup beansprouts, roots trimmed

1/4 cup fresh coriander leaves, chopped

12 large butter lettuce leaves (or any crunchy salad leaves like cos or iceberg)

1/4 cup chopped roasted peanuts

Method

1. Heat wok over high heat until hot. Add peanut oil and swirl to coat. Add garlic, ginger and onions until soft. Add pork, stir-fry for 2-3 minutes or until pork changes colour.
2. Add oyster sauce and soy sauce, 2 tpsb of lime juice and sesame oil to wok,. Stir-fry for 3 minutes or until pork is cooked through. Stir in bean sprouts and coriander.
3. Spoon pork mixture into lettuce leaves. Sprinkle with peanuts.

Main: Chicken Noodle Soup

Cold, wintry night, hot, flavourful soup... ahhhh (made from MC's own recipe)



Dessert: Oatmeal Raspberry Pancakes with Berry Compote

Flippin' pancakes ain't as easy as it sounds. End product was quite delicious though. The berry compote was not too sweet and gave just the right amount of tartness to go with the fluffy pancakes.



Cooking Highlights

Stock vegetables to get a good flavour into the soup

Too many cooks?

Berry nice

First batch of pancakes... yeah, not so successful