Salmon steak and Mashed potatoes

Cut potatoes into disc and boil in water.

slice carrots into chip size.

Boil carrots till soft.

Drain potatoes.

In a bowl mash potatoes with butter and milk till smooth.

It should look something like this.

Salmon steak's have bones. Not many and they are rather long. You can feel them with your fingers, remove all bones.

Pan fry salmon with olive oil and butter.

Flip over after a couple of minutes. It needs to be cooked at very low heat so that it is thoroughly cooked.

Serve salmon with mashed potatoes and carrot sticks.

Letitia's verdict: 9/10 (Yum yum yum)

Mummy's verdict: A little expensive for 1 meal, but really easy to make.

Fried Udon

Fresh Udon.

Boil in hot water for about 3 minutes and drain.

Mince lean pork meat or chicken thigh meat.

Finely chop carrots, cabbage and Oyster Mushroom.

For taste and colour I am using dark soya sauce. The non salty type, the consistency is thicker than normal dark soya sauce.

Chinese cooking 101 : Always start with oil in wok followed by the aromatics (garlic, ginger, onions). Sugar and salt (optional) I didn't add any. When the oil is infused with the aromatics add the meat.

Fry till meat is coked and separated.

Add vegetables and fry till 90% cooked.

Add Udon as the udon is already cooked just stir and mix well.

Add dark soya sauce about 1 tablespoon.

Done!

Letitia's Verdict: 8/10 ( she couldn't wait)

Mummy's verdict: Easy to make and really tasty. 20 minutes.

Baby Fish Hor Fun

Slice Treadfin steak into small slices. You can use any fish fillet that doesn't have bones.

This is for the sauce. Chicken stock, few drops fish sauce, few drops light soya sauce, 1 tablespoon corn flour, 1/2 teaspoon sugar

You can use any green vegetables. I have spinach and green capsicum so that's what I am using.

Poach the Kway Teow (flat rice noodles) in a boiling water for a couple of minutes and drain.

In a sauce pan add oil and fry lightly chopped garlic and ginger.

Add the greens and fry till 90% cooked.

Add sliced fish and fry till 90% cooked.

Add water into the pan and bring to boil. Add corn flour mixture stir and turn off fire. You should get a sticky gravy.

Pour gravy over kway teow. There you go baby fish hor fun.




Letitia's verdict: 6.5/10 (she will eat it if you feed her, ate most of it)
Mummy's verdict: Time taken 15 minutes. Good alternative to rice.

Stuffed Cucumber Soup

1 large cucumber, remove both ends. Cut into 3 pieces and remove the core.

Add to Minced Pork for seasoning, light soya sauce, dash of pepper and sesame oil and mix well.

Stuff the cores of the cucumbers with minced meat.

Shitake mushrooms.

Red dates, wolfberries and dried scallops in a small pot and bring to boil. Add Mushrooms.

Add 1 tablespoon Chicken stock concentrate and put stuffed cucumbers into the soup. Leave the cucumbers in the in the soup long enough for all the meat to cook through and the cucumber has turned translucent.

Forgot to take a picture of the finished product!!!

Letitia's verdict: 7/10 (loves the filling not too crazy about the cucumber)

Mummy's Verdict: Easy to make. Something different for a change.

Fish Patty

Finely chop French Beans or Long Beans.

Fine chop Cilantro or Coriander.

Finely chop Spring Onions.

Finely chop 1 Red Capsicum.

Red Snapper fillet. Minced in processor or hand minced. Add Fish Sauce to season.

Minced Garlic.

Add all the above ingredients into a dish with 1 cup Plain flour and 2 eggs (beaten)

Mix well.

Shape into patties and pan fry.

Serve with Chilli sauce or ketchup.

Letitia's Verdict: 9/10 (she ate almost 3 patties)

Mummy's verdict: A lot of work involved, but adults love it too. So make more at a time to make the effort worth it. I ate 5 patties.

Hong Kong Style Steamed Pomfret

Cut score lines on both sides of the White Pomfret. This will help it cook quickly.

Cilantro, Spring Onion, Ginger, Garlic.

Place spring onions and ginger slices on pomfret and add chicken stock. Steam for 10 minutes. This really depends on the size of your fish.

We are using prepacked sauce. Just follow instructions.

Bring sauce to boil and pour over cooked promfret. Remember to garnish with cilantro (coriander), garlic, and ginger stripes before pouring the sauce over.

Yum!