WINTER MELON CHICKEN SOUP

November seems to be a good month for young couples tying the knot before the end of 2015. There were many wedding invitations received, can say every weekend there have been wedding dinners to attend. Having eaten too much, I started looking back at my collection of recipes, trying to find some easy, light, simple, healthy yet delicious dishes to cook during the week days.I have tried several and will be sharing some easy home cooked dishes here and hope you may find these recipes useful if you happened to be facing the same situation as me.This clear soup is very homey with just 2 main ingredients yet it is most welcome for dinner at home....

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STEAMED BANANA CAKE

Here is an easy steamed banana cake recipe....  I had jotted down this recipe from somewhere in my little notebook but forgotten to write down the source. Sorry if this is your recipe, please notify me so that I can link it to yours. I can’t remember whether it is from a printed media or blog.Anyway, this steamed banana cake turned out well. It is soft, moist but not dense, has the fragrance of the cinnamon that blends well with banana flavour.  The sweetness is acceptable to me. By the way, I used the Cavendish bananas which I bought from Tesco.With this recipe you can get to enjoy banana cake, steamed instead of baked...

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BAKED CHICKEN PARCELS

These days, I am using fuss-free ways of preparing tasty, delicious food in my kitchen. Remember the Baked Nam Yee Spare Ribs, Baked Spicy Nyonya Chicken and Baked Pandan Chicken? These are normally prepared by deep frying method.  If these can be baked and yet taste as yummy as fried ones why not for Fried Chicken Parcels [Chi Pau Kai]. Moreover, it is so much healthier and the flavours are well infused in the meat instead of diffusing into the oil.The baked chicken wrapped with greased proof paper is tender, moist, aromatic and very tasty. I served it with mashed potatoes and a vegetable dish. This makes a complete meal for...

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FRIED PORK TENDERLOIN IN SZECHUAN SAUCE

This is a very easy dish to prepare yet surprisingly delicious and tasty with rice.The meat is fragrant and well coated with the tasty, sourish sweet sauce. Even the ginger slices are tasty.A quick stir fry dish that can be done within minutes.Recipe adapted from Yum Yum Magazine No. 67 [modified]Ingredients[serves 3]300 gm pork tenderloin [Li Chi Rou] – thinly sliced30 gm sliced ginger1 red chilli – sliced stalk spring onions – cut 1 inch length1 tbsp oilSeasoning [combined]2 tbsp each light soy sauce, black vinegar, shaoxing wine 1 tbsp each ginger juice and sugar¼ tsp salt to tasteHeat oil in a non-stick wok, sauté sliced ginger...

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BAKED PANDAN CHICKEN

Honestly, I do not fancy Fried Pandan Chicken. I find them loaded with too much oil and the oil used to fry them must be discarded – too wasteful. Then, I came across this version of Pandan Chicken using baking method. Instead of cutting the chicken into small pieces then wrap with pandan leaves, I used deboned whole chicken leg, baked in foil with several pandan leaves at the bottom and top.The nice fragrance of pandan is so aromatic while the chicken is baking in the oven. The baked pandan chicken was awesome with the fragrance of the spices that blend well with the pandan and tasty good. The meat texture is soft and moist.Now I can enjoy...

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LEMONY MANGO YOGHURT COTTONY CAKE [OGURA CAKE]

Baked the Sicilian Orange Cake the other day which uses butter.  My family [especially my elders] prefer cottony cakes. They say it is soft, moist, light and fluffy and best of all the cake does not have the 'choking feeling' when eating it compared to butter cakes. I personally feel the same and this is a much healthier cake compared to butter cakes cos' it's low in sugar, fats and flour.  This cake texture is cottony soft and has a tangy taste cos' of the mango, lemon zest and juice. Ingredients for Egg Yolk Mixture65 gm superfine flour - sifted1/4 tsp salt5 egg yolks1 whole egg45-60 ml corn oil [3-4 tbsp]85 ml mango yoghurt 1...

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