Drunken Prawns

Drunken prawns is a Cantonese dish and it is very easy to prepare.

The key to cook drunken prawns is to marinade the live prawns well with chinese wine but I substitute dead prawns with the live one although it wont be as delicious because I find it cruel to cook them alive.

Ingredients :

• Large Prawns 300g
• Gingers Sliced
• Sugar 1 Tbsp
• Chinese cooking wine 3 Tbsps
• Dried Scallops 2 big
• Tong Kwai a few
• Tong Sum 10g
• Wai San a few
• Wolfberries a handful
• Salt / Coriander
• Say Sauce 1 Tbsp

Boiling the chinese herbs

Method

1. Trim prawns and place prawns in deep bowl to season with wine, salt, gingers and soy sauce.
2. Soak dried scallops for at least 2 hours
3. Pour 500ml water and boil Tong Kwai, Tong Sum, Wai San and Wolfberries for about 20mins then pour in seasoned prawns and dried scallops and bring to simmering boil for another 10mins
4. Serve hot and garnish with Coriander.

Drunken Prawns

HapPy ChInEsE NeW yEaR Reunion Dinner

The reunion dinner is the eve of Lunar New year and is always draws all family members back home to eat dinner together, normally in the evening of the CNY eve's the streets will be quite quiet. This year my mum did most of the marketing for lunar New Year reunion dinner, so, my responsibility is to cook some nice dishes for her and myself.

As usual I worked half day during lunar New Year eve's. So, after work I took MRT to Serangoon and meet my Boyfriend Scott :) This is the 1st time I mentioned him in my blog as we were together for only 3 weeks, in future I believe there will be more to come.. cookies, cakes and food that I bake and cook for him, photos of places we travel together hehe :)

Okie, back to Reunion dinner, traditionally for chinese families they will have steamboat for dinner but for my family is only me and my mum, so is easier for us to cook a few dishes and soup. This year, I fry tomatoes prawns, steam lap cheong, fry vegetables with mushrooms and chicken soup.

My Set dinner and of coz of importantly it's serve with white rice :)

My Happy mum ready for dinner

My antique Sewing Machine

This Singer Sewing Machine was bought when I was about 19years old, is about 9years old and it cost $399, I used my 2 months savings to buy this..

Samantha's Sewing Machine :)

So, now and then when I am free during weekend I will draw paper pattern and sew somethings for myself :) this time I sew a tissue bag, I only use 3hours to do this.

Tissue Bag Paper Pattern

My Finished Work :D

My mum is using it now, I still got to make one more for Jessica, if not she will keep haunting me.. haha.. be patience Jess :)

Steam Herbal Chicken Wings

This is a very nutritious dish and is simple to prepare, steaming is the greatest cooking techniques, besides preserving its moist and also keep the chicken meat succulent and tender.This recipe was from my friend Jessica, but I do a bit of modify of the recipe ingredients, still it turn out not bad :) I realise after cooking a few herbal dishes and soup, nevertheless most of them are easy to cook and of cause you need to know which are the correct combination of chinese herbal, if not it will turn out funny taste..

Ingredients

• Chicken Wings 8 pcs, cut into parts
• Dang Shen 当参 - 3 small pcs
• Huai Shan 淮山 - 10gm
• Wolfberries 枸杞子 - 20gm
• Chun Gong 5gm- See picture above
• Hua Qing Wine 3 tbps
• Soy Sauce 3 tbps
• Oyster Sauce 2 tbps

Method

1. Season Chicken wings with all above ingredients in a dish for at lease 8hours
2. Cling wrap dish and leave it in the fridge
3. Remove cling wrap and cool off for awhile after season with 8hours
4. Boil water in the wok with the steam rack, when water is coming to boil place chicken wings dish and steam for at lease 30mins to 40mins, reduce heat if necessary.
5. Serve with hot rice

Oyster Sauce Mushroom

This is a extremely simple dish to prepare, and is also serve well as a confinement food, because it was cook with ginger, with the same ingredients you can add some button mushrooms and some chicken wings too, but remember to seasoned longer if cook with chicken wings :)

Ingredients

• Chinese Dried Mushroom (Soaked over night)
• Sliced Ginger (2 potion)
• Oyster Sauce 4 tbsps
• Sugar 1 tbsp
• Soy Sauce 3 tbsps
• Sesame oil 1 tsp
• cooking oil 1 tbsp

Method

1. You can sliced the mushroom or cooked it whole, seasoned mushrooms with 1potion of ginger, oyster sauce, soy sauce and sugar for at lease 2 hours.
2. Stir fry 2nd potion of ginger in wok with cooking oil.
3. Pour in seasoned mushrooms and saute, add a bit of water if needed but not too much.
4. covered wok for 5mins and served.

The above measurement of the ingredients are for 2 persons :)

Some Porcelain Photography

Today I went shopping with mum at Orchard and bought some nice dishes and bowls, I also bought 2 table cloths, one red and one green.

Green Tea Cup

Piggy dish, My mum loves this

Steamed Golden Pomfret

Is been a long time I had steam the whole fish, the reason is I hate the process of washing and cleaning the fish, nonetheless after I went to my friend Jessica's house for dinner last Monday, she had also cooked a red snapper that day.. actually is the same recipe I used today only different fish :)

Very simple recipe and easy to prepare too, is was quite a big pomfret about 600gm, is just nice for myself and mum.

Ingredients

• One Fish (golden pomfret/red snapper)
• Slice Ginger
• 1 Tomato
• 1 fresh prune
• Slice 1 red chilli
• 2 stalk spring onions
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tbsps light soy sauce
• 1 tsp sesame oil

Method

1. Wash fish and make 2 slits on both side of the fish
2. Rub fish with salt (to be wash away in 10 to 20mins)
3. Place fish on dish and add all sauces together
4. Arrange Sliced ginger, spring onions, sliced chilies, fresh prune and tomatoes on fish
5. Prepare steaming rack on wok with 1/4 water and steam fish for 15 to 20mins