Sweet and Sour Pork 咕噜肉

Hi everyone,
Today I am going to teach you how to make Sweet and Sour Pork..
I remember my bro love it so much and it is always the must-order-dish when my family have dinner in the restaurant..
Well, I guess everyone loves it..haha..
We do have a lot in US but so far those aren't authentic..=(
I made it last week for my friend's Birthday since she has been craving for so long..=)



Ingredients:
200g pork
4tbs oil
2tbs tapioca flour 


IB
1/2 size of green pepper
1/4 size of yellow onions
2 cloves of garlic
1/2 size of tomatoes


Marinating Sauce
1/2 tbs of light soy sauce 
1 tbs of abalone/ oyster Sauce 
1/2 tbs of sugar 
1/2 tbs of Sesame Oil 
1/2 tbsp of Tsao Xing Wine  
1 tbsp of Water 
Some pepper and salt

Sweet & Sour Sauce
4 tsp tomato sauce
4 tsp water
1tsp of sugar
1/2 of white vinegar

Steps:
1. Marinate pork with the marinating sauce of at least 1 hour.
2. Mixed tapioca flour with the marinated pork.
3. Add oil into the pan and fried the pork until it's brown.
4. Remove the pork from the pan and put in on top of some paper towel to remove the excess oil.
5. Use the leftover oil from the pan to fried IB (fried onion first, then the other three ingredients) until fragment.
6. Add pork and Sweet & Sour Sauce into the pan.
7. Mixed well everything.
8. Serve with white rice=)

Tips:
1. I used to marinate the night before I sleep, so that the meat will taste better and I can cook it when I am back from school. There is like a theory which said that, the longer the time for marination, the better the meat taste. haha..=P
2. I love to marinate food in a sandwich bag because it is easy to mix up everything and store it into the fridge.
3. You can use any types of onion. I guess it doesn't matter?
4. You can also use any type of white vinegar. For me, I am using the sushi rice vinegar that I usually use for my sushi. 
5. You can deeply fried it to make it taste better.

I hope you enjoy my recipe!
Happy Cooking!

Stir Fried Purple Cauliflower

Hi everyone,

Sometimes I really enjoy visit the farmers market in my school because I can find the ingredient that I rarely saw in Giant..
For example, goat meat..I need that for curry mutton..
Anyway, today I am not going to  teach you how to cook curry mutton but a simple home dish 

Stir Fried Purple Cauliflower

I found this cute purple cauliflower in the farmers market
Isn't she is pretty?

Ingredients:
1/2 size of cauliflower (wash and cut it into small pieces thru the stem, dont forget to cut off the black dirts on the cauliflower)
1 medium size of tomatoes (wash and cut it into medium pieces)
2 cloves of garlic
1tbs oil
1/2tbs abalone sauce (optional)
4tbs water
some pepper

Steps:
1. Add oil in a pan with medium heat and fried garlic until fragment.
2. Add tomatoes and cauliflower and cook until both of them are soft.
3. Add water and abalone sauce, mixed well into the pan. 
4. Season with some pepper.   
5. Serve with noodles or rice.


Tips:
Always use medium or low heat if you are new in cooking just in case you might burn the dish.

Note: I added some canned sea asparagus in this dish and serve it with egg noodles.

YUM!

Stew Dried Black Fungus 焖木耳

When you are in overseas, you will tend to get extra hyper when you saw something that used to be so common when you are ay home...

For example, Milo! Indomie!山楂饼! Ping pong brand biscuit!鲳鱼!...-.-.. =D
You will also can get a bit hyper with those uncommon things/ unfavourite/ soso items  that you used to have when you are at home
For me, they are like Nescafe Coffee, AikCheong Coffee..and 黑木耳 (Black Wood Ear)
Without thinking too much I bought the Black Wood Ear from the Chinese Market..
I am not always a fans to this food..
Well, anyway, I got it and I don't want to waste it..
So, I called my mum how to cook it..I came with my own idea..
Here, I present you...Stew Dried Black Fungus/ Black Wood Ear

^^

Ingredients:
IA
50g Black Wood Ear (Soaked into hot water to soften, then cut the root out)
1 1/2 cup of Water
2 inchs of Ginger 

IB
50g minced pork
1/2 tsp of Tsao Xing Wine
4 drops of sesame oil
1 tsp of garlic powder or chopped garlic

Seasoning
1tbsp Dark Soy Sauce
1tbsp of Soy Sauce
1/2 tsp of Tsao Xing Wine
some pepper


Steps:
1. Mixed well IB and marinate it for 20-30 mins
2.In the cooking pot, add 1-2 tsp of oil, then add ginger till it fragment.
3. Add soften Black Wood Ear and  into the pot and cover up.
4. Add IB into the pot when it is ready, then add the seasoning. 
5. Stew the dish at low heat for more than 3 hours/ when it is super soft.
6. Serve!

Tips:
1.Used boiled water to soften the Black Wood Ear, but don't boiled it!
2. This dish will take a LONG time..so, cook it in a weekend =)
3. Be aware of the water in the pot! You can stew a dish without enough water in it or you will burn it. 
4. You can add Tofu Pok if you want. I am adding them in it here =D

Indeed after doing some research on it, I found out that it is actually good especially women because it helps to improve your skins condition, helps in blood circulation, helps in prevention iron deficiency anemia. However, this is not too suitable for pregnant women. =)

Good Luck! Happy Cooking!