Tangy Meatball

An energy-boosting snack to keep the Sunday afternoon going...

Ingredients
1 small packet of pork mince
2 stalks coriander leaves (chopped)
2 tbsp cornstarch
1/2 tsp five spice powder
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 egg
pepper

Method

1. Mix all ingredients and marinate for 2 hours.
2. Shape the meat to balls. Deep fried till golden brown.
3. Serve with chili sauce.

Deep Fried Wantan

Wantan, a chinese dumpling is a popular food throughout Malaysia.

Commonly served in soup, wantan can be deep-fried too.

Ingredients
1 packet of wantan wrapper
1lb pork mince
1 cup prawns (chopped)
2 spring onions(chopped)

Marinate
1 tbsp cooking wine
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp of corn flour
1/2 tbsp of sesame oil
1 egg yolk

Method

1. Marinate pork mince. Add in prawns and spring onions. Set aside for 1 hour.
2. Place filling in center of wantan skin.
3. Wrap wantan to desire shape. Seal with egg white.
4. Heat up wok with oil. Deep fried wantan for few minutes on each side.
5. Remove and drain on paper towel.
6. Serve warm with chili sauce

Sausage and Cheese Roll

Roger Federer is now officially the greatest player of all time after winning his 14th grand-slam title and 1st French open with a victory over Robin Soderling !

Siaopo felt great satisfaction from Roger's victory and decided to make sausage and cheese roll for dinner.

The dough did not rise as much as Siaopo expected but the taste is simply marvellous when the cheese melted in her mouth.

Ingredients
250g strong white flour
4g easy bake yeast
8g caster sugar
15g butter
4g of salt
180g milk + 1 egg mixture
10 sausage
5 slices of dairylea single cheese

Method

1. Put flour, sugar and yeast in a bowl Whisk for 1 min and then add salt. Whisk for another 3 minutes.
2. Add the egg and milk mixture.
3. Use a big spatula and mix well. Knead slightly to bring ingredients together.
4. Remove dough and continue to knead until dough is elastic.
5. Add in butter and continue to knead for 15 minutes.( see photo)
6. Put dough in a lightly butter bowl. Set aside for 1.5 hr till dough double in size.
7. Remove dough and press slightly. Cut into 10 pieces and make into small ball.
8. Let it rest for 10 minutes. Make dough into oval shape using rolling pin.
9. Put sausage in middle and cut dough into strips on both side. (see photo)
10. Put cheese on top and fold strips to cover sausage.
11. Preheat oven to 200 degree.
12. Place dough on baking tray covered with greaseproof paper.
13. Brush dough with eggs. Bake for 10 minutes and then turn temperature to 180 degree and bake for another 10 minutes.
    

Curry Puff

Today is a bank holiday for England and Wales. Having a day off from work, Siaopo decided to make curry puff for afternoon tea.

This savory puff also fondly known as karipap is one of the famous delicacies of Malaysia.

Hubby loves this karipap to bits ! He can now enjoy his wife's cooking after 2 weeks away from home.

Ingredients
1 packet of just-rol puff pastry
1 big potato (cube, boiled and drained)
1 lb chicken (cut into smal bites)
2 onions (chopped)
1/2 cup of milk
1 tbsp butter

Marinate
3 tbsp of curry powder
1 tbsp chilli powder
1 tsp of sugar
1 tbsp soy sauce

Method

1. Marinate chicken with ingredients. Leave for 1 hour.
2. Roll out the puff pastry on table top lightly floured. Roll it to a rectangle of 3 mm thick with rolling pin. Cut into a bowl size shape.
3. Heat wok with butter. Fry the onions till fragrant.
4. Add in chicken and continue fyring.
5. Add potatoes and milk. Cook till thick. Leave to cool.
6. Preheat oven to 200 degree celcius.
7. Put the fillings in the middle of the round dough.
8. Fold over and pleat the ends to seal. (see photo)
9. Brush the top with egg.
10. Bake the puff for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
    

Bak Kua

Siaopo can now turn her kitchen into Kiew Brothers or Bee Cheng Hiang !

Special thanks to Grace and Lufbra Girl for sharing the great bak kua recipe. Siaopo added some five spice powder and honey to jazz up the taste.

The Bak Kua is simply marvellous. Best snack attack choice while watching television.

Ingredients

1 lb pork mince
2 tbsp honey

Marinate
2 tbsp fish sauce
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp cooking wine
1/2 cup of sugar
1/2 tsp five spice powder

Method

1. Marinate pork mince with the ingredients for 2 hours.
2. Preheat the oven to 125 degree.
3. Stir mince in one direction with chopstick till gluey.
4. Put mince onto a parchment paper and cover with cling film.
5. Roll the mince into 2-3 mm thick with a rolling pin.
6. Remove the cling film and put mince to a baking tray.
7. Bake for 20 minutes. Then, increase the oven to 185 degree and bake for another 15 minutes.
8. Remove from the oven and brush some honey over the mince. Continue to bake for 5-10 minutes.
9. Remove the mince from the oven again and flip over. Continue to bake for another 10 minutes.
10. Cool it and cut into pieces.

1kg of bak kua only lasted hubby for one day ! What a pig..