Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Non-fried Popiah Roll

Ingredients:
3 eggs,add in 1/4 tsp salt,made into omelet ,shredded
1 jicima(sengkung or turnip) shredded
300 gm chicken shredded
250 gm small shrimp,shelled
2 tsp salt
2 tsp ground white pepper
1 tsp chicken stock granules
3 cloves chopped garlic
4 tbsp oil
1 Romanian / iceberg lettuce wash and drain
1/2 fried shallot
1 packet lumpai wrapper (spring roll wrapper) about 10 pieces (steam or heat up in microwave for 1 min)

Optional: fried bean curd and bean sprout

Sauce:1/4 cup tim-cheong (sweet beans sauce) or hoisin sauce or 5 tbsp chili sauce*optional

Recipes:
1.Heat skillet at medium heat,add in oil,then chopped garlic.Stir-fry garlic until lightly brown,then add in shredded chicken ,shrimp and divided half seasoning.Fry for 1-2 minutes,then dish out to a small bowl,set aside.
2.Use the same skillet fry jicima until soft and almost dry,then add in seasoning.Dish out and set aside.
3.Place 1 piece of popiah skin on a board or plate,brush 1 tbsp tim-cheong and 1 tsp chili sauce on the skin,then take 1/2 piece lettuce leaf and put on the brush popiah skin.2:Dish 1 tbsp filling or more onto the lettuce leaf,then add some shredded eggs,and fried shallot on top of the filling.
4.Roll up tightly,fold both end, cut into pieces and serve

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Healthy Vegetarian Shepherd Pie

Ingredients
4 russet baked potatoes peeled and cooked
2 teaspoons olive oil
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
1 cup of vegetable broth
3/4 cup milk
1 head broccoli, chopped or grated, stems
2 carrots, chopped or grated
2 celery ribs, chopped
1 teaspoon cornstarch plus 1 teaspoon flour

Steps:
Mash cooked potatoes with as much milk as you need to make them nice and creamy. Add some salt and pepper and a sprinkle of garlic powder.Heat the oil in a large pan and saute the garlic and onion over medium heat until soft and translucent. Add the broccoli, carrots, and celery and cook until veggies start to wilt.Add the broth and milk along with the cornstarch and flour. Let the mixture come to a boil, stirring frequently. Sauce will thicken up a bit. Season with salt and pepper if you need to. When all the vegetables are cooked, remove from heat.

Oil the a 8"x8" baking dish and spoon the vegetable mixture onto the bottom. Cover with the potatoes and smooth them down. Heat in oven for 10 minutes or so until top is slightly firm and onions are browned.

Ang Ku kueh

Pastry skin:
500g glutinous rice powder
1 orange sweet potato peeled, steamed and mashed.
6 tbsp sugar
6 tbsp oil
200ml cold water
200 ml warm water
1 pc of pandan leaf

Filling:
300g split mung beans, soaked overnight
5 tbsp sugar
3 tbsp oil


To prepare filling,steam mung beans over boiling water for 30 minutes. Combined steamed mung beans and oil in a pan and stir continuously over a medium heat until beans and sugar form a smooth texture and does not stick to hand. Set aside to cool


To make the pastry skin:Combine all the ingredients together and adding a small amount of water each time to knead until a smooth dough is obtained. Form dough into balls to fit the size of the mould.


Flatten a piece of dough to ½ cm thick with hand and put a ball of filling in the centre and wrap the pastry skin around the filling to cover it completely. Roll it lightly in the palms to smoothen the surface. Dust the mould lightly with glutinous rice powder and press the ball into the mould. Dislodge the uncooked angku from the mould by tapping the side of the mould on the table. Place the Angku on a lightly greased pandan leaf and steam over medium heat for 10-15 minutes