Sweet Rice Cake

 

This is the one of the tradition food for Chinese New Year. Of course you can make it any time you want to.

I learned this from a friend who came from Fujian Providence, so I call it ‘Fujian Rice Cake’ sometimes.

Ingredients:

rice flour, sweet rice flour, sugar.

Methods:

1. Mix rice flour and sweet rice flour as 1:3.

The one in red print is rice flour, and the one in green is sweet rice flour.

2. Add sugar to your taste.

3. Add water, slowly, stir as you add water. Just add enough to wet the flour.

It’s not going to be a dough, it’s going to be smooth batter.

4. Pour the mixture into a steamable container.

I used a glass lunch box.

5. Steam for about 30 minutes. Let it sit until it’s cool, then freeze to colder.

6. Slice rice cake into 1/4 inch slice.

7. Heat up the skillet on medium heat, add oil.

To fry rice cake, you’ll need more oil. Of course, you can always add more if you need to.

8. Lay rice cake slices into skillet, set them apart.

Slices will be very sticky when they get hot.

9. Flip when bottom turn golden brown.

10. They are ready to serve when both sides turn golden brown.

11. Serve hot.

 

午餐肉炒菜椒

 

午餐肉是我最近的懒人菜。因为午餐肉切起来比较容易,而且也节省时间。

材料:

菜椒,午餐肉,洋葱

调味料:蒜,醋,酱油,盐,糖,淀粉,蚝油,香油

步骤:

1. 蒜切末,午餐肉,洋葱,菜椒切条。

2. 一勺淀粉加少许凉水混匀,加入蚝油,醋和酱油,拌匀。

3. 炒锅倒油烧热,中大火,把午餐肉,洋葱,菜椒倒入锅煸炒到菜椒略微变软。

4. 把切好的蒜末倒进锅,炒出蒜香,然后加入盐和一点点糖,炒匀。

5. 把淀粉糊搅拌均匀,倒进锅,快速煸炒,直到淀粉糊成熟变成浓稠的酱汁。

6. 滴几滴香油进锅,炒匀即可。

 

 

 

 

Stir Fry Bell Pepper with Onion and Spam

 

 

My mon has problem biting regular meat, so I tried to cook processed meat instead of regular meat for her. Spam is one of the kind I use often.

Ingredients:

bell pepper, onion, spam

seasoning: garlic, corn starch, vinegar, soybean sauce, sesame oil, salt, sugar.

Methods:

1. Chop bell pepper, onion and spam into sticks.

2. Chop garlic into small pieces.

3. Mix one teaspoon corn starch with little bit cold water, add vinegar and soybean sauce into mixture.

4. Heat up skillet on medium high heat, add oil. Add bell pepper, onion and spam into skillet, stir constantly.

5. When bell pepper and onion get little tender, add garlic into skillet.

6. When you can smell garlic is cooking, pour corn starch mixture into skillet, stir quickly.

7. Add several drops of sesame oil, stir well.