Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Nyonya Mixed Vegetables ...with Chicken Ham....

Mixed vege... served with sambal belacan....wrapped in lettuce...

Nyonya mixed vege with chicken ham.................

i had been craving for some vege lately and today i drove to the wet market at 7.00 am....to buy many types of vege.....the vege seller must be wondering why i need so many veges in one day.....! To cook this dish adapted from Amy Beh's cookbook 3.......(a present from my 2 sons.).....i used....:-

Ingredients:-

3 leaves of chinese cabbage - sliced finely
1/2 yam beans - julienne
1/2 carrot -julienne
3 dried chinese mushroom - soaked and sliced finely
1/2 onion - sliced
1/2 stalk leeks - sliced at a slant
2 sliced chicken ham - shredded
1 tsp chopped ginger
1 tsp chopped garlic
2 tbsp oil
1/4 cupwater
some lettuce leaves for wrapping

Sauce:-

1 1/2 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tsp sugar
a dash of pepper
a dash of salt
1 tsp sesame oil


all the sliced ingredients..........................

Method:-

1. Fry garlic and ginger in hot oil til fragrant....
2. Add mushroom and ham to fry for a while....
3. Put in yam beans and carrots and pour in water...
3. Add in combined sauce and stir-fry til veg are soft....
4. Simmer for 8 to 10 mins...stirring occasionally....
5. Add cabbage, onion and leeks to stir-fry well to combine til gravy is slight dry.
6. Dish out and serve...wrapped in lettuce.....with sambal belacan....

Mother's Day present from sons.......i adapted the recipe to suit their meat lover's taste.............

4 comments:

New Kid on the Blog said...

That's very sweet of them.... a receipe book from sons.

Little Corner of Mine said...

This dish reminds me of the "mung kuan char" my mom used to make every CNY. So good!

daphne said...

this reminds me of "san chow bow"-lettuce wrapped mince and veges + peanuts! Whatever it is called, it looks so good and i certainly like eating with my hands! haha

Sweet Jasmine said...

new kid on the blog - ya.they want me to cook more yummy food for them...

little corner of mine - this is just like mung kuan char without the dried squid.....

daphne - nice of u to drop by...this is really good...and healthy...