Deep-Fried.... Butterfly ......Wantan................

My deep-fried butterfly wantan..................................

'Wantan' is made by wrapping mince meat and prawn mixture in a wantan wrapper made from flour. These meat dumplings can be cook in soup or deep-fried.....my children always like them deep-fried and eaten as finger food or with rice. There are many ways we can wrap a wantan......like in pouches or packets......but i always like to wrap it like the shape of a butterfly....that looks like it has wings......and when cook in soup the wings will flutter in the soup........First i would like to share with my readers the ingredients for making the wantan and the the method of wrapping the butterfly wantan...................

Ingredients:

20-30 pieces of wantan wrappers

100 g shelled prawns

100 g chicken meat (i use breast meat because it is more tender)

1 tbsp grated carrots ( chopped finely)

1 tbsp spring onion (sliced finely)

3 nos. water chestnut (can be replaced with yam beans or roughly chopped big onions

Seasoning ;

1/2 tbsp oyster sauce

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp sugar

a dash of pepper

l tsp chicken stock granules

1 tsp sesame oil

1 tsp cornflour

In a bowl mix together the chicken and prawn meat and add in seasoning....when well mix add in the chopped carrots, spring onions,and water chestnuts to the mixture and stir with a spoon til well combine. Put in the fridge to season for about 15 to 30 minutes.

The mixture of wantan fillings..............

The wantan wrappers................................................

Click the video below to see how I wrap my a butterfly wantan......................

First placed a teaspoon of the fillings in the centre of the wrapper....then fold over as showned....with the middle fingers of the right hand ....lightly pressed down the middle part of the triangular wantan and fold up both ends to overlap.....see video......

The wantan are then deep-fried in hot oil......on medium heat or else the wantan skin will be burnt before the filling is cooked.....When golden brown placed it on a kitchen towel to absorbed the oil before serving it with chilli sauce.......

Malaysian.....Kuih .....Bahulu....

Kuih Bahulu's mould................................

Fill the batter up to the surface level..................

Kuih Bahulu.........................................

This cute little kuih which is rather like a cake is popular not only among the Malays but also the Chinese and Indians. It is made from flour,sugar and eggs. As Hari Raya is just a few days away there are many stalls and shops selling kuih bahulu.

Yesterday Imade some kuih bahulu because a friend of mine...Carol... who has just moved to Dubai wanted to make it but could not get the recipe......so this is dedicated to her and also to all my muslim readers who wants to make it for their love ones for Hari Raya.........

Ingredients:

3 large eggs

175 g castor sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

175g plain flour

1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda

First I sifted the flour with the bicarbonate of soda and leave it aside. I then beat the eggs in an electric beater til frothy. sugar is then added slowly while beating the eggs til mixture is pale and thick. I then add in the vanilla essence and gently fold in the flour in 3 to 4 batches. Do not over mix. I then use a spoon to fill up the batter in a lightly greased kuih bahulu moulds. Fill up to the surface level.

Bake it in preheated oven at 200 degrees C for 12 - 15 minute or til golden brown. Removed the bahulu from moulds and cool on a rack before storing in container.

Happy cooking and i wish all my muslim readers SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDIL FITRI............

A Treat to Dinner at......Paddington House of Pancake......

The spring roll style pancake with grill chicken...mash potatoes, ham......

Pancakes with lovely sausages and pepperoni............................

The cute little dollar pancake that is the size of a 20 cents coin........with assorted vege........

i have heard so much about this pancake restaurant but i have not been to one yet.....and it so happen that i was chatting online with niece iris last friday and she told me she she is taking her mum out to dinner at QB PHOP.......and lucky me was also invited...........THANK YOU IRIS.....for a lovely dinner.

For those who loves pancakes this is the right place for you.....they have a lot of different menus to choose from......we took sometime looking at the menu and were lost for choice..everything looks so good........in the end we choose the above dishes.....i like the dollar pancake best..with those cute and tiny pancakes with mixture of fresh crispy salads and bits of ham....the pancakes were very fluffy and nice....

For more information on PHOP u can click.... http://paddingtonpancakes.com/

At present there is a promotion at the outlet at Queensbay PHOP.....at RM55.... you can order anything from the menu for two servings... ( for 2 persons)....but the portion served will be a bit smaller than the normal servings without promotion. it is value for money for those who are big eaters. i will ask my two sons to eat there....they always eat like they have not eaten for days......teenagers!

Even for normal servings like the above for 3 of us we could not finish the food.......cost only rm 60++

Frutti....tutti.... .fish............for.....Dinner.................

The frutti tutti fish...............( the colour of the dish match....the plate....given by sis. Karen)

We can use fruits in our cooking to enhance the colour and flavours of our food. Since my

children do not like to eat vege i often add fruits in my cooking.

Yesterday, i cook this fish with some kiwi and pineapple for the sauce. Actually, hubby and sons do not really like fish....worst still....son#1 hates fish with bones. So in order to make them at least eat some of this whole fish which is too expensive to be thrown away....(cost rm 13 per fish) i have to camouflage the fish with fruits................

My ingredients:

One whole red snapper

1/2 nos big onions (diced into cubes)

1/2 red cillis (cubed)

2 nos garlic ( sliced)

Canned pineapple (cubed)

Kiwi fruit (cubed)

honey

cornflour mixture (1 tsp cornflour mix with 2 tbsp water)

The fried fish.............................................

The ingredients for the sauce............................

First i seasoned the fish with salt and pepper....then fried it in oil. Leave aside. To make the sauce i fried the garlic and onions in a little oil til soft.Then i pour in a litte pineapple juice from the canned pineapple i used. Add a little water if it is too dry. Then put in all the fruits to mix and add a litte honey if you like it sweet or some lemon juice if you prefer a tangy taste to the sauce. Then pour in the cornflour mixture to thicken. Do not overcook the fruits...for it will lose its valuable vitamins. Just pour the sauce over the fish and serve it immediately.

From Gas Stove....to.....Halogen....Stove.....

Recently I bought a stove that uses halogen bulbs (2 nos.) for heating to replace my gas stove....

The reasons i change to this wonderful stove is because:

1. The flames in my gas stove always gets flicker out whenever there is strong wind blowing through the windows.....( my stove is near the windows)....cannot close windows while cooking because it will be hot in the kitchen...in the apartment. Isn't it dangerous with the gas leaking...and as my brother-in-law PL says...the gas tank is like a bomb. at home...you never know when it is going to explode! He is the one who introduce me to this stove ....he bought another one after he finds out the first one he bought earlier very funtional and power saving too.

2. No need to wait for hours for the gas man to deliver whenever i run out of gas....so fustrating when yr food is half cook when this happens and the gas man will tell you i can only deliver after my lunch okay??...


3. No need to scrub the black soot from my pots and pans anymore....this stove does not leave any mark on the utensils used.


4. No more keeping an eye on your cooking....it has a digital timer for you to set time of cooking with different levels (6) of heating power.It has auto overheat protection and auto turning off funtion....therefore very safe to use.

5. I can stirfry, slowcook, steam and even barbecue my food on this stove.....

All my problems solved with the new stove.........................

The cooker lighting up............everything is digital.......just a touch of the button..

The utensils that comes with the stove which they say is ' free gift '............

1. The ceramic flat bottom non-stick wok .........cost rm 300++ on sale outside.....verdict...very useful.
2. The non-stick plate for grilling and barbecue..........
3. The steel rim for cooking with round bottom pots or wok......
4. The 3-way pot heat proof which is not included as free gift ...which i bargain for to be included as free gift...( they use it in their demo)

I am not promoting this product...but just sharing my experience and opinions....any further questions regarding this product will be welcome....happy cooking to my readers...

Mooncake... recycle.....into.......pancake.....!

My remaining mooncakes still waiting to be eaten................

It has been nearly a week since the mooncake festival. As usual there will always be some left over mooncakes lying around that nobody wants to eat anymore...
so instead of letting the mooncake go to waste i decided to recycle it into little pandan flavoured pancakes. To make the dough, i blended some pandan leaves and strained the juice in a muslin cloth. In a bowl, i mixed 4 to 5 tablespoon of flour with some hot boiling water(i add the pandan juice to the hot water first) to make a soft dough. Press it to mix with a metal spoon because the dough will be very hot.The dough will be half cook by then and put it on a lightly floured table and knead it till smooth. Then i flatten it with a rolling pin to about 1/2cm thick.

The flatten dough..............................

On top of the flatten dough i spread some mooncake fillings (i discard the outer layer beforehand) to cover thinly over the dough.

The flatten dough with the mooncake fillings spread............................

Then i placed another layer of flattened dough on top . I then press and roll lightly the dough with a rolling pin to flatten it. i used a round cutter to cut it into little round shaped pancakes..you can use a knife to cut it into any shape you want if you do not have any cookie cutter.The cut out little pancakes.............

Then i heated a pan and placed the little pancake to lightly pan fried without oil on a slow heat til cooked on both sides. The pan-fried delicious pancakes..............!

These little pancake seems to disappear faster than the mooncake! Try it ...if you have left over mooncakes..Be creative in the flavours....!