14/04/2010 Dinner

Lotus Root Soup

Ingredients :-

1) Lotus Root
2) Red Dates
3) Dried squid
4) Raw Peanuts
5) Honey Dates
6) Pork ribs and chicken ribs

Method -

1) 1. Blanch pork ribs in boiling water for about 5 minutes, to remove the scum so that you have clear soup later.

2) Preparation of soup is the easiest. Aft you have blanch the ribs Throw everything in the pot of water and let it boil. Simple right?!! For best results, let the water come to a boil for 20 mins and then only lower the fire (simmer) and boil for another 2 hours.



Fried Ginger with pork

Ingredients
4 Ginger, sliced thinly
2 cloves Garlic, finely chopped
150g Pork (preferred tenderloin), thinly sliced
4 Spring onions cut to 2-inch lengths)
2 tbsp Oyster sauce
4 tbsp of water
1 tbsp Chinese cooking wine (Shaoxing)(optional)
1 tbsp of corn starch to mix with water
pepper

Method
1. Mix oyster sauce and water together and leave it aside
1. Fry the ginger, then garlic and pork until the pork is browned.
2. Add in the mixture sauce, pepper and fry for a couple of minutes. (not too long)
3. Add in spring onion.
4. Mix in the corn starch to make the sauce thick (do not make it too thick)



Steam Fish

Ingredients:
1 Ginger sliced thinly
1/2 rice bowl of Soya Sauce
1 rice bowl of water
2 tbsp of sugar
2 tbsp cooking oil
2 cod fish

Method:
1) Mix soya sauce, water, sugar together and bring it to boil(taste to make sure that is not too salty, if too salty add some more sugar)
2) Stir fry ginger with 2 tbsp of cooking oil till the ginger turn brown (not burn)
3) Steam cod fish
4) When the fish is cook pour the mixture onto the fish and put the ginger on top together with the oil.
5) Serve it while hot!