Friday 20 January 2017

Spicy Beef ball soup with silken tofu



Spicy Beef ball soup with silken tofu
Spicy Beef ball soup with silken tofu
Today I am going to make a spicy soup with beef balls together with silken tofu which is uncommon. Beef is a red meat. We do not consume often as chicken. I have written many chicken recipes. To make a difference I tried beef ball with silken tofu.


                                      Recipe summary
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                     Spicy Beef ball soup with silken tofu

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes

Serves: 3

1. In a large pan heat 2 table spoon of oil. When the oil is hot, reduce the heat to low and add 150 grams onion, coarsely chopped and fry for 5 minutes.

2.Add 4 cloves garlic, sliced and 20 grams ginger, finely Add garlic and ginger fry for 1 minute, 

3.Add 100 grams celery and fry for 5 minutes. 
Ingredients
Ingredients


4.Add 1 tsp broken chili flakes and fry for 1 minute.

5.Add 250 grams beef balls and stir fry for 3 minutes.

6.Add 150 grams cabbage pieces and fry for 5 minutes.



7.Add 1 cup chicken stock  stock and 2 cups of water. Bring to the boil in high heat.
 Crushed cumin and pepper Crushed cumin and pepper
Crushed Cumin and pepper corns
.crushed chili flakes

8.Add ½ tsp salt, crushed cumin and pepper powder crushed together from ½ tsp cumin seeds  ½ tsp pepper and cook for 5 minutes. You can crush pepper and cumin in a mortar and pestle or grinder coarsely.

9. Add 200 grams silken tofu and oyster sauce. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 5 minutes.  
Spicy Beef ball soup 
with silken tofu

10. Add 1 tbsp soy sauce.

11.Add 1 tbsp oyster sauce. 

12. Add 1 tbsp corn starch, dissolved in 3 tbsp water and stir.

13. sprinkle a few coriander leaves.

The beef ball soup is ready. Serve while it s still hot.

Spicy Beef ball soup with silken tofu is ready.
                     Recipe follows in detail with pictures.


Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes
Serves: 3

Ingredients
Main
250 grams beef balls (store bought)
150 grams cabbage, cut into large pieces
100 grams celery
200 grams silken tofu
Spices
½ tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp broken chili flakes
½ tsp cumin and pepper powder
Others
150 grams onion, coarsely chopped
4 cloves garlic, sliced
20 grams ginger, finely chopped
1 tbsp corn starch, dissolved in 3 tbsp water
1 cup chicken stock
2 cups water
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
½ tsp salt
2 tbsp vegetable oil
 Crushed cumin and pepper Crushed cumin and pepper
Crushed cumin and pepper and crushed dried chili flakes

Silken tofu
Silken tofu

corn starch
Corn starch
Ingredients
Ingredients
Method
In a large pan heat 2 table spoon of oil. When the oil is hot, reduce the heat to low and add onion and fry for 5 minutes.
Adding onion.
Adding onion.
 Add garlic and ginger fry for 1 minute.
Adding garlic and ginger
Adding garlic and ginger
 Add celery and fry for 5 minutes. 
Adding celery
Adding celery
Add broken chili flakes, and fry for one minute. 
Adding chili flakes
Adding chili flakes
Add beef balls and fry for 3 minutes.
Adding beef balls
Adding beef balls 
Stir frying beef ball
Stir frying beef ball
Add cabbage pieces stir fry for 1 minute.
Adding cabbage
Adding cabbage
 Add chicken stock and 2 cups water. Bring to the boil in high heat.
Adding chicken stock
Adding chicken stock
Add salt, crushed cumin and pepper powder and cook for 5 minutes. You can crush pepper and cumin in a mortar and pestle or grinder coarsely.
Adding ground cumin and pepper
Adding ground cumin and pepper
 Add silken tofu.
Adding tofu
Adding tofu
 Reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 10 minutes.

Add soy sauce.
Adding soy sauce
Adding soy sauce
   Add oyster sauce.
Adding oyster sauce
Adding oyster sauce
Add corn starch.


Adding corn starch
Adding corn starch
Add coriander leaves.
Adding coriander leaves
Adding coriander leaves
The beef ball soup is ready. Serve while it s still hot.


Spicy Beef ball soup with silken tofu
Spicy Beef ball soup with silken tofu









































Friday 13 January 2017

Mild Young chicken stew with vegetables and canned soup


Mild Young chicken stew with vegetables and canned soup
Mild Young chicken stew with vegetables and canned soup
 There are many regional variations of stew. I used a 6 weeks old young chicken. I added some rice to the stew. It is a one-dish meal. This is an easy recipe and takes very little time.
                             

                                     Recipe summary
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       Mild Young chicken stew with vegetables and canned soup

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves:4

1.Marinate  cleaned 1 kg chicken with 1/2 tsp turmeric 1/2 tsp  salt   1 tsp pepper mix  1 tbsp white flour.

2. Peel and cut 150 gram potato, and 150 grams carrot into bite size pieces.

3. Clean 100 grams asparagus and remove the hard part.
Celery,potato,carrot,asparagus,
ginger,garlic,onion.

4. clean and cut 100 grams celery into bite size pieces.


5.In a large stock pot or a pan add 3 tbsp oil and heat it up. Reduce the heat to medium add the chicken and fry for 5 minutes. Remove and keep aside.  

6. Add the 150 grans chopped onions and saute for 5 minutes.

7. Add chopped 4 cloves garlic and finely cut 15 grams ginger and fry for a minute.

8. Add 1 tsp fennel seeds and fry for a minute.

 9. Add carrots, potatoes, asparagus,and celery  and saute for 3 minutes. 

Mild Young chicken stew with vegetables and canned soup
Mild Young chicken stew 
with vegetables and canned soup


10. Add the fried chicken and mix well.

11. Add the 2 cups chicken broth, 750 ml water and cover. Bring to  boil and simmer for 10 minutes  to cook chicken and vegetables. 

12. Add 2 cups cooked rice and simmer for 5 minutes. 

13.  Add the canned country style mushroom chicken soup and simmer for another 3 minutes. Taste for seasoning and adjust. 

Mild Young chicken stew with vegetables and canned soup is                                                ready.
                    Recipe follows in detail with pictures.

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves:4

Ingredients
Main
1 kg spring chicken, cut into bite size pieces with bones
150 grams potatoes, peeled and cut into bite size pieces
150 grams carrots,  peeled and cut into bite size pieces
100 grams celery, cut into bite size pieces
100 grams asparagus

Others
150 grams shallots or red onion, peeled whole
4 cloves of garlic, sliced
15 grams ginger, finely diced
2 cups cooked rice
1 can Campbell cream of mushroom soup (optional)
2 cups chicken broth
3 tbsp oil
1/2 tsp salt
750 ml  water
1 tbsp all purpose flour
Spices
1 tsp pepper powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp fennel seeds

  Celery,potato,carrot,asparagus, ginger,garlic,onion.
Celery,potato,carrot,asparagus,ginger,garlic,onion.
Preparation
Marinate chicken with turmeric salt pepper mix white flour


Chicken pieces
Chicken pieces
Marination for chicken
Marination for chicken
dding flour
Adding flour
Cut potato,carrot into bite size pieces
Clean asparagus

Method

In a large stock pot or a pan add the oil and heat it up. Reduce the heat to medium add the chicken and fry for 5 minutes. Remove and keep aside
stir frying flour coated chicken
stir frying flour coated chicken
Add the onions and saute for 5 minutes.
Adding d the onions
Adding  the onions 
cand fry for a minute.
Adding ginger and garlic
Adding ginger and garlic
Add fennel seeds and fry for a minute.
Add fennel seeds
Add fennel seeds 
Add carrots,potatoes, asparagus,and celery  and saute for 3 minutes. 
Add carrots,potatoes, asparagus,and celery
Add carrots,potatoes, asparagus,and celery 
Frying vegetables
Frying vegetables


Add the fried chicken and mix well.
Add the  fried chicken
Add the fried chicken
Add the stock, water and cover.
Chicken stock
Chicken stock
Cover and bring to boil
Cover and bring to boil
 Bring to  boil and simmer for 10 minutes  to cook chicken and vegetables. 
Simmer
Simmer
Add rice simmer for 5 minutes. 
Adding rice
Adding rice
Soup is almost ready
Soup is almost ready


Add the canned soup and simmer for another 3 minutes.
Canned soup
Canned soup
Adding the canned soup
Adding the canned soup

 Taste for seasoning and adjust. 
Mild Young chicken stew with vegetables and canned soup is ready
Mild Young chicken stew with vegetables and canned soup is ready
The stew is ready.


Mild Young chicken stew with vegetables and canned soup
Mild Young chicken stew with vegetables and canned soup

Sunday 8 January 2017

Fried egg noodles with chicken and bok choy


Fried egg noodles with chicken and bok choy

            Fried egg noodles with chicken and Bok choy

Today I am going to use egg noodles for my dish.Egg noodles are different in taste from  Maggie noodles. 


                                          Recipe summary
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                    Fried egg noodles with chicken and Bok choy

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes

Serves:3


marinated chicken
Marinated chicken


1.Cut the 300 grams chicken breast into bite size pieces. Coat with 1 teaspoon chili powder,  ½ tsp turmeric powder,  ½ tsp salt Keep it aside for 20 minutes,

2.Boil 240 grams noodles in water for three minutes. Drain and set aside.

Bok choy,,capsicum,onion,garlic and green chili
Bok choy,capsicum, onion
garlic and green chili

3.Heat 2 Tbsp oil vegetable in a pan. When it is hot reduce the heat to medium and add 150 grams onion and 30 grans green chili and saute for 5 minutes.

4.Add  4 cloves garlic and  Saute for 2 minutes. 


5.Add crushed 1 Tb spoon crushed chili flakes and stir. 

Fried egg noodles 
with
chicken and Bok choy



6.Add chicken and saute for 10 minutes. 

7. Add 1 cup chicken stock  Bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes or till the chicken is cooked.

8.  Add 150 grams Bok choy and saute for two minutes.

9. Add 100 grams capsicum and stir.

10. Add the noodles, 1 Tbsp light soy sauce, 1 Tbsp fish sauce and salt  and stir well and cook for 2 minutes.


    Fried egg noodles with chicken and Bok choy is ready.

                  Recipe follows in detail with pictures.


Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves:3

Ingredients
Main
300 grams chicken breast
240 grams egg noodles (dry) in packet
Spices
Egg noodles
Egg noodles
1 tbsp crushed chili
Sauces
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp fish sauce
Marinate for chicken
1 teaspoon chili powder
½ tsp turmeric powder
½ tsp salt
Others
150 grams onion, coarsely chopped
100 grams red capsicum (bell pepper), sliced thin
150 grams bok choy chopped
4 cloves garlic, sliced
30 grams  green chili, cut into small pieces
½ tsp salt
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 cup chicken stock
Bok choy,,capsicum,onion,garlic and green chili
Bok choy,capsicum,onion,garlic and green chili

Preparation
Cut the chicken breast into bite size pieces. Coat with chili powder, turmeric powder ans salt. Keep it aside for 20 minutes,
marinated chicken
Marinated chicken

Boil the noodles in water for three minutes. Drain and set aside.

Method
In a large pan or a wok heat the oil. When the oil is hot reduce the heat to medium and add onion and saute for 5 minutes or until it becomes translucent.  Add green chili.
Frying onion and chili
Frying onion and chili
Add  garlic and  Saute for 2 minutes. Add crushed chili flakes and stir.
Adding crushed chili flakes
Adding crushed chili
 Add chicken and saute for 10 minutes. 
Adding chicken
Adding chicken


Add chicken stock.  Bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
Adding  chicken stock
Adding  chicken stock
chicken stock
chicken stock

 Add bok choy and saute for two minutes.
Adding bok choy
Adding bok choy

Add capsicum and stir.
Adding capsicum
                                        Adding capsicum
stirring together with capsicum
stirring together with capsicum

Add the noodles, light soy sauce, fish sauce and salt  and stir well and cook for 2 minutes.
      Adding noodles
                                       Adding noodles

That is it. This one dish meal is ready. Serve while it is warm.

Fried egg noodles with chicken and bok choy
Fried egg noodles with chicken and bok choy