Fried Noodles

Randal requested for fried noodles for Saturday's lunch, thinking that the usual yellow noodle does have strong alkaline after taste, chose claypot noodle since I haven't eaten such noodle in fried version for a long time and also take this opportunity to practise fried noodle...

Ingredients:

The above amount of ingredients is enough for 2 pack of noodles, but I only cook one and half pack for my family..

claypot noodle

chopped garlics

eggs

minced chicken meat /pork

shredded carrot

beansprouts

slice fish cakes

Sauce:

1 tsp dark soy sauce

1tbsp oyster sauce

1 tsp sugar

1 1/2 cup water

1 tsp maggi concentrated chicken stock

 Method:
1) Heat some oil in wok, saute garlic till fragrant, add in fish cake and fry till it turn slight golden color, push the fish cake to aside, add in minced meat and stir fry till completely cook, add in the eggs and fry till half cook, break it into smaller pieces, add in shredded carrot and mix with the other ingredients.

2) Mix the sauce ingredients together, pour it into wok together with (1) ingredients, add in noodle the sauce should cover the noodle partially, cover the wok and let it simmer for a few min. Open cover and add in beansprouts, stir and mix the noodle to make sure the noodle are covered by the sauce, cover wok again.

3) After few min, open and stir the noodles to make sure the noodles are soften and sauce cooked dried , if not all noodles are soften, add a little water and let it simmer a while more. Dish and serve.

Handmade Noodle (Ban Mian)

Last weekend, I felt like cooking noodle or something else for a change instead of the usual porriage for lunch. So I attempt made some noodles with my new toy--noodle maker which my friend S bought for me sometime ago, the noodle texture is softer than the usual ban mian that's selling outside.

Ingredients:
Noodles:

500g plain flour
1tsp salt
1tbsp oil
240g water

Other ingredients:

Ikan billis

Mince meat - marinate with sesame oil, soy sauce, oyster sauce, pepper, corn flour

fish ball

carrot (slice)

Vegetables

2-2.5L stock

Method:
1. Mix plain flour with salt in mixer with dough hook, add in water and mix a while, add in oil and mix till the mixture becomes a smooth dough.

2. Rest the dough in a covered bowl for 1 hour. Use noodle maker and roll the dough into thin sheets first (no.7 and no. 5 on noodle maker) , then roll it into broad noodles. Dust with flour in between the process.

3. Boil stock with ikan billis, add in slice carrot and boil for a while, add in marinated mince pork, boil till pork floats, add in adequate amount of noodles and bring to boil, stir the noodle with chopstick to prevent it from sticking together, lastly add in fish ball boil till it floats and vegetables. Server immediately.

Yaki Soba

Have not cooked this noodle dish for a long time, so bought some yakisoba noodles and the yaki soba sauce from Isetan Scotts a couple of weeks ago and cooked this dish for breakfast that weekend.

Ingredients:

3 pack of noodles - Rinse

2 eggs

some mince pork

1/4 cabbage -shredded thinly

shredded carrot

1/3 bottle of yaki soba sauce

1-2 tbsp japanese cooking wine

Method:

Heat up wok, add 2 tbsp oil, fry the egg till half cooked and break it into smaller pieces, add in mince pork and fry till the pork is cooked, add in the vegetables, stir a while then add in yaki soba sauce and cooking wine follow by noodles. Stir fry the noodles for a few min, make sure the noodles are coated with the sauce evenly. Dish the noodle once its done(should be able to taste the sauce blend with the noodle) .

Simple Pasta

Last friday nite Kenny suggested to cook some pasta for dinner, which reminds me that I have yet to try chef yong's tomato sauce. I did bought the canned tomato and bay leaves some time ago after reading the recipe in one of the issue of last year's 色香味 magazine but didn't manage to cook it. I just cook the sauce and pour it on the pasta, Kenny suggested that should have added some meat but I prefer it this manner..simple, and not heavy to the stomach...nice.

Basic Tomato Sauce

Ingredients:

45g Tomato paste
400g Chopped can tomatoes, juice reserved (can use whole tomato from can to chop)
300ml Water
100ml Olive Oil
50g Onion- - finely chopped
50g Carrots- - finely chopped
50g Celery - - finely chopped
1 piece Bay Leaf
1 ½ tsp Salt
1 tsp Garlic - - finely chopped

Pasta -- half packet.


Preparation Method:

1. Heat the olive oil in a saucepan. Saute the garlic until fragrant and add in the onions, carrots, celery and bay leaf. Saute until fragrant.

2. Stir in the tomato paste and cook for 2 minutes until a bright red colour. (Use non-stick pan or heavy bottom pan otherwise will get burnt easily)

3. Pour in the chopped tomatoes, juice and water, bring to boil and simmer for 20 minutes. Season with salt.

4. Bring a big pot of water to boil, add in desire amount of pasta, boil for about 10min, drain away the water. Place the pasta in a bowl and set aside.

5. Scoop some pasta on a plate, scoop some tomato sauce on it and serve warm.

Mee Siam

On the 2nd day of CNY, my mum-in-law cooked mee siam, she have not cook it for a very long time, we missed it so much that we kept eating it throughout that day, we even brought home some for next day's breakfast. I forgot to take picture of the dish on the spot, only took picture of the dish the next morning, doesn't look as nice compare to freshly cook ones by still taste delicious.