Recipe Collection by Jes

This blogs contains recipes collections that I kept for my own easy reference if I were to repeat to cook any dishes.
All recipes are from my MOM, online source, others' sharing and recipe books.
I am not stealing any recipes (all source of recipe is included in each posting).
Some of the recipes has been modified based on my own taste preference.

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Roti Canai

Roti Canai
(make 8pcs)

Ingredients:
4 cups / 560g of flour
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 egg
1 cup water (warm/cold based on method)

Planta / butter

Methods:
1. Mix flour, sugar and salt.
2. Add in egg and water.
3. Make a dough (takes ard 20mins) until it doesnt stick on mixing bowl.
    (If mix using hand, add in warm water. If using machine, add in cold water)
4. Divide dough into 8 small pieces and roll into round shape.
5. Rub palm with planta and rub outer part of each dough.
6. Rest the dough for at least 2hrs. (or wrap and keep in fridge for overnight, and put on room temperature for at least 1hr)
7. Take 1 dough and press it flat using palm and let it rest for 3-4mins.
8. Slowly pull the dough to make it wider.
9. Fold into square shape.
10. In a pan, add in some butter and fry both sides until golden brown.

Source :

Another recipe:
salt
sugar
warm water
2 tbsp planta
3 tbsp cooking oil
1 egg yolk
1 kg flour

1. Mix salt and sugar in warm water until dissolve.
2. Mix planta, cooking oil and egg yolk with flour.
3. Add in with water bit by bit into the flour until it is not sticky.
4. Let it rest for 10mins.
5. Divide dough and make into small round shape.
6. Rub palm with planta and rub allo over the round dough.


Sugar Doughnuts

Sugar Doughnuts
甜甜圈
(make around 12pcs)

Ingredients A:
200g high protein flour / bread flour
50g low protein flour / pau flour
3g instant yeast
20g caster sugar
10g milk powder
1 egg - A size (60g)
120g milk / water
1/2 tsp salt

Ingredients B:
40g butter

Method:
1. Mix all ingredients to make it a dough.
2. Add in butter to make the dough smooth and strechable (no need to make it till shinning).
3. Rest the dough for 30-40mins. (it will become bigger and lighter)
4. Flatten the dough with rolling pin (8mm thickness).
5. Make doughnut shape with mould.
6. Rest the dough again for 40-50mins to let it become double the size.
7. Heat up a wok of oil (NOT too hot) and fry using medium heat until golden brown.
8. Remove and mix with sugar.

Source : Mom 

Yau Zhar Kwai

Yau Zhar Kwai
油条
(make around 30pcs of 15cm size)

Ingredients:
1 tbsp/15g double acting baking powder
1 tsp/5g salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
15g oil
1 egg
270 water (room temperature)
450g all purpose flour

Method:
1. Mix double acting baking powder, salt, baking soda, oil, egg and water and stir using chopsticks.
2. Pour in flour.
3. Wear a plastic glove and fold the flour and press down using back of hands till well corporated.
4. It is sticky, add some flour and keep pressing for around 5mins. (DO NOT over knead and add too much flour)
5. Drizzle some oil on top of dough (ard 1 tbsp) then coat all around the dough using you palm. (DO NOT press, just turn around).
6. Wrap the dough with cling film.
7. Keep in fridge for at least 8hours.
8. Remove from fridge and rest at room temperature for at least 2 hours.
9. Flour your working top with flour.
10. Flatten the dough using rolling pin for 5mm thickness.
11. Cut into rectangle shape with 3cm wide.
12. Lay one stripe on top of another.
13. Press a mark in the center.
14. Cover the dough.
15. Heat up oil to around 200c.
16. Hold the two ends, slightly press and pull the strips to around 18cm or according to your wok size.
17. Put into hot oil, keep turning and fry till golden brown. (REMEMBER to cover the dough while you are still frying)

Source : Long Yen (FB)
1. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=639384689975811
2. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=533156254011254
3. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=598698227387513

Saturday, April 11, 2020

Steamed Japanese Tofu with Minced Meat

Steamed Japanese Tofu with Minced Meat


Ingredients:
150g minced meat
2 japanese tofu
1 egg
1 tsp cooking wine
1 tbsp soy sauce
salt
1 tbsp steam fish soy sauce
1 tbsp sesame oil
spring onions

Method:
1. Marinade minced meat with cooking wine, soy sauce and salt and place in the center of a plate.
2. Clean, slice japanese tofu and place surrounding the meat.
3. Make a hole in the center and crack in an egg.
4. Steam over high heat for 10mins.
5. Top with steam fish soy sauce and sesame oil.
6. Garnish with chopped spring onions.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=836333026776511&id=448424225567395

Milo Cake

Milo Cake

Ingredients:
2 cups milo
4 eggs
2 tbsp condensed milk

Method:
1. Beat all the ingredients together until smooth.
2. Pour mixture into a glass bowl and steam for 1 hour.
3. Once done, you may top with some chocolate syrup and chocolate rice.


Source : https://www.facebook.com/angel.yang.39/posts/10213277305126922

Fried Fermented Beancurd Pork Belly

Fried Fermented Beancurd Pork Belly


Ingredients:
1.5kg pork belly
chopped garlic
fermented beancurd
1 tsp sugar
1.5 tsp salt
potato flour (地瓜粉)

Method:
1. Marinade pork belly with fermented beancurd, garlic, sugar and salt for at least 3 hours.
2. Coat pork belly with potato flour.
3. Deep fry for 15-20mins or until golden brown/cooked.
4. Remove and chop into small pieces.

Source : https://www.facebook.com/jessica.lean.58/posts/2568446646597322

Chawanmushi

Chawanmushi
日式茶碗蒸蛋

Ingredients:
2 eggs
4 prawns
1 mushroom (sliced)
cooking wine
salt
soy sauce
water (weight equals to two times of egg without shell)
parsley

Method:
1. Clean prawn and mix with cooking wine.
2. Break eggs, add in cooking wine, salt and soy sauce, and lastly water.
3. Sift egg twice and remove bubbles.
4. Put a prawn into a cup, pour in the egg mixture.
5. Cover cup with cover or plastic wrap.
6. Put into steaming wok, and start to time once you see the smoke from the wok for 8mins.
7. Remove cover/plastic wrap, top with mushroom slice and prawn, cover it back, and continue to steam for another 8mins.
8. Remove and decorate with parsley.

Source: https://www.goody25.com/mind783863?fbclid=IwAR0BAMscldXSEqg9SgHF6J3BARO-K0GDXP5BJWDg0NHmRMSOj2Z-Y_5qS9s

Hash Brown

Hash Brown

450g potatoes
4 tbsp cornflour/tapioca flour
1/4 tsp salt
black pepper

1. Clean potatoes, skinned and cut into small cubes.
2. Place in a steaming plates and steam over high heat for 15mins/cooked/soft.
3. Set aside and let it cool down.
4. Add in flour, salt and pepper.
5. Make the hash brown shape.
6. Fry until golden brown.

Source : https://www.facebook.com/clara1112/posts/10212971261995069

Mojito

Mojito Drinks

1.5l soda cream drink
1 can lychee
3 lemongrass (smashed)
half lemon (sliced)
25 dried plums

1. Mix all together.


Source : https://www.facebook.com/PenangMyHometown/posts/2285215908248769

Planting Beansprout


Ingredients
100g green beans
1.5 liter mineral water bottle

Method:
1. Put green beans into a container, pour in water to cover the beans.
2. Cover the container and soak green beans for at least 6 hours.
3. Cut the top part of bottle and make a few holes at the bottom to let excess water to flow out.
4. Green beans will become bigger and soft after soaking.
5. Remove beans and put into bottles, pour water in and let the water flow out.
6. Cover the bottle with a plastic bag and keep in dark place (inside cabinet).
7. Water them 2-3 times per day. You may shake the bottle so that every beans touch the water.
8. Keep back into cabinet right after watering.
9. Beansprout will be ready for cooking on 5th day.

Source : https://www.facebook.com/alicekyy.alice/posts/10158571558167080

Sunday, April 5, 2020

Green Bean Soup with Gula Melaka

Green Bean Soup with Gula Melaka

1. Cook green bean as usual.
2. Add in gula melaka when done.
3. Stir until gula melaka fully melted.

Source: Mom

Fried Sotong

Fried Sotong
香炸苏东

Ingredients:
360g Squid

Marinade:
1 tsp salt
1 tsp castor sugar
1/4tsp pepper
1/4tsp five spice powder
2 tsp curry powder
1 egg white
1 tbsp plain flour

corn flour

Method:
1. Clean squid and cut into small pieces.
2. Marinade and cover squid for at least 2 hours.
3. Coat with some corn flour and fry. Serve.

Source : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HJt888hEyU&list=UUEXHjN8teOmwGuOjBTmhB-g&index=88