Lentil Cauliflower Millet Soup

Lentil, cauliflower and millet have been the staple food in my kitchen. Whenever the kids asked for this comfort food, I can straight away made it for them. Thus is very simple, I always mix and match these ingredients with pumpkin, potato or  spinach if you like.

Both Os finished fast today. Nothing could be more rewarding than seeing 2 empty bowls of soup.

I normally soaked beans before cooking them just to cut down the cooking time. And it worked! And Mcvite's digestive biscuit made a great pairing as well. Kids dip the biscuit in the soup or cracked it and sprinkle right on the surface. Yummy!

Ingredients

2 cups Lentils - wash and soak with water for 15min

1 cup Millets

11/2 cup Cauliflowers 

2 cloves of garlic - crashed 

4 cups Water

Salt to taste 

Dried Thyme

Methods

1. Drain lentil, millet  & cauliflower then send aside.

2. Use a deep saucepan, preheat with oil. Fry chopped garlic till aromatic add in lentil, millet and cauliflower stir fried till you smell the aromas. Add water. When boiling turn the flame to low, keep cooking for 30minutes. Please make sure the water level is not dried up. If the water is at the same level as the solid then u may off the fire of the stove. Let it cool down then transfer to the good processor and blend till smooth.

3. Transfer back to saucepan and turn on low flame add salt & herbs to taste.

Pan Fried Meat Patty with Cuttlefish 煎鱿魚豬肉餅

Pan Fried Meat Patty with Cuttlefish 煎鱿魚豬肉餅

I'm a Hakka and growing up with my grand parents were such an honored because I could speak fluent Hakka Dialect and had enjoy so much yummy Hakka Cuisine since we were young. We Hakka loves pork very much especially 'Fat Pork' 肥猪肉 that would not be missed in most of our dinners.

And today, I was trying out this dish for the very first time, Pan Fried Meat Patty with Cuttlefish 煎鱿魚豬肉餅. It's a very simple dish that requires only pork & cuttlefish. When I served this during dinner tonight, it was finished like hot cakes and hubby said it tasted so "Homely" 家的味道 probably because we hardly get to eat this simple dish outside.Or this patty really taste good (laughing)

Ingredients

11/2 cup Mince pork (I used the combination of  fat & lean)

1/2 cup Dried cuttlefish (You can find it at local grocery shop)

- soak the dried cuttlefish for 1 hour or 30 minutes with some water to soften it before cutting them into small pieces.

1/4 cup Breadcrumbs

2 tbsp Flour

2 tbsp Water (I used water I used to soak the dried cuttlefish)

Salt to taste (approximately 1 tsp)

- you might not need to put some much salt as the cuttlefish are salty.

Methods 

1. Mix the pork, dried cuttlefish that has been cut into small pieces, water (I used water that used to soaked the dried cuttlefish), flour, breadcrumbs and salt well.

2. Heat the pan with some cooking oil. Move the pan around so the oil could cover most of the pan's surface.

3. I molded the patty into round with spoon or if you prefer hand. Then slowly put it into the pan. Use the flat ladle to slightly press in down into a flat patty. My patty is about 2cm thick or if you might want to have a thinner patty then you have to press it flatter. I like mine slightly thicker so that the inside of the patty is moist and juicy.

4. Pan fried both side for 3 minutes and turn the flame to high and pan fried both sides for 1 minute to achieve the crispy-skin.

5. Set aside and cut it into desire shapes when its not hot.

6. Serve with white rice.