Quiche Lorraine by yogurt

Have you ever thought of baking a Quiche that is less guilt? Yes, I just did it. (Giggle) I substitute the sour cream with yogurt. All you need to do is to strained the yogurt or you may use Greek yogurt because yogurt contains more water than sour cream. You may need to eliminate the excessive water provided to bake a nice quiche.

Ingredients

Puff pastry to cover the base and side of the baking bowl (9inch of diameter)

100 gm Prawn chunks size

2/3 cup yogurt (Greek style)

2 Eggs

1 cup Mozzarella Cheese (grated)

6 Cherry tomato Slices

Salt & Pepper to taste

Oregano & Parsley

Method

1.  Line puff pastry at the base and side of the oven proof baking bowl.

2. Pre-bake them in a 160°C Oven for 8 minutes. You don't want to toast them brown, just light yellow.

3. Cut the prawn . Marinate them with salt & pepper. Precook the seafood, to avoid sogginess when baking because seafood then to release liquid when cooking.

4. Mix Greek Yogurt & Eggs together, whisk them well and add salt & pepper to taste.

5. Take out the baking bowl, the puff pastry is slightly puffed by now. Pour 1/2 of the egg & yogurt mixture on top of the puff pastry. Then followed by prawn & 1/2 cup cheese. Then put all of the remaining of the mixture. Place sliced tomato nicely and lastly distribute all the remaining cheese.

6. Bake for 30 minutes. Use a sharp knife, cut the middle of the quiche, if knife comes out dry then your quiche is done. 

Lentil Fish Flakes Soup

Lentils is very nutritional and tasty, and that's why I have started to fall in love with it and will try out more recipes with lentils. 

I added some oregano in it and it tastes even better and brings out the lentils aroma.

Ingredients

1/2 cup lentil (soak for 10mins)

2 cup water

Some chopped onion

Some butter 

1/2 cup cooked rice

White Fish (marinate with some soya sauce, fried and press till flaky)

Method

1) Melt butter in saucepan, add in inion and drained lentils. Stir for 2-3 minutes.

2) Add water, when boiling turn flame to low. Keep boiling for 15-20minutes or lentils are soft. 

3) Add in rice and transfer everything to food processor and blend till

Smooth.

4) Serve with fish flakes.

Crunchy Caramel Almond

When Chinese New Year is around the corner, baking is something you will not missed out. As time come closer, I feel like making more varieties, but too bad I have only a pair of hands, and good thing is Iven and Olivia would spare me their halpng hands on the weekends. Love You guys..

Ingredients 

1 packet of 800gm Florentine Sugar 

1 packet of 1kg Almond Flakes

Line baking tray with pachment paper. Distribute Florentine & almond flakes evenly as shown.

Bake for 15 minutes or till golden brown.

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You may cut them into desired size while hot or you may leave it cold and just cracked it into pieces.

Tofu Patty

I would like my kids to have balance diet and try to include different varieties into their meals. And tofu is one of the key ingredient of my kids meals, they are nutritious and easy to eat.

Even my 2 year old toddler can't wait to try them.

Ingredients

3/4 stick of Japanese tofu

100gm ground meat (chicken)

2 tbsp shredded carrot

11/2 tsp Soya sauce (to taste)

2 tbsp Breadcrumbs

1/2 tsp 5 Chinese Spice

Methods 

1) Mash tofu then mix all ingredients in a bowl. 

2) Preheat a non stick pan. Scoop the mixture and place in the pan. Lightly press the mixture so it's flatten a little.

3) Turn patty after 2 minutes and repeat this steps for a fee times until the surface turn light golden brown.

Fish Cake

I love to use potato as my ingredient for my kids. They love potato very much because it goes well with fish, cheese and even poultry. 

I always wanted to encourage my kids to eat more fish and vegetables, so I added some chopped spinach in this recipe.

Ingredients

200 gm White fish

200 gm potato

1/4 cup chopped Spinach

1/2 cup Bread crumbs

Dash of Oregano 

Salt to taste

Methods

1) Steam fish and potato till cook. Normally fish cooked faster than potato, I estimated 5minutes for 200gm of fish and 20minutes for potato.

2) Put everything (except breadcrumbs) into food processor and blend till soft.

3) Scoop out potato and fish, Mic in bread crumb.

4) Using a non stick pan, add some cooking oil. When the pan is heated, scoop the paste with ice cream scoop and place them in the pan. Slightly press it. Turn the cake after 5minutes. When both sides are brown. Set aside and ready to serve.

Cantonese Style Yee Mee (广府伊面)

One day my husband asked if I know how to cook "cantonese style" Yee Mee cause he said he would like to have it for dinner. It is very simple to prepare, all

you need is to get the gravy right. 

I bought Fried Egg Noodle/Yee Mee from the Chinese grocery store. Yee Mee has been pre fried so it is crunchy but once you soak it in the soup it will get soften. My children love it so much.

Ingredients

2 pieces round

4 cups water

2 fish cakes

4 fried fu chuk

3 luncheon meats

6 pieces fish paste (yue wat)

2 tbsp oyster sauce

2 eggs (beaten)

4 cloves garlic (minced)

2 tbsp starch water (tapioca flr + 4tbsp water)

1cup vegetables of your choice, I use lettuce (chopped)

Salt to taste

Methods

1) Cut fish cakes and fu chuk, set aside.

2) Pre heat saucepan with cooking oil, fried garlic till light yellow, add in water and oyster sauce. Cover lid, bring to boil.

3) Put in fish paste, when fish paste float to top add in fish cakes, fu chuk, noodle. Lastly add in beaten egg, keep stiring with fork so it looks like fine egg drops. Add vegetables, salt to taste and stir in starch, till it's thicken.

4) You may fried luncheon meat and serve it on top of the noodle, don't soak in soup to prevent sogginess.

Peanut Cookie (花生曲奇）

Peanut Cookie

Peanut cookie is an all time favourite cookie that never fail. I could still remember how good the peanut smell is. Once we open the lid of the peanut cookie's container the smell just rush out and filled the room.

This year, I planned to bake some peanut cookies for Chinese New Year and all I could recall is my Aunt (kao mou) that baked fantastic cookies every year. She gave her all tine recipes which I guess it aged more than 30 years. This is GOLD.. Haha

The ingredients and steps are so easy that took me less than 2 hours for 2 big trays, ended up with 5 dozens of cookies.

My shapes are a little out, the peanut cookies look like the adopted "tau sa piah" but don't judge the book by its cover. They taste really good..

Let's try..

Ingredients

280g Icing Sugar

300g All Purpose Flour

300g Finely Ground Peanuts

1Cup Sunflower Oil

1egg (to wash)

Methods

1) Roast peanuts, remove the skin then ground them with blender till fine.

2) Mix all dry ingredient is a big bowl. Gradually add in oil. Mix well.

3) Line 2 trays with parchment paper. Scoop dough into balls and space them apart. 

4) Brush egg wash on top of each dough.

5) Bake in a pre-heated oven at 190 degree for 12-15minutes.

Melting Moments (butter cookie)

 

Chinese New Year is around the corner, I mean it's really near us. And what we normally do is baking cookies and cakes for this festive season. Chinese loves sweet tooth, and I still remember how our grandma, mummy and aunties busy working in the kitchen hands in hands bake great yummy cookies.

And this year, nonetheless, I will be baking some precious cookies with my princess. We always have passion for buttery cookies and know what? I have got this recipe for Butter Cookie that melt in your mouth! Yes, melt in your mouth.. no kidding haha..

The steps are as simple and ABC too...

Ingredients (Makes 64 Cookies)

1½Cups Salted Butter, Softenen 
¾ Icing Sugar
½ tsp Vanilla Extract
2¼ All Purpose Flour
⅓ Cups Tapioca Flour
½ Cups chopped candied Cherries
1 Cup Hershey's Chocolate Chips

Methods
1) Pre heat Oven at 190 ºC. Line 2 large baking trays of Parchment Papers.
2) Place Sugar and Butter in a large bowl, beat in medium speed till fluffy and soft. The beat in Vanilla Extract. Sift in the flour and tapioca starch, mix well.
3) Add in chopped candied cherries and stir well. Spoon the batter into a pipping bag fitted with a star tip pipe (or any shapes u like). Start pipping on the parchment, space well apart.
4) Lastly place a chocolate chip in the middle of each dough.
5) Bake in the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes or till golden.

My best helaper, Olivia. All geared up..

Topped each piped batter with a chocolate chip

Braised Soya Chicken Legs

Ingredients:-

1) 2 chicken legs (kampung chicken)

2) 3 tbsp Dark Soya sauce

3) 3 tbsp Light Soya sauce

4) 1 tbsp Oyster sauce

5) 1/2 cup water

6) 1 medium garlic (cut ring)

7) 2 tsp chopped garlic

Methods:-

1) Pre heat non stick pan with some cooking oil. Add in chopped garlic, stir well. Do not over cooked. After 1 minute or you smell the aroma, add in legs. Adjust the flame to the lowest.

2) Add in all of the remaining marinate, water and onions. Close lid and let it cook for 40minutes, turn the legs after 20minutes. Turn of flames and keep lid close for another 10minutes.