BLACK HAIR HERBAL TONIC

Black Hair Herbal Tonic

is nice to drink as a soup, nice & sweet!

It is good if you want a thicker, black and shiny hair!

To me, it doesn't really matters whether it helps or not, 

the soup is nice to drink!

It is boiled with the following

'BLACK' ingredients:

Black Hair Herbal Tonic

Herbs:

20g Heshouwu

50g black beans, soaked

3 black date or red dates, halved

1-2 dried mushrooms, soaked & cleaned

15g black fungus, soaked & cut smaller

3 longan

20g wolfberry

Either: 1/4 kampong chicken or

            1 black chicken or

            300g spare ribs

1 litre or more boiling water

Method:

1) All herbs, except wolfberry, into the slow cooker

2) pour in 1 litre (or more) boiling water

3) slow cook on 'HIGH'

4) when boiling, add meat & wolfberry, continue to cook on 'HIGH'

5) After 2 hours of boiling, set on 'LOW' to simmer until ready to serve.

Note: can be served with or without 'salt'

FRIED CUCUMBER EGG

Fried Cucumber Egg

is a simple dish

having different textures in one dish!

These are the ingredients:

Fried Cucumber Egg

1 small cucumber

1 egg, beatened

some dried cloud ears, soaked, cleaned & cut smaller

2 garlic, mashed with chopper

1" carrot, sliced thinly

1 Tbsp cooking oil

oyster sauce

salt & sugar to taste

1) wash cucumber, slice off part of the skin

2) cut lengthwise into 1/4, slice away the seeds & cut diagonally

3) heat up a little oil & fry the egg, remove from heat & cut into smaller pieces

4) heat up remaining oil & fry garlic until fragrant

5) add cucumber, cloud ear, egg and carrots to fry

6) add some water & allow to simmer little while

7) add seasoning & dish up.

Note:

Do not cook the vegetable too long as it will be soften!

SINGLE PROOF KILLER TOAST

Single Proof Killer Toast

It has gone viral among the Chinese baking sites 

after the $5000 bread!

It is so soft and fluffy,

yet it is very easy to make,

simply dump all ingredients into the bread machine to knead.

You can also knead in a mixer,

or by hand.

 If you do so, please make sure you get the window panes!!!

Do not like loaves?

Make into buns or rolls.

Children will love its irresistible texture.

Single Proof Killer Toast

390g bread flour (I replace 40g with wholemeal flour)

1.25 tsp instant yeast

250g - 280g  (2 eggs + fresh milk) 

45g sugar

1/2 tsp salt

45g butter

1) all ingredients into the bread machine, bread dough cycle, knead only

2) when done, divide and shape into 2 small loaves

3) allow to proof 60min until double

4) brush with milk before sending into the oven

5) bake in preheated oven 170'C for 45min

Note:
 Add more milk if the dough is dry 

EASY BRAISED CHICKEN FEET NOODLE

Braise chicken feet noodle looks yummy and complicated.

No worry,
braising chicken feet is not too difficult afterall if you know the way.

The beauty of it, is you can braise it and keep it for the next day.

In fact it tastes better after sitting in the fridge.

This is the braise chicken feet prepared ahead

Do you like a no fuss recipe?

Easy Braised Chicken Feet

7 pairs chicken feet, cleaned & chopped 1/2

3 mushrooms soaked overnight & 1/2ed or 1/4ed

2 sea cucumber, soaked and cleaned & softened

2" cinnamon sticks

3 star anise

5 dried chillies

1 large clove galic, whole wedges

few slices ginger

some pepper seed

soya sauce, salt & sugar to taste

dark soya sauce for colour

1) heat up a little oil in a pot, fry the ginger until fragrant

2) add mushroom and sea cucumber & briefly fry

3) add enough water, allow to simmer until mushroom & sea cucumber are softened

4) add chicken feet and the spices and continue braising

5) when done, add soya sauce, both light & dark, salt and sugar to taste

Ideas to serve

1) I have opened a can of abalone to serve with it.

    Just slice the abalone & warm the pieces in the hot gravy.

    cooking it will toughen the abalone!

2) pour the braised chicken feet over the plate of cooked noodle.
    Remember to sprinkle some fried shallots and spring onions for added flavour

PEACH GUM DESSERT

Peach Gum Dessert

is sweet and flavourful because of the abundance in ingredients.

Love it especially when chilled!

This is made with the following dried peach gum

bought from the Chinese Medical Shops.

Other ingredients include red dates, dried longan and goji berries.

I have added 3 pandan leaves for the pandan fragrance.

Peach Gum Dessert

1/2 handful of peach gum, soaked overnight, remove the impurities

3 pandan leaves, knotted

red date, slit open

dried longan

goji berries

rock sugar to taste

1) bring 1/2 pot of water to a boil

2) add pandan leaves & red dates & peach gum, allow to simmer for 10min

3) add dried longan, continue to simmer

4) remove pandan leaves, add goji berries and sugar to taste

5) when sugar has dissolved, remove from heat and allow to cool

6) best served when chilled