Salted Egg Pumpkin

Salted egg pumpkin as the name suggested is has pumpkin and salted egg. As easy as that. Bought a large golden pumpkin smells just like honey. I just couldn't resist from picking a large one. Pumpkin and salred egg really compliment each other and goes well with plain rice. Its sweet,rich,salty and delicious.

Ingredients

200g pumpkin,sliced
2 tbsp salted egg powder
6 tbsp evaporated milk
1 tbsp chopped scallion
Oil for frying

Methods

Heat oil in a wok and deep fried the pumpkin slices till tender.

Transfer to a plate lined with kitchen towel to drain excess oil.

Heat a tbsp oil and add the salted egg powder. Fry on low heat for 30 seconds.

Add evaporated milk and stir. Add the fried pumpkin slices, stir. Cook for 1 minute.

Transfer to a serving plate and sprinkle with chopped scallion.

Serve hot.

Pandan Cotton Cake

A super easy and simple cake recepi without much hassle which one can prepare in a jiffy minus the baking time. This recepi is an ideal for people who are always on the run yet, want to have a freshly home baked cake. I love this cotton cake recepi due to it's simplicity and the light texture that goes well with the name. Soft,light,spongy and delicious cake to bake for your loved ones to go with a hot cup of coffee or tea. The coconut flakes enhance the flavor and texture of the cake on every bite. Give it a try and i'm sure u'll love it as much as i do.

Ingredients

3/4 cups self raising flour
3 large eggs (room temperature)
1/4 cup buttermilk (room temperature)
1/2 cups granulated white sugar
1 tbsp ovellete
1 tsp pandan emulco
3 tbsp vegetable oil
4 tbsp dessicated coconut
1 tbsp condensed milk

Methods

Preheat oven at 180'C or 350'F..

In a large bowl, add flour,sugar,pandan emulco,condensed milk,ovellete,eggs,dessicated coconut and buttermilk. Beat till the mixture doubles in volume approximately 1 minute. Do not over beat.

Line an 8"inch baking pan with parchment paper and pour over the cake batter.

Bake for 50 minutes or till a skewer insert in the center of the cake comes out clean.Reemove from oven

Cool completely before slicing

Butter Lemon Fish

Fish will be my most favourite seafood and that's the reason why steamed fish or deep fried fish in variety of sauce always make onto my dinner table. One of those are this humble butter lemon fish. If you have butter and lemon in your kitchen  nothing else matters. Yes! You just need this two ingredients to prepare a yummy sauce to dress up your deep fried fish. I used red snapper, you may try with any white flesh fish. It's  zesty & buttery..goes really well with plain rice and a stir fry vegetables.

Ingredients

2 red snappers, cleaned & washed
3 tbsp corn flour
1 tsp black pepper powder
Salt to season
Oil for deep frying

For The Sauce

Juice of l/2 lemon
3 heaped tbsp butter
1 tbsp lemon zest
Few sliced lemon

Methods

Heat oil in a wok.

Sprinkle corn flour on both sides of the fish making sure the flour lightly coated the fish.

Season both sides of the fish with salt and pepper.

Deep fried the fish till golden & crispy. Remove from wok and place the fish into a plate lined with kitchen towel to drain excess oil.

Melt butter in a saucepan and let it simmer on low flame for 1-2 minutes. Switch off the flame.

Add lemon zest and lemon juice. Stir and cover with lid for the lemon flavor to infuse the butter for 10-15 minutes.

Pour the lemon sauce over the deep fried fish and serve immediately with lemon slices.

Notes

Alwix turn off the flams before adding lemon juice.

Be extra cautious while adding lemon juice to the melted butter as it tends to splash.

Stuffed Potato Masala Bun

i first tasted stuffed masala bun during my vacation to South India. The bun was soft,spongy and on a note of savoury side. Generously stuffed with delicious potato masala similar which is not too spicy for the palate and it goes really well with the cutting chai we had from the small humble street tea shop along the highway. The taste lingers in mouth for quite sometime to the extend of trying them at my own kitchen and i shall say the outcome was awesome. Me and the kids really love this delicious and soft savoury bun with our black tea.

Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp active dry yeast
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
3/4 cup warm milk(105'c
1 tbsp butter for brushing
2 tbsp milk for brushing
1 tbsp sesame seeds for sprinkling

For Potato Masala

2 large potatoes,boiled and mashed
1 large onion,chopped
1 green chilly,chopped
1/4 cups green peas
1/4 cup chopped coriander leaves
1 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp chilly powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
Salt to taste
2 tbsp oil

Methods

In a bowl stir in warm milk and sugar. Sprinkle yeast and leave for 1 minute. Stir the ingredients and leave it on a warm place for 10 minutes for the yeast to bloom.

Combine all purpose flour,salt,baking powder and baking soda and stir well. Add the activated yeast mixture to the dry ingredients. Mix well and knead the dough for a good 15 minutes on a clean surface dusted lightly with flour. You may use stand mixer fitted with paddle hook for the kneading as well.

Transfer the dough onto a large bowl greased with oil and cover with clean kitchen towel and place in a warm place for the dough to double up in size for approximately 90 minutes.

Meanwhile, start making the masala stuffing by heating a wok with oil. Add mustard seeds, once mustard seed splutters  add cumin seeds and chopped onion. Sute till onion turns soft. Add ginger garlic paste and saute for 30 seconds and add chilly. Add chilly powder,turmeric powder,garam masala powder. Saute till the raw flavor leaves.

Add boiled green peas ,coriander leaves and mashed potato. Stir well till all the ingredients combined. Transfer to a bowl to coo.l.

Divide dough into 10-12 equal sized balls.Flatten the ball and fill with 1 tbsp of stuffing and seal all sides. Repeat the process with remaining dough.

Place the dough covered with clean kitchen towel in a warm place for 30 minutes to proof.. Brush with milk and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Bake in a 400'F or  preheated oven for 15-20 mins . Remove from oven brush with butter while the buns are still hot.

Enjoy hot or warm with a cuppa