Food experiments from my little kitchen

It has been a while since I last blogged my recipes. My laptop was down (I probably need a new laptop), my son has been down with fever and cough and Singapore was also down with very bad haze weather. I have taken a stretch of leave to care for my son at home and it was really exhausting compared to going to work. He requested for me to cook his favourite egg tofu again and I decided to make the easy dish that I often cooked when I have no idea what to prepare - steamed minced meat on egg tofu! Ingredients 1 tube egg tofu Minced meat Coriander Wolfberries Soy sauce Pepper  Sesame oil Water/stock  Recipe 1. Marinate the minced meat with some soy sauce, pepper and sesame oil. I added some chopped coriander for some additional flavour as I happened to have it in my fridge. 2. Soak the wolfberries in a bowl of water to soften. Cut the egg tofu into small circles and place them on the steaming plate. 3. Using a small spoon, scoop some marinated meat and use your ...

My son loves egg tofu very much. He always make sure I buy egg tofu whenever we go supermarket. So I have to find ways and means to incorporate egg tofu into my cooking. Minced meat egg tofu is a very common dish and I also cook it quite frequently using oyster sauce. But I wanted to make a different sauce this time so decided to experiment using tomato sauce and kecap manis which I seldom use and we love it! Ingredients 1 tube egg tofu Minced meat 1/2 onion 1 clove of chopped garlic  Tomato sauce Kecap manis Soy sauce Corn starch Spring onions Recipe 1. Chop the onion into dices and marinate the minced meat with soy sauce and cornstarch. 2. Cut the egg tofu into slices and pan fry them on the pan with some oil for at least 3 minutes each side to brown it. Remove and set aside. Make the sauce using tomato sauce, kecap manis and soy sauce. 3. Heat up the oil in the wok and add in the chopped onions and garlic. Let it cook for a little while till the onion look tran...

Lotus root is a common ingredient found in the wet market and usually comes covered in mud or pre-cleaned. I would usually choose the cleaned ones as I find it troublesome to wash off the mud. I love to cook it in soup with pork ribs and a handful of peanuts. One day, I saw on the Facebook cooking group with members sharing their different ways of cooking lotus root and got inspired to try out a new way of cooking! Then I got the idea to try stir fry lotus root with what I had in my fridge. Love the crunchiness of lotus root in this dish!  Ingredients Lotus root Egg tofu Dried shitake mushrooms Capsicums (red, yellow and green) Garlic Oyster sauce Soya sauce Sugar Recipe 1. Cut lotus root into thin slices and soak in vinegar solution to prevent it from darkening. Soak the dried mushrooms in water till fully constituted. Cut the capsicums into small cubes and egg tofu into pieces. 2. Pan fry the egg tofu on each side for 2-3 minutes in a saucepan till it is...