Food experiments from my little kitchen

It has been a while since I steamed cod fish because I did not have time to go wet market to buy from our usual stall. This is a simple recipe that I used many times! Very simple steps and the ingredients are easily available at home. I think I said it quite a few times but steaming dishes are good for weekday dinners because you can prepare another dish while steaming this to save time. Ingredients 1 slice of cod 1 knob of ginger 1 Tbsp of wolfberries Chopped spring onions Soy sauce Sesame oil White pepper Water Recipe 1. Soak the wolfberries in a bowl then discard the water after it has softened. 2. Cut the ginger into strips and arrange some on the steaming dish. 3. Place the cod on the ginger strips and add some more ginger strips on top. 4. Put the soaked wolfberries on top of the cod and around the dish. 5. Put a dash of pepper on the fish and drizzle some sesame oil on it. 6. In another bowl, add in some water and soy sauce. This will be the steaming sauce. You...

I asked my son what he wanted to have for dinner that day when his daddy is not around and he replied "fish porridge". Then I was thinking what kind of porridge should I make? Usually I would cook the porridge till it is congee-like and put in the fish slices to cook. Teochew style fish porridge came to my mind. For the fish slices, I chose to use 红斑鱼. Not sure what should be the correct English name for this fish. Red grouper or red snapper or something else? If you know, pls drop me a comment to tell me, thanks! To make it more nutritious, I added in some spinach and wolfberries too. Ingredients Fish slices Cooked rice Spinach Wolfberries Fried shallots Soy beans Fish bones Ginger slices Chinese cooking wine White pepper Soy sauce  Salt Recipe 1. Wash the soy beans and place them in a stock bag. Heat a pot of boiling water and add the beans to let it boil for 20-30 minutes. 2. Add in some fish bones and ginger slices to let it further cook for another 15...