Savoury Stir Fry Sea Clams (Lala - revisited)

Yesterday we had sea clams cooked our favourite style.  Savory stir fry is most favored style though we do have them cooked in wine at times.  We saw some nice large meaty ones at the wet market and we could not resist and bought half a kilo back and we had a great dinner with this mouth watering dish. There are many ways to cook this sea clams, I have yet to try cooking them in Thai style.   Seafood is my favorite food if compared with meat. I know I have to control my diet on seafood but it will be nice to indulge in them once in a while. The self appointed dietitian ( the Wildboar ) will be there to monitor my purchasing of seafood  * snickering . Anyway, this style of cooking is classic and most people knows how to cook this.  Savory and flavors packed.

fresh and meaty sea clams ( lala )

 

half a kilo of lala fits nicely into my korean stone bowl :)

 my favourite bowl for that matter

Savoury Stir Fry Sea Clams

 

ingredients

1/2 kilo sea clams ( Lala) - soaked in salt water for 20 mins - rinse and drain off water

 (A)

1 tbsp of chopped garlic

3 bird's eye chillies - chopped

3 slices of ginger - julienned

2 pickled sour plums

1 tbsp of fermented beans ( tauchu)

a pinch of sugar

1/2 cup water

1.5 tbsp of rice bran oil

spring onion and coriander for garnishing

Method:

Heat up 1 1/2 tbsp rice bran oil in a wok , add in ingredients (A) and saute till fragrant.  Add in the sea clams and stir fry till it turned pinkish. Add 1/2 cup water and cover wok with lid and cook for a further 7 mins.  Open lid and when all the clams has opened up, add in a pinch of sugar. Dish up and garnish with spring onions and coriander leaves.

Enjoy !

Steam Minced Pork With Preserved Vegetables

This dish brings back childhood memories. I don't know about you but my grandma and mom used to steam minced  pork with preserved vegetables known as ' tung choy' in cantonese  for our lunch and dinner. My siblings and I practically grew up having this dish most of the time for our lunch and dinner.  Easy to digest and it is comfort food.  And lately, I cook this very often  for hubby and myself as this dish is easy to whip up and very appetising and whenever we feel like eating something steamed and not fried. This dish goes well with rice and porridge. Real comfort food for us :) 

 I like to steam them in rice bowls instead of in a deep dish

as I feel it is easier to keep the leftover if we cannot finish

them in one meal.  I will just cling wrap the remaining unfinished

ones for the next meal. Neater this way and more presentable :)

 Hubby loves to have more gravy thus you can see

lump of minced pork floating in the gravy :)

Steam Minced Pork With Preserved Vegetables

ingredients:

300 g minced pork
 3 tbsp of preserved vegetables/tung choy - soaked in water for 10 mins, rinsed and chopped into smaller pieces

* optional  - 1 tsp of garlic -  minced and fried into garlic crisps ,

spring onions - sliced for garnishing

seasoning ingredients
1/2 tbsp of light soy sauce

1/4 tsp of white pepper 
1 tbsp cornflour  
1/2 cup of water   
1/4 cube of chicken stock (maggi seasoning) 
* optional 1 tsp of garlic 

Method: 
Mix together minced pork with preserved vegetables and seasoning ingredients in a big bowl till well mixed. Leave for 15 minutes. Divide the minced pork mixture into 3 or 4 bowls or one 1" deep dish.  Spread out and level meat very gently with the back of a wet metal.  Drizzle the arlic oil over the top of meat.  Steam in a wok or steamer over rapidly boiling water for 15 mins or cooked through.  Garnish with garlic crisps or spring onion.   

Enjoy!

Steamed Egg With Salted Yolk And Minced Meat

I am so happy that I finally managed to steam a perfectly steamed egg dish , with smooth and wobbly texture . Of course thanks to Sifu Wendy of Table For 2 or more.  Now, I can slap that to WB's face :p because every time I steam this dish, he has lots to complain.  I  would normally order this dish for him from the restaurant whenever we eat out.  Now I guess, there is no need to order this dish anymore ! I am finally able to master this dish  :)  I used her recipe but added salted egg yolk and minced meat instead of using krill.  It turned out fantastic.  To make it more like how this dish is being served in restaurant, I made some sizzled soy sauce with fried garlic to be pour on surface.  So yummy good. 

hubby's  favourite steamed egg with salted egg yolk :)

 instead of steaming in one dish

I separate into two rice bowl, one for each :)

at first I thought I have over steamed but when I shake the bowl it

wobbles ...a relief

pour the sizzled soy sauce with fried garlic...

it brings the dish to another level..:)

smooth velvety texture.....taste so good

and we both finished one bowl each :)

Steamed Egg With Salted Yolk And Minced Meat - adapted from Table For 2 or more

ingredients :  

2 eggs  - whisk

1 salted egg yolk - mashed

2 tbsp of minced meat - a quick dip in boiling water - strained - keep the water (A)

a pinch of salt

1 3/4 rice bowls of water -  (A)

a dash of ground white pepper 

1 tsp of oil

a drop of sesame oil to grease the bowls

How to make the sizzled soy sauce with fried garlic  

3 cloves of garlic - peel off skin and chopped fine

2 tbsp of rice bran oil

1.5 tbsp of soy sauce

Heat oil in wok, once oil is hot add in the chopped garlic and stir fry till crispy, pour in 1.5 tbsp of soy sauce. It will sizzles. Off  heat and pour the aromatic sauce over the steamed egg dish only when serving or the soy sauce will seeped into the steamed egg.

Method:

1. Break eggs into bowl , add in mashed salted egg yolk , salt and pepper and whisk till well mixed. Let the mixture sit, while you prepare the minced meat . The eggs will water down.

2. Boil 2 bowls of water, once the water boils off the heat and strain off the water, keep the water.  Add the cooked minced meat and 1 3/4 rice bowls of the water that was kept aside to the egg mixture. Give it a light whisk. Grease two rice bowl with sesame oil.  Pour the egg mixture into two rice bowls.

3. Prepare the steamer and place a rack, enough water about 5mm lower from the rack. Bring water to boil.  Place the two bowls of egg mixture on the rack. Cover with lid and steam for 12 mins  or till cooked on medium lot heat.  Take out and pour sizzled soy sauce with fried garlic on surface and serve immediately.

Till Death Do Us Part.........

The above photo is meaningful to us both...the vow we recited to each other 3 decades and 4 years ago has been honored to date. ...We both love that particular part.. "I.... take you......to be my wedded husband/wife....To have and to hold, from this day forward, for better , for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part, And hereto I pledge you my faithfulness "  steep in Baptist tradition but a good one .  Together we went through storm, hardship and suffering and we emerged STRONGER ! Through the test of fire we know were meant for each other ! God has blessed us with two kids and recently with another two grown up 'new kids'.

We pray that God will allow us to grow old gracefully, and keep us in good health and continue to bless our relationship with Him being always first in  our life. 

After the vow exchange, blessings from our beloved Pastor Richard Chung.

 this is us today as you can see I have truly 

taken good care of him, feeding him well as you can see the difference

 before and after marriage :p

and he has taken good care of me being the good soulmate

and mentor :) Thank you for honoring the vow :)

HAPPY 34TH ANNIVERSARY

We had lunch at Dozo Sushi Japanese Restaurant

to celebrate our 34 years together

 my all time favourite Salmon and Avocado Salad

 Salmon & Ikura Don

Sushi Platter

Ikura Sushi for Wild Boar

Wild Boar loves Ikura sushi

 I dont know how we could finish all these...

really we are big eaters

Dessert was Matcha and Strawberry Ice Cream

We had a great lunch and we will definitely come back to taste the rest of their menu. Service is good and the seafood is fresh.