Dumplings With Cabbage Minced Meat Fillings

Glad the dumplings turned out great, the wrappers were thin enough, the fillings juicy and the chilli oil is tasty. A great condiment for the homemade dumplings.  I used a new recipe for the lace skirting. Very crispy. My simple meal,a simple joy.

I made the dumpling wrapper skin from scratch, using hot water instead of room temperature water and also I let the dough rest for longer hrs. The skin is more pliable ,so you can shape them into any you want. The recipe for the dumplings wrapper will be shared later at the bottom of the page.

The chilli oil, I made them too using a better version recipe which turns out very tasty.

Ingredients for the chilli oil. 

I just eyeballed the ingredients. No specific measurements 

Korean chilli flakes

Sesame seeds

Chopped garlic

Grated ginger

Sesame oil

Salt

Rice vinegar 

Neutral oil or olive oil

Smoky hot oil pour over the combined ingredients.

Recipe for the Dumpling Wrapper

2 cups AP flour

2/3 to 1 cup boiling water

1 tsp salt

Add in the water to the flour slowly, bit by bit till you get a soft dough ( not wet) knead for 8 mins till smooth. Rest for minimum 3 hrs so that the dough is more pliable.

Recipe for the slurry recipe

1/2 tsp corn starch 

1/2 tsp AP flour

1/2 tsp oil

a pinch of salt

2/3 cup water

Enjoy!

Cured Egg Yolk

2026 will be a good year for me. I know I have been away from blogging for some time . To be honest, I have been more active on Instagram 🤣. Today I want share with you how to make cured egg yolk. CNY is just around the corner and I know some recipes uses just egg whites and what are we supposed to do with the yolks. Of course some recipe uses egg yolks for cookies. But if you have surplus of egg yolks and do not know what to do with them, then cured eggs will be the best solution.

I have tried the recipe and it turned out great

Just need salt to cure the yolks. A layer of salt at bottom of glass container, make depression on salt layer to hold the shape of yolk, then sit the yolk on each depression. Cover with another layer of salt.  Cover with lid. Place in fridge for 5 days during the curing process. 

Remove the salt and rinse under cold water. Put into a baking tray and bake under oven lowest temperature for 1-1.5 hrs till opaque

The yolks are ready for consumption as garnishing on pizza, pasta or salad. They taste like parmesan cheese just more salty which is great for toppings on pizza and salad.

I learned this from my son-in-law. Thank you kiddo for the intro.

Recipe link :

https://justinesnacks.com/how-to-cure-egg-yolks/

Gluten Free Almond Flour Carrot Cake

 

I have been wanting to bake a gluten free carrot cake. Not because I am on keto diet but just wanted avoid what flour as much as possible coz I am a Cancer recovered patient. Into my third year of being free from Cancer. Glory to God for healing and keeping me healthy this far.  I found a very good recipe which uses Almond Flour and since I have all the ingredients in my fridge, I proceed to bake it to have my craving fixed.  I substituted brown sugar with Lakanto and neutral oil with butter oil, the cake turned out great. Light and fluffy, raises up too , not compact . Perfect for my cake pan of 7 inches diameter. Having said that I halved the recipe.

Thank you to Mama Gourmand for her delicious full proof recipe. 

I added cream cheese lemon frosting 

the cake rises well..light and fluffy

the inside moist yet light

Recipe from Mama Gourmand

Gluten Almond Carrot Cake

2 cups grated carrots

4eggs/ separate white and yolk

3/4 cup brown sugar ( I replaced with Lakanto)

1/2 cup sugar ( I omitted sugar)

2 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 cup / 109g oil ( I use melted butter)

3/4 cup pecans

3/4 cup shredded coconut

1/2 cup raisins

3.5 cups almond flour

1.5 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

2 tsp mixed spice

Methods refer to Mama Gourmand 

My own Frosting recipe

226 cream cheese

2tbsp lemon juice

1 tbsp vanilla extract

2tbsp heavy cream

1tsp lemon ring for deco

Enjoy

Penang Prawn Mee Noodles Soup

Amazing Prawn Mee Noodles Soup that I enjoy over and over again. Never throw away the peeled off shells from the prawns. Collect them and freeze them for making the shell broth. Recipe is from Laurens Kitchen ( click Lauren Kitchen ) to get the steps on how to make this delicious Prawn Mee /Hokkien Mee.

The chilli paste is delicious. I will not eat out for this again coz this homecooked one is legit. Thank you Lauren for sharing your recipe.

Enjoy!

Ojingeo Muchim aka Spicy Squid Salad

Today I made a Korean side dish using two main ingredients that is squid's and cucumber. I love making side dishes so that at any time that I am too tired to cook, I can just take them out and serve as a dish. 

Saturday and Sunday best time for me prep ready food for the whole of next week. 

These are the ingredients needed.

Main ingredients

Boiled squids

Jap Cucumber, cut into 1 inch length and lightly crushed. Add sea salt to release water out of cucumber. Rinse and pap dry with paper towel.

Seasoning ingredients 

Gochugaru 

Gochujang

Minced garlic

Sugar ( I omit this)

Sesame oil

Sesame seed

Vinegar ( I omit this)

Salt and pepper taste.

Mix all together till well combine.

Chill it before serving or serve it at room temp.

 Enjoy

Homemade Steamed Rice Roll aka Cheong Fun

I love to Cheong Fun or Steamed Rice Roll ,so I learned from YouTubers and mastered it. After many many tries I finally got it right and the way we loved it!. Making them is hard work but worth it, therapy for me coz it gives me happiness each time I make them from my kitchen. They taste good, hubby had helpings. Our lunch with pickled homegrown chili Padi. Enough heat and great condiment for the 'Cheong Fun'

Ingredients 

Ingredients 

110gms rice flour

40gms tapioca flour

10gms potato starch

400ml water

1/2 tsp salt

1 tbsp shallots oil

Mix together to form a runny batter

Filling 

Dried shrimp

Spring onion

Sauce

2tsp soy soy

1tsp sesame oil

1tbsp sugar

1/2 tsp mushroom Powder 

35 ml water 

Steaming time per tray over high heat is 4 mins

 Tip

Tray must be hot, grease them before pouring 1/4 cup of the runny batter

Always stir the batter before scooping out.

Enjoy!