To Cook
Grind spice paste A ingredients together. Add in water to ⅓ of the height of the paste.
Heat the cooking oil and saute the paste A. Big bubbles will start to appear as the moisture evaporates. Keep stirring to prevent the paste from sticking to the sides of the wok or pan.
When the bubbles become smaller, add in all the vegetables, stir fry for 5 minutes.
Add in water and coconut milk. Bring this to a boil and add prawns, tofu, tempe and vermicelli bean thread. Boil for about 3 mins and serve hot.
Seafood
Eggs with Fermented Shrimp (Cincalok Omelette)
To Prep
Drain excess liquid from the 2 tbsp of cincalok. Then thinly sliced the red onion. Deseed the red chilli and thinly slice.
Crack 5 large eggs into a mixing bowl and whisk. Add in the drained cincalok and ¼ tsp pepper. Mix well.
To Cook
In a pan, heat oil and saute chilli and red onions until soft.
Then pour in egg mixture. When the base of the egg is set and firm, flip over to cook the other side.
Dish out when omelette is cooked on both sides. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with lime and sambal belachan.
Chinese Omelette (Foo Yong Tan)
To Prep
In a bowl, crack the eggs and beat with a fork. Add the rest of the ingredients, except for the oil, into the egg mixture, stir thoroughly and make sure all ingredients are combined well.
To Cook
Heat up 3 tbsp of oil in a wok or a pan over high heat. When the oil is fully heated, add the egg mixture into the pan, keeping the diameter of the omelette to about 12cm wide.
The omelette should be thicker in the centre, therefore use a pair of chopsticks to move and gather the beansprouts and other ingredients to the middle of the omelette. Let the omelette set, cooked until golden brown, for about 3 minutes before flipping it over. Fry the omelette until both sides are nicely puffed up.
Use the remaining egg mixture to make a total of 3 omelettes using the same steps. Serve immediately.
Vietnamese Squid Salad
To Prep
Pound chillies and garlic together then add fish sauce, vinegar, lime juice and sugar. Mix well until sugar is dissolved.
Add tomatoes and onion and set aside for 1 hr.
Wash and clean the squid tubes, and cut into 1.5cm rings.
To Cook
Bring 6 cups of water and a pinch of salt to the boil. Add the squid and cook for 5 mins until soft and tender.
Toss with the prepared dressing and garnish with the hot mint leaves before serving.
Spicy Vegetable Soup (Gang Liang)
To Prep
Pound the white pepper, garlics, shallots and chillies in a mortar and pestle until smooth. Add the remaining paste ingredients and pound until smooth.
To Cook
Pour water into a pot and bring to boil. Add in the paste and simmer for a few mins.
Add in the vegetables, from the longest cooking time to the ones that cook fast. Cook until almost done.
Add in the prawns and cook until all ingredients are cooked through. Add the fish sauce to taste.
Remove from heat, add lemon basils and serve hot.
Stir Fried Green Beans with Minced Meat, Preserved Radish and Dried Shrimps
To Cook
In a pot of boiling water, blanch the green beans for 1 min. Drain well and set aside.
Heat some oil in wok on medium, add the dried shrimps and fry until crispy and fragrant.
Add in the minced pork and stir well until cooked.
Add in the green beans and preserved radish, stir fry 1-2 mins until the beans are cooked. Remove from heat and serve.
Japanese Style Savoury Pancake (Monjayaki)
To Prep
Mix the flour, water and Worcestershire sauce in a bowl and set aside.
In a separate bowl, prepare and mix all other solid ingredients.
To Cook
Place the solid ingredients on the pan or hot plate. Cook and cut the ingredients at the same time with two teppanyaki grill spatulas.
Once the ingredients are cooked, form the ingredients into a donut shape, creating a circle in the middle, and then pour the mixed batter in the middle of the donut and bring to a boil.
Mix everything up to form a pancake and let it cook thoroughly.
Once cooked, add mayonnaise and tonkatsu sauce on top for extra flavour. Eat by scraping off pancake mixture with a small spatula, directly from the hot plate.
Korean Mix Vegetables and Seafood in Mustard Sauce (Yang Jang Pi)
To Cook
Bring a pot of water to boil and add yang jang pi noodle sheet. Cook for about 5 minutes or until the starch noodles are al dente. Drain noodles into a colander and rinse under running tap until the noodles are cool.
Season the noodles with ½ tbsp soy sauce, ½ tbsp. sugar, 2 tsp sesame oil and a pinch of salt in a small bowl and set aside.
Marinate pork using the pork marinade and set aside. Mix mustard sauce ingredients and set aside.
On a large round platter or plate, arrange squid, prawns, cucumber, capsicum, 5 shitake mushrooms and omelette in a circular arrangement and place yang jang pi noodles in the middle.
Heat up a wok with oil and add marinated pork. Saute pork over high heat and add onions, ¼ carrot and the remaining 2 shitake mushrooms and briefly saute. Add garlic chives and spring onions and quickly saute for about 15- 20 seconds.
Pour pork stir fry over the noodles in the middle. Serve yang jang pi with mustard sauce poured over.
Steamed Prawns with Garlic
To Prep
Clean prawns by trimming off legs and feelers with a pair of kitchen scissors. Cut along the back of the prawn and devein them. Wash and pat dry the prawns. Set aside.
Marinate prawns with salt, white pepper and Chinese rice wine for at least 15 mins.
Mix sesame oil, soy sauce and 1 tbsp of shaoxing wine to the fresh garlic.
Place spring onions (uncut) as a base on a plate and arrange the prawns on top of the spring onions.
Scoop the garlic mixture and pour 1 tbsp shaoxing wine over the prawns.
To Cook
Steam prawns for about 6 mins before sprinkling some spring onions on top. Serve immediately.
Cereal Butter Prawn
To Prep
Clean prawns by trimming off legs and feelers with a pair of kitchen scissors. Cut along the back of the prawn and devein them. Wash, pat dry and marinate the prawn with salt and cornflour.
To Cook
In a wok, heat up enough oil to deep fry the prawns. When the oil is hot, deep fry the prawns for 1-2 mins. Set aside.
Heat up wok in medium heat and melt butter in it. Add in the curry leaves and chilli if you want a bit of a kick. Stir fry until fragrant.
Return prawns into the pan and add in the cereal mixture. Stir fry for about 2 mins, ensuring the prawns are well coated with the cereal.
Serve immediately.
Prosperity Toss Salad (Yu Sheng)
To Cook
Cut wonton wrappers into strips. Deep fry them in hot oil and drain. Set aside.
Combine all dressing ingredients in a small pan over medium heat. Stir until sauce is thickened and well mixed. Set aside in a small bowl and let it cool down.
Arrange all other vegetables and fruits in a round large platter neatly.
Place salmon in a bowl and squeeze with lime just before tossing.
Sprinkle the five spice powder, coriander and sesame seeds over the vegetables just before tossing. Once ready, everyone joins in to toss the Yu Sheng with their chopsticks.
Cereal Prawn
To Cook
Combine the egg white with the plain flour and corn flour to form the marinade. Add salt and pepper to preference. Add prawns and set aside for 15 mins.
Heat a wok with oil to 170℃ and deep-fry until it has turned a light golden colour.
Once all your prawns are cooked, remove them from the wok. Melt 3 tbsp butter in the wok. Add the curry leaves and chilli until it has become fragrant. Add the egg yolk and stir for 10-15 secs.
Reduce the heat and add the oats, milk powder, chicken powder and sugar. The mixture is done when the ingredients are crispy but not burnt.
Take off the heat, add prawns and mix thoroughly.
Serve hot by itself or with rice.