“Nourishing Chinese tonic soup that helps to cool and revitalize your body” This is the most common and popular Chinese soup in Asian countries, especially Singapore and Malaysia. Almost every Chinese family knows how to prepare this soup dish. Whenever I drink this old cucumber (aged cucumber) soup, it will bring back memories of my…
Tag: Vegetables
Duck Soup with Salted Vegetable & Tofu (咸菜豆腐鸭汤)
“Flavoursome duck soup that helps to reduce body ‘heatiness’.” Salted vegetable soup is what Chinese believed to help reducing feverish body or ‘body heat’ (降火). Moreover, salted vegetable and tofu soup is my favourite. I loved having the combination cooked with duck meat. Duck meat yields more intense flavour in the soup, especially roast duck….
Kou Rou with Taro Yam (芋头扣肉)
“Steamed Taro and Pork Belly (Yu Tou Kou Rou 芋头扣肉)” We loved Kou Rou (扣肉), and I loved it even more if it’s cooked with yam (means taro, we called it yam here in SG)! My previous post on Mei Cai Kou Rou was done without adding yam. This time, I did. I believed adding…
Pork Belly with Preserved Vegetables (Mei Cai) Recipe (梅菜扣肉)
“Homemade ‘Mei Cai Kou Rou’ (梅菜扣肉) can be as good as restaurant standard” Hey, it may not be as good as restaurant chef, but it is for sure very delicious for a homemade version (chuckling)! I cooked it at home as outside is selling expensive for this pork dish. I could understand why as its…
Chinese ABC Soup with Fresh Chinese Yam Root (Huai Shan) and Dried Anchovies
“Flavourful and healthy clear vegetable soup which you have to cook it for your family. Trust me, it’s much likeable by everyone!” There is’t special for cooking Chinese ABC vegetables soup (assorted vegetable soup) with pork ribs. But I just learnt a different way to cook it more delightful! Maybe not to you, but it…
Stir-fried Chinese Spinach with Goji Berries (清炒枸杞子苋菜) : Quick and Healthy Dish
Stir-fried Chinese Spinach with Goji Berries (清炒枸杞子苋菜) “Healthy Stir-fried Chinese Spinach aka Yin Choi (Leaf Amaranth) with Goji Berries (Wolfberries). Don’t forget it’s nutritional values!” If Chinese Spinach does not sound familiar to you. Try read it in Cantonese – Yin Choy, or in Mandarin as Xiàn Cài (苋菜). It’s Amaranth leaves. This is a…