Banana Chocolate Cupcake ~ 香蕉巧克力蛋糕

These banana chocolate cupcakes are moist and delicious which are very suitable for tea or a party gathering. Just mix the wet ingredients in a one bowl and the dry ingredients in another, mix them up and you're done. Another plus point is that oil is used instead of butter. Oil makes the cupcakes tender that stores well and also these cuppies can be refrigerated and still stay soft.

Recipe for Banana Chocolate Cupcakes ~ 香蕉巧克力蛋糕

Ingredients

150 gm plain flour
100 gm caster sugar
15 gm cocoa powder
3/4 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 large egg
150 gm mashed banana, without skin
1/2 cup warm water
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup canola oil
3/4 tsp vanilla
raw sugar to sprinkle (optional)

Method

Whisk together plain flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt, set aside.
In another bowl, whisk egg, mashed banana, water, milk, oil and vanilla. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients, add the wet ingredients, stir.
Line a muffin pan with paper liners, and use an ice cream scoop to pour the batter into the muffin cups, about 3/4 full. Sprinkle on some raw sugar.
Bake in a preheated oven @ 180 deg.C for 20 to 25 mins. till skewer inserted comes out clean.
Let cool in pan before removing onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Makes 12 cupcakes.

Hakka Mee aka Hakka Noodles

This is yet another one dish meal, Hakka Mee/Hakka Noodles. These noodles are quite similar to Won Ton Noodles, except that they have less lye water and the noodles are a bit flat and thicker. They're served with bean sprouts with a generous serving of minced meat sauce. the noodles, ........... need to loosen them up before cooking serve with chilli sauce topped with chopped garlic ..... that will do the trick ..... yummy! Recipe for Hakka Mee aka Hakka Noodles Ingredients 180 gm Minced Pork 60 gm Garlic - chopped 200 gm Bean Sprouts 4 dried Chinese mushrooms - soaked and diced 3/4 cup water 1 Tsp cornflour + 3 Tbsp of water 3 servings of Hakka noodles Oil for frying. Garnishing - Chopped spring onions Seasoning for minced pork 1/2 Tsp Salt 1 Tsp sugar 1 Tbsp Fish sauce 1 Tsp dark soya sauce A dash of pepper Preparation Saute the chopped garlic with 1 Tbsp oil, fry till fragrant Add in the seasoned minced pork, diced mushroo

Herbal Jelly ~ Gui Ling Gao

H erbal Jelly ~ Gui Ling Ga o literally translated means 'Tortoise Jelly' is one of my family's favourite desserts. It's much more economical to prepare this at home for you'll need to fork out between Rm 9 to Rm 11 for a bowl of this cooling dessert in any of those herbal tea outlets. This soothing jelly, served chilled, is supposed to be able to help reduce our body heat, helps to get rid of toxins and is believed to be good for the skin thus culminating a healthier complexion.

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Double Boiled Herbal Chicken Soup

Double boiling is slow cooking ........ means to put a soup pot or any covered ceramic or steel pot inside a bigger pot, immerse in boiling water, and let the soup cook at a lower temperature. Hence the soup is cooked from heat generated from the boiling water and not from direct heat source. Double boiling lets the soup ingredients slowly release their nutrients into the soup, thus making it tasty and wholesome. It's a long cooking process, roughly averaging 2 to 4 hours. The tip is not to open the cover to check on the soup as it'll bring down the temperature and affect the cooking process. The plus point is there's little evaporation and the soup will not boil over. The only thing is to monitor that there's enough water in the bigger pot and not let it run dry. Of course, nowadays, the slow cooker is another alternative to double boiling, saves the hassle of checking the water level.

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