Tag Archive | "Chinese and East Asian"

Thai Pineapple Fried Rice

Monday, March 29, 2010

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Thai Pineapple Fried Rice

Last month I was in Seattle with my husband. We met up with my school friends and they took us to this awesome Thai restaurant called ‘King and I’ located in Bellevue. Amongst the different dishes we ordered, I peculiarly liked the Yellow Curry, Prawns Rolls, Chicken Satay and their Peanut Sauce was lipsmacking. We [...]

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Chinese Garlic Chicken

Friday, February 27, 2009

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Ingredients: 2 boneless and skinless chicken breasts; chopped into chunks, 1 egg, 1/4 cup cornstarch, 1 tsp sherry or dry white wine, Vegetable oil for frying. For the sauce- 15-20 cloves of garlic; peeled and minced, 1-2 sprigs of scallions (green onions); chopped diagonally into thin slices, 1 tbsp oyster sauce, 1 tbsp rice vinegar, [...]

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Stir-Fried Sweet Chilli Tofu and Peppers

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

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Ingredients: 1 cup tofu cubes, 1 tbsp cornflour, 3-4 garlic cloves; minced, 2 fresh/dry red chillies; thinly sliced, 1/2 cup baby onions; peeled and halved, 1 cup green and red bell pepper; cut into 1″ cubes, Salt, sugar and pepper to taste, 1 tbsp sesame seed oil, Oil for frying. For the sauce- 1 tbsp [...]

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Quick Fried Thai Chicken

Saturday, January 24, 2009

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Ingredients: 400gms boneless and skinless chicken; cut into stripes, 15 mushrooms; halved, 1 green pepper; cut into cubes, 1 red pepper; cut into cubes, 7-8 fresh red chillies; thinly sliced, 2-3 scallions with the green; chopped, 2 tbsp finely chopped garlic, 2″ piece ginger; finely chopped, 1 tsp sugar, 2 tbsp fish sauce (or as [...]

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Vegetable Wonton Soup

Monday, December 29, 2008

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Ingredients: 6 vegetable wontons, boiled, (Wonton recipe: http://foodatarian.com/2008/02/18/vegetable-wontons-with-chilli-sauce/) 3 cups vegetable stock, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 4 tbsp sesame oil, 1/2 tsp chopped garlic, 2 spring onions, finely chopped, 2 mushrooms, finely chopped, Salt and Pepper to taste. Method: In a wok, heat sesame oil and fry garlic, spring onions and mushrooms for a minute. [...]

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Chinese Chicken Wings

Saturday, November 29, 2008

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Ingredients: 2 pound chicken wings 10 1 1/2 tsp garlic; minced, 1/4 cup soy sauce, 1/4 cup white wine, 1 1/2 tsp Chinese five spice powder, 1 1/4 tsp salt, 3-4 tbsp oil. Method: Mix together all the ingredients and marinate the wings in a container, seal with plastic wrap or marinate the wings in [...]

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Broccoli in Oyster Sauce

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

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Ingredients: 2 medium stalks of broccoli, 4 tbsp Oyster sauce, 1/2 tsp sugar, 3/4 tsp Tapioca starch, 1 tsp light soy sauce, 1/4 cup water, Few drops of sesame oil, 2 tbsp vegetable oil, Salt to taste. Method: Wash the broccoli and cut into small florets. Heat vegetable oil in a wok, add salt and [...]

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Spinach Manchurian

Saturday, September 27, 2008

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This recipe is my innovation. I keep thinking about recipes that are delicious but healthy as well. This recipe could be categorized as specially for kids, since usually they do not want to eat green leafy vegetables. So for all those troubled moms here is a creative recipe.  Ingredients: For the manchurian balls- 1 cup [...]

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Chinese Noodle Salad

Friday, September 5, 2008

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Ingredients: For the dressing- 1-2 star anise, 1/2 cup dark soy sauce, 2 tsp sesame oil, A pinch of sugar, 4-5 garlic cloves, 1/2 cup rice Wine Vinegar 3 tsp palm oil. (optional) For the salad- 100gms ramen noodles; boiled with little salt, 10 Iceberg Lettuce; torn into slighlty bigger pieces, 2 sprigs of scallions [...]

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Golden Fried Babycorns

Monday, August 18, 2008

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Ingredients: 6 Baby corns, 2 tbsp Corn flour, 2 tbsp Flour(Maida), Baking powder ¼ tsp A pinch of Ajinomoto,(optional) Salt and pepper to taste, Oil for frying.   Method: Cut the baby corn into three juliennes each. In a bowl, mix cornflour, flour, 1 tsp oil, baking powder, ajinomoto, salt and pepper well. Add enough [...]

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Egg and Bacon Fried rice

Thursday, July 31, 2008

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Ingredients: 1 cup cooked rice, 4 eggs, beaten with little salt, 1 cup bacon; diced, 1/4 cup finely chopped garlic, 1/4 cup finely chopped ginger, 1/2 cup scallions, Chinese cooking wine as per taste Chinese soy sauce as per taste, Olive oil. Method: Heat oil in a wok and then pour the eggs into it. [...]

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Noodles with Meat Balls

Friday, July 11, 2008

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Ingredients: 1/2 kilo meat mince (mutton or chicken kheema), 2 cups noodles; boiled, 2 onions; finely chopped, 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste, 2 tbsp tomato sauce, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 egg; beaten, 2 slices of bread; broken into pieces, 1/2 tsp red chilli powder, 2 tbsp maida (refined wheat flour), Salt and pepper to taste, [...]

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Chicken Stir-Fry

Sunday, June 29, 2008

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Ingredients: 3 large boneless, chicken breasts, 1 small zuchinni, 1 small red pepper, 1 small green pepper, 5 mushrooms, 2 onions, 1 can baby corn, (optional) 1 small yellow squash(suran), For sauce- 1/4 cup soy sauce, 1/4 cup water, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tbsp corn starch. Method: Cut all the vegetables and chicken breasts into [...]

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Sui Mai (Chicken and Shrimp dumplings)

Monday, May 19, 2008

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Ingredients: 20 Wonton Wrappers, Filling- 1/2lb or 200gms chicken or pork, minced, 1/2lb or 200gms shrimps, finely chopped, 1/4 cup shitake mushrooms, 5 green onions, sliced, 3 cloves garlic, minced, 1 tsp grated ginger, 3 tbsp soy sauce, 2 tbsp dry sherry, 1 tbsp sesame oil, 1/4 tsp white pepper, 1 tbsp cornstarch, 2 tsp [...]

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Cauliflower Manchurian (Gobhi Manchurian)

Thursday, May 15, 2008

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Ingredients: For the manchurian- 250 gms cauliflower, washed and cut into medium size florets, 1 cup cornflour, 2 tbsp maida (sieved wheat flour), 2 tsp ginger-garlic paste, Salt and pepper to taste, Water, Vegetable Oil for frying. For the sauce- 3 spring onions, sliced and greens separated from whites, 2-3 cloves of garlic, chopped, 3-4 [...]

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Chicken Teriyaki

Friday, April 25, 2008

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Ingredients: 3 boneless and skinless chicken breasts, cut into tiny strips, 1 cup chopped onions, 1 cup sliced mushrooms, 1 cup chopped green peppers, 1 small broccoli; boiled, 1/2 head cabbage, Salt and pepper to taste, Butter for frying. Teriyaki Sauce: 4 tbsp soy sauce, 4 tbsp dry sherry, 2 tbsp brown sugar, 2 tbsp [...]

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