Easy Peanut Lotus Root Soup @thermie 018

Done this easy Peanut Lotus Root Soup today 😀, suitable for solid food eaters and above. Recipe below.

Adjust salt or seasoning to taste

Ingredients -

2 chicken drumstick (chop into 2 parts)
10 red dates

Handful gojiberries

Handful ikan bilis w/ bones for soup (rinse, clean)
6 inch size lotus root (thinly sliced)
2/3 cup peanut (soak overnight)
1000g filtered water
1tsp sea salt
2Tbsp light soy sauce

Steps -

Put all ingredients into mixing bowl. Cook 40 minutes, 120c, Reverse Spoon Mode. 

If you are using conventional cooking method, just put all ingredients into slow cooker and cook normally.  

Easy Kiddo Banana Cake

The Blogspot seems to be having upgrading and i may be considering to move my content or reset to another platform. Nevertheless, today i am going to share a simple banana cake recipe i made for my children for their school Easter Celebration on 19th April 2019.

Ingredients :

A.

2 over ripe bananas (i used Berangan)

4 Tbsp grass fed butter

2 kampung eggs

1 tsp organic vanilla extract

B.

1 tsp raw cane sugar

1/4 tsp organic sea salt

1/3 cup organic plain flour

1/3 cup organic coconut flour

1 tsp atta flour

1 tsp baking soda

few pieces thinly sliced bananas, as topping

Method

1. Mix Ingredient A, in sequence

2. Add in Ingredient B, in sequence

3. Transfer batter into a small oven safe dish (oil the bottom with some vco)

4. Baked in preheated oven, without fan at 180c for 25 minutes

5. Wait for 5 minutes before open the oven door

6. Open oven door and leave for 10 minutes before removing the banana cake

7. Serve warm!

Simple Mint Tea for Coughing!

I have heard that Indian Borage (Mint) could be used to relieve cough. I never tried until my mother in law affirmed me that it really work! I have tried this with my children since and it never failed to soothe our throat and subsequently diminish the bad cough.

Before my mother in law left to Hanoi (to be based there due to brother in law relocation), she gave us a full container of the mint leaves. The amazing part was actually not the leave but THE SIZE which were enormous!

Look at the picture below (i put on my palm, imagine the smallest palm of a lady adult you ever met) and tell me if you have seen the similar size~! It is 6 times larger than the usual mint leave i have seen.

Moving on, we use this and boil in water. Do like the method how you would brew a pot of chinese tea. Add 1 cube of rock sugar (optional if you prefer sugar free) and enjoy the drink! Easy isnt!

Recipe :

4 usual size Indian Borage (i use 1 only for the XXL size we have)

1 cup water

1 cube organic raw rock sugar (optional)

Note : Double or Triple the recipe if you intend to serve more people

Steps :

1. Boil the water together with the leave

2. Add sugar (optional) and simmer for 20 minutes

3. Serve the water only (let the leaves continue to simmer) in small cup, and enjoy!

Dinner : Stir Fried Butter Prawn and Pandan Asam Chicken Drummets

Today, i managed to cook up a soup and 3 gourmet dishes for our dinner. I am sharing two dishes recipe which we were done eating within minutes! Enjoy !

Stir Fried Butter Prawn
10 tiger prawns (pre froze with raw cane sugar)
3 Tbsp unsalted grass fed butter
1/4 large onion (julienne)
3 cloves garlic (minced)

1. Marinate prawns with salt and pepper for 10 minutes. (after defroze)
2. Heat up 1 Tbsp butter and stir fry prawns. Add the remaining butter and cover up the frying pan using a lid.
3. After 3 minutes, remove lid and flip the prawn or stir fry around a little.
4. Dish out and put aside.
5. Using a clean frying pan, heat up some coconut oil. Add in onion and dry till slightly brown, add in garlic and stir fry till crispy.
6. Dish out and put on the cooked prawn.

Pandan Asam Chicken Drummets
Around 8 chicken drummets
Around 20 pieces pandan leaves and 8 bamboo toothpicks
Asam paste marinade sauce
Some raw honey

1. Marinate Drummets with honey and asam paste for 30 minutes.
2. Wrap the Drummets with pandan leaves, carefully and tightly. Seal using toothpicks.
3. Bake at preheated oven with fan at 180c for 30 minutes, flip and continue to bake for 10 minutes.

😊

[Non-Halal] Pork with Lotus root, carrot and red dates soup.

On the 12th July 2018, i cooked this quick and easy to prepare soup. My liking has always been the fuss free and straightforward, easy to do method, follow the recipe if you are same too ! I promise a simple delicious soup 😊

Ingredients -
300gm or 1.5cup free range pork ribs (chop small)
1 large organic lotus root (thinly sliced)
1 medium size carrot (cut in triangle pieces)
1 dried scallop (presoaked and soften)
8 red dates (remove seeds)
6 to 8 cups filtered water
Handful of gojiberries

Method -
Put all the ingredient into rice cooker and boil for 2 to 3 hours. Serve accordingly.

Apple Slices with Cashew Nut Butter

Wollaa~! Is a failed proof no-recipe meal, apple slices top with cashew nut butter as quick snack. Try it ! It is able to fill a tiny stomach, cashew nut butter is a nut free spread - great for kids with nut allergic.

Chicken with carrot wrap

Inspired by Top 10 Kid-Friendly Wrap , i decided to make wrap for my kids breakfast, i thought it would be easy. I found that, to wrap the ingredients nicely is an acquired skill@! I am determine to learn as i make more because it is a fun eating experience for me and the kids. My children love to participate in tossing in the ingredients too.

From the link, there are tonnes of variety that could refer to, i choose the chicken wrap for a start. I also cook the carrot slightly as my daughter told me she prefers it cooked than raw. My next 'wrap' project would probably be one that using avocado, but that would be after i replenish avocado in my kitchen. Lets move on to the chicken wrap recipe.

Ingredients -
1 cup antibiotic and hormone free chicken fillet (cut small)
1 small size carrot (cut into thin slices or texture that your kids like)
some natural cheese (shredded)
some cream cheese (soften)
2 rye wraps (shown in picture below)

Method -
FOR THE FILLING
1. Marinade chicken pieces with some sea salt, thyme and pepper. Leave for 10 minutes.

2. Stir fry chicken till cook. Put aside.
3. Stir fry carrot till it is slightly soften. Dish aside.

TO PREPARE THE WRAP
1. Lay 1 wrap across a flat working top.
2. Spread some cream cheese. (note not too much as it would be heavy and the wrap will tear)

3. In sequence, put chicken, carrot and top with cheese.
 

   

4. Start to roll from one end, hold firmly while rolling till all the ingredients are fully covered
and it is intact. Cut and divide into half using a sharp knife.
5. Serve immediately or chill to keep fresh before consuming.

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RYE WRAP (which could be easily get from Village Grocer, Malaysia)