Dinner Dishes

Dinner for us and the 17M 13D lo :

- baked black pomfret in orange glazing, served with wild rocket
- stir fry xiau bai chai and nai pak with fish maw
- pan fried bitter gourd egg
- black bean chicken soup

We had these dishes with turmeric rice. I basically added chopped lemon grass and dash of ground turmeric while cooking the rice.

I gave my lo some black beans and wolfberries to munch after she finished her food, she enjoyed it very much !

Bake black pomfret in orange glazing
1 whole black pomfret (marinate with lemon juice for 5 minutes, add in chunks of lemon zest into the fish)

Method: Baked at preheated oven at 150c for 25 minutes

To prepare the orange glazing, combine 1 whole orange juice with some flesh and  tbsp of honey. Heat up the mixture till thicken on induction cooker. Once done, pour onto the fish and top with fresh wild rocket.

Black bean chicken soup
1/2 cup black bean (soaked overnight)
1 large piece chicken part (blanched)
1 honey date
4 red dates (pitted)
handful of wolfberries

(1) Heat up some water in a slow cooker pot. Pour in black bean and let it cook for 3 hours.

(2) Once done, discard water and refill filtered water into the pot. Add in chicken and other ingredients except wolfberries.
Let it cook for 5-6 hours or till bean soften.

Note: The reason to discard water after boiling for 3 hours is to further remove phytic acid in the beans. Phytic acid inhibit proper digestion and nutrients absorption. Soaking and heating substantially remove phytic acid.