Homemade almond milk using Philips Soy Milk Maker

[23.12.2014]
Recipe:
1 cup raw almond nuts
Filtered water

(1) Soak raw almond for 2 nights and change water several times.

(2) Using a sauce pan, bring some water to boil. Blanch the almond nuts for few minutes and drain it over cold filtered water immediately.

(3) Pour the nuts into a bowl filled with filtered water. Roughly rub the skin off using both hands. It should take around 10 minutes most.


Using Philips Soy Milk Maker -
(1) Pour the nuts into the machine. Add filtered water till the indication bar between allowable maximum and minimum liquid.

(2) Set to soya milk mode and let it cooks till done. It should take around 20 minutes.

(3) Carefully, strain the milk over metal filter to collect the milk. Serve once it is slightly cool.

Pandan glutinous rice ball with homemade soya milk

[22.12.2014]
Recipe:

Rice ball dough -
2 cup glutinous rice flour
Slightly less than 1 cup homemade pandan extract / juice

(1) Mix well to form a soft dough. Set aside.

Fillings -
a. Black sesame paste
- 1/2 cup organic black sesame seeds

(1) Soak raw black sesame seeds in water overnight. Once done, drain over filtered water and pat dry. Toast on a stove top till the sesame seeds glisten and start to pop. Remove from pan and let stand to cool in room temperature.

(2) In a blender, mix in 1 tbsp butter with the sesame seeds. Blend till a smooth paste form. Set aside.

b. Red bean paste
- 1 cup cooked and soften red bean (using slow cooker method)

(1) Using a blender, blend the red bean till smooth and sticky paste-like form. Set aside.

c. Peanut paste
- 1/2 cup organic raw peanut

(1) Soak raw peanuts for 2 nights. Once done, drain over filtered water and pat dry. Toast on a cooking pan till brown and crispy. Remove from pan and let stand to cool in room temperature.

(2) In a blender, mix 1 tsp olive oil with the peanuts. Blend till a smooth paste form. Set aside.

Wrapping the glutinous rice ball with fillings -

(1) Divide the dough into smaller pieces equally.

(2) Work two by two at one time.

(3) Roll into round shape and press flat the dough. Scope 1 tsp of filling on one of the doughs. Put the other dough on top and start to seal the side. Using hands, roughly roll into round shapes in circular motion. Repeat for the rest of the dough.


Soya bean milk -
1.5 cup organic soya bean
Filtered water
2 Tbsp pandan extract
1 knob ginger

(1) Soak the beans overnight in a big bowl filled with water.

(2) Once done, roughly rub the skin off using both hands. Rinse the beans a few times before use.

(3) In a blender, pour 1 cup of beans with 1.5 cup of water to blend. Once done, strain using a metal sieve over a cheese cloth to collect the soya bean milk. Press the pulp lightly to extract more milk.
Keep the pulp aside for other usage.

*Repeat for the rest of the beans.

(4) Cook the soya milk, with pandan extract and ginger in slow cooker for approximately 4 hours. Roughly scope off the skin formed on top if necessary.

(5) To get a clear, milky soya bean milk, pour the milk over a coffee cloth filter to filter micro pulp residue for the second time before serve.

Pumpkin rice in rice cooker

Recipe:
1 cup white rice
few slices of pumpkin (washed clean)
1/2 egg plan (quartered)
1/2 yellow onion (quartered)
3 cloves garlic
1 tsp vco

Add on later : spinach, kampung egg, mozarella cheese

Put all the ingredients into rice cooker to cook. Once done, add in spinach, beat in an egg and top with some mozarella cheese. Reheat for another 10 minutes.

Couscous salad

Recipe:
1/2 cup couscous
2 quail egg (steamed till hard boiled cooked)
1/2 cup green peas
1 tomato (cubed)
1 kampung egg
1 bunch romaine lettuce
1/2 avocado (sliced small)
1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil

(1) Pan fry kampung egg with some vco and roughly separate it.

(2) In a separate bowl, put in couscous and pour in hot boiling water to soak for 10 minutes. Once done, drain over filtered water and set aside.

(3) Roughly steam green peas for about 5 minutes.

(4) Mix all ingredients together, toss in extra virgin olive oil and serve immediately.

Homemade screw pine extract

[22.12.2014]
Recipe:
8 screw pine leaves
4 cups water

(1) Pre-soaked screw pine leaves in a big bowl of filtered water.

(2) Trim off the bottom of the leaves, and roughly cut into 2 inches length.

(3) Using a blender, add in 1 cup of water with all the chopped leaves. Blend till it has a smooth and consistent texture and colour.

(4) Remove the mixture from blender, strain the mixture over a cheese cloth on strainer. Roughly press the pulp to get more juice.

(5) Put back the pulp into blender, add 1 cup of water and blend. Repeat the process for the remaining 2 cups of water.

Shrimp fried rice

[21.12.2014]
Recipe:
1/2 cup rice (cooked and cooled)
1/2 small brinjal (cubed)
1/4 yellow pepper (cubed)
1 Tbsp shrimp (presoaked and rinse to reduce saltiness)
2-3 stalks mustard leaves (chopped)
2 cloves garlic (minced)
2 shallots (sliced)
1/2 cup beetroot soup stock

(1) Heat up some oil on a frying pan. Saute garlic and shallot till fragrant.

(2) Add in shrimp and stir fry till fragrant. Add in the rest of the ingredients and stir fry till soft.

(3) Add in soup stock and bring to simmer for a while. Pour in cooked rice, stir fry and mix well. Once done, off fire and serve immediately.

Made 1 adult portion.

Noodle alike vegetables

[21.12.2014]
Recipe:
carrot
yellow pepper
chick peas
bok choy
orange sweet potato

(1) Roughly blanch the vegetables

(2) Boiled chick peas till soft for several hours

(3) Sliced carrot into flat pieces. Use scissors to cut carrot and yellow pepper into strips.

(4) Arrange and serve accordingly.