Archive for 2009

Prep time : 20 minutes + 10 minutes marinating Cooking time : 20 minutes Serves 4 Ingredients: 1 tablespoon cornflour 2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh ginger 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 small dresh chilli, finely chopped 1 teaspoon sesame oil 1/4 cup ( 60 ml ) light soy sauce 500 g chicken breast fillet, thinly sliced 1 tablespoon peanut oil 1 onion, halved and ... Full story

Prep time : 20 minutes - Cooking time : 40 minutes - Serves 4 Ingredients: Curry paste 1 tablespoon shrimp paste 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds, toasted 1 teaspoon coriander seeds, roasted 1/4 teaspoon white peppercorns 5 fresh coriander roots 3 tablespoons chopped fresh galangal 10 fresh long green chillies, chopped 1 stem lemon grass, white part only, roughly chpped 6 red asian ... Full story

Prep time : 30 minutes + 15 minutes refrigeration Cooking time : 10 minutes Serves 4 Ingredients: 1 tablespoon oil 2 x 250 g pieces rump steak 31/2 tablespoons lime juice 2 tablespoons fish sauce 1 teaspoon grated palm sugar 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 stem lemon grass, white part only, finely sliced 2 small fresh red chilles, finely sliced 4 red asian shallots, ... Full story

Prep time : 25 minutes - Cooking time : 10 minute - Serves 4 Ingredients: 350 g fresh noodles 1 teaspoon sesame oil 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 red onion, halved and thinly sliced 3 cloves garlic, crushed 3 cm x 3 cm piece fresh ginger, julienned 5 spring onions, cut into 5 cm lengths 1 small fresh chilli, seeded and ... Full story

Prep time : 20 minutes - Coking time : 10 minutes - Serves 4 Ingredients: 750 g rump steak 4 tablespoons canned salted black beans in soy sauce 1 tablespoon peanut oil 1 tablespoon sesame oil 1 large onion, thinly sliced 1 clove garlic, finely chopped 4 cm x 1 cm piece of fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped 1 ... Full story

 Whenther your grill is fueled by electricity, gas, or good old charcoal briquettes, here are 10 tips to increase your fish-grilling prowess. 1. Clean the grill rack of any encrusted food 2. Noisten a cloth with vegetable oil, and rub it on the grill rack just before heating the grill 3. Preheat the rack 4 ... Full story

Lingzhi is traditionally prepared by simmering in water. Thinly sliced or pulverized lingzhi (either fresh or dried) is added to a pot of boiling water, the water is then brought to a simmer, and the pot is covered; the lingzhi is then simmered for two hours. The resulting liquid should be fairly bitter in taste, with the more active red lingzhi more bitter than the ... Full story

Ingredients: 100 g rice, rinsed and drained 50 g Green Split Mung beans, skin removed. 400 g pork bones 200 g fresh shrimp, peeled, tail removed. 300 g minced pork 3,5 litres water 50 g onion , halved 100 g mushroom ( straw mushroom,…) 1-2 green onions, chopped small 2-3 chinese onion, peeled , thinly sliced Coriander, finely chopped Cooking ... Full story

Vietnamese salad dressing also called Nuoc tron goi or nuoc goi.This recipe is used in most of the south vietnam salad recipes Ingredients: 2 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon fishsauce 1 tablespoon(s) lemon juice 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped chilli , deseeded, finely chopped Method: Combine all ingredients and mix well until the sugar has dissolved. Keep covered in a refrigerator . * ... Full story

Let's Learn to cook vietnamese foods Ingredients 1 pig’s maw about 500gram, clean ,boiled, sliced thinly 300gram shrimp,char-grilled or dry-fried,shelled,leaving tail on each shrimp. 1 carrot,peel, cut into thin trips 1 cucumber, quarter lengthwise,remove seed,sliced diagonally. 1 onion sliced thinly 1 bunch of vietnamese coriander, chpped coarsly 1 tablespoon crispy-fried chinese onion 1 tablespoon roasted peanut, chopped coarsly 1 ... Full story