Semi-homemade Chee Cheong Fun with Prawns Filling

Is duper easy as it's a semi-homemade dish, all you need to have is a pack or more ready fresh rice rolls aka chee cheong fun in your refrigerator. Ready in less then half an hour.

To top off this semi-homemade dish with a even fuss free method, the help from the microwave.

Microwave cooked prawns
Ingredient for filling
Prawns

Method
1. Peel and devein the prawns
2. Wash and place in a bowl
3. Place in microwave for 2 mins, or until cooked.
4. Set aside to cool.

To make chee cheong fun mushroom soya sauce:
1 tbsps oil
4 slices ginger
2 tbsps sugar
55g (2 oz) mushroom soya sauce (no mushroom soya sauce? substitute it with normal soya sauce is equally yummy)
55ml (2 fl oz) water
1 tsp msg

Unfolding of how to make chee cheong fun with filling
Ingredient
A pack of ready fresh rice rolls

Something like this (you could get it from any chinese supermarket)

Method
1. Wash ready fresh rice rolls and put it in a container
2. Add oil to it
3. Place in microwave for 2-3 mins to soften it
4. Remove and soaked it in water for awhile (this help to unroll the rolls)
5. Work the soften rice roll in a plate or board, unroll each individual rolls and a line the prawns filling and roll it back.
6. Reheat the treated rice rolls with prawns filling back to the microwave for 1-2mins.
7. Pour the sauce over and serve.

Garnish with fried onion and chinese parsley.

If you like heat, add sambal chilli to it... yum yum

Play around the filling with charsiew or mushroom, any of your liking.

Banana Muffin

Craving for some moist banana muffin?

Here the unfolding of the recipe

Ingredients

4 mashed bananas (small-medium ripe bananas)

1/3 cup sugar

2 eggs

1/8 cup veg oil

1/2 cup unsalted butter

1 1/2 cup flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

a little pinch salt

Method

1. Pre-heat the oven at 350 degree Fahrenheit (175 degree Celsius).

2. Line the muffin cups with paper baking cups in non-stick pan and set aside.

3. In small bowl mix together flour, baking soda/ powder and a pinch of salt (dry mixture).

4. In a big bowl cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, mashed bananas and veg oil (wet mixture).

5. Fold in the dry mixture to the wet mixture. Mix only to combine, and not too much. (else the outcome of the muffin/cake will be hard)

6. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan. Each cup to 2/3 level full.

7. Ready and pop them into the oven for 30min for muffins.

8. Remove from oven and cool it.

Note: For testing use a toothpick. Pierce toothpicks into the muffin if it comes out clean without sticking. It means muffin is done.

Bingo there you got it, you homemade banana muffins.

Pocket Wanton

Inspired by the Siam Cuisine deep fried stick wanton, i gave it my own twist, the mini pocket wanton.

Unfolding of the recipe

Ingredients:

Filling
1 tbsp chopped garlic
50g shredded carrot
50g shredded black mushrooms
50g soaked cellophane noodles also known as glass noodles (if you don't have, could also substitute with bee hoon... hehe)
100g shredded cabbage
200g shredded yam bean
200g minced pork

Filling seasoning
(A)
2 tbsps water
1/2 tsp cornflour
1/2 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tsps sesame oil
1 tsp fish sauce
pinch of pepper
(B)
1 tsp shaoxing wine

Wrapper
A pack of square Wan Tons wraps (you could get it from any chinese supermarket)

Method
Filling
1. Stir fry chopped garlic in 2 tbsps of oil till fragrant. Add minced pork stir fry for awhile until pork is half cooked and add in shaoxing wine.
2. Add in yam beans, cabbage, mushrooms, cellophane noodles and carrot. Stir well. Add seasoning (A) and stir further.
3. Set it aside and cool.

To wrap
1. Prepare two small bowl of water, one clear and one starch. (clear for fingertips rinsing, as it maybe messy)
2. Moisten the top and side edges with starch water
3. Place teaspoonful of cooked filling in the center, fold it half and tuck in the filling and roll it into a round pocket
4. Press to seal the sides.

Walla
Deep fried it, yummy wantons in the waiting...

Note: Covered the remaining in damp kitchen towel or tea towel and stored in the refrigerator.