Pomelo Salad

Pomelo is a citrus fruit native to southeast Asia. It's taste is like a mild sweet grapefruit. It is much bigger in size and has a very thick skin.

Ingredients
50 g Garlic - chopped
40 g Shallots - chopped
15 g red Chilli Padi - chopped
40 ml Palm sugar
10 ml Lime juice
10 ml Soy sauce
30 g Peanuts - roasted
10 g Coriander leaves - chopped
1.3 kg Pomelo
Salt and pepper to taste


Method
Cut Pomelo into cubes and combine with the garlic, shallots and chillies in a big bowl. Add palm sugar, lime juice, soy sauce, chopped coriander leaves, chopped peanuts and season with salt and pepper to taste.


Toss and mix well.

Szechuan French Beans

Try this Szechuan French Beans, it goes well with rice.

Ingredients

5 tbsps vegetable oil

450 g french beans, cut into 5 cm lengths

1 tbsp chopped garlic

1 tsp chopped ginger

50g minced chicken

2 tbsps chopped dried prawns

1 ½ tsp light soy sauce

2 tsp chilli oil

½ tsp salt

3 tbsp water

2 tbsp chopped spring onions

½ tsp sesame oil

Method

1 Heat 3 tbsp vegetable oil in pan. When hot, fry long beans for 5 minutes. Set aside

2 In a clean pan, heat 2 tbsp oil. When hot, stir fry garlic, ginger and chicken for 20 seconds.

3 Add dried prawns, and stir-fry for further 30 seconds then add french beans, soy sauce, chili oil, salt and water. Mix well and stir-fry for 1 minute until nearly dry.

4 Add spring onions and sesame oil. Serve hot.

Pan-fried Tapioca Cake

Tapioca Cake Pan-fried

Ingredients

3 cups grated tapioca

120 g sugar

10 tbsps or ½ cup cool boiled water

5 tbsps oil

Method

1 Mix grated tapioca and sugar. Pour in water bit by bit so that it's easier to get a smooth mixture. The mixture should be thick and not too watery.

2 Heat oil in a non-stick pan. When hot, drop a big spoonful of tapioca mixture in. Fry on low heat for 3-5 minutes until both sides are brown.

3 Serve hot as a nutritious snack.

Apple Cake

Ingredients

180 g butter (room temperature)

Grated zest of 1 lemon

140 g caster sugar

3 eggs, lightly beaten

210 g self raising flour, sifted

60 ml milk

2 green apples, peeled and quartered

Mix together

1 tbsp hot water

3 tbsps apricot jam, strained

Method

1 Beat butter, zest and caster sugar until light and fluffy.

2 Beat in the eggs, a little at a time, until well combined.

3 Fold in sifted flour and milk until well mixed.

4 Pour batter into a greased and 20 cm cake tin. Place apples on top of cake

   batter.

5 Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 40 minutes.

6 Brush with apricot jam while cake is still hot.

How to Cook Excellent Eggs

Hard Boiled eggs

Place eggs in a saucepan. Add enough cold water until it is at least 1 inch above the eggs.

Heat over high heat uncovered. Remove from heat. Cover and let stand 15 minutes. Immediately pour off the hot water, then run cool water over them several seconds to prevent further cooking. Drain.

Soft Boiled eggs

Cooked the same way as above.. but cover and let stand 3 minutes instead.

Scrambled Eggs

1 Using 1 tablespoon of milk, for each eggs, beat eggs and milk with a fork or wire whisk until well mixed. Add salt and pepper as desired. Heat margarine about 1 tablespoon for 3 eggs) in a skillet over medium heat just until the margarine sizzle.

2 Pour egg mixture into skillet. The egg mixture will become firm at the bottom and side very quickly. Gently lift the cooked portions around the edge with a spatula so that the thin, uncooked portion can flow to the bottom. Continue to lift the cooked portion and allow the thin uncooked portions to flow to the bottom. Don't over stir.

3 Cook 3 to 4 minutes or until eggs thickened throughout but still moist and creamy. Serve immediately.

Omelet

1 Beat 2 eggs in a small bowl. Heat 2 teaspoons margarine or butter in a skillet over medium heat until margarine sizzle.

2 Quickly pour the eggs into the skillet. Quickly stir the eggs to spread them continuously over the bottom of the skillet as they thicken. When they are thickened, let stand over the heat a few seconds to lightly brown the bottom. Do not overcook.

3 Fold the portion of the omelet nearest you to the center . Turn the omelet onto a warm plate flipping folded portion over so the far side is on the bottom.Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Cheese omelet

Before folding omelet sprinkle shredded Cheddar cheese.