Fried fish with ginger

Thinking of cooking sth quick and simple which goes well with plain porridge. Finally decided to go back to basic by improving skill in frying fish. Crispy inside and soft inside. Mom's tip: Don't cook with slow fire. Rub the fish with salt and fry for about 10 minutes depending on the size of the fish. Place the fish on a plate. Fry sliced ginger and place them on the fish and add in soya sauce. Served immediately with hot porridge. Long beans with fried eggs made a good combination.

Dinner on Saturday (2)

Prepared 4 simple dishes for 6 – (i) honey chicken, (ii) steamed garlic and ginger fish, (iii) kai-lan with vegetable sauce and (iv) steamed eggs. The recipe for the honey chicken was adapted from Bay Books. Here sharing how the steamed fish was prepared. Fry garlic (chopped finely) and set aside. Fry ginger paste (grind ginger and spring onion) and set aside.
Rub salt on cleaned fish and set aside for at least 10 minutes. Wash and drain off.
Place fish on steaming plate and add ¼ cup of water, 2 tbsp onion oil and 1 tbsp soya sauce.
Steam for 5 minutes. Add in fried garlic and ginger paste and steam for another 5 minutes.
Garnish with diced spring onion.

For the vegetable dish, boil the kai-lan for 4-5 minutes and serve it on a plate. Add in vegetable sauce and fried chopped garlic with oil.

Here is the recipe for the steamed eggs.

Ingredients:
4 eggs
1 tsp salt
½ tsp pepper
1tsp soya sauce
1 tsp onion oil
5 chinese mushroom (sliced)
½ bowl minced meat (fried)

1. Place sliced mushrooms and fried minced meat in a steaming plate.
2. Beat eggs in a bowl and add equal volume of water to eggs. Add salt and pepper.
3. Pour the eggs mixture into the steaming plate and steam for 10 –12 minutes using low heat.
4. Pour in soya sauce and onion oil over the surface.
5. Garnish with diced spring onion and serve hot.

Dinner on Saturday

My FiL came over for dinner and had prepared these dishes.
Steam Fish: Firstly, rub salt on the fish. Place ginger, carrot, chinese mushroom, red chilli, ham choy (all sliced thinly) and asam boi on the fish. Add fish sauce and steam for 10-12 minutes.

Fried Ladyfingers: Heat up wok with oil, stir fry chopped garlic and dried prawns for a minute. Add in ladyfingers (sliced diagonally) and sliced red chilli and stir fry until the ladyfingers are soft. Add soy sauce to taste.

For satisfaction guaranteed, complemented the dishes with our all time favorite i.e. Roasted Pork. Of course this was not self-cooked but bought from the market nearby our place and it taste consistently good.

The favorite dish for the day was Tofu with Mincemeat: Fry 2 packs of Japanese tofu and set aside. Heat the wok with oil, stir fry chopped garlic and chinese mushroom for a minute. Add in mincemeat and soy sauce and stir fry for 2 minutes. Add in mix vegetable, salt to taste and ¾ cup of water and let it simmers for 4-5 minutes. Thicken the sauce with corn flour. Dish the mincemeat on the tofu and serve hot.