西洋菜汤 by J & 腊肠鸡饭 by K

Water Cess Soup 西洋菜汤 (By J)

This is my fav soup and i like to cook this cos it is easy to cook and good to eat.
I read from magazine that it can cure water retention for ladies during PMS.

Ingredients:

1) Pork Ribs and big bones

2) Some wolfberries, red dates.

 3) Water Cess ( bought this bunch for only $0.80 )

You have to blanch/pre boil the pork ribs and big bones in a pot of water (with a little salt added) to remove all the blood and marrows and impurities.

the water really look yucky after that.. when u see no blood flowing out from the big bones, you can remove them and place it in the soup pot you using.

After boiling them for about 5 mins, you can add in the wolfberries and red dates.

Alternatively you can add in the red dates first and the wolfberries last. The red dates will give a nice flavour to the soup.. and K commented that the wolfberries dissolve after boiling too long and its not nice cos u cant eat it whole. He also told me 三菜一汤 chef recommended that wolfberries should be added 5 minutes before you drink the soup. So i will try that out next time. ^^

Last but not least, add in the water cess. ( i added in some fresh mushrooms that K intended to use for his lup cheong rice into the soup as well.. cos i dun intend to keep any leftovers in the fridge)

you can add in some salt and light soya sauce to season the soup. i added a bit of oyster sauce as well. (optional) Water cess will give a v nice flavour itself thus there is no need for too much seasoning.Go light on the salt if you intend to curb water retention.

Use low heat to brew the soup for 10 to 15 mins, then raise the heat to bring to a boil.. once boiled, transfer the pot to a thermal pot. ( the soup will continue its brew in the thermal pot.. and this pot is very useful in making the pork ribs soft and nice, it melts in your mouth!) K insisted on getting this pot and i now know why... save gas, works like a slow cooker yet save electricity as well!

End product:

Next: 腊肠饭 (By K)

This is a super easy recipe. Our dear friend Jane cook it for us one day before our MJ session, and it was heavenly!!!! I asked her how she did that.. and she told me only need 1 step.  Actually my mother in law cook this quite frequently and K knows how to cook too! So this time round since we having dinner ourselves, i suggest he cook it. And really.. only 1 step!

Ingredients:

Some chicken wings (separate the joints for easy cooking) and lup cheong cut into small pieces

Mushrooms cut into pieces. ( we uses fresh mushroom for this)

 Then what he did is, wash the rice, add enough water to cook the rice, add in the chicken wings, lup cheong and mushrooms. ( i kpo and sprinkled some garlic powder in as well for a bit of fragrant)

And the most impt step...

Switch on the rice cooker. (LOL)

And when the switch changes to 'warm' the rice is cooked and we got Lup Cheong Rice!!! You have to add in light soya sauce and dark soya sauce as seasoning.. mix it well and this is what you get..

(K is a bit generous on the dark soya sauce.. you can add less..) Smell like claypot rice, taste like claypot rice too!!

Hope you like what we have for you. Happy cooking!!