[Chinese New Year Cookies] Deep Fried Lotus Root Chips

The deep fried lotus root chips is crispy and sweet. It is easy to prepare and all you need is just the fresh lotus root.

Ingredients:

Lotus Root from China

Method:

Cut and peel the lotus root by portion. Rinsed and drained.	Keep the lotus root in the refrigerator overnight.	Heat up the deep frying oil in a pot and bring it to 160 degree Celcuis, slice the lotus root into oil directly.
Deep fried the sliced lotus root with low heat.	When the root lotus become golden and crispy, removed them from pot.	Drain on kitchen towel to remove excess oil

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[Cheesecake] Original Favor Baked Cheesecake

The only cake that attract my wife is cheesecake. This is the recipe of the first cheesecake that I have made for her. It is my favourite cheesecake all the time.

Ingredients:

Digestive Biscuits Cheesecake Base

Filling

500g Cream Cheese

50g Caster Sugar

50g Butter

30g Flour, Sieved

2 Tablespoon Lemon Juice

150g Original Favor Yogurt

1 Egg

3 Egg Yolk

3 Egg White

70g Caster Sugar

1/4 Teaspoon Salt

Method:

Add the egg white,70g caster sugar and salt into mixing bowl and whisk it.Whisk the egg white until fairly stiff but not dry.
Cream the cream cheese into another mixing bowl till soften.
Add the butter and 50g sugar and cream it till light and fluffy.
Add the beaten eggs and egg yolk gradually and beat tills well combined.
Add the original favor yogurt and mix well.
Add the lemon juice and mix well.
Fold in the flour with spatula in one direction, either clockwise or anti-clockwise。
Add the egg white mixture gradually and mix well.
Pour the cream mixture into cake mold which contain the digestive bisuit as a base.
Bake it at 160 degree celcius for about 60 minutes. Let it cool down to room temperature. Then keep it into refrigerator at least 3 hours or overnight.

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[Home Cooked Meal] Steamed Minced Pork with Egg

Mum always made this meal when she was busy. It is simple to cook and can prepare it parallel with rice. Other than chicken egg, it can be replaced by salted duck egg.

Ingredients:

200g Minced Pork

1/4 Carrot, Peeled & Stripped

1 chicken egg

Seasonings:

1/8 tsp ground white pepper

1/2 tbsp soy sauce

Method:

Beat a egg into a bowl, add the minced pork, carrot , seasoning and mix well.	Place the bowl into a rice cooker and cook with rice, once the rice is done, removed minced pork and serve it hot.

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[Baking] Tiger Stripe Butter Cake

For the variation of marble butter cake, tiger stripe is another option of the butter cake.

Ingredients:

250g Butter

220g Low Gluten Flour, Sieved

220g Castor Sugar

4 Eggs

1 Teaspoon Baking Powder

1 Teaspoon Vanilla Essence

125ml Milk

2 Tbsp Cocoa Powder

Method:

Place butter and caster sugar into the mixing bowl, beat until light and fluffy.	Beat in one egg at one time, beating well after each addition.	Add the vanilla essence and mix well.
Add the milk and mix well.	Fold in the flour and baking powder with spatula in one direction, either clockwise or anti-clockwise.	Divide the mixture into 2 portions. Keep one portions without adding anything.
Add the cocoa powder into another mixture and mix well.	Grease the cake mold in advance. Pour in 3 tbsp original mixture into the center of mold. and continue with another 3 tbsp of cocoa flavor mixture. Repeat the step for the left over of mixture.	Preheat the oven first before baking. Then bake it at 170 degree celcius for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

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