Category Archives: asian food 亞洲烹調
Okra Salad
- 3 cups of Okras
- 2 cups of Tofu
- 1 tbsp of chopped Cilantro
- 2-3 tbsp of soy paste
- some sriracha chili sauce
- 2-3 tbsp of katsuobushi (dry fish flakes)
- Clean and cut okras in half.
- Boil okras in water for 5 minutes.
- Rinse okras in cold water.
- Cut tofu into bit size.
- Place okra and tofu in plate.
- Top with cilantro and katsuobushi.
- Drizzle soy pasta and sriracha on top.
Naan Sandwich
This is a fun version of my sandwich. Easy, fast, delicious and fun.
- 1 piece of frozen naan
- 2 tbsp of hummus
- 1 tbsp of chopped green scallion
- some roast beef
- Bake naan at 375 degree oven for 5 minutes or until the bread softened.
- Spread hummus on naan.
- Sprinkle scallion.
- Finally place roast beef on top.
- Bake the sandwich for additional 10 minutes.
Thai Salad
Salad ingredients:
- 1 cup of shrimp
- some lettuce
- some carrots
- some cucumbers
- some rice vermicelli noodle
- some tofu
- some scallion
Sauce ingredients:
- 2 tbsp of sugarless peanut butter
- 1/2 tbsp of soy sauce
- 1 tbsp of rice vinegar
- 2 tbsp of lemon grass sauce
- 1/4 tbsp of sesame oil
- 1 tbsp of olive oil
- Wash all vegetables.
- Chop lettuce, carrots, cucumbers, scallion and tofu into bite size.
- Boil vermicelli and shrimp until cooked. Rinse the noodle in cold water.
- Mix all sauce ingredients together.
- Serve sauce on salad.
Cheese-less Thai Pizza
- 1 bag of store bought pizza dough
- some tofu
- some cooked shrimp
- some sliced mushroom
- some chopped green onion
- 2 tbsp of lemon grass sauce
- 2 tbsp of peanut butter
- 1 tbsp of soy sauce
- 1 tsp of sesame oil
- some olive oil
- Flatten the dough in a baking sheet. Brush some olive oil on the dough than bake it by following the direction on the package.
- 10 minutes before the dough is fully cooked. Take the dough out from oven.
- Mix lemon grass sauce, peanut butter, soy sauce and sesame oil together.
- Spread the mixture on top of pizza crust.
- Add tofu, shrimp, mushroom and green onion. If there are extra sauce, also spread it on top of the topping at this time.
- Bake for additional 15 minutes or until the crust is golden brown and all toppings are warm.
Asian Noodle Salad
Salad ingredients:
- 1 package of thick egg noodles
- some fresh ginger
- some scallions
- some cilantro
- some soy bean sprouts or bean sprouts
Sauce ingredients:
- 1 tbsp of soy sauce
- 1 tbsp os sesame oil
- 1 tbsp of rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp of black vinegar
- 1 tsp of sriracha sauce
- olive oil
- pepper and salt
- Boil noodles with some salt and olive oil.
- When noodles are cooked, add sprouts. Cook until the water is boiling again.
- Drain and rinse noodles and sprouts in cold water.
- Finely chop ginger, scallions, cilantro.
- Mix all sauce ingredients together with herbs.
- Mix sauce and noodles together.
- Add salt and pepper as needed.
Beef Stew Noodle Soup
Ingredients:
- Beef
- carrots
- diakons
- 1 cup of soy sauce
- 1 cup of cooking wine
- 2 tsp of sugar
- 1 tsp of sesame oil
- 1-2 star anise
- water
- some chopped cilantro
- Cook beef in boiled water for 15 minutes.
- Rinse beef in cold water.
- Mix soy sauce, cooking wine, sugar, sesame oil, star anise, and beef in another pot of boiled water.
- Cook the stew in low heat, cover with lid for 1 hour or until beef is tender.
- Cut carrots and diakons in bite size.
- Cook carrots and diakons with beef stew for additional 3o minutes.
- Add salt to season. Serve with noodle.
Seaweed salad
- 1 bag of seaweed
- some dry chili
- some sesame oil
- some white sesame
- some chopped cilantro
- some white vinegar
- Wash seaweed in cold water.
- Boil a pot of water, cook seaweed for 5 minutes.
- Drain seaweed and cut it into bite sized pieces.
- Mix dry chili, sesame oil, white sesame, cilantro and white vinegar with seaweed.
- Refrigerate until chill.
Seaweed Jelly salad
- 1 bag of seaweed jelly
- some thin sliced seedless cucumber
- some thin sliced carrot
- some chopped cilantro
- 1-2 tbsp of mayo
- some salt
- Mix everything together.
- Refrigerate until chilled.
花生甜包 Peanut Sugar Bun
I made this peanut sugar bun a while ago. This is a great breakfast item.
Dough
- 2 cups of whole wheat flour
- 2 cups of all purpose flour
- 2 tsp of yeast
- 1 tbsp of sugar
- Hot water
Filling
- 1 cup of peanut powder
- 1 cup of black and white sesame power
- 1 cup of sugar powder
- Raisins
- Mix dough – dry ingredients together, and slowly add hot water into the flour.
- First use mixer to blend the flour together. When the dough is not as hot anymore, mix the dough by hand until it does not stick on the hand. Make sure the dough does not have lumps and the surface is smooth.
- Cover with cloth and place the dough in a warm place to rise for 1 hour.
- Cut the dough into golf ball sizes. Use a rolling pin to flatten the dough.
- Mix all filing ingredients and place the filling in the middle of the dough.
- Fold the edge of the dough to the center.
- Place couple of raisins on top of the bun as desired.
- Allow the buns to rise for additional 1 hour.
- Steam the buns for 30 minutes.
Curry Pizza
I never expected that mixing leftover curry with pasta sauce could create such an interesting and delicious new style of pizza.
- 1 cup of pasta sauce
- 1 cup of curry sauce (I used Dal Paneer)
- cheese
- mushrooms (sliced)
- bacon or other meat as desired
- pizza dough
- Bake the pizza dough (follow instructions).
- Mix curry and pasta sauce together – spread sauce evenly on the pizza dough.
- Add all other ingredients on top.
- Bake for additional 10 to 15 minutes or until the cheese is golden brown.
Set the pizza aside for 5 minutes before cutting or serving.
Enjoy this different style of pizza.