CHAI KUEY 菜粿

I am refering to this youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn4CQC7hxRc

Chai Kuey, a vege dumpling, it's not actually vegetarian as it consists of dried shrimp. Yummy warm snacks, dip with some chilli sauce, have a big bite, full of satisfaction :)

Even though you can get in Melbourne, but not easily can find too.. Also every store might have their own version that might not suit your 'hometown taste' :p The best is work it out yourself to your own likings. 

Here's the recipe I found and tried that suit me the best. The most important is the dough, for the filling.. well.. we normally 'agar agar' (means just a bit here and there without exact measurement) :)  

 Total: 18 piece Ingredients for skin dough (approximately: 460g, divide into 18 portions, each 25g)
120g wheat starch 澄粉
80g tapioca starch 木薯粉
½ tsp salt
250ml boiling water
30g cooking oil

 Ingredients for fillings (Yields: 380g)
225g Bang Guang (1 medium size)
 1 carrot 25g dried shrimp (chopped)
3tbsp cooking oil
1½ tsp sugar
½ tsp salt
1/3 tsp pepper
150ml water

虾肠粉

First time making this... and yes! Kids love it and i am sure I will do it again next time, but this really time consuming as I only use 1 square pan for the steaming as others pans seems not suitable .. will get another steaming pan so it will make the whole process faster.

I am refering to this youtube ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6H4bS33TfA&list=PLoG7DKzmawqDZh07Rec5kfk3GuTcjBOPv&index=4&t=0s

and I convert it to my own measurement as I don't normally use measurement machine for the grams.. I prefer to use cup and spoons measurement.

I had increased the amount to suit for my family of 5,which turned up just nice.. I made 11 pieces with 6 medium prawn each.

Here my measurement for 11 pieces.

Ingredients:
Shrimp (medium 6 x 11 pieces)
Spring onion (chopped)

Batter:
Rice flour(1 cup)
Tapioco starch / Corn starch (nearly 0.4 cup)
water( 2 cups )

Marinated (prawn):
Oil,salt,white pepper, cooking wine.

Sauce:
Soy sauce( 20ml)
Sugar(5gr)
Water (20ml)
Sesame oil (1ml)

Steam 2 minutes then put shrimps in and spring onion, and steam for another 2 minutes.

Marble Cake

Recently really do a lot of baking.. Getting recipe from friends and try out. Having 3 kids, good thing about this is they can simply finish whatever i bake very quickly. (of course with the condition of the taste not too bad, haha)..

Here come my easy marble cake
 

Ingredient:
Butter - 250g
Sugar - 200-250g (0.9 cup) I prefer not too sweet
Egg - 4 Vanilla - 1 tsp
Self-raising flour - 250g (1.9 cup)
Milk - 3 tbsp
 Coco mixture 1. 1 tsp of coco powder + 3 tsp hot water

Instruction: Preheat oven 180c
1. Add melted butter into a bowl and beat with electric mixer.
2. Slowly add in sugar and mix.
3. Add in egg 1 by 1 and mix.
4. Add in vanilla
5. Add in Self-raising flour (can split in 3 times)
6. Add milk
7. Take out 1/4 cake batter and mix it with coco mixture.
8. Pour in the 3/4 cake batter into cake tray.
9. Slowly added the coco mixture on top, take a skewer or chopstick to swirl it :)
10. Bake for 35 min... and Done!!

Another way is divide the batter into 1/2, mix the coco with the other 1/2 batter, then scoop in the cake batter with the mixing of 2 color.. but i just too l lazy to do that. :p

Spring Cleaning Recipe for the Grout

Spring Cleaning Recipe for the Grout

7 cups water, 
1/2 cup baking soda, 
1/3 cup lemon juice and 
1/4 cup vinegar 

Throw in a spray bottle and spray your floor, let it sit for a minute or two... then scrub...

3招不錯的洗污垢的方法~~~

3招不錯的洗污垢的方法~~~

賢慧端莊的俊良與願分擔家事的男人分享: 

1.有汗垢的衣服：有些襯衫的衣領或腋下,會有黃黃的汗垢要怎麼洗乾淨呢?拿膠水~~~對!你沒看錯,就是膠水!!! 

把黃黃的地方塗滿,然後按照正常洗衣程式,就是丟到洗衣機裡啦.....洗完以後衣服會白的閃眼

睛喔！


2.男生的又黑又髒的襪子要怎麼洗? 放彈珠在襪子裡,大概要

2～5顆, 也是按照正常洗衣程式,洗完後就會乾淨喔~~~ 

這一招最棒了!!!每次洗白襪子都要用力的刷好幾遍,我最恨運動襪又厚又難洗, 現在不用這麼累

囉!!!! 

3.白衣服放久了..變黃怎麼辦? 前陣子才和朋友討論到一些白衣服變黃的問題，怎麼解決才好?

 
最後通常不是丟掉就是拿來當抹布. 看了日本電視節目

『生活一級棒』生活大師教導了一個方法,大家不妨試試。

方法： 


1.買一把菠菜,經過熱水滾燙後,菠菜撈起來只留下滾湯待用. 

2.將有黃汙漬的地方放入菠菜水中搓揉, 再浸泡10分鐘. 

3.浸泡後撈起衣物, 在以正常的洗衣程式洗淨衣物完成。

衣物又恢復潔白了! 

原理：衣服上的黃汙漬成分主要是蛋白質,而菠菜經過水煮後會釋出可溶解蛋白質的成分。