Yummy Chilli Dip

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Angeline

chilli dip

My mum brought two pieces of wu xiang tau kwa (ไบ”้ฆ™่ฑ†ๅนฒ) for me yesterday when she came and so I had to figure out what to do with them for dinner today. After pondering for awhile, I decided to fry the tau kwa and pair it with a chilli sauce for dipping.

This dip is sweet yet tangy, unmistakably spicy yet not overwhelmingly so… ๐Ÿ˜›

Do give it a try! ๐Ÿ™‚

Yummy Chilli Dip (makes 1 dipping plate of sauce as shown below)


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Yummy Chilli Dip
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Recipe type: Dips
 
Ingredients
  • ½ red chilli
  • 1 chilli padi
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 4 teaspoons rice vinegar (adjust to taste)
  • 5 teaspoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • a pinch of salt
  • a bit of water (adjust accordingly, optional)
  • a bit of cornflour slurry
Instructions
  1. Cut off the stalk of the chillies. Wash and dry them.
  2. Using the pestle and mortar, pound the chillies and garlic.
  3. Pour the mixture into a saucepan and add vinegar. Bring to a slight boil on low heat.
  4. Add the sugar, honey and just a pinch of salt.
  5. If mixture becomes too thick, add water (optional).
  6. Add cornflour slurry to slightly thicken the dip.

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Winter melon barley drink

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Angeline

winter melon barley drink

This is another one of my ‘cooling’ drinks. I have to come up with ‘cooling’ drinks more often now that the TCM doctor recommended that my hubby drinks some of that regularly since he’s so ‘heaty’.

So here’s another ‘cooling’ drink idea for you.

It’s cooling yet not too cooling and it’s nourishing and can be drunk on a regular basis.

Winter melon is not only ‘cooling’, it is good for detox too! If you understand Mandarin, you can read this site for more details. In general, cooking the winter melon with the skin on is more effective if you are interested in the ‘cooling’ properties.

I hope you like it! ๐Ÿ™‚

Winter melon barley drink

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Winter melon barley drink
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Recipe type: Drinks
Cuisine: Chinese
 
Ingredients
  • 1 slice of fresh winter melon (preferably sliced from the centre of the winter melon rather than at the ends)
  • 2 handfuls Chinese barley (available at Chinese medical halls)
  • Black sugar to taste (available at Chinese medical halls)
  • 2L water
Instructions
  1. Wash the winter melon thoroughly as we are cooking it with the skin on.
  2. Remove the seeds and chop the winter melon into pieces (skin intact).
  3. Rinse the Chinese barley a few times till it's clean.
  4. Place the winter melon chunks and the barley into the slow cooker and cook on HIGH till you see small bubbles in the water.
  5. Turn the slow cooker to LOW and slow cook for another 5-6hours.
  6. Sieve the drink then add black sugar to taste.
Notes
Alternatives:

1. You can add water chestnuts to the drink as well.

2. Luo han guo (Buddha's fruit) can be used in place of black sugar.

3. Bitter and sweet almonds can be added as well.
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