Cauliflower Carrot Fritters

~ Posted on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at 7:38 AM ~

For this post, I am sharing my next food recipe, a clever way to disguise the vegetables and get everyone (me included!) to eat vegetables!! So here goes my post on Cauliflower Carrot Fritters  :

Ingredients:

* Water (to cook vege)
* Cauliflower florets - quantity up to you
* Carrots - quantity up to you
* All-purpose flour
* Salt and pepper to taste
* 1 egg, lightly beaten
* Oil for frying fritters
* Optional: You can put in other types of vegetables (broccoli etc), cheese for saltier taste, onions

Methods:
* Put the vegetables into a pot of water, bring water to boil and cook for about 4-5 minutes.
* Drain the cauliflower and carrots before you transfer them to a cutting board and finely chop.
* Place the chopped veggies in a large bowl; add in the flour and stir to coat.
* Fold in the salt, pepper and egg.
* Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
* Put the fritter mixture one at a time, I just use my hand to make a small bite sized balls. Cook until golden brown, about 4 minutes, then carefully flip over and cook for about 4 minutes more. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate to absorb excess oil if needed.


Outcome:

For a person who does not like to eat vegetables (ehem, ehem, that's me!!!) I would have to say these are pretty good! I found myself chomping away without feeling weird or giddy that I'm eating vegetables! Only thing I would change when I'm making this again in future is to try other veges and make it more salty a wee bit.

Cauliflower Carrot Fritters


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Black Bean & Red Dates Drink

~ Posted on Friday, January 31, 2014 at 8:03 AM ~

For this post, I am sharing my drink recipe, my mum in law make this for me occasionally when I was in my confinement phase (well, we DIY our confinement and don't follow the practises so this is the only herbal thingy I took) Apparently, this concoction helps to increase breastmilk production on top of nourishing our body after giving birth.

Do note that the version that my MIL made is very easy to follow that I am now following every other day - especially now that I have my jug of Tupperware thermos! Anyway here goes my post on Black Bean & Red Dates Drink:

Ingredients:

* Water (boiling water)
* Red dates - seeds removedm, quantity up to you
* Black beans - rinsed, quantity up to you

* Optional: You can Google around for other recipes as I've seen others adding pork, cuttlefish, goji berries and many many more

Methods:
* Rinse a handful of black beans and some red dates in a container for a few minutes.
* Cut the red dates, remove the seeds (I remembered my MIL telling me the seeds must be removed as it is toxic)

* Drain the black beans, placed into thermos together with red dates.
* Add boiling water until the maximum level you can for the thermos.
* Cover up the thermos and leave it overnight.
* Your black bean & red dates drink is ready to drink by the time morning comes! Yummm!!


Outcome:

Do note that I'm trying out this recipe using the Tupperware thermos, which can yield just a cup of the drink. If you want more, you can actually slow cook or boil the ingredients in a pot for few hours. In the meantime, do read up the links below for the benefits of black beans and red dates.

 

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Red Bean Drinks

~ Posted on Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at 7:53 AM ~

For this post, I am sharing my next food recipe, oh well drinks actually... I used to love drinking this and my late mum used to make this and keep it refrigerated for better taste. Mmmmmm, recently had a bowl of this drink at my SIL's house and it sparked back my long lost love for this drink! So here goes my post on Red Bean Drinks:

Ingredients:

1. Red beans (some ppl used Japanese Adzuki beans) - quantity up to you, soaked (overnight if you can), rinsed & drained
2. Pandan leaves (also known as screwpine leaves) for fragrant purposes
3. Water (quantity up to you as well) - I put it about 2 inches above the red beans
4. Rock sugar (quantity up to you)
5. Optional: Sago (small tapioca pearls) quantity up to you, this is more for chewy taste and texture in the drinks

Methods:
* Put everything in the slow cooker - red beans, the pandan leaves, rock sugar and water.
* You can set to high mode for 2 hours and add in the sago in the last half hour or so.
* Red beans drinks is best served when chilled so you might want to let the drinks cooled down and refrigerate them first.


Outcome:

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