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Ingredients
450 g cauliflower
2 eggs
1 tbsp chopped carrot
Salad dressing
1 tbsp salad oil
2 cloves garlic
2 tbsp vinegar
pinch of pepper and salt
Method
Hard-boil eggs , remove shell and dice egg white and egg yolk separately. Trim and rinse cauliflower, blanch in boil water with little bit of oil and salt for 3 minutes. Drain cauliflower well and place it in a big bowl. Spread diced egg and chopped carrot into the bowl and add salad dressing. Shake to mix well and serve.
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Ingredients
8 fresh mushrooms
1 can of tuna fish
1 tbsp chopped onion
2 tsp of cornstarch
Marinade
2 tsp ginger juice
3 tsp wine
sugar and salt to taste
Method
Drain liquid from canned tuna, mix well with chopped onion and set aside. Trim and rinse fresh mushrooms, marinate mushroom for 10 minutes. Coat a thin layer of cornstarch onto the mushrooms, scoop 2 tbsp of tuna mix and stuff into the mushrooms. Boil 1 pot of water and steamstuffed mushrooms for 10 minutes. Dish up and serve hot.
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The spices that make Indian cooking so distinctively aromatic lies in the the right combination of many spices. In some dish, one of the spices may be made to stand out. Cumin, aniseed, nutmeg, fennel and cardamom are digestive acids. Chilies are holistic, beneficial to phisical and spiritual weel being.

Do not confuse by the word masala and curry, curry and masala are really one and the same. Curry powder added to any liquid especially water or coconut milk, becomes a wet masala. Dry masala means curry powder without any additives.

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Ingredients
2 cups of red bean
1 small piece of dried Chinese orange peel
400 g rock sugar
200 g lotus seeds (soak for 10 minutes and remove the green bitter shoot)
6 cups of water
Method
Wash red beans and place in a deep sauce pan. Add lotus seeds, orange peel and 6 cups of water. Bring to a boil and continue to simmer for 30 minutes until red beans are half cooked. Add rock sugar and continue to simmer for another 15 minutes until red beans are well cooked and soften. Serve hot.

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1. Golden syrup – This is a clear, golden colored sweetener that made from syrup obtained from the first boiling of sugar cane. It is a very rich, sweet flvor and is excellent for making cake and desserts.
2. Blue agave sweetener – Made from the blue agave cactus, this light and natural liquid is almost 3 times  sweeter than sugar but has much lower calories. The mild taste is  best for sweetning beverages.
3. Molasses – This is the thick residue extracted from the process of boiled sugar cane juice. Its sweet and strong flavor is ideal for baked food.
4. Honey – There are many varieties of honey which are different in color, sweetness and flavor. This is very much depending on the type flowers that produce the nectar collected by honey bees.

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This is a north China specialty that is crispy and cruncy with a slight sour taste.
Ingredients
350 g fresh yellow potatoes (peel and shred)
40 g green chilies (chopped)
30 g red chilies (chopped)
pinch of Chinese five spice powder
1 tsp white vinegar
salt to taste
Method
Soak shredded potatoes in cold water for 30 minutes, drain dry and set aside.
Heat 1 tablespoon of cooking oil in a wok and stir-fry the green and red chilies to fragrant. Add shredded potato and toss lightly for 5 minutes then add five spice powder, vinegar and salt, stir-fry to mix well and Serve hot.
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Assam babi means sour pork in a Malay, being fusion food or mixture of Chinese and Malay cooking culture, it is not surprise to find pork cook in Malay style in Nyonya cuisine.
Ingredients
600g pork (belly part, cut into serving size)
200g potatoes wedges (prefried)
6 slices of dried tamarind (assam keping)
2 pcs of pandan leaves (tied into knot)
4 pcs lime leaves (daun limau perut)
1 stalk sliced bunga kantan (torch ginger flower)
8 tbsp cooking oil
4 cups water
1 cup thick coconut milk
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Ingredients
700 grams king prawns
3 egg yolks
1 piece bacon (cut into thin srips)
2 tsp of cornstach
salt and pepper to taste
Oil fo deep-frying
Method
Shell prawns and keep tail intact. slit the back of prawns open, clean vein, rinse and pat dry. Flatten the prawns gently from the splits and place bacon strips on the prawns.
Beat egg yolks, conrstarch and seasoning together, dip prawns into the egg yolk mixture and deep fry prawns in warm oil until color turn golden.
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This is a common Cantonese recipe most family do it the same way.
Ingredeient
300g fish fillet (sliced)
10 thin slices of ginger
2 stalks spring onion (sectioned)
1 block tofu (cubed)
1 tbsp fermented bean paste
1 tsp dark soy sauce
2 tbsp cornstarch solution
sugar and salt to taste
Method
Stir fry fish slices in warm oil for 1 minute, drain and set aside. Saute ginger and spring onions to fragrant then add fermented bean paste, sugar and salt,  stir fried until aromatic.
Add 150 ml of water and bring to a gentle boil then stir in tofu and dark soy sauce and let it cook for 2 minutes. Return fish slices into the dish and stir in cornstach solution to thicken the gravy. Serve hot.
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A rich sauce of lycopene, tomatoes help prevent cell ageing. Cooked tomatoes release five time more lycopene than raw tomatoes. Increasingly research is suggesting that, of the many types of carotenoids found in food, lycopene is the most beneficial for protecting against coronary heart desease and cancer, especially cancer of the lung, stomach, mouth, colon, rectum and postate gland.

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