Homemade Meals for Children: September 2014

Hokkaido Chiffon Cupcakes by Fiona Low

Makes 15 pcs
Ingredients:
3 egg yolks
20g sugar
35g corn oil
60g milk
70g cake flour

3 egg whites
25g sugar

Fillings:
60g dairy whipping cream
10g sugar
1tsp instant custard powder

Icing sugar for dusting

Method:
1. Preheat oven at 170C.
2. Hand whisk egg yolk and corn oil till pale in color.
3. Add in milk and mix well.
4. Sift cake flour, stir to combine.
5. Beat egg whites till foamy and add sugar, beat till soft peak form.
6. Take 1/3 egg white and mix into the egg yolk batter.
7. Fold in the balance of egg white with spatula till well combined.
8. Scoop batter about 70% full.
9. Bake for 20-35 mins at middle rack.

Fillings:
1. Beat the whipping cream ad sugar till stiff over a bowl of ice water then add in the custard powder mix.

Assemble:
After cake is fully cool, pipe in the fillings.

Mantou with Hoisin Minced Chicken and Vegetable by Sunny Wong

Method:

Mix plain flour, honey, baking powder and full cream milk to a thick batter consistency. Then scoop into silicone cupcakes trays (3/4 full). Microwave on high heat for 1.30sec.

Filling ingredients- Minced chicken, garlic, carrot, silverbeet and Sunny's bbq sauce (hoisin sauce, fresh ground pepper, tomato sauce, soy, oyster sauce and honey).
Once the work is hot add chicken and cook till light brown. Then add balance vegetables and Sunny's bbq sauce. Can add cornstarch + water to thicken.

Papaya Fish Soup with Red Dates by Anna Ng

Method:
Pan fried ma you fish.
Sautée garlic and ginger.
Put in fish, papaya and red dates followed by water.
Simmer for 1 hr.

Steam Condensed Milk Cake by Janet Teh

Ingredients:
2 eggs
3Tbsp sugar
2Tbsp milk
2Tbsp oil
3Tbsp condensed milk
2/3cup all purpose flour
2tsp baking powder

Method:
1) Lightly beat the eggs, add in sugar, milk, oil, and condensed milk one by one.
2) Fold in sifted flour and baking powder to egg mixture until just combined, don't over mix.
3) Steam over high heat for 10-15 mins.

Pan Fried Chicken Balls by Jenny Puah

Chop chicken meat and half red onion together, mix in 1 pc of mashed potato, chopped garlic, salt and pepper, mix all then keep in fridge for 30 min. Heat pan and oil, spoon the meat in any shape you like then coat with oat to fry till cooked.
Can add in carrot, spring onion, etc..

Cauliflower Tots by Joey Lim

Recipe Link : http://www.skinnytaste.com/2013/11/cauliflower-tots.html?m=1

Note: Replaced seasoned breadcrumbs with normal breadcrumbs and wheatgerm.

Tamagoyaki by Jenny Yennee

Ingredients:
4 eggs, beaten

Method:

Beat eggs in a bowl. Heat a tamagoyaki pan on medium heat. Oil the pan. Pour a scoop of egg mixture in the pan and spread over the surface. Cook it until half done and roll the egg toward the bottom side. Move the rolled egg to the top side. Oil the empty part of the pan and pour another scoop of egg mixture in the space and under the rolled egg. Cook it until half done and roll the egg again so that the omelet becomes thicker. Cook the omelet until done.

Allow it to cool and cut it into 6 pieces.

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