By Ingredient: Vegetables

Steamed Minced Pork with Dried Squid and Mushrooms
Easy Home Cooking Recipes, Main Course

Steamed Minced Pork with Dried Squid and Mushroom

This Steamed Minced Pork with Dried Squid and Mushrooms is a classic Chinese Style Steamed Minced Pork Dish. There are many variations of Chinese Style Steamed Minced Pork by adding different ingredients. But I prefer this version of adding dried squid and mushrooms. After steaming, the meat patty is juicy, moist and slightly springy. It’s savoury, full or umami and just so tasty.

Pumpkin and Barley Dessert Soup
Dessert and Drinks

Pumpkin and Barley Dessert Soup

This Pumpkin Barley Dessert Soup “Tong Sui” have a lovely natural sweetness from the pumpkin and mild nutty fragrance from the barley.

It’s not a classic Chinese Tong Sui. I saw this Tong Sui being sold at the food court “hawker stall” recently and I thought it was a good idea. The barley and pumpkin really compliment each other.

Authentic Old Cucumber Soup
Easy Home Cooking Recipes, Main Course

Old Cucumber Soup

This old cucumber soup has a clean, mellow flavour that’s naturally sweet from the old cucumber and red dates, with a rich, savoury depth from the pork bones and umami sweetness from the dried squid. The texture of the soup is light and smooth, while the old cucumber turns soft and tender after simmering, almost melting in your mouth.

Braised Mushrooms with Broccoli Recipe; Chinese Recipes
Easy Home Cooking Recipes

Braised Mushrooms with Broccoli

I made this Braised Mushrooms with Broccoli for my friends recently and they absolutely loved it. This dish is warm, comforting, familiar and delicious. The sauce is fragrant, savoury, sweet with lovely natural umami flavours coming from the mushrooms, garlic and dried scallops. What Mushrooms can I use? You can use any dried mushrooms, such […]